The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-25
Man Shot in Maryland
Was R. {. Eastman. Of
Boeota, Il Is Said.
LETTER SAYS WOMAN
KILLED SOUTHERN BEAUTY
Suspect IN WoodiII Killing
0pened Fire on Pursuers in
Night Chase on River.

Especial to the Evening star.1
HAcKENsAcK. Juno 25.-The man
suspected Of numbering Mrs. Edith May
Thompson woodilI in : Maryland and
was then killed by posse was Robert
g Eastman. stock broker. who lived
with his brother-in-iaw, former Coun-
Gilman Albert civrac.l in Bogota, near
here. for years It Is now believed He
disappeared last December when
he failed in business. Many Gus
temers had since been looking for
him, also Now York police authorities.
Eastman owned several valuable lots
In Bogota. He was married. but his
wi6c did not live with him while he
was in Bogota. Eastman was lame
and walked with cana. civrac is .
stock broker in. New York.
". MIC1IAEL'S. Md. June 2s.--
dead either by the shots OF sheriff's
poess. on BY his own hands. Robert e.
Nle4man. .. Of Bogota, N. J.. or as he
Nas known here. Emmett e. Roberts,
~ supposed slayer Of Mrs. Edith May
nomrsou woodill protege Of Lyman
= oesM psssed beyond the reach OF
~ ~ toany. ana with his death van
isas4 eee hops u cleaxing up the der
tuj1e. p( cne Of the most shocking
<l,ps1 ths stase of Maryland ever has
sIhs So6fpner has Ia his possession =
jtsr found on Roberts. or Eastman.
aslAs = now supposed to be. addressed
- Miss Winnie Bradcome. care Klaw
and Hslanger. Forty-second1 Z. street.
New York. In which the writer asks
the gi1t to come down to Maryland
u take charge Of his body and prop
erty as he intended to commit suicide.
ESstman added that he had been out
II q boat with four other persons, two
men and two women; that all had been
drunk except himself and one girl;
that ono Of the women struck another
oter the head with a wine bottle and
Nd killed her
VG1th tho lips Of both victim and
y possible slayer sealed by death, tho
story sof the night struggle in the lone
" bungalow on the shores OF tidal
inlet Of Chesapeake bay. the story OF
the mad efforts Of the slayer to con-
eeal tho identity and dispose Of the
bodysof the woman, who though twice
married, was still mere girl In years;
the story OF the scenes preceding the
fatai attack. and, above all, the motive
Tar the atrocious deed, may never now
b told.
Little is known here regarding Rob
erts." which name he gave when he
carac to this region. about month
40. ana purchased small farm here.
Doubt 90 to the name Roberts" was
raised first by the finding near his body
Of = lstter and deed addressed to Mrs.
Robert e. Eastman, care OF George B..
Taylor; they will be called for"
The deed recorded the sale by Robert
y. Eastman to John J. Mann, Of New
Yerk, Of six lots at Bogota, Bergen
county. N. u, and isydated July 20. 1905.
%1 Letter From VIE.
I3se letter began, "vernie twho isl
believed to havs been his wife). the
enclosed keys are several YOU will need
- examine my property. Is< - 70
eents 70 William Sutton, neighbor.
owe Is to william Norris, Easton. Md.
Fay them BOTH"
Thos note has no date and is written
= lead pencil. 1t was stamped, but
had been opened. Mr.. Taylor. With
w6om Eastman. or Roberts, boarded.
rot Nletter some days ago from e. B.
well,ngton, from the New Willard,
vy.shfngton, In which inquiries are
,,,s6s after Roberts. Mr.. Taylor wrote
to the hotel, but the letter was re-
turned with the statement that Well
iingten had left.
shortly after midnight this morning
: mysterious looking craft was seen
moving up the waters Of Back River,
along the shores Of which are the
homes Of Colonel Thompson. Mrs.
vvoodilrs foster father. and Roberts
John McQuay. q farmer. notified
Sheriff Mortimer and Magistrate Willy.
Mcouay said the boat looked like the
ono In which Eastman escaped from
HoDanioIs and that the man In II
looked Hike the missing author.
sheriff Mortimer. Magistrate Willy
and { posse Of six men hurried to- the
sosne. reaching the river shore at /
s n. All were armed.
lcasttioafa was nearing the scenk OIL
bIs alleged crime. When he got abreast
a Tho landing place and was but 100
feet frosn shore Magistrate why and
hia two deputies stepped out into thsl
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