Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-07-01
FOUND IN CREEK
The Dead Body Of . Ysung
Woman Discovered.
A MURDER MYSTERY

The Victim Was tho Wife Of q
Los Angeles Automobile Dealer
Who Hsd Been MarVic1 . Yesv
Found by Party OF Boss on q Crah
bing Trip.
A dispatch from Baltimore. Md.
says practically the entire eastern
shore of Maryland was aroused and
searching Thursday night for one
Emmit E. or John T. Roberts. want
ed In connection with the brutal
murder OF Mrs. Edith May Woodill.
wife OF Gilbert Woodill, al autome-
bile dealer OF Los Angeles. Cal.
whose nude body. with the skull
crushed in from a blow. apparently
delivered from behind; the face hor-
ribly disfgured; the entire body swol-
len from tho effects OF several days
immersion. and weighted with an
Iron pot with half dozen bricks.
was Wednesday discovered by boys
who were Grabbing in Back Creek.
a tributary of the Choptank River.
not far from the home of Mrs. Wood
Ills foster father. Capt. Chas. II.
Thompson, a few miles from Balti-
more.
Roberts was with Mrs. Woodill
when she was seen for the last
known time, and he is accused OF
having committed the murder. The
motive for the crime Is at presen,
a mystery. The police of Baltimore
and all other cities to which Roberts
might make his way, were asked &c
search for and arrest him. He IL
said to be about fifty years old. five
feet. six inches tall, stoute. smooth
shaven, with abundant. bushy hair
and a ruddy complexion. He limps
and wears a brace on one leg. He
claimed to be magazine writer.
and general correspondent of news
..apers. He was captured at ST
Michaels. Md. Thursday night,
Mrs. Woodill went to Baltimore
early this month with the inteatio,
of spending the summer with hei
foster father. Her husband remain.
ed only a few days. leaving. ii is un-
derstood for Detroit, whence he in
tended to return to Los Angeles
From that time, Mrs. Woodill anG
Roberts are said TO have seen mueL
of each other. Last Saturday Mrs
Woodill went to Easton TO have some
dental work done, and it had been
arranged that Roberts should NEE,
her at Royal Oak end return with
her TO her home. Roberts missed
the train for Royal Oak and drove
there. met Mrs. Woodill and drove
with her back here to the landing
where his launch was moored. They
entered the launch and Mrs. Wood.
Ill was not seen again alive, so IA
as has been learned
Investigations made indicate tha;
when Roberts and Mrs Woodill LEI
here they went in the launch 10 .
bungalow that Is being built OIL
Roberts small farm, near that o!
Capt. Thompson. and that In thi,
bungalow the murder was committed
There were found a bloody sheet anc
mattress and portions OF a woman
clothes. partly burned. These hav,
been identified as having beloase.
TO Mrs. Woodill. There were alss
found In the bungalow a pair o
corduroy trousers. IN the pocket o
which were two letters. Oae. be
lieved to have been from Mre. Woo
i'll and to have some connection Wit
the meeting at Royal Oak, was date.
June 16.
The room, in which these thins
were found showed evidence OF
struggle having taken place. 1t wa
discovered that crabbers in the rive
early Tuesday morning were passe'
by vessel from which they saw
apparently heavy object thrown i'm.
the water with splash. 1t Is SUI
posed that the vessel was r ,hert
launch, and that 1t was Mrs WOO
ill's body and It's weight that We
cast Into the water. Mrs. woodil
is said to have been married {:
Woodill about year ago.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, ca;
says the news OF the murder OF NJ.
Edith NJ Woodill, the young wii
OF Albert Woodill, president of IL
Woodill Automobile Company. c
that city. created a sensation ther.
where both are we'll known. Mr.
Woodill was 90 years old. and Vs.
formely Miss Edith May Thompson
n ward .of Lyman ]. Gage. forms
Secretary Of the Treasury. now
resident of San Diego.