The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-27
VALUABLES WORN BY MRS.
WOODlLL LOCATED IN BAL
TiMoRE BY POLICE.
POSITIVELY |DEN Titled
Man Answering Desert pton Of East
man, Supposed Murderer, Pledged
the Trinkets Last Thursday-Strange
Odor About Murderer Suicide S
Bungalow to Be Investigated.

ST. Michael's, Md, June 26.-Telltale
shafts of light continued today to
filter in upon the tragedy of the
lonely bungalow of Broad creek. AS
the tangled skeins of the story are
picked up, one by one, they tend
more and more to dissipate the claim
advanced by Robert Eastman that
1t was woman and not he whip
killed Edith May Woodil.
Today the jewels worn by the
woman at the time of her disappear
ance were found in Il paWnshop in
Baltimore, placed there last Thurs
day by man who answered fully the
description of Eastman. The man
secured 5000 on the two diamond rings
and an oriental pearl brooch Two
hundred dollars which Mrs. Woodill
had in her possession when she left
her foster-father's home last week is
missing. Eastman repaid a loan last
week of 5000 and when he returned
here from Baltimore on Tuesday night
money.
There promised for a time today to
be a fight for the legal custody VI
Eastman's> body. A. S. Rosenthal Of
New York, an attorney, who repre-
sented Eastman when he was charged
with grand larceny and who secured
for him the bail which he forfeited
by flight, arrived upon the scene and
acting for Mrs. Ida S. Ecstein Of
New York, demanded the custody of
the body in order that he might make
delivery OF it to the New York au-
thorties by whom a reward of S1,5Ou
had been offered.
The local authorities declined to
give up the body.
Made Public.
The letter OF the suicide in which
he gave to his wife the version OF
the killing of Mrs. Woodi,l by q
jealous woman, was made publi., Ie-
day. Norman Radcliffe of the COR
oner's jury, declared himself con-
vinccd of the truth of the strange,
missive and urged the authorities 10
investigate further into the matter.
With all his disclaimer of respensl-
blity, however, Eastman admitted in
the letter that he did not dare take
the chance of a trial, and had de-
cided to .'draW the curtains forever"
The states attorney and the COR
onel's jury continue to withhold the
contents of two letters founl upon
Eastman after his spectacular suicide.
The witness, William Sutton. who, it
was said last night, had headed a
party of men and women merryElak-
ing in the bungalow on Sunday night,
declared today that it was late ,sa,ur-
day night that he went to visit East
mans place and that he heard only
the voices of one man and one woman
in the bungalow; that the voice of the
woman was that of Mrs. Woodill.
Sutton did not make his presence out
side the house known and went away.
When the cabin was searched fol-
lowing the discovery Of the body
places at the table were set for two
and the dishes were unused.
Saw Lights.
Passersby saw lights through the
shaded windows of the bungalow as
late as II o'clock Saturday night.
There is no serious belief here that
Eastman killed Mrs. Woodill through
motives of robbery. Neither is there
any widespread idea of generalization.
The! two were heard to quarrel as
they drove away from Royal Oaks
station Saturday afternoon. Attorney
Rosenthal declared tonight that East
man had known the murdered girl
prior to her marriage to Woodill and
said he believed Eastman had visited
her in California after her marriage.
There is the theory that as Mrs.
Woodill had been longer in the east
than either she or her husband had
intended because of her relation with
Eastman, she decided at last to go
away and see the man no more. The
disclosure of this purpose may have
led to her death in the bungalow.
Strange odor.
Eastman had been living more ,or
less by his wits of late and there
are many people who believe that he
borrowed considerable money from
Mrs. Woodill. Being badly in need OF
money, it is believed that the idea
of pawning the jewelry came to him
when he felt that flight might be
necessary. Mrs. Woodill's wedding
ring is still unaccounted for. The
rings and brooch located in a Balti-
more paWnshop We're identified posi-
lively by the dead girls foster-father
and sister.
1t was announced tonight that the
authorities will tomorrow dig up the
ground near the bungalow to inyes-
tigate a strange odor which is be-
coming more and more apparent.