The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-28

liner will summon ceriain witnesses
mot heard before,
Tvirner said | shall have a r.Sld
|searc.h and investigation. We shall
lclosery question all persons who init
Imately knew Roberts and show that
Inone but Roberts could have killed the
lgirl. So far there is no tangible evil
idence to show that any one other
THAN Roberts committed the murder,
There is nothing to back mp his letter
saying the decd was committed by a
woman"
| st. Michaels. Nd, June EFT was
announced tonight til at the authori-
| ties tomorrow will take another care
| full search of the bungalow where the
Woodill murder is alleged to have
taken place AMI will dig APP the
ground in the vicinity of the place
further to investigate a strange odor
which is becoming more and mo re APP
parent.
The fact that Eastman had gore to
Baltimore Tuesday was known prior
to the discovery of the pawned Jew.
elry. 1t was that day that he NAH
the letter written some time pre-
viously by Mrs. Woodill to her foster
sister.
Ii is thought the letter, which was
intended to convey the impression
that the writer was in Baltimore, was
penned by Mrs. Woodill either to
mask her visit to the bungalow or
else she bad written the letter with
the idea of actually going 10 Bald-
more after meeting Eastman The
auarreling of the two as they left the
station Saturday, according to the
witnesses. seemed TO be over the
girls refused to go 10 some specific
place with the man.
Mr.. Radcliffe again today postponed
the inquest to await some action by
the law officers. The latter are still
inclined to take hut little stock in
Eastman's declaration, pointing out
that his whole life here was con-
tinuous lie and that he invented so
many false stories that this last one,
attempting to throw the blame for the
murder upon the shoulders of another
is unworthy of belief. They believe
the letter may have teen written In
an attempt to shield his wife and boy
from final and Overwhelming stigma
Eastman's Letter.
Eastman's letter was as follows:
"vinnie-Take this money and go
at once to McDaniels, Tolbott county,
Maryland. and claim my body and
all my property. The property con
sists of % acres of land and buns'a-
low. There is also motorboat. Have
a sale and convert the whole thing
into cash. / don't owe a cent ex-
eepting for the paint and pump, etc, |
which Shanahan & Wrighton of East |
man will be glad to get back, as 1t is !
not broken-just as 1t was shipped,
'Little girl, I had no hand in the
tragedy. Was there and removed the
evidence after the other two couples |
fed. did this for self preservation +.
and am haunted. The victim was my |
particular friend and We were well
mated. Have only known her three
weeks. We all--that is, two men and
two other women from Annapolis
went TO the bungalow for time.
Every one got full excepting Edith
and myself. Edith tried 10 win one
of the girls fellows, while lying on
the bed with him, and was hit three
times on the side of the head with a
full bottle of champagne and the fell
low hit once. She fell over on the
floor and died The man did not come
to for an hour. / was left with the
corpse and can not take a chance for
a trial. Life to me is very bitter and
will pull down the shades and say
goodbye. You can claim my prop
erty and say as little as possible. but
get it. am awfully sorry for you
and our boy, and have been hust-
ling madly to make your path clear
but fate is against me.
BOB"
Take Pennsylvania railroad TO
Easton, Md. and then change to b.,
c. & A. Don't neglect this. The
property is valuable"