The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-26
STIICIDE Of MURDERER
To ESCAPE PURSUERS
Mystery Of the Killing of Mrs. Edith May Wood
i'll Beyond the Possibility of
Solution.
Fhoyuh Young She Had Been Twice Married and Another
Man Had Killed Himself Because Rejected.

q, Nichaels, Nd, June 25-No pursuit
49,, accused assassin was ever attended
-ora thriungIy picturesque surround
-tan that which ended in the death,
..dav. of Lame Bob Eastman,
cod SLAYER OF Mrs. Edith May Wood
.-'isros Angeles. Eastman was known
5-g his short residence here as En-
q Roberts. having simply trans
~. sis name from Robert Emmett East
He committed suicide rather than
~ man disappeared late Wednesday
.-sTing following the discovery and iden-
.E.Ifi1n Of Mrs WOOdills body. Sus-
Ion had pointed TO him from the first,
La was the person with whom the
~ had last been seen. Eastman tried
: 49, Mcdaniel Wednesday, but was
-,Ts5 that he had better remain to
-.F,fs the charges against MIN. Saying
Fl could be found at his bungalow when
ra1tpd. Eastman disappeared. A missing
s-if from the home OF a nelghOor told
t5s story Of his flight.
Trailed by Posse,
AM dsv Thursday sheriffs posses vain
De- sssrcned for him. Late last night,
t-rever John W. MCQuay, who lives
f,r- miles from Mcdaniel, on Harris
-rsak one of the estuaries Of Chesapeake
bsy, heard I'm the stiffness OF the night
ibs soft splash of oars Tar out on the
Eaak waters Receiving no answer to
lis halls McQuay frantically summoned
bsI1 bv telephone A posse answered
mi Then began the stealthy trailing of
Eastman through the waters to his doom.
For hour after hour Eastman, suffering
fr want of food and water during the
la d h.
marshes of many shallow tidal streams.
which put in from the bay, tried to shake
Of his pursuers.
AS he became exhausted his progress
vas SO slow that the pursuers passed MIN
I'm the darkness. Not sure that the men
En- the other boat were really on his trail,
Eastman continued up stream until he
had reached a point just off the home
Of Colonel Thompson. foster father Of
che girl for whose death he was sought.
Preferred Death 70 Capture.
As he passed the posse hidden in the
tsu grasses of the shore they twice called
upon Eastman 10 surrender. Then came
tle report Of a revolver It had been
aimed by Eastman at his own heart, but
DE officers, thinking the shot had been
directed az them. returned the fire, and
claimed az first that it was their fusil-
hda which had caused the mans death.
The question Of whether Eastman died
Dry bis own hand or as a result of the
fire of the pursuing party was not set
lied until late in the day, when a COrO-
rsrs jury, after hearing all the evidence
and the reports of examining physicians,
decided that Eastman had taken his own
Me
Eastman had watched the development
q. the murder charges with q smile on
BIS face. All the morning Of the Mon
dsy after the crime he sat I'm the tele-
Taph office at Mcdaniel In the after
noon he went To Baltimore TO mail the
etter which Miss Carrie Thompson re-
eived on Wednesday morning, and which
would have delayed the search for some
days If the body had not been discovered.
He returned Tuesday night.
Played His Part Well.
Sitting in the office ON Wednesday aft
moon he heard George 3. Taylor receive
telephone message announcing the find
ing of the body.
Ny God" he exclaimed. you don't
mean 10 say a woman has been murdered
here Who is she?"
In few minutes he said: Get a team.
no. Taylor. I viii go over TO St AichaeIs
10 s7l a story about this murder and
uen take it to Baltimore"
eastman claimed TO be a newspaper
Reaching St Nnchaels. he watched the
proceedings and did not leave until the
body had been identified
returning Co Mcdaniel. ne ordered a
l0Art ior Baltimore Tn the meantime
constable Mortimer called up over the
sg7lepAone TO inquire about him. stating
lr Was q stranger and might know some
mag Eastman then said:
u4, n there is any suspicion about
-.-, VIII remain I never saw this wo-
Letter Written by Mrs. WoodiI.
The letter mailed by Eastman al Bal
1-,..-.yLt ana received here by Miss Carrie
.iNyl, foster sister of the muir
l7Ied GIRL is one of the incidents which
v...L 20 connect Eastman most closely
'-,, tit crime. This letter was written
a. eng Woodhui and was maied several
-ss eiler her death Whether or not
.N.as written by Mrs WoOdill 10 shield
,- .s'l 70 1astman's bungal low or wheth-
~ '--g LHal mad some evil intent i'm mind
80 -- caused der TO write the letter to
,l-. 1 d delay too the search for her body.
lo. never be- known. The letter was In
yv.-..a, 70 give me impression that Mrs
aSI was Do Baltimore. 1t follows:
and ."r 'iii-A Inc only to say / am we'll
,--, +5,---.t landed Or. Smithers fixed me
me-. POI arilN- ] have an eugaeemant
~, e-.n nm for next week. TN get an fixed
ny, .l a.timove and then if there is any
-- .lHS 90 De- done We will decamp to-
e,-,s -.- ~ The way, would YOU Ike to
ny .p now just say the word If YOU
.l- ~. Ny face is good I'm Baltimore.
fs,- sl,ns a check from Gilbert any
DAYS M, r'Ae good Don't know how many
No.. stay In town. but Won know
TleIs 20 find me. Write and feU me al N
f1 o. We ! may stay until telegraphed
-i-rs WIN Edith H.. to see the factory
7.t9f am not sure. Better forward mail
fHsr.- you nave Tor me. Let me know Ii
-z-+s5 any little commissions to be at
t' IN town. As always.
Your baby sister.
EDITH"
NOionel Thompson Heartbroken.
rt--.t thompson and Miss Carrie