The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-25

girls were all at Annapolis,
The murder is believed to have been
committed last Saturday night, the
18th
J States Attorney Turner holds to
/ the belief that the man committed
suicide to avoid capture.
This afternoon the coroner's jury
decided that Roberts committed sui
eide
An inquest Is TO be held tonignt.
Roberts, or Eastman, as he is now
supposed TO be. is known in p-lice
circles as man from 40 to As years
old, height five feet six inches, of
stout build face smooth shayen, bushy
luXuriant hair and sullen complexion,
He walked with limp and wore a
brace on his leg.
Baltimore. June 25.-A woman
whose identity Detective CAPTAIN
Humphrey refuses TO disclose. called
az police headquarters today and de-
clared she knew Eastman, giving a de-
scIiption of him that comedies with
that OF Roberts. She said she visit
ed Mrs. Wcodill in California recent
ly and that Eastman also was a guest
At lHS WoOullI nome
81 Michaeis. MI. June 25,-Emmett
r. Roberts, the newspaper correspond
ent and magazine writer and author.
who was wanted for the murder of
Mrs. Edith May Thompson Woodill.
the daughter of Col. Charles A.
Thompson, was shot TO death by a
sheriffs posse while resisting arrest
of the wharf at Mcdaniel Talbot
county, at o'clock this morning. Rob
erts fired one shot from a revolver,
but without effect.
Shortly after midnight this morning
small craft was seen moving up the
waters of Back River. along the
shores5of which are the homes of Col
Thompson and Roberts. 1t is unusual
to see a small boat on the river at
such an early hour. and John McQuav.
VINO mas farm on a point on a
creek NEAR Bosnian, notified Sheriff
Mortimer and Magistrate Willy. who
were at ST. Michaels. McQuay said
the boat looked like the one in which
Roberts escaped from Mcdaniel. and
a man in 1t looked like the missing
author. Sheriff Mortimer, Magis-
trate Willy and posse OF six men
hurried to the scene. reaching the
river shoe al | a. m. All were armed.
They crept down to the waters edge.
and made out the outlines OF a man in
his shirt sleeves, lapguidly rowing
beat UP the river They made no
demonstration. resolving to wait until
the rover got into narrower waters
and within range
Sheriff Mortimer and Messrs. Hoop
er ana Harper obtained boat. and
followed Roberts. who apparently be-
came alarmed and hastened up the
river at faster pace, the sheriif's
boat following Magistrate Willy and
others followed along the shore The
cornering maneuvers began shortly
after / a. m.
For three hours. the two boats and
the magistrates party proceeded up
the river, the shores narrowing all
the while.
Roberts was nearing the scene of
his alleged crime. AS the shores
drew together. members of the posse
made out the features of Roberts. He
was nearing the wharf at Mcdaniel
from which point he is supposed to
have fled.
When Roberts got abreast OF the
landing place. and was but one hun
dred feet from shore, Magistrate vii
" and his two deputies stepped out
into the open
Hello, Roberts, throw up your
hands" shouted the magistrate.
Roberts did not utter a word but
rose In his boat with a big revolver in
his right hand He quickly leveled at
the party on shore and fred
Myer Crone, special deputy. fired
a shot from revolver at the white
shirted figure standing in the boat.
Then Magistrate Willy discharged n
shotgun. Deputy Crone fred a sec
ond shot. Roberts dropped in heap
IN the boat. his revolver falling at his
side.
TIE deputies waded out TO the small
craft. Roberts had been shot in ta:
mouth aud was dead. The boat was
drawn to the shore. and the body en-
amincd. Roberts had n bottle OF
poison in his pockets and number
OF letters The body was taken TO
ST. MichaelS.
Baltimore, June 24-The death OF
Roberts at St Michaels marks the
culmu.ation OF one of the most sen
sational tragedies in Maryland's his
tory. with ramifications that have
become countrywide in their extent.
Some of the acts in the meteoric ca
recrof Mrs Woooill. in whose brief
life, lo.e and romance played such a
great part were related today, by an
Intimate friend of the slain woman,
who said they were told by Mrs.
Woodlll herself
Mrs. Woodll said she was born IN
Minneapolis about twenty years aeo.
Her mother. who called herself Mrs
Amcs. died when she was about three
years old. leaving her in utter ig-
norance OF her father or mother.
Mrs. Charles II, Thompson of Nc
Daniel, Md. then took her and brought
hes np. telling her that she (Alrs
thompson was her mothers inti-
mate friend. but never disclosing TO
hei. tho name of her father. When
ahc wns twelve years Of age, they
went 10 Washington, where they hy-