The Washington times., 1909-06-25

with which she explains in her second
letter, also dated June Is that she can
so to his bungalow ouJ that she will
just have time TO look over the place
before returning.
Then, few days later. she met him,
drove with him in a carriage to where
his launch was moOTed, went aboard
again. That Eastman was greatly at
tracted TO her probably infatuated with
her. is the belief of those who know
them and saw them together That she
returned the affection was not suspect
ed by any one, and is not believed now.
Was Unusually Clever
In order to understand how this
might well have been the case, IL Is
necessary to realize this woman's per-
sonality and charm as described by her
friends. She was a petite blonde, a
woman full of animation and good ma
ture. Unusually clever, she added to
her charm as a singer and musician
the rare girt of brilliant conversation
Back of her animation there was a
certain coldness, a vague hint of self
control, an impression mat she was
not easily moved, nor prone to be gov
erned by her emotions. In short, she
was a fascinating woman. able TO COM
mand the Admiration and affection of
aroused
All her life she had been surrounded
by admiration. She was beautiful. Men
of national and international fame had
befriended her from the time that she
was twelve years old. She had had
only the best things in life. To all
appearances, nothing had ever come
into her life 10 make her know real
unhappiness. If IL was true that the
Boston physician had married her and
divorced her, the experience had left
no mark OF sorrow upon her.
Was Happily Married.
Only a few days before she was muir
dered she told Louis P. Sammani, Of
Baltimore:
When 1 was single, I always wonder
ed If 1 would be happy when I was
married, and now I am happy"
Then, without warning, she was done
TO death by Eastman, the man who had
come 10 love her, the, man Of whom no
body had heard as being interested in
her, the man whom she had known,
apparently, only since her return 10 Wis
1t her foster-father.
Had she INDUCED in merely a passing
filtration with him, or had he secured a
hold on her from some time in her past
life?
The speculative person, reading all the
facts that are known, must conclude
that he could influence her somewhat,
but not as much as he pleased, and
that. in a fit of jealous rage. he beat
her TO death, mauled her features into
an unrecOgniZable bruise. took her
clothes from her and threw her weight
ed BODY into the creek.
Stories Of Her Early Life.
The tragedy began nobody knows
where. and it ended in murder from a
motive which no one will ever know. It
t. as deep a puzzle as why Gage be-
friended her. The rumor that he was
her father has been Indignantly denied.
The story that she was kidnapped in
Chicago. the town where Gage was a
bank president before he went into Nc
Kirley's Cabinet. has been denied with
equal fnsistence. Colonel Thompson saws
She was the child of a street car con-
ductOr in Minneapolis. Everywhere there
are contradictions. blind clues, mys-
teries.
Woodin advertised in the Chicago
neWspa pers last winter for the names
of any families whose child had been
kidnapped eighteen years ago, and IL was
said then that this was his attempt TO
find the real parents of his wife.
Here again is a problem.
Was the street car conductor of Min
neapOlis the father Of the child2
Did he kidnap herr
The answers to these questions are
wanting
In this woman's whole life-she was
only twenty-four years oId-there comes
cut as the salient fact, the one great
truth that in some way the dark
mystery of her existence had in its
keeping the explanation of why she ana
Eastman came together, and Of why he
murdered her. It was. beyond a doubt,
because Of his infatuatiOn for her But
whether that infatuation began a few
weeks ago or years ago none has yet
come forward TO tell.
Mrs. Charles II. Thompson. it is said.
told the adopted daughter that she (Mrs.
Thompson was her mothers intimate
friend, but never disclosing u her the
name Of her father.
Lived In Washington
When she was about twelve years Of
age they went 10 Washington, where
they lived for some dine in the house
Of Lyman J. Gage, who took a great
interest in here When she was about
fifteen he sent her. with Mrs. Thomp-
son. 10 Paris, where she studied music.
Mr.. Gage paying all expenses On her
return from Paris she went 10 Boston
to complete her studies, and while in
Boston she was married to a ATr cas-