The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-07-02
To Probe Deeper.


To Probe Deeper
st. Michaels, Nd, June 2S.-The cor.
oners inquest into the death If pretty
Edith May Woodill will be resumed
some time today, with severa. of the
jurors still convinced that there was
large element of truth in the letter
left by Lame Bob" Eastman. the fug-
tive broker and suicide, who declared
there had been party at his bunga-
low and that Mrs. Woodill had been
attacked with champagne bottle and
slain by jealous woman.
The jury will meet in the lonely
bungalow within sight of the grave to
which the body of Eastman was con.
signed early yesterday morning with
no further ceremony than the NUT.
tered prayers of few laymen.
1t is not believed that definite yer.
dict will be rendered by the jury and
1t Is certain that no matter what may
be the outcome of today's sitting of
the inquest, investigation Of the trag.
edy will be carried forward by the law
officers of the state and county with
undiminished energy.
Members of the coroners jury init.
mated today that the Investigations
into the identity of the launch party
may lead to an arrest at any moment.
st. Michaels, Md, June 2S.-The
theory that Edith May Woodill was
lured to Lame Bob" Eastmans lonely
bungalow without knowledge of where
she was going and that she was drug
ged and detained there against her
will, was advanced when a further
search of the shack revealed a small
bottle which upon examination showed
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 COM
munity who knew and loved the girl
long, have wanted to believe
They never have listened to the
suggestions that she was involved in
a drunken orgio at the bungalow and
have commended that she lost her life
in. repulsing the advances of a man
who acknowledged his guilt by snuffing
out his life when it seemed that the
hands of the law were about to be
laid upon him.
Yesterdays investigations lead the
authorities still further away from the
idea that anyone-not even Eastman
could have invited friends from New
York or from any other place to visit
his bungalow in the condition it was
in. The place, only half completed,
offered no accommodations for visitors
whatsoever, A single bed, poorly fit
ted up; table and wash stand COM
pleted its equipment of furniture.
Eastman himself slept in the place not
infrequently.
Eastman Is Buried.
In newly made grave, nearly fifty
feet from the scene of the crime
which led him to his death, Eastmans
body was laid away early Sunday. No
man of the church was there to offer
last word for the dead; no friend
or relative came near. The under
takers and their assistants little band
of newspaper men and a few persons
merely attracted to follow the strange
funeral procession, were the only per-
sons at the grave. With barred heads
they repeated the familiar words of
the Lords prayer. Mrs. Eastman,
stopping twelve miles away at Easton,
expressed no desire to attend the
funeral
Following the funeral there was an
other thorough search of the bungalow
and concealed beneath the floor was
the small drug bottle" The sheriff
on Saturday had seized all of East
mans meagre household effects to
satisfy an action for debt brought by a
local creditor and the bungalow to-
day was empty,
Following the report that a strong
and strange odor was apparent about
the bungalow the authorities made a
search. They pitchforked mound of
hay but found the ground had not been
disturbed underneath. The smells re-
ported through the excited neighbor-
hood evidently were those of the marsh
at low tide.
Find No Champagne Bottle.
Search was made for any possible
fragments of champagne bottle to
bear out the mans claims that Mrs.
Woodill was murdered by another wo-
man in jealous frenzy.
Two whiskey and three wine glasses
were discovered but there was no evil
dence that champagne bottles ever had