Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
(By Associated Press.l

(By Associated RresSJ
OT MICHAELs. Md, June 2s.-The
~ full text of Lame Bob East
~ mans version of the death of
Edith May Woodil1, as related in the
letter he sought to mail to Winnie
Bradcomhe, his wife, has added new
Interpretation to the tragedy. Rob
berry as a possible motive for the crime
now has been advanced.
Word comes from Baltimore that
man answering the description of
Eastman pawned in that city on Tues
day last two diamond rings and
diamond brooch, valued at about $500.
Diamond rings, a diamond bro3 and
a diamonds bracelet worn bl Mrs.
Woodill when she last was seer with
Eastman have not been accouE I'd for.
Eastman went to Baltimore Tues
day and mailed from there letter
written by Mrs. Woodill several days
previously to her sister at Mcdaniel
Eastman's Story
Eastman's story of the crime, which
he declared was committed by a
drunken woman in a fit of jealousy,
is so circumstantial, however, that
Foreman Radcliffe of the coroner's
jury which is inquiring into the death
of Mrs. Woodill, is convinced Of its
truth.
Mr.. Radcliffe again today postponed
the inquest to await some action by
the law officers. The authorities are
inclined to take but little stock in
Eastman's declarations. They believe
the last letter may have been written
in an attempt to- shield his wife and
family from a final and overwhelming
stigma.
States Attorney Turner declared
that he will not abandon the investi-
CATION until he is convinced that every
tangible clew has been followed to the
end
The Baltimore police adhere to the
theory that it was Eastman who COM
mitted the deed. Detective Captain .
Humphrey of Baltimore, in an inter-
view today, explained his theory in de-
tail.
He believes, despite Eastman's dec
laration that Mrs. Woodill was a new
acquaintance, that the two were old
friends, and that the woman was
killed from motives of jealousy, when,
after postponing her departure to join
her husband, she finally decided she
was going back to her home in Los
Angeles.
Here where Mrs. Woodiu lived as
girl, lOG nclSnDOfS OF her lOSl6i ldlHtI
and old Colonel Thompson himself hold
the theory that the girl was killed in
repulsing Eastman's advances.
One of the clews yet to be run down
is locating the men who were to visit
Eastman's bungalow the night of June
Is. A letter found in Eastman's bunga-
low, addressed to Roberts" as he was
known here. follows;
"Easton, Md, June 16, 1909
Dear Roberts, Ryan and ShotweIl
will arrive oxford boat 10 o'clock to-
night. Captain Lee will take us over
to your joint. Get there about 12:40.
but must leave after looking the place
over Sorry you have decided not to
go this time. Folks at Annapolis. Here
is to the one sent for me. Yours,
"HOWARTH."
Party at Bungalow
There may have been a party at the
bungalow prior to the arrival of Mrs
Woodill there on June 10, and this fact
may have given Eastman his idea for
an explanation of the crime.
Several persons along the road, it
was learned today heard Eastman and
Mrs. Woodill quarreling as they drove
from Royal Oak station, where he met
her Saturday last, to the wharf at
Mcdaniel, where she was seen entering
a motor boat with Eastman.
Without ceremony the body of East
man was buried this afternoon at the
expense of Talbot county.
The farm near Bozeman, where East
man had made his home during his
brief stay in this county, and in the
bungalow in which place the murder
probably took place, was the scene OF
the burial, and as no church here
would permit the body to be buried
within its graveyard, the authorities