Evening journal., 1909-06-28
KILLED DURING
A QUARREL
By United press Leased Special wira

BY United Press Leased Special Wir0
FOLLOW ST. NIICHAELS.
ST. MICHAELS. Md. June 2S-In
quest for motives that led Robert En-
NETT Eastman. alias Emmett E. Rob-
erts, 10 murder pretty Miss Edith May
Thompson Woodill. the authorities are
gradually unearthing clues that may
soon reveal clearly what has appeared
for several days to be an insolvable
riystery.
What appears To be the most tang
ihle theory is that the man had been
warned that his identity was kaown,
bat that in making his plans to seek
another haven he had determined upon
having the company of Mrs. Woodill.
The little woman. whether she truly
loved the man, or whether she was
flirting with him. declined 10 desert
her husband Then followed a quar-
rel and in his rage the man struck
her down.
Many men in rage have struck the
woman they love. and while il is brt
charitable to say that the blows may
not have been struck with murderous
intent. yet death has often been the
result Of such a blow. This is believed
10 have been the case with Eastman
The woman. by her refusal to throw
over her husband, caused the man &c
lose his temper and he dealt her The
death blow.
1t is said by some that the woman''
trip East was the outcome of a sum
mons to straighten out the sale o
some farm property belonging to he
foster father. Colonel Thompson, bl
this may have been merely a coinci
dence, affording a still better preteX
for once more visiting the scenes %
her childhood.
Mrs Woodin .prided herself on beinl
a worldly woman. It was nothinl
or novel for her 10 meet men-not mel
in ordinary walks of life but evel
statesmen or men of the world. Sh
perhaps rested secure in the knowl
edge that she was married, and tina
gave her privileges beyond even IN
nope of a single girl
The coroner's jury that is now sit
ting and endeavoring to unraVel IN
| tangled skein Of facts and theories
| bavings its troubles This is the iur
which held the inquest over the bod
of Mrs. Woodill and it is the intentio
to remain in session until somethlh
definite can be learend.
What has thrown an obstacle in IL
way Of the deliberation Of the Jur
has been the activity of Sheriff Welsi
who on Saturday swooped down upo
the Eastman bungalow, and too
everything there and took 1t TO Eastoi
He acted on an attachment by a
Easton firm.
The iurvmen claim that the sheri
had no right to disturb the conten
of the house which they wished
study; and so keen is the feeling th'
it is said that the. matter VIII
brought before the grand jury
Eastman's Wife on the Scene.
The dead mans wife, Winnie bra.
q combe, the actress is in Easton. y
wears no robes of mourning but
rather hashy costume, and her int
est seems largely in obtaining wh
estate her husband may have LEFT.
II is not compatible that she shot
have exhibited much interest in q
dead man. for he made her victi
of his selfish passion. He gave to h
:. the name he bore and then left h'
: leaving her to fight her battles Of Il
for herself and child as the best s.
should. To the woman goes out /
sympathy Of all.
a Lame Bah" may have made 70
tune. he may have had S55,0OO on hi
when he was arrested in Chicago, b
- he has left but little Of this worl'
goods behind him. Ills estate, real a
personal will hardly aggregate S2'e'
Judge Wootors. register Of Wills h
I, given Mrs. Eastman his assuran
y mat he will look out for her interes
!. and has promised that he will do
that he acn to assist her in claimi
tho nropertv left.