The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-28
DISCOVERY OF BOTTLE or MAR.
CoTlcs THROWS NEW LIGHT
ON WooDlLL MURDER.
DIED TO SAVE HER HONOR
Theory Is Held That Woman uss
KILLED While RepuIsins Advances Of
wan VINO Has Since Acknowledged
His Guilt by suicide-"Lame Bob,
Eastman Is Quietly Buried.

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st. Miehael's. Md. June " ira
theory that Edith May Wooaiu u.as
lufea TO Lame Bob" l3astman's lone.
~ bungalow without knowledge of
Where she was going and that She was
afossed and detained there against
fef Will was advanced TODAY when >
further search Of the shack. which
the superstitious folks OF the, nefph-
bofhood forepermore will shun AZ
haunted, revealed small bottle which
contained mixture of narcotic drugs.
~ tehas % bear out the theory
winch the people OF the eelnmtlnity
Who knew and loved the girl Ion,
nave wanted TO believe They never
nave listened to the suggestion than
she was involved in a drunken orgy
az the bungalow and nave epntendea
that she lost her life Id repulsine the
advances Of the man who acknowl
edged his guilt by killing himself
when near capture
Today's Investigations led the an
thoritles still further away from the
idea that anyone other that Eastman
could have invited friends from New
york or from any other place Ia visit
his bungalow In, the condition It was
in The place, only half completed.
offered no accommodation for Visitors
Whatsoever single bed, poorly
fitted up; table and washstand
completed its equipment Of furniture.
Eastman himself slept In the place IN
frequently.
Lame Eob" Buried.
In grave not SO feet from the
crime which led him to his death,
ilastmanss body was laid away today.
ihe uhdeftakers and their assistants,
a little band of neWspapermen and
Few idle persons. morbidly attracted
70 follow the strange funeral process
sion We're the only persons at the
grave
Mrs Eastman, stopping II miles
away at Easton, expressed no desire
TO attend the funeral No church or
churchyard of the vicinity would open
IT'S doors or gates to the dead man.
Supefstltious negroes who could nor
be induced to dig the grave. stood
aWe-stricken on the outskirts oil the
funeral party. When the hearse had
drawn up alongside the grave four
men lifted the easket from the vehicle
and placed it temporarily on two
panks stretched across tho grave
into which pine box had already
been lowered There was an awkward
pause. One Of the undertakers said:
"A Little Word Of PRAYER,
Gentlemen. it seems to me that
some one should say q little word OF
prayer. Won't one of ynu?"
His glance fell upon James; sutton.
a merchant OF Bozeman
You are Il church member Mr..
sutton said the undertaken, won't
You say it,"
Sutton hesitated for a moment. then
asking all to join With him. began to
repeat the Lords prayer with solemn
earnestness.
When the last words Of the prayer
were uttered, Sutton stepped forward
and, filling his hands with newly
turned soil from beside the grave
thrice tossed the sandy loan upou the
casket as he said:
Earth to earth. ashes to ashes,
dust to dust
The search of Eastman's cabin re-
vealed further evidence of the fact
that the murder was committed there
At the place where the head OF the
bed had rested a part of the flooring
had been ripped up and new planks
laid loosely down. Beneath these
planks the floor beam had been newly
With a chsel or some other
instrument. But the efforts to re-
move all boodstains had failed The
ground below had also absorbed a
quantity of the girls blood
Particular search was made for any
possible fragments of a champagne
bottle which might tend to bear out
Eastman's claim that Mrs. Woodilt
was murdered by another woman
Two whisky and three Wine glasses
were discovered, but there were no
evidences of champagne bottles ever
having been in or around the shack.
Wrote to Himself
1t Is becoming apparent that East
man was a prolific letter writer 1t
is said that whenever he left ST.
Michaers to so to Baltimore or Wash
ington he. always mailed letters back
here addressed to himself as Roberts.
1t is claimed he also wrote to POST
master Taylor the letter signed .<E,.
B. Wellngton," telling the postmaster
what q fine fellow Roberts was and
how much Wellington. an uncle lty-
ing in Denver. was interested In him.
The writer asked that Roberts be
treated.
Attorney A, S, Rosenthal of New
York. who is here as Il former Law