The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
MARYLAND HAS
MURDER MYSTERY
VICTIM KNOWN IN SOCIAL CIR.
Giles AND HAD SUNG BEFORE
MCKINLEY.
WOMAN WAS FROM LOS ANGELES

| "T'SeF ana WnIIom ffIend je Accused
His Arrest Reported-Unfortu.
Mates Home and Percentage
Mystery.
Baltimore, June 25.-A brief tele.
gram received after midnight from st.
Mlchaels, Nd, announces the capture
OF Roberts, the alleged murderer of
Mrs. Edith May Woodill.
st. Michaels, June 25.-At II o'clock
last night word reached here that
Roberts had been surrounded in the
house of John S. McQuay, at Coyman,
seven miles from here and about a
half mile from the bungalow where
the murder was committed. A posse
left here in automobiles at midnight.
Roberts is believed to be heavily
armed.
McQuay noticed skulker near his
home last night and called to him. He
came to the house and asked for wa
ter. Recognizing him as Roberts, Nc.
Quay invited him into the house and
sent his wife secretly to notify neigh.
bors, by whom the house was sur.
rounded
st. Michaels, Md, June 25.-Prac.
tically the entire population on the
eastern shore of Maryland is aroused
and searching for one Emmit e. or
John 7. Roberts, wanted in connection
with the brutal murder of Mrs. Edith
May Woodill, wife of Gilbert Woodill.
an automobile dealer of Los Angeles,
Cal.
Her nude body, the skull crushed in
from blow apparently delivered from
behind, the face horribly disfigured,
the entire body swollen from the eff.
fects of several days immersion, and
weighted with an iron pot containing
half dozen bricks was discovered
by boys in Back creek, a tributary of
the Choptank river not far from the
home of Mrs. Woodills foster father.
Captain Charles H. Thompson, few
miles from here.
Roberts was with Mrs. Woodill when
she was seen for the last known time,
and he is accused of having committed
the murder. The motive for the crime
ia at present mystery. The police of
Baltimore and all other cities to which
Roberts might make his way have
been asked to search for and arrest
him. He is said to be about so years
old, five feet six inches tall, stout,
smooth shaver, with abundant, bushy
hair and a ruddy complexion. He
limps and wears brace on one leg.
He claimed to be a magazine writer
and general correspondent of news.
papers. He is even said to have de.
clared that he returned to this locality
after short absence for the express
purpose of writing up the murder
which he is now accused of having
committed.
Seen With Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodill came here ear
ly this month, the latter with the in
tention of spending the summer with
her foster father. Her husband re.
manned only few days, leaving, it is
understood, for Detroit, whence he in
tended to return to Los Angeles. From
that time Mrs. Woodill and Roberts
are said to have seen much of each
other. Last Saturday Mrs. Woodill
went to Easton to have some dental
work done and it had been arranged
that Roberts should meet her at Royal
Oak and return with her to her home.
Roberts missed the train for Royal
Oak and drove ther0 met Mrs. Wood
ill and drove with her back here to
the landing where his launch was
moored. They entered the launch and
Mrs. Woodill was not seen again alive,
so far as has been learned.
Since her disappearance Roberts
has made trip to Baltimore, from
which point letter was received by
Captain Thompson osentisbly from
Mrs. Woodill, saying she was in that
city and would shortly return.
Roberts remained in this neighbor.
hood until after the finding of the
body. He had previously endeavored
to allay the growing uneasiness of
Captain Thompson in connection with
his foster daughters absence and used
the letter referred to as evidence in
support of his contention that she was
all right and would soon return.
Murdered In Bungalow. /
Investigation since made indicates
that when Roberts and Mrs. Woodill
left here they went in the launch to
bungalow that is being built on Rob-
erts' small farm near that of Captain
Thompson, and that in this bungalow
the murder was committed, There
were found bloody sheet ad mattress
and portions Of the woman's clothes.
partly burned. These have been iden.
tilted as having belonged to Mrs.
Woodill.