The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-28
NEW THEORY AS TO
WOODIlL MURDER ER
Some Evidence Indicating That
Woman Was Drugged and De-
tanned at Bungalow.
NOTHING UPH0LDS EASTMAN'S
STORY OF DRUNKEN ORGY
Body of Supposed Murderer
Rests in Grave Close by Scene
Of Awful Crime.

ST. Mlth ABlIS, No. June Gt-l ne
tbory that Edith May Woodill was
lRred TO "Lame Bob Eastman S lone
ly bungalow without knowledge of
whore she was going, and that she was
drugged and detained there against her
viii was advanced today when fur.
ther search Of the shack which the su-
perstitious folks OF the neighborhood
forever more will shuu as haunted. re-
vealed z small bottle which contained
mixture of narcotic drugs. This tends
10 bear ont The theory which tho peo-
pie of the community who knew aud
loved the girl long have wanted 10 be
lieve. They never have listened 70 the
suggestion that she was involved in
! drunken orgy ~ the bungalow and have
contended that she lost her life in re
pulsing the advances Of the man who
acknowledged his guilt by killing him
self when near capture,
East5nans Note Seems False.
Todsyz Investigations led rho IA
thoriries still further away from the
idea that any one other than Eastman
could have invited friends from New
York or from any other place to visit
ms tnpcalow in fhe condition II was
in. The place. only half completed,
offered no accommodations for visitors
whatsoever. \ single bed. poorly fitted
up; table and washstand completed
jts equipment of furniture Eastman
himself slept in the place infrequently.
In a grave not fifty feet from the
scere OF tba crime, which led him TO his
death, Eastman s body WAS laid away
today. The undertakers and their as
sistsnts. a little band Of newspaper men
trseted to follow the strange funeral
procession, were the only persons AT TIC
Wife Not at Funeral
Mrs. Eastman, stopping twelve miles
evay, at Faston expressed no desire |
10 sttsnd ths funeral
No church or church ward of the u |
cinitY would open its doors or gates
10 the dead man. Superstitlous negroes /
who copld rot he induced ~ dig the |
grave, stood awe struck ON the outskirts /
of the funeral party.
When the hearse had drawn M along |
side the grave four men lifted the cas-
ket from ths vehicle md placed it tenn |
porsrily on two nlarlys stretched across |
The grave into which pine box had |
already been lowered. There was an |
awkward pause. One Of the unlertakers
said:
Gentlemen. ii seems to me that
some one should say little word Of
prayer Won { one of vou7'
blS EldlFE ISL upon James S0if0n, |
merchant Of Rozeman.
You are 3 church man, Mr. Sui |
ton, sad the undertaken, 'won t you
sag it7'
Only Brief Prayer
Suttop hesitated for moment, then
asking al TO Join with him. began to |
repeat the Lord S Prayer with solemn
earnestnesa,
When the last words Of the PRAYER
were uttered, Sutton stepped forward,
and, filling his hands with newly turned
coil from beside the grave, thrice tossed
the sandy loan upon the casket as he
said:
Earth to earth, ashes to sshes, dust
to dust,
The search OF Eastmau's cabin re.
vealed further evidence OF the fact that
the murder was committed there Az
the place where The head Of The he'd
bad rested a part of the flooring had
been ripped up and new 7lauks Laid
loosely down. Beneath these planks the
floor beam had been newly scraped with
chisel or some other sharp instru-
ment. But the efforts 70 remove all
blood stains had failed. The ground be
low had also absorbed a quantity of
the girl 5 blood,
Particular search was made for any
possible fragments of champagne bot
tie. which might tend 10 bear out East
man s claim that Mrs. WoodilI was
murdered by 3uoiher woman. Two
whisky and three wine glasses were dis
covered but there wero no evidences of
champagne bottles ever having been IN
or around the shack.
Wrote Letters to Self,
II is becoming apparent that East
man was n prolific letter writer. II IS
said that whenever he left ST MicbaeIs
60 90 TO Baltimore or Washington he
always mailed letters back hero ad
dressed TO himself as Roberts. 1t rs
claimed he also wrote TO Postmaster
Taylor the letter signed % L. 3. Wei
Gngton.' telling the postmaster what
fine fellow Roberts was and how
much be (Wellington), an uncle living
in Denver, was interested IN him, The
writer asked that Roberts be cons!d
crately treated.
Attorney a. s. Rosentbal Of New
York Who is here as a former lawyer
FOR Eastman. and rs the representative
Of pcrsons who lost heavily as sureties
ON Eastman s bond when be fled from
New York. declared today that he would
endeavor to have the bondsmen dis
charged on proof of Eastman S death
and thus relieve the suretles.
The local police have tried to com
muuicate with District Attorney Jerome
ns TO the status of the New York re-
ward offered for Eastman; ,,.e
There still exists strong behef
among several members Of the coron,
er;s iury that others than Eastman and
Mrs. Woodill were in the bungalow at
the time Of the murder,
II was even limited tonight that one
or more arrests may be made at any
time.
n was further intmatod that the
arrest would not be made az St. Mich
aes or at Baltimore.
Mrs Eastman, widow OF The accused
murderer, has not changed her opinion
since coming TO Easton, that her hns-
band did not kill Mrs. Woodill She
declared today that Eastman had told