Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
ROBBERY AS A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER
OF MRS. EDITH WOOD|LL

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tim was my particular friend 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
| a time.
All Others Drunk.
Everyone got full excepting
Edith and myself. Edith tried to
| win one of the girls fellow and
| while lying on the bed with him was
| hit three times on the side of the
head with full bottle of champagne
| and the fellow 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 cannot take
chance for trial.
To Pull Down Shades.
Life to me is very bitter. | will
pull down the shades and say good
| bye. You can claim my property
| and say as little as possible but get
| it. | am awfully sorry for you and
our boy. / have been hustling mad
ly to make your path clear. but
fate is against me- Bob
Death Reveals Name.
St. Michaels, Md. June 2G.-The muir
derer of Mrs. Edith May Thompson
Woodill shot and killed himself at
dawn yesterday morning as a posse
was surrounding d river skiff in which
he was attempting to escape, and only
with his death was his true name re-
vcaled.
Passing i'll the little Maryland COM
| munity as Emmett Roberts," there
seems no doubt that the man really
was Robert Emmett Eastman. for
mcr New York Consolidated exchange
broker, who since last December has
been a fugitive from justice on an in
dictment for grand larceny.
Last Seen with Woman.
The man had been sought for the
| murder because he was the last per-
son seen with Mrs Woodill while she
| was alive. He was located at the home
of John McQuay and the authorities
| had surrounded the house and believ-
ed him already captured. But he got
| away-they do not know just how, and
| threading his way through the lines
which had been drawn about his ref
usc, jumped into a small boat. Then.
shortly after midnight boat was seen
shadowing down the river, the alarm
! was spread, and the man was trapped.
Search for OTHERS Begins.
Acting upon corroborative informa-
tion bearing upon the letters found on
| the body of Roberts, the authorities
will endeavor to apprehend certain
persons in Baltimore and Annapolis
who may have been in the Broad creek
bungalow when Mrs. Edith May
Thompson-Woodill was cruelty muir
| dered
! At first the states attorney and the
| local conStables, justices and other Off
| cials were skeptical when it was sug-
| sested that Roberts may have written
| the truth when he said that Mrs.
| Woodill was killed by blow from a
| champagne bottle in the hand of an
enraged and jealous woman But the
testimony of reputable persons who
saw a strange launch, a magnificently
| appointed private boat. in the vicinity
| of the Roberts bungalow on Sunday
has given added color of truth to Rob,
erts' ante-mortem Photographic state.
ment.
Woman of Mystery.
J Many circumstances lead to the con.
| Clusion that the real sensations of this
mysterious bungalow murder are as
yet TO be disclosed. The tragedy mas
| elements of unusual interest and as
more facts are gathered it is seen with
Clearness that the petite, attractive and
| accomplished woman was to the end
the woman of mystery