Evening journal., 1909-06-26
STORY OF
; MRS. WOODILL'S DEATH
IAN Unsenf Letter He Declares That the Woman
Was Hit With Champagne Bottle and Killed.
Police Say Tale is False

The mute testimony Of letters which the
murderer failed to destroy in his insane
and bunglesome effort to hide the body
and stories told by persons who knew Mrs. /
Woodill point to-day to the conclusion
that Eastman knew who Mrs. woodill was
and that Mrs. Woodill knew who Eastman
was
Had Known the Murdered Woman.
Detectives learned to-day that Eastman
was acquainted with the murdered woman
even before she went to New York where
she met woodill and before Eastman be-
came known in Wall street as a stock
broker. Eastman knew something about
Mrs. Woodill, declare the sleuths who
have been gathering together the scraps
Of evidence to-day, and Mrs. Woodill
knew something about Eastman. This
something that Eastman knew. was the
parentage of the fascinating beauty who
captured the attention of men prominent
in public life and gained her entire TO
the White House and the best homes in
Baltimore and Washington. That Mrs.
Woodiu knew that Eastman was a fugi-
tive from justice in New York seems also
evident
terious case to-day tends to the conclusion
that the lives Of the two, which were blot
/ ted out in such a violent manner had
been linked for years, perhaps from in
fancy. Eastmans mysterious statements
to Winnie Bradcome, his wife in New
York that he was going away to make a
fortune, are interpreted to mean that
he was going away TO see If he cou d
make capital out of what he knew Of
Mrs. Woodiirs mysterius life, thinking
that her wealth and social position would
make it easy for him TO secure money
from her as the price of his silence.
1t was learned this morning that East
man had been in Los Angeles not many
months ago where he met Mrs. Woodill
and detectives here think that at that
time the meeting at McDaniels was plan
ned. Eastman returned to Baltimore from
the west shortly before Mrs. Woodill and
her husband arrived here to visit Colonel
Charles A. Thompson. the young woman's
foster parent. He went imedately TO the
Eastern shore and looked for property
adjoining the Thompson farm. He insisted
that the place be near Thompsons but moi
one word Of Mrs. Woodill escaped his lips
] FRIENDS OF lnt murdered Woldn uf|Adttl
that when Eastman and Mrs. Woodill met
they appeared not to have known eacf
other. but in the light Of future events, 4
appears that there was some secret un
derstanding between the two.
! Had Followed Mrs. Woodiil
From what can be learned to-day. East
man had followed Mrs Woodni from Bos
ton to New York and across the Atlantis
and back again and then TO California az
ter she met and married Woodill a yea
and a half ago.
! Eastmans efforts either to force Mrs
2 Woodin 70 give up money as the price o
his silence or to induce her to run ava,
with him we're responsible for the meet
q ings at the lonesome bungalow near Nc
r. Daniels, say the detectives. Eastman
# worked his plan quietly and with eviden
n cunning. Several trips in the launches &C
}, companied sometime by friends. serve
b to avert suspicion until the opportunit
e rived for a meeting at which only tn
g two. who had stood in fear Of each othe
y for years could be present.
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