New-York tribune., 1909-06-28
MRS. WOODILLDRUGGED?
TR4CES OF MORPHINE IN
E4STM4NS SHACK.
BwTed in Shado1c of His Bungalo0o
Scattered Threads of EJidence
Fir Crime on Him.

raEtman's lonely bungalow WITHOUT hnoNleuse
n where she was going. and that she was
6-Jgged and detained there against her VIII
uss advanced to-day.
4 further search Of the shack which the su-
.-x+ttfous folk Of the neighborhood shun as
haunted revealed a small bottle which a hasty
examination showed contained a mixture of
narcotic drugs There were strong traces Of
morphine in q nearby empty phial-
The theory is also advanced that Eastman
himself was a user of morphine This would
account. perhaps. for his strange actions at
.,-nes and the theatrical manner IN which the
5ouhle tragedy was carried out
This discovery tends 10 bear out the theory
which the people of the community who kne"
and loved the girl have wanted 10 believe Ihey
hay. never listened TO the idea that she was
involved IN e drunken orgy al the bungalow
snd have oontended that she lost her life in re-
-,1sirr the advances of the man who acknowl-
edged his guilt by taking his life when # seemed
,rst The hands Of the law were about TO be laid
upon him
RT-SCAIow POORLY FITTED UP
T,-day-s Investigations led the authorities
-s11 further a1-ay from the idea that any one
o.far Than Eastman had hand in the murder
r. Z. .nconceiva bic that Eastman could have IN
yt,ed friends from New York from any other
Mace to visit his bungalow in the condition Jnat
&. WIS The place. only half completed o1ersoS
nc aoconamoda tions for visitors A single oeo'
poorly fitted up. table and q wash STAND com
,lered the equipment of furniture in the snack
Eastman himself slept in the place infrequehuS-
In new made grave. not fifty feet from the
scene Of the crime. Eastman's body was lalo
SWAY in the early hours Of to-day No man OF
the Church was there to offer last word Tor
the dead: no friend or relative came near
The 1Jnderta kers and their assistants little
hsnd of newspaper men and a few idle persons
-norbidly attracted to follow the strange process
sion were the only persons at the grave Win
barred heads they repeated the familiar words OF
the Lords Prayer. Mrs. Eastman. twelve miles
away at Easton. expressed no desire to attend
the funeral
II was 6:3o o'clock this morning when the
coffin containing Eastman's body was placed in
the roughly fashioned country hearse and the
rndertakers and others making UP the little
Marty started from St Michaels on the seven
mile trip to the bungalow.
II ras after midnight last night before de-
cision to POSTPONE the burial until this morning
was reached A night burial amid the lonely
pines of the secluded Eastman farm had been
planned. bur either to give Mrs Eastman the
opportunity to be present OF because Of the
v-eirdness OF the scene that would be enacted
about the grave the idea was abandoned
Notwithstanding the early hour to-day there
were many people abroad in the streets Of St
sfichaels and along the way to witness the pass
ing of the strange oortege. Buggfes wagons
and ali manner of vehicles We're in the funeral
line An hours drive through the fragrant
pines and along the shores Of the many tidal
etreanns that indent the country brought the
party II within sight Of the unfinished bunga-
low. No church churchyard of the vicinity
would open its doors OF gates to the dead man.
superstitious negroes. who on yesterday could
not be induced TO dig the grave. stood
stricken to-day on the outskirts of the funeral
party.
When the hesrse had drawn up alongside the
grave four men lifted the coffin from the vehicle
end placed il temporarily on two plank sup
ports stretched across The grave. into which
pine box already had been lowered Marsh
Wreter had seeped into the grave overnight
TIE undertaken drew hack the sliding lid Of
fhe coffin. that all might that it was East
man who Being consigned to his last rest
ing place and closed it again AS the coffin
rested above the grave. ready TO he lowered,
there was an awkward pause. The party about
the grave hdgeted nervously. At a nod the sup
porting boards slipped away and grad
uaIlv the coffin sank into the grave. The two
srsvediggers hesitated a moment and then
srepped forward. One Of the undertakers looked
around with certain uneasiness of manner.
NO ONE TO OFFER PRAYER
Gentlemen" he said. ii seems to me that
soue one should say little word of prayer.
Won't of you?''
Nc one answered The undertaker's glance
fell upon James Sutton, e merchant OF Boz
man.
Vow are 4 church member. Mr Sutton" said
the undertaken won't you say it?'
Sutton hesitated for a moment. then. asking
al 70 join with him. began TO repeat the Lords
Prayer with solemn earnestness- When the
last words Of the PRAYER were uttered Sutton
stepped forward. and, filing his hand with new
~ turned soil from beside the grave. thrice
tossed the sandy loan upon the casket as he
rnuttcred: Earth 20 earth, ashes to ashes.
dust dust
Following the funeral there was another
search IN the bungalow. and concealed beneath
TIE floor was found the small drug bottle
The Sheriff late yesterday had seized all Of
Esstnan's meagre household effects 10 satisfy
al action FOR DEBT brought by a local creditor.
and :ha bungalow was empty to-day. No one
erinoes 4 ~ish to own it. and it is probable no
purchaser for it will be found.
The search Of -. cann revealed further evil
dence -hat the murder had been committed
the-e AZ the place where the head OF the bed
had rested 2 part % The older flooring ha6 been
-fpped I'D ana new pIarks laid loosely Beneath
these blanks re hoo- beam ha6 beer newly
seraped with a cl,isel some othe- sharp in
strument: u: ;ie efforts 10 remove all blood
stai.s had :ail-G The we're still there. and
the gror.nI ,s-t.sgv .laI absorbed a quantity Of
o,ooo
Fo;ox.ng tie report last night that a strong