The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30
The Dead Body of a Young
Woman Discovered.
A MURDER MYSTERY
Tho Victim Was the Wife of q
Los Angeles Automobile Dealer.
Who Had beer Narriei . Year.
Found by Party Of Boys on q Crab
bling Trip.

A dispatch from Baltimore. Md.
says practically the entire eastern
shore OF Maryland was aroused and
searching Thursday nigh: for one
Ennit E. o. John T. Roberts. want
ed n connection with the brutal
murder Of Mrs. Edith May Woodill.
wife OF Gilbert Woodill. an autono-
bile dealer OF Los Angeles, CAL.
whose nude body. with the skull
crushed in from a blow. apparently
delivered from Behind; the face hor-
ribly d!sfguTed: the entire body swol-
len from the effects OF several days
immersion. and weighted with an
iron pot with tslf dozen bricks.
was Wednesda! discovered by boys
who were Grabbing in Back Creek.
a tributary OF the Chop,ank River.
40: far from the home Of Mrs. Wood
MS foster father, Capt. Chss. H.
Thompson. few miles from Balt!-
more.
Roberts was with Mrs. Wood!ll
wheo she was seen for the last
known time. end he Is accused Of
having committed the murder. The
motive for the crime IS at present
a mystery. The police Of Baltimore
and all other cities TO which Roberts
nigh, make his way, were asked to
search for and arrest him. He Is
said to be about fifty years old. Eve
feet. six inches tall. stoute, smooth
shaven. with abundant. bushy hair
and rudy complexion. He l!inps
and wears brace on one leg. He
claimed TO De q magazine writer.
and general correspondent OF news
.,apers. He was captured at st.
Michaels. Nd. Thursday night.
Mrs. Woodill went to Baltimore
early this month with tie intention
Of spending the summer with her
,oster father. Her husband remain
I'd only few days. leaving. i, Is un-
ierstood for Detroit. whence be in
ended TO return 10 Los Angeles.
From tha, time. Mrs. Wood!ll and
Roberts are said to have seen much
If each other. Last Saturday Mrs
Hood!ll went 10 Easton 10 have some
Ienta! work done. aad it had been
arranged that Roberts should NEE,
,er at Royal Oak and return with
acv TO her home. Roberts missed
he train for Royal Oak and drove
here. met Mrs. Wood!!i and drove
x:;a her back here to the landing
where bis launch was mcorcd. They
entered the launch and Mrs. Wood
II was not seen again alive. SO far
Is has been learned.
Investigations made indicate that
hen Roberts and Mrs. Woodill lef,
here they went in the launch 70 a
that is being built on
Roberts small! farm. uea1 that Of
Capt. Thompson. and that IN this
bungalow the murder was committed.
There we're found a bloody sheet and
mattress and portions OF woman's
partly burned. These have
been Identified as having belonged
10 Mrs. Woodili There were also
found in the bungalow pair Of
corduroy trousers. in the pocket OF
which were two letters. One. be-
iev.d 20 have been from Mrs. Wood
Il! and 10 have some connection with
the meeting q: Royal Oak. was dated
June is.
The room. IN which these things
were found showed evidence Of
struggle having taken place. II was
discovered that cvabbe:s IN the river
early Tuesday morning were passed
By vessel from which they saw an
heavy object throva into
the water with splash. Il is sup
posed that the vessel was Rahe,t's
launch, and that II was Mrs Wood
HIS body and its weight that were
cast into the water. Mrs. Woodill
is said to have been married 20
Woodill about year ago.
a dispatch from Los Angeles. Cal.
says the news Of the nurde. OF Mrs.
Edith VI. Woodill. the young wife
Of Albert Woodill. president OF tha
Woodill Automobile Company. Of
that city. created sensation there.
where both are well known. Mrs.
Woodill was 90 years old. and was
sormely Miss Edith May Thompson.
a ward OF Lyman ) Gage. former
Secretary OF the Treasury. now a
resident Of San Diego.
4 CRUEL ERROR.