Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-28
Say She Was Lured to Bungalow
Under Morphine Influence. ,
LOST LIFE REFUSING
Lame Bob" Eastman is BL
Lonely Grave.
WIFE NOT AT his FUN
Resting Place Less Than Fifty
from Scene of 9rutaI CFime-
No Clergyman Attends His
Obseuuies.

ST. MICHAELs Nd, June T-rhe
theory that Edith May Woodill was lured
TO Lame Bob" Eastman's lonely bungalow
without knowledge of where she was going, /
and that she was drugged and detained !
there against her will. was advanced today
when a further search Of the shack which !
the superstitious folk OF the nelghborhood
foreverInore will shun as haunted, revealed
a small bottle which a hasty examination
shows contained a mixture Of narcotic
drugs There were strong traces Of NOR
phine 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 lis
tened to the suggestion that she was In
volved in a drunken orgie at the bungalow
and have contended that she lost her life
in repulsing the advances of the man who
Acknowledged his guilt by shifting out his
life. when It seemed that the hands OF the
law were about to be laid upon him.
Today's Investigations lead the authorities
stu further away from the idea that any
one other than Eastman could have invited
friends from New York or any other place
to visit his bungalow in the condition II
was in. The place only half completed,
offered no accommodations for visitors
whatsoever. A single bed poorly fitted
up; a table and a washstand completed it's
equipment OF furniture Eastman himself
slept in the place infrequently.
Eastman's Lonely Burial.
In a new-made grave. nearly fifty feet
from the scene OF the crime which led him
to his death, Eastman's body was laid
away early today. No man Of the church
was there to offer a last word for the dead;
no friend or relative came near. The under
takers and their assistants, a little band
OF newspaper men, and few idle persons,
morbidly attracted to follow the strange
funeral procession, were the only persons
at the grave with barred heads they re-
peated the familiar words of the Lords
prayer. Mrs. Eastman, stopping twelve
miles away at Easton. expressed no desire
20 sttend the fnnerai,.. -
II was $50 O'Clock this morning when
the oasket containing Eastmsns body was
placed in the roughly fashioned hearse
and the undertakers and others making
up the little funeral party started from
st. Michaels on the seven milo trip to the
bungalow. 1t was pest midnight last night
before a decision to postpone the burial
was reached A night burial amid the
lone pines os the secluded Eastman farm
had been planned, but owing either to
give Mrs. Eastman opportunity to be pres
ent or because Of the weirdness of the
night scene that would be enacted about
The grave. the idea was abandoned.
Curious Crowds Gather.
Notwithstanding the early hour there
were many people abroad in the streets
OF st. Michaels and along the way to
witness the passing OF the strange cortege.
Busgies, wagons and all manner Of We
hicles were In the funeral line. An hours
drive through the fragrant pines and along
the shores OF the many tidal streams that
indent the country. brought the party to
within sight OF the unfinished bungalow,
which stands now as a monument for the
newly mohnded grave almost within it's
shadow. No church OF church yard Of
the vicinity would open fits doors or gates
TO the dead man. Superstltous negroes
who on yesterday could not be persuaded
to dis the crave stood awe-strlcken today
on the outskirts Of the funeral party.
No more lonely spot could we'll be imag-
med than where the isolated bungalow
stands. Scrub pines form a background
while In front a green marsh leads away
through the shore grasses to the open
waters OF Broad creek
When the hearse had drawn up alongside
the grave four men lifted the casket from
the vehicle and placed it temporarily on
two plank supports stretched across the
grave into which a pine box already had
been lowered. Marsh water had seeped
into the grave over night
The undertaken drew back the sliding ia
of the casket In order that all might see
that II was Eastman who was being con-
signed to his last resting place, and closed
Il again
As the easket rested above the grave,
ready to be lowered, there was an awkward
The thR ndRRtad
nervously. At nod the supporting boards
were slipped away and gradually the casket
sank into the grave. The two gravedis-
gers hesitated q moment and then stepped
forward. One OF the undertakers looked
around with a certain uneasiness OF man
ner.
Undertaker Asks Prayer.
Gentlemen" he said. 1T seems TO me
that some one should say a little word of
prayer. Won't one OF your
His glance fell upon James Sutton, a
merchant OF Bohemian.
You are a church member. Mr.. Sutton, -
said the undertaken; won't you say itT''
sutton hesitated for a moment. then ask
ing all to Join with him. began TO repea,
the Lords prayer with solemn earnest
ness. when the last words OF the prayer
were uttered. Sutton stepped forward and
filling his hands with newly turned soi
from the side OF the grave, thrice tossed
the sandy loan upon the casket as he said
Earth TO earth. ashes TO ashes, dust &c
dust"
BungalOW IN Searched.
Following the funeral there was another
thorough search OF the bungalow, and con-
cealed beneath the floor was found the
small drug bottle.
The sheriff late yesterday had seized AL
OF EAStmAns meaEer household effects "a
satisfy an action for debt brought by .
local creditor. and the bungalow today WA
empty Who could wish to purchase OF
have in their possession these grussOms