The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-27
EASTMAN ALSO TOOK $500 MRS.
WOODiLL HAD IN HER pos
ESSioN-PAiD OFF
LOAN.
WIDOW NOW THINKS
He WAS INNOCENT
Lawyer Who Was Engaged in New
York to Defend Him On Grand
Larceny Charge There
Asks For Body But
is Refused.


st. Michaels, Md, June &c Tel
tale shafts OF light continued to fl err
In upon the tragedy Of the lonely
bungalow OF ,Hroad creek As tho
tapgled skeins of the story are picked
up one by one they tend more aud
more to dlssipate the claim advanced
by Robert Eastman that II wag
woman and not he who killed Mrs.
Edith May Woodill
Pawned Her Jewels.
Today the jewels worn by the wom-
an at the time of her disappearance
were found In a pawn shop in Ralti-
mere, placed there last Tuesday by a
man who answered fully the descrlp-
tion of Eastman. The man secured
5000 on two diamond rings and an
Oriental pearl brooch.
Two hundred dollars which Mrs.
Woodll had In her possession vi en-
she left her foster fathers hoa4e asst
week is missing Ea tman renaia
loan last week of s20o and whel he
returned here from Baltimore Tees.
day night he seemed plenaiml.y sup-
piled with money.
| Letter Made Public.
| The letter OF the suicide Ia which
he gave his Wife his version OF tie
Killing Of Mrs Woodlll by JEALOUS
woman was madc public today and
deeply impressed many who real its
/ nj ron ma 81 autfu1 aaaa,,nt - A. ..a.s.<8xr
for which he writer claimed he was
| In no way responsible With all of
| his disclaimer of respons bility. how
ever. Eastman admitted In the le ter
that he did not dare take the chance
Of trial and decided to draw the cur
tains forever" Searching inye tiea-
tions of the authorities fail to sub
stantiate any OF Eastman's cl1irs.
Man Changes Statement.
William Sutton, Who ii was said
last night, had heard party OF men
and women making merry in the bun
galow Sunday night declared tolay
that it was late Saturday night that
be went to visit Eastman's place. and
that he heard only tie voices of one
man and one woman In the hunga-
low: that the voice OF the woman
was that of Mrs WoodilL srtton did
not make his presence outside. the
house known and went away. When
the cabin was searched following the
discovery of the body places at the
table We're set for two. Plates cups
and saucers were there. and were
stil unused
Wanted the Body.
A. ). Rosenthal of New Yors. an
attorney who represented Eastman
when he was charged with granl lar
ceny, and who secured for him bal
which ne forfeited by flight. arrived
upon the scene today and acting for
Ida s. Ecstein. of New York, one of
the sureties who lost heavily by The
forfeiture Of the bond, demanded the
custody of Eastmans body that he
might make a delivery of It to the
New York authorities( by whom a re-
ward of 1880 had been offered. The
local authorities declined to give uu
the body.
One of the most pitiable figures in
the tragedy is Charles p Thompson,
Of Mcdaniel. the foster father OF the
murdered girl
Sitting on the porch of his hone,
overlooking the waters of Harris
creek, where Eastman had ended his
life In the early hours of dawn, the
broken old man told today the story
of the girls life. so far as he could
recall the details. He hal followed
the girls body to It's last resting place
yesterday besides the graves Of his
wife and and son. The girl had been
devoted to her foster mother.
To the foster brother. lying in tie
grave next to hers. the girl had b. ea
he ideal of all that was good and.
sweet AMI pure. The young fellow
hal grown up with her aud learned to
love her. and II is sa!l that he de-
sired her to become his wife. She
would not He killed himself.
Got Her From Conductor.
This is the erowning sorrow of my
lite." said Col. Thompson today. as
the tears streamed down his cheeks.
Il have experienced many SORROWS.
/ have had many sH-wreckng
blows. but this is the hardest Of all
to bear"
The little girl who became his fss.
ter daughter. was but three years CT
age when she was found by Mrs.
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