The Washington herald., 1909-06-28
Edith Only FIirted.


whose attractions she had tasted, a very
different specimen OF man from the un-
sophisticated youths Of the country who
used 20 sit IN her parlo- with large.
round eyes while she rippled Chopin and
Beethoven on the piano or raised her
fine voice in song OF Schubert's East
man spoke the language Of the world
outside. a very gay world, that had petted
her.
The girl ooquetted outrageously. there
Is not a grain Of doubt about that. and
she was ready enough 10 blacken her
reputation. hitherto unsoiled IN the coun-
ty. by risking being seen by acqualnt-
ances going by night 20 Eastmau's bunga-
low. She had no mind 20 PUN away WIKI
Lame Bob" or anybody else.
Affection for Husband.
One Of the last conversations she had
with her friends in Easton touched on
her affection for her husband, Gilbert
Voodill OF Los Angeles. and on her de-
sire 10 sac him Nobody IN the county
who knew the girl at ali believed she
would have provoked an outright scan
dal by her relations With the former
broker She was trying her hand az a
game she had played before IN Washing
ton. IN Baltimore. IN Paris and London.
and even here IN the country among
simple subjects She had been so petted
and spoiled by great men and small that
she loved 10 see every man who aDr
preached her become as wax % her hand.
IN Eastman she met an outlaw who had
nothing 20 gain ny restraint.
II seems probable that Eastman got
night a week ago for the purpose Of
pleading with her 70 accompany him. II
is none the less reasonable 20 suppose
that the girl refused instantly and that
there were quarrels running through
Saturday night and a part Of Sunday.
which ended wiki his committing the
murder IN rage and disappointment
Bloody Boards Found.
This afternoon a party Of men who
was searching the house and digging u
the grounds on a Wild story that East
man had murdered others there. found
two strips Of planking in the cellar. The
boards were hidden under a pile Of lum-
Der and odds and ends When they were
taken out and Joined they unite the halves
OF a great blood stain. A moments IN
vestlgation showed that the boards had
been set IN the flooring By the side OF
the bed.
Eastman. after he killed the woman
ripped up the boards where the blood
had fallen. painstak kingly. and replaced
them with new boards. and concealed
the old ones in the cellar. The position
o. the woman when she was beaten
10 death was further demonstrated wher
the searchers examined a wooden pillar
which supported the floor and came 20 q
head exactly under the two planks that
Eastman tore out.
A hand plane had been showed up and
down its length. removing traces OF some
thing. What that something was the in
vestigators found BY examining the base
OF the post where Eastman IN hts hurry
or carelessneSs had forgotten 70 plane
There were red streaks broadening down
ward
Party Theory Grows Thin.
The discovery OF the torn letter With
fits warning 20 Lame Bob makes il Ger.
tain that Eastman entertained no friends
the night Edith went 70 his bungalow. Ol
the night after Il hardly required a Tai
bot County constable. whose intelligence
is most alert when pursuing the succu-
lent crab, 10 understand that he was civ.
Ing no parties on the night he was t-y.
ing 10 induce the woman he had los
his head about 70 run away with him.
That party idea and its possibilities did
not occur 20 Eastman. IN all certainty
until Edith had been put out OF tho way
One little piece OF evidence. sufficiently
( illuminating on the point, was brough
out TONIGHT
On his way with Mrs WoOdIIi 20 tbs
bungalow Bob bought some food. but h,
bought barely enough for two, a BIT o.
steak. which he got al the Fairbanks
meat market in this town, and a loaf ot
bread.
Cora DOdson. a knowing young person
saw Eastman buy these things, and shs
observed that a woman was waiting fOl
him around the corner. If there was am
party al the Eastman bungalow il wa.
before Mrs. WoOdnl entered the plac;
on the night OF Saturday. June -
Revived Cunning Suggested Letters
1t was the mans revived cunning, the
authorities believe. that suggested the
writing which might clear him II the
case grew desperate. But he never IN
tended the letters should be seen unless
he was arrested for the murder OF Edith
They were written several days before p,
was cornered ike a rat II Harris Creel
by four men who were Quaking. II thu
truth was told. as much as Lame Bob
alone in hts boat
Charley Paine. the negro. was the Only
one OF the lot who had the nerve 10 e
down 70 the skin after Eastman had
collapsed in n; out Charley. as he tOlC
an interested audience to-day. 'onci
whipped twelve men with nary a weapon
in nah hand"
The vllest part OF Eastman's scheme
as shown IN the letter 70 his wife. Winnie
was the attempt TO show that the woman
he murdered was Intimate with anothei
man than himself. and that she wa.
killed because another woman was angrl
at Mrs WOodilrs cOquetries.
All idea that Eastman was visited her.
by three men from New York, who's
names he dragged IN, has been abandon
ed by the authorities.
The finding OF the torn letter clears u
the whole ease. He wanted the woman
20 90 further than she wished Sh
would not. He murdered her.
Burial Attracts Crowd.
They buried Eastman en- HIS Owi
grounds to-day, and he Marylander
made a holiday OF n a1e came from e.
over the Eastern s'.e-s 20 look on. Til
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