Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-28
GIRL DRUGGEO
AND DETAINED
IN BUNGALOW
NEW THEORY ADVANCED
IN W00DILL MURDER CASE
Friends of Young Wife Cling to
Belief That She Was innocent
of Wrongdoingi Eastman ST
Body Buried,

IBy Morning journal soeciai Leased "irel
st Michaels, Md, June 2i--Ihe the
ory that Edith May Woodill was mred.
TO Lame Fob Eastman's onoly bun
galow without knowledge Of where
she was going and that She was drug
ged and detained there against her
will. was advanced today when fur
thcr search OF the shack which the
superstitous folks of the neighbor-
hood forever more will shun as haunt
CT, revealed a small bottle which con-
tanned a mixture of narcotic drugs,
This tends to bear out the theory that
people of the community who knew
and loved the girl long have wanted
To believe. They have not listened to
suggestion that she was involved IN
q drunken orgy at the bungalow ana
have contended that she lost her lie
i'm repulsing advances Of the man who
acknowledged his guilt by killing him
self when near capture. Todays in
Vestigations led the authorities still
furuther away from the idea that any
one other than Eastman could lave
invited friends from New York or
from amy other place to visit his bum
galow in the condition it was in. The
place. only half completed offered no
accommodations for visitors whatever
\ single bed, poorly fitted up a ta-
lc and a wash stand, completed ITS
equipment of furniture. Eastman slept
in the place infrequcntN
In grave. not fifty feet from the
scene of the crime, which led him to
his death Eastman's body was laid
away today The undertakers and
their assistants, a little band of news
paper men ana a few idle persons
morbidly attracted to follow the
strange funeral procession were the
only persons AT the grave.
Mrs. Ea 'tman. stopping twelve n "
es away. AT Easton, expressed no dee.
sire to attend the funeral
No church or church yard Of the
vicinity would open its doors or gates
to the dead man. Supersttioms ne
groes. who could not be induced to
dig the grave, stood aWe-stricken on
the outskirts of the funeral party
When the hearse had drawn up along
side the grave. four men lifted the
casket from the vehicle and placed ii
temporarily on two plank supporters
stretched across the grave into which
u pine box had already been lowered
There was an awkward pause. one
Of the undertakers said;
"Gentlemen, il seems 10 me that
someone should say a little word OF
prayer. Won't one of You p"
His glance fell upon James sutton,
a merchant Of Bozcman
'You are a church member Mr.
sutton" said the undertaken, won't
you say it," sutton hesitated FOR a
moment, then asking all to join with
him began to repeat the Lords pray
er with solemn earnestness.
When the last words Of the prayer
were spoken. sutton stepped forward,
and filling his hands with soil from
beside the grave, thrice tossed the
sandy loan upon the casket as he said
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes
dust to dust
The search Of Eastmans cabin re-
vealed further evidence of the fact
that murder was committed there. At
the place where the head of the bed
had rested, a part of the older floor
ing had been ripped mp and new
planks lard loosely down Beneath
these planks the floor beam had been
newly scraped with a ohisel or some
other sharp instrument But efforts
to remove al blood stains had failed
The ground below had also absorbed a
quantity of the girls blood.
Particular search was made for any
possible fragments of champagne
bottle, which might tend to bear out
Eastman's claim that Mrs. Woodill
was murdered by another woman
Two whisky and three wine glasses
We're discovered but there were mol
evidences of champaign bottles ever
having been in or around the shack.
1t is becoming apparent that East
man was prolific letter writer IT
is said that whenever ne left st. Mi
chaels to go to Baltimore or Wash
inston. he always mailed letters back
here addressed to himself as Roberts
II is claimed ne also wrote to Post
master TAYLOR the letter signed "E. j.
Wellington" telling the postmaster
what a fine tfcllow Roberts was and
how he (Wellmgton). an uncle living
in Denver was Interested in him The
writer asked that Roberts be consid-
crately treated.
Attorney \. :. Rothcnthal OF New
York who is here as a former lawyer
for Eastman and as the representative
OF persons who lost heavily as surcties
on Eastmans bond when he fled from
New York. declared to day that he
would endeavor to have the bondsmen
discharged on proof OF Eastman's
death and thus relieve the sureties.
The local police have tried to COM
municate with District Attorney Je-
rome as TO the status of New York re-
wards offered for Eastman
There stir exists a strong belief
among several members of the coron-
er's jury that others than Eastman
and Mrs. Woodill were in the bunga-