Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-27
Ms, WoodlII'2 JeweIry Found
With Baltimore Broker PIedg-
ed for Loan 10 Man Identi-
fled as Eastman,
MURDERER WAS FUGITIVE
FROM NEW YORK STATE.
Theory Advanced That Gill Was
Slain Because of Threat to|
Reveal Past Life of Man Who
Killed Her.

St Michaels, Md. June 26.-Tell-
tale shafts Of light continued today
10 filter upon the tragedy Of the
lonely bungalow of Broad creek A.
the tangled slleins are picked up one
by one. they tend more and more d
dssipate the claim advanced by Rob
ert Eastman that il was q woman and
ROT he who killel Edith May Woodin
Today the Jewels worn by the wo-
man at the time of her disappearance
we're found in a pawn shop in Bait
more. placed there last Thursday by
man who answered fully the de-
scripton Of Eastman The man Sc.
cured $200 on the two diamond rings
and an oriental pearl breach Two
hundred dollars which Mrs. Woodill
had in her posse ssion when She left
her foster fathers home last week IL
n issins Eastman repaid loan last
week OF $500. and when he returned
Efre from Baltimore Tuesday night
be seemed plentifully supplied With
money
Mrs Eastman arrived at Easton
teu rrilea frarr hanas anis,ft bu AiH
not come to ST Mlchaels It had been
planned that the burial OF Eastman s
body should take place late stonig z
but the non-arfival ot Mrs. Eastman
caused postponement until tomo
row
~ church yard Of the Eas.orn
shore viii open it's gates for East
mans body. Surerstitious negroes ~
the community refused TO dig his
grave Two White laborers finalN
were induced today to undertake the
task
There promised for time today,
fight for the legal custody of East
mans body. A. $ Rosenthal, of New
York. an attorney who represented
Eastman when lie WAS charged with
grand larceny and who secured for
him the bail which he forfeited by
flight. arrived upon the scene, ANA
acting for Mrs. Ida s Ecstein Of New
York, demanded the custody OF the
body that he might make delivery OF
it To the New York authorities by
whom a reward Of S1,5oO had been
offered
The local authorities declined 50
give up the body
The letter OF the suicide in which
he gave to his wife his version of the
killing of Mrs Woodin by a jealous
woman. was made public today.
Foreman Radcliffe Of the coroner's
jury declared himself convinced -
the truth Of the strange rissive ana
urged the authorities to investigate !
further into the matter With all his
diselams Of responsibility however |
Eastman admitted in the letter thar
hc did not dare take the chance of n |
trial and had died TO draw the cur /
mins forever"
The states attorneys and members
of the coroners jury continue to
withhold the contents of two letters
found upon Eastman after his spc.>
tacnlar suicide.
The witness, William Sutton. who il |
was said last night and heard "A party |
of men and women merry y-making n |
the bungalow sunday night declared /
today that it was late Saturday night
that he went to visit Eastman's place
ANA that he heard only the voices OF
one man and one woman in the hung
allow. that the voice of the womaa
WAS that az Mrs Woodill. sudden
ala not make his presence outside
the house known. and went away.
When the cabin was reached fol-
lowing the discovery of the body,
places at the table were set for two
and the dishes We're unused. Pass
ers-by saw lights through the shaded
Of the bungalow as late as
y O'Clock Saturday night
There is no serious belief here thu
Eastman killed Mrs Woodill through
motives of robbery Neither is there
amy widespread idea of premedita-
.ion. The two were heard to quarrel
is they drove away from Royal o Is
station Saturday afternoon Attorney
.ioenthau declared tonight that East
man had known tho murdered glri
prior to her marriage TO Woodill and
aid he believed Eastman had visited
lcr in California. after her marriage.
fhe girl knew much of Eastman's
past life-knew him as an accused
windlcr and embezzlcr and fugi-
fe from iusticc-and the theory Is
idvanced that H. the course of their
luarrellng the girl threatened TO dis
lose the IDENTITY of the man who had
AIKEN the name of Roberts. There 3
S The theory too, that as Mrs WOodiii {
'ad been longer in the east that either d
ne or her husband intended because 8
j her relation with Eastman. she de- i