Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-25
A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.

NOUS tlLi
they are believed ofbe standing in his
name.
"a 4rYsTEIeIO OTIS WOMAN.
Baltimore, June woman whose
| Identity detective Capt Humphrey re-
fuses to disclose, called atSpollce head
|Squarters today and declared she knew
Eastman. giving q description OF him
that comedies with that8of Roberts
She said she visited Mrs. Woodill In
California recently and that Eastman
also also was a guest at the Woodil home.
EIx-sEcY. GAGE TALKS.
San Diego, Cal, June 25.-When told
Of the dispatches from Baltimore, in
reference to the Woodill affair, exs Secy.
of the Urea sury Lyman j 3 Gage said
TO an Associated Press reporter today.
NJ relations with my ward, Mrs.
| Woodill wera perfectly honorable, as
IS we'll known by those who know us.
she WAS a sweet and loveable girl, ana
when l first met her j became deeply
attached to her, She has been foully
murdered. and / think 1t Is a disgrace
that the poor girls body should ba
made the basis for an attempted scan
"a Further than that l positively
have nothing to say
lis 1t true you first met her through
President Mckinley d In Washington
when sheSiWas bout II years old?'' he
was asked. III
| Yes. s,'.J$ gsj535 ~ .} = Il
Who We're hertparerts? ~
have nothing more to say de-
$ciared Nfr.I Gage, and hung UP the teie-
phone receiver. 5 ~
IL ELIMINATION OF A TRAGEDY.
Baltimore, June 25.--The death OF
Roberts atESt. N1ichaels marks the cul-
Emination OF one of the most sensational
tragedies lin Maryland's history with,
manifestations that have become coun-
ttry-wide in their extent.
Some OF the acts in&the meteoric ca
4 r i.eer OF Mrs. Woodill. In whose brief
life, love and romance played such ii
great part We're related today by an.
Intimate friend Of the slain woman,
Who said they were told by Mrs. Wood
8ill5hcrself{
x. Mrs. Woodill said she was born iii
Minneapolis about 20 years ago Her
3l1otller, who called herself Mrs. Ames,
I died when she was about three years
4 old, leaving her in utter ignorance OF
Z her father or forbcars.
Mrs. Charles In. Thompson Of Nc
i Daniel, Md: then took her and brought
her up, telling her that she Mrs.
friend. but never disclosing to her the
\ name OF her father When she was
ar years of age they Went to Washing
ton where theNsSlived for some time
with Lyman J. Gage. who took great
interest in8ller When she was q 5 he
sent her. With Mrs. Thompson. to
Paris, where she studied music. on
her return from Paris she went to Bos-!
ton to e olp plete. her studies and while
IN Boston she was married to- a iDr.s
Caswell .$5 When she was Ii she hes
to Bal fmore t Q con tinue her studies in
the Peabody conservatory leaving her
husband II 58f; sl5 i3s5 "a
\ she was Known here as Miss Edith
Thompson, concealing her s marriage
from all but a few Intimate friends
In "a short time therea tter8she entered
suit for divorce sainst DR.. c'aswell.:
Fol ME r DIY oRS,E. q
M SheaIeft Baltimore a year ago, being
engaged at the time TO Harry Adams
of Mount Vernon. N. Y. After a brief
stay in New York she went to Cali IL
fornia. where In less than. 80 days
after her divorce from Or. Gaswell she
married Gilbert Moodill Of Los. An
tgeleS. 1t lins also been runored that
in her early youth, Charles Thompson
the son OF her foster mother and
father, being a rejected sutton, commit
LEU
During her residence in Baltimore,
MI. Gage, 1t. is said, sent her checks
continually, some Of then, amounting
to, S 800 and when she was married to
Mr.. Woodill he gave them $4,000 At
the time of her death Mr.. Gage is said
TO have been building her house in
Los Angeles with the understanding
and her husband. All of these facts,
1T is asserted, were stated by Mrs.
sWoodilli to friends In Baltimore prior
to- her death. Mrs. Woodill had a
peculiar charm for; men and nearly
every man who came in contact with
iii addition to beauty. In
stature she was rather petite, with a
beautiful figure. an expressive face,
golden brown hair and brown eyes. She
was unusually well read and musical
and artistic in temperament. 81
& There was always more or less niys-3
terry surrounding her. No one ever
She referred to Capt. and Mrs Thomp-
son OF Mcdaniel as her father and
mother but was supposed to be an
adopted child.
Z she constantly talked OF and referred
to ex-Secy. Gage and seemed fondar
of him than anybody else In the world.
She always spoke Of him as Papa
N1aS lie dllu lieTf IluSDsiilu pdlQ Dll1l
a visit at his home in California before
coming east. Mrs. Gage seemed TO
take the greatest interest in her ma
terial and mental welfare and visited
her while she was studying music in
Baltimore, frequently meeting her in
New York. Through the influence of
Mrs. Gage, 1t is said. Mrs. Woodill sang
at the White House for President Nc
Kinley and some; guests. The presl-
dent was delighted with her and her
voice and was frank to tell her SO.
\ Mrs. Woodiil was very. fond of pretty
clothes and when last seen here WAS
beautifully gowned
4 In her letter from California to Bal
timore friends she expressed I herself
as happy and devoted to her husband
OF whom she seemed very proud. Those
who met him In Baltimore say that
he seemed equally devoted to her.
MRS. WooDILLts PARENTAGE.
Minneapolis. MINI. June 25.-Anra
Pearl WITT CAfrs. Woodilg (. was bora
Nov. 30, 1856, In Asotin county Wash
ington. She, is the daughter of Mat
thew and Zeetella Knight Witt. She
was adopted by Charles II. and Laura
Il. Thompson, Oct. Is, 1890, @
MESSAGE 10 THE HUSBAND.
Los Angeles, June 25.-.Gilbert