Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-01
Small Bottle Containing a Mix.
ture of Narcotic Drugs Found
in Eastman's Bungalow
BLOOD FOUND UNDER FLOOR
The Bottle Also Concealed Tbcrc--Ns
Crcdcncc Given 10 Eastman's Let
ter Claiming lie Had Party
There--His Body Buried
nenr the shack.

81. Michnels. Mi. June 1.-THE theory
that Edith May Woodill was lured "a
Lamb Bob" Eastmans lonely bungalow.
several miles from here, without know
ledge of where she was going and that
she was drugged and detained there
against her will. was advanced to-day
wen a further search of the shack re
vealed small bottle which contained a
mixture of narcotic drugs There were
strong traces Of morphine in the nearly
empty phial.
This discovery tends to bear out the
theory which the people Of the community
who knew and loved the girl long have
wanted to believe. They never have
listened TO the idea that she was involved
in drunken orgy at the bungalow and
have commended that she lost her life in
repulsing the advances Of the man who
Acknowledged his guilt by snuffing out his
| life when 1t seemed that the hands Of the
law were about to be laid upon him
To-day's Investigations led the au-
thoTt!es still further away from the idea
that any one other than Eastman had n
hand IN the murder 1t Is held In
| conceivable that Eastman could have
| Iflenos from New York or from any
other place to visit his bungalow In its
condition Only half completed. II offered
no accommodation for visitors. A sing,e
bed, poorly fitted up; a table and a wash
stand completed the equipment Of furni-
ture. Eastman himself slept In the place
| but infrequenty
IN new made grave. not 20 feet from,
/ the scene of the crime Eastnan's bodv
was laid away in the early hours Of TO-
! DAY. No man of the church was there "a
| oHer last word for the dead: no friend
! or relative came near. The underts,xors
and their assistants. a little band Of
| newspapermen and a few idle persons
| morhidly attracted were the only persons
at the grave
With barred heads they repeated the
familiar words OF the Lords prayer Mrs.
Eastman. stopping u miles away AT
Easton. expressed no desire to attend the
funeral.
THE BUNGALOW SEARCHED.
Following the funeral there was nv.
other search In the bungalow and con-
ceaed beneath the floor was founo the
small drug bottle.
The sheriff late yesterday had seized
ali Of Eastinan's meagre household eff
fects to satisfy an action for debt
brought by local creditor and the bunr-
| low to-day was empty
The search OF the cabin revealed -ur-
Their evidence of the fact that the murder
| mad been committed there Flooring had
| been ripped up and new planks laid
loosely down. Beneath these planke the
| floor beam had he n newly scraped but
the efforts to wholly remove blood stains
from It had failed. The ground beneath
also was saturated with blood.
Particular search to-day for any posi-
! BILE fragments of a champagne bottle
which might tend to bear out Enstn ans
claim that Mrs Woodll was murdered
BY another woman In a jealousy frenzy
revealed only two whiskey and three
wine glasses
WAS GREAT LETTER WRITER.
II is becoming more and more ap-
| parent that Eastman was a prolific let
! ter writer. It is said that whenever he
| left ST. Michaels to go to Baltimore or
washington. ne always mailed letters
| back mere addressed to himself as Rob-
erts. IT is claimed that he also wrote to
postmaster Taylor the letter signed "F,.
! Il. wellington" telling the postmaster
what a fine fellow Roberts was. how
much he CWe.lington) and an uncle liv-
ing in Denver. was Interested in him
ately treated. 1t is further claimed by
the authorities that they have discover
ed that Eastman an expert PEN
! man.
This leads then, to the belief that
the famous "Howarth" letter telling of
a proposed visit OF men named Ryan
! and Shotwell' on June u was fake
! which might helm TO divert attention
! from himself A New York newspaper
man named Shotwel appeared n
| witness against Eastman in criminal
proceedings and the authorities hero
have an that In trying to lay the
blame on others. Eastman hit upon the
plan of possibly drawing his enemies
into the affair. The Howarth whom no
possibly knew in New York. however.
died about a year ago. No persons nam
ed Ryan or Shotwell arrived at Oxford
on boat. as the letter said they would.
so far as the records of the steam
ship company show.
Attorney A : Rosenthal, Of New
York, who IL here as n former lawyer
for Eastman and as the representative
( OF persons who lost heavily as sure
tics on Eastman's bond when he took
Night from New York, declared to-day
that he would endeavor to have the
state of New York discharge the
bond upon proof of Eastman's death
and thus relieve the sureties Mr.
Rosenthai denied that he had thought
II possible to make delivery OF the
body in New York. The local author
tiles have endeavored to communicate
with District Attorney Jerome as TO
the status of the reward offered there
for Eastman.