The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
WAS MRS. W00DILL
SLAIN BY WOMAN?
Continued From Page One.

As the tangled skeins Of the story are
picked up one by one they tend more
and more TO dissipate tho claim ad
Vanced by Robert Eastman that it was
n woman and not he who killed Edith
May Woodill
Today the jewels worn by the wo-
man at the time of her disappearance
were found in a pawnshop in Balti-
more, placed there last Thursday by
Il man who answered fully the dcscrip-
tion of Eastman. Tho man secured
5000 on the two diamond rings and
an Oriental pearl brooch. Two hun
dred dollars which Mrs. Woodill had
in her possession when she left her
fosterfathcr home last week is miss
ing. Eastman repaid a loan last week
of 5000, and when he returned here
from Baltimore on Tuesday night he
seemed plcntifully supplied with
money.
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.
Passersby SAW lights through the
late as III o'clock Saturday night.
Were Heard to Quarrel.
There is no serious belief here that
Eastman killed Mrs. Woodill through
motives Of robbery. Neither is there
any widespread idea Of prcmcditation.
The two were heard TO quarrel as they
drove away. from Royal Oaks station
afternoon. Attorney Rosen-
thai declared tonight that Eastman
had known the murdered girl prior
TO her marriage TO Woodill and said
he believed Eastman had visited her
liz California after her marriage. The
girl knew much of Eastman s life
knew him as an accused swlndlcr and
accused embezzlcr, and a fugitive from
iustice-and the theory is advanced
that in the course Of their quarreling,
the girl threatened TO disclose the iden
tity of the man who had taken the
name of Roberts. There is the theory,
too. that as Mrs. Woodill had been
longer in the east than either she or
her husband intended, because of her
relation with Eastman, she decided at
last to 90 away and see the man no
more. The disclosure of this purpose |
may have led TO her death in the |
Eastman had been living more or less
by his wits Of late and there are many
who believe that he borrowed consid- !
cradle money from Mrs. Woodill. Be |
ing badly in need of money, it is be |
leNed lnal lHe lNed OF paWnlnR lnc |
ieweIry came to him when he felt that |
light might be necessary. The rings
aud brooch located in n Baltimore |
were identified positively by |
The dead girl fosterfather and |
sister.
Further Investigation.
1t was announced tonight that the
tomorrow Will dig up the
ground near the bungalow 30 investi-
gate strange odor which is becoming
more and more apparent.
The fact that Eastman had gone to
Baltimore Tuesday was known prior
10 the discovery of the pawned jewclry.
1t was that day that he mailed the
ctter written some time previously by
Mrs Woodill to her foster.sister 1T is
thought that the letter, which was in
tended to convey the impression that
The writer was in Baltimore, was
ocnned by Mrs. Woodill either to mask
her visit to the bungalow, or else she
had written the letter with the idea
Of actually going to Baltimore after
meeting Eastman. The quarreling of
ihe two as they left the station Sat
lrday, according to the witness. seemed
to be over tho girls refusal to go
10 some specific place with the man.