The Detroit times., 1909-06-29
lsTMAN LUREO
HER TO BUNGALOW
). woodill's Threat To Expose
Fugitive New York Broker Drove
Him To Kill Her.

ST. MICHAELIS, Nd. June 2s.-The
cam Of light that ultimately illu-
a ines almost every tragedy is begin
|A19chg 20 show In Che mysterious killing
Bur Mrs. Edith May Woodill by Robert
Eastman. and II seems certain that
clstman killed the woman on hearing
om her lips that she intended dis
osing his Identity as a fugitive from
ew York.
III To-day proved TO be one OF strange
1kmEcoveries. all pointing TO that one
! Feanclusion. Coupled with what Is al
Ady known. the case now evolves
A csc facts:
Il That Edith Woodill had known
anne Bob" Eastman in New York,
here. as a stock broker. he had In
To,Bted some money for her and won
|cntrr her a small fortune.
|xs,, -, That they continued to be friendly
k<,n,ld when he (Eastman) jumped bail
went to Los Angeles, where she
<ne - living with her husband. and
he'd her to help him.
nx That she did help him with money
knvdod finally suggested that for a man
10 do was trying to hide from justice
vhto better place could be found than
8fr Z Michaels.
4 In She Gave Him Money.
gam That he went there and she fol-
MorSwed to be near him and lent him
[oee1oney from time TO time his funds
f0penytng run out
d HThar his demands fo- money finally
Eso rDcame insistent and that the edges Of
Etiondendship became ragged, and Lame
Cob" needing funds. became more In
[bastDfent In his demands.
10 shat when she denied his entreat
s. he stated he had made her a for
1eclDe, and finally when she refused
flor6m more he became enraged and de-
[Df Dyed her to his home for the purpose
fWek compromising her so that he might
kpeanforce his demands.
"A That finally when on that Sunday
Ebadght following the long day when she
Eeutad lain drugged In his bungalow. he
( xotemanded more money, she told him
X shat when she went home she would
I,vaIenounce him and tell the authorities
Ibahat he was not Roberts but Lame
vob" Eastman, for whose arrest a re-
| tbeard had been offered.
Then the desperate criminal, thwart-
"a In his plans to get money from her
~ believed to have murdered her and
tier throwing her weighted body in
the river. removed. as he thought. all
wtgns of his guilt.
IN The letter which he, wrote 10 his
xvffe Is now morally certain to De
found only subterfuge OF hate. Two
~ those mentioned as men who might
5ossibly have been at the bungalow
Ire said To be New York newspaper.
"rcn who were to testify against East.
nan In that city, and II is believed ne
fried to pay them back before he died
r That he never intended to be taken
# live to New York where he would
lave TO face jury again was proved
VI )y his wife. who was In Easton. Z
4 Mort distance from here. today. She
aid that In a letter To her last April
rom Philadelphia. her husband had
laid that sooner than go up the riv.
~, / will go down" He meant by this.
khe wife said today, that sooner than
10 up to Blackwell's island, he would
I'LL himself.
Il was a strange course that finally
ran itself out in Talbot county. Nd.
10 started In New York four years ago
when Lame Bob was a prosperous
broker. He met Mrs. Woodill. No
1ne can tell just how they became ac-
Quainfed
He was attracted by her manners.
He had married but had left his wife
after only five days.