The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-26


nents. where Mrs. woodiu was known
as singer and a woman of attain
ments.
A search of the bungalow where the
murder was committed Is being made
TODAY and. bit by bit. letters and scraps
of evidence that lead 10 Los Angeles.
San Francisco, and San Diego. in Cali
fOrnia, New York city. Boston. Wash
ington, Baltimore. Minneapolis, and
even to Berlin and Paris, are being
gathered together by the inquisitOrs who
are trying TO find the real motive be
hind the crime.
The mute testimony OF letters which
the man failed to destroy and stories
told the jury by persons who knew Mrs.
.Woodill point today TO the conclusion
that Eastman knew who Mrs. WoodiI
was and thst Mrs. Woodiu knew all
about Eastman.
Detectives learned today that East
man was acquainted with Tne woman
even before she went TO New York,
where she met Woodul and before East
man became known in Wall street as
a stock broker This something that
Eastman knew. the detectives are con-
WINGED was the parentage OF the fas-
cinating beauty, who captured the at
tention of men prominent in the public
life and gained her entire to the White
House and the best homes in Baltimore
and Washington.
Knew Him Fugitive.
That Mrs, Woodiil knew that Eastman
was a fugitive from justice In New
York was also evident. Every bit Of
new light shed on the mysterious case
today tends to the conclusion that the
lives OF the two had been linked for
years, perhaps from infancy. Eastman's
mysterious statements to Winnie Brad
come, 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 IL he could make capital
Of what ne knew OF Mrs. WoodilTs mys-
ferrous life. thinking that her wealth
aid social position would make it easy
for him 10 secure money from her as
the price of his silence.
II was learned this morning that East
man had been in Los Angeles not many
months ago. where he Ret Mrs. WOodill
and detectives here think that at that
time the meeting at MeDaniels was
planned.
Eastman returned to Baltimore from
the West shortly before Mrs. WoodiIl
and her husband arrived here to visit
Col. Charles a. Thompson, the young
woman s foster parent, He went i'm
medlately 10 the Eastern Shore and
looked for property adjoining the
Thompson farm. Not one word con-
Friends of the murdered woman declare
that when Eastman and Mrs. WoOdfl
met they appeared 10 have not known
each other before, out in the light or
future events il appears that there was
some secret understanding between
them.
Followed the Woman.
From what can be learned today,
Eastman had Followed Mrs Woodim
from Boston to New YORK, and across
the Atlantic and back again and then
80 California. after she met and mar
ried Woodill. year and half ago.
Eastman's efforts to either force her
10 give up money or to induce her 10
run away with him were responsible for
the meetings at the lonesome bungalow
near McDaniels, say the detectives.
Eastman worked his plan quietly. and
with evident cunning, it is said. Seey-
eral trips in the launches, accompanied
sometimes by friends. served to avert
suspicion until the opportunity arrived
for a meeting at which ONLY the two
who had stood In fear of each other for
years could be present
Eastman's proposition to Mrs. Woodil
is supposed to have been met with a
statement from the young woman that
she would turn him over TO the New
York authorities as a fugitive. and the
death struggle ensued.
The story about the party OF merry
makers and the drunken Orgie In his
They say that he wrote the letter TO
offer an explanation that would clear
his memory and conceal whatever may
have been the real motive behind the
crime.
Accounts Believed.
It seems reasonably certain that the
account written by Eastman of his eff
forts TO dispose OF the body Is correct
Bloody planlks. a wheelbarrow smeared
with h1ood aud evidences Of FrovzseF
attempt to strip the body or all signs
of identification, which have been found
at Eastman's bungalow. all bear out
this part of the letter. But the detec-
tives think that the man killed the
woman IN the boat and then carried the
body TO the house and afterward TO the
river again.
The authorities. however are making
every effort to ascertain whether the
lights and voices IN the bungalow. no
ticed by Edward Sutton, a week ago
tonight, were evidences Of a party for
which letters indicate Eastman had been
preparing
The mysterious launch which A. z.
Plummer says he saw coming from
Broad Creek Sunday morning, with a
party of merTymakers and which was
1uXuriO1sly fitted out, is thought to
have contained other guests who were
present at the Saturday night party.
After the guests had left, it is thought
that Mrs. WOodin started for the home
OF her foster parent In Eastman's
launch, and that he killed her that
night. kept the body In his bungalow
all the next day, and threw II into the
creek the next night.
Pawned Her Jewels.
While practically all the people of St.
AIichaeIs declare their belief that Rob
ert r Eastman did not murder Mrs.
Woodill, States Attorney Turner is
working on the theory that he COM
mitted the crime. robbed the body Of its
jewels. and later pawned them in Bal
timoTe.
Mr.. Turner has telephoned Alexander
RadClin, foreman Of the CorOner's jury.
that while he is working on the robbery
theory he is also following up the story
contained in the letter which was found
on Eastman's body and which declared
that Mrs. Woodul had been murdered
by another woman.
1T has been determined by the investi-
cation Of the authorities here that after