The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-26
LETTER NOT BELIEVED
f,awkshaws Put No Faith In the Com
fession Found In the Coat Of
the Dead MUIR
derer.

murder OF EDITH May InOmpSOn
Wooodhill occurred is being made and
every bit Of paper Is being gathered
to Ak motive for the crime. The
detectives learned today that East
man was acquainted that wealthy
broker and that she went to New
York before Eastman was known on
Wall street. Eastman had been In
Los Angeles g few months ago and
there met her II il believed that the
meeting at st. Michaels was planned
then. Eastman's efforts TO either
force her to give up money as the
price Of silence regarding her past
life, or to induce her to run away
with him, aye responsible for the
meeting at the bungalow. say the de-
tectives.
This proposition Il supposed to
have met with statement from her
that she would turn him over to the
New York authorities as fugitive
from Justice. The death struggle
then ensued. Eastman's statement in
the letter about tho party of merry
makers and the drunken orgie in the
launch is not believed, yet 1t seems
reasonable on account Of the letter
sproving that Eastman's efforts to dis;
0f tho body were correct. Bloody
plants, q wheeIbarrow smeared with
blood and other indications. uphold
the letter.
LEWISTON, Idaho. June Is. The
ther OF Mrs. Woodill was murdered
quarrel at Couse Creek, Wash, in
BS7, according to Mrs. Albert Right,
other Of the girl. She confirmed the
(nited Press dispatches that her
augater was born as Anna Pearl and
kas adopted in Minneapolis In 1890 by
Skarles H. Thompson. Mrs. Rights
kst husband was Matthew WITT. and
S employed In the mining town OF
use Creek. He was slain when the
II was one year old. Mrs. Witz
owed to Minneapolis and being un-
bic to properly care for the child,
onsented to It's adoption by the
Ehompson's. The girls name was
hanged to Edith May Thompson, She
hadn't heard Of the murder until IN
formed by the newspaper men.
ST. 'MICHAELS June 26.-The iden-
tification Of Roberts as Robert b.
Eastman was determined today by
Louis E. Pedlar, newspaper artist
from washington and cousin of Miss
Winnie Brady who was the girl East
man married. Pedlars said he knew
him we'll and was positive that he was
Eastman. No coroner's verdict Will be
rendered on the womans death until
every clue has been exhausted.
y /. BALTIMORE. June e.. The local
police we're called upon to solve the
Woodill murder mystery. The letters
which the woman wrote from Bald
more are declared by the police te
have been written for the purpose ol
throwing the foster parents off the
track and leading them to think that
she was In the city for an extended
visit when she was at Eastman't
bungalow.
BALTIMORE, June 26.-The tex
Of the unsent letter to Winnie Brad
combe written by Eastman and dis
covered on the body was made public
today by the Baltimore police. TIL,
murder occurred in the bungalow, ac
cording to Eastman and there wer'
present two men and two women from
Annapolis, besides Eastman and th'
woman. Mrs. Woodill flirted with thu
i escort of one OF the Annapolis womel
and was lying on the bed with hin
when the jealous woman hit then
both on the head with champaign
bottle. The letter says: Il had N
aand in the tragedy. was there AM
removed the evidence after the othe
Two couples had fled. did this II
self preservation. i am haunted. Th
victim was my particular friend AM
we We're we'll mated. l have know,
ner for three weeks. All went wei
" the bungalow for time. We wer
an full except Edith and myself"
BALTIMORE, June .26.-Late toda
we police uncovered number Q
pleces of jewelry belonging to th
moodill woman In local pawn shor
ne shopkeeper says that Eastma
ielt IT with him on Monday, and seen
g 70 be much agltated when h
brought it in. Rosenthal, Eastman
attorney is here enroute to st. Mich
aelS to learn if Eactuon,c utorv n