The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-28

ST. MICHAELS, Md, June Pa
double mystery having to do with he
origin Of pretty Edith May Thompson
Woodill, whose nude and mutilated
body was fished out of the creek near
McDaniels Wednesday afternoon, and
with the real history Of Rober; En-.
NETT Eastman. her slayer, the mystic.
r:ous stock broker and man OF The
world, was the real cause of the
shocking tragedy that has stirred Tai.
bolt county and has spread over tno
continents where Mrs. Woodil was
known as singer and woman OF AT.
tainments.
A search Of the bungalow where
the murder was committed, is being
made today and bit by bit, letters and
scraps OF evidence that lead TO Los
Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego
In California: New York Boston, Bal
timore, Minneapolis, and even Berlin
and Paris are being gathered together
by the inquisitors who are trying 10
md the real motive behind the crime
The mute testimony of letters which
the murderer failed TO destroy in his
insane and bunglesome efforts 20
hide the body and stories told by per
sons who knew Mrs. Woodill point to-
day to the conclusion that Eastman
knew who Mrs. Woodill was and that
Mrs. Woodill knew who Eastman was
Knew Something About Woman.
Detectives learned today that East.
man was acquainted with the murder
cd women even before she went u
New York, where she met Woodill.
and before Eastman became known in
Wall-st., as a stock broker Eastman
knew something about Mrs. Wcodi!l,
declare the sleuths who have been
gathering together the scraps II eH-
dence today, and Mrs. Woodill knew
something about Eastman
Every bit of new light shed on the
mysterious case today tends TO the
conclusion that the lives OF the two,
which were blotted out in such vio-
lent manner. had been linked for
years. perhaps from infancy. East
mans mysterious statements to Yln.
ME Bradcome, his wife in New York,
that he was going away TO make
fortune. are Interpreted TO mean that
he was going away to see il he could
make capital OF Mrs Woodills mystic
rious life. thinking that her wealth
and social position would make II
easy for him to secure money from
her as the price of his silence.
Met Her in West.
II was learned this morning that
Eastman had been in Los Angeles not
many months ago. where he me. Mrs.
Wocdhill and detectives here think
that at that time the meet
Ing at McDaniels was plan
ned. Eastman returned from
the west to Baltimore shortly before
Mrs. Woodill and her husband arrived
here to visit Col. Charles A. Thon,p.
ION. the young woman's foster par
ents- He went Immediately to ,he
eastern shore and looked for property
adjoining the Thompson farm. Ne
insisted that his place be near the
lnompsons, but not oen word OF Mrs.
Woodill escaped his lips.
Followed Across Atlantic.
From what can be learned today,
Eastman had followed Mrs. Woodill
from Boston 10 New York. across the
Atlantic and back again and then 20
California. after she met and married
Woodill year and a bali ago.
EastrlRn's efforts to either force
Mrs. Woodill TO give up money as the
price of his silence or 10 induce her
to run away with him were respon.
gible for the meetings at the lonesome
bungalow near McDanlels. say the DO.
tectives. Eastman worked his plan
quietly and with evident cunning
Several trips In the launches. accom-.
panied sometimes by friends. served
20 avert suspicion until the opportun.
lty arrived for a meeting at which
only the two who had stood in fear
of each other for years. could be pres.
cnt
Eastman's proposition to Mrs. Wood.
al, whatever IL may have been. Is
IMPOSED TO have been met with a
otntement from the young woman that
<nhc would turn him over 10 the New
|>xOfk authorities as a fugitive from
Xoticc and the death struggle ensued
nDtmnr's statements In letter
1T the party OF morrymakcrs and
w drunken orgie In his launch. is
believed BY the police. They say
he wrote the letter 20 offer an
nnatlon that would clear bis mem.
and conceal whatever may have
the real motive behind the crime.