Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-25
Man Wanted for Mrs. IS WoodlIl'st
Murder Killed by sherift f
Posse.
pE Il: usED TO THROW UP HANDS.
inferred No Word, Rose in His
Boat, Fired on Party,
Hitting No One.
s,cn,bcrs Promptly Respondents
NJ was shot in Mouth railing Dead d q
In Pocket Bottle OF Poison.

s,cn,bcrs Promptly Iscspo 'r
was shot in Mouth, railing Dead nj
I'm Pocket Bottle sof Poison.
ST Michacls. Md, June 2o.t--7l lIalne y
&, Roberts, the newspaper correspond
mt and magazine writer and a vt
,ybo vas wanted for the murder Of Mrs
rd;th May Thompson Woodill. the!
\ daughter OF Col. Charles A.. Thompson,
vas shot to death BY 10 slleriff' $ posse s
while resisting arrest off are wharf
4 At MCDANIEL, Talbot country, at 4
s O'clock this morning. IL
Roberts fred one shot from a re-
5lyolyer but without effect.
4 II shortly after midnight this morning
a. small craft was seen moving up the the
waters OF Back river, along the shores
n which are the homes " Col Thomp--
4 son and Roberts. 1T Is unusual to see
4 small boato the river at such an
Z early hour ana JOHN Mce quay, who has
afari1, on ia point on a creek near Bos-
man, notified Sheriff Mortimer and
s Magistrate WHY, who We're at st.
Michaels. AIcQuay&sa the boa Il looked
5 like tho one is which Roberts escaped Z
4 from Mcdaniel and d man In 7 looked
5lkethe missing author Sheriff Mortl-
mer. Magistrate Willy and a posse OF
six men hurried to the scene, reaching
the river shore at Il a. m. q All were.
armed They crept down to
the waters edge and made out
the outlines Of .afmantir his shtrtsleeves5
4 langnidly rowing boat up the. river.
y They made no denionstrat ton, resolving
to wait until the rover got into mar
4 rover wa ter. and within range. "a
<. W Sheriff Mortimer and Messrs. Hooper
and Harper obtained a: boat and fol-$
loved 5Roherts. who apparently became
ALARMED pnd hastened sun the riyersat2
a fdster pace, the sheriff's boat 3fol-s
Z loaed. Magistrate Willy and others
followed along the shore. Tho cor-s
4 nerng1 manenNers began sl1ortIylafteri
4 la. m, For three hours, the two boats
and the magistrates party proceeded
up the river. the shores narrowing all
The while. lgs5S ri n a5588I VI jt
alleged crime. AS the shores drew to-
eether members Of the posse made out
the features Of Roberts. He was near
Ing theawharf at Nc Daniel from which
point he is supposed to have fled. 20 Il
n When Roberts got abreast Of tile
landing place and was but 100 feet
from shore. Magistrate Willy and his
Two deputies stepped out into the open.
THROW UP YOUR HANDS,, ,s
Hello, Roberts. throw up your
hands," shouted the magistrate.
Roberts did not utter a word but rose
in his boat With d big revolver in his
right hand. He Quickly leveled at the
party on shore and fred.
Myer C'rone. a special deputy fired
shot from a4revolveit al the white shirt
cdatlgure standing in the boat. Then
Deputy Crone fired "a. second shot. Rob
erts dropped in s heap in the boat,
his revolver falling at his side. All
8Ihe deputies Waded out to the small
craft Roberts had been shot in the A
mouth and was dead. The boat was
drawn to the shore and the body ex-s
anlined. Roberts had a bottle Of poll
son in his pocket and IA number Of let
ters The body was taken to ST. Mi
chaels.
\ LITTLE KNOWN OF RoBERrs.
Where and under what 5circu,ns.antes
Roberts and Mrs. Avoodill met is not
known, but they are said to have been
attracted to- each other.
diltie Is known here regarding Roberts,
mich ,n,l name ne gave when he came to
MS region about u month ago and
l purchased a small farm near Capt.
i3rDompsonss place. He claimed to be u
nlaga zine writer and newspaper CORE
spcldent. He was polite and affablc in
manner. made friends readily, but new
81 discussed his personal affairs,
Don't as to whether the man'sSreal
!,alne Is Roberts was, raised today by
.is iinding near his body of letter
and deed addressed to Mrs Robert L.
~, Eastman. care OF George b. Taylor.
M, VII be called for The deed
.Hcoras the date by Robert e. Eastman
70 John ]. Mann of New York OF, six
ioIs az Bergen. Eogota county, ". j.,
ain ~ IS dated July %, 1908. ss
/, ne letter began Nsrnia." who Is be-
ipseu to he his wife, .the enclosed keys
aie several YOU will 9nced to examine
Ivy 7; property. j owe 20 cents to William
sutton nctghbor owe SIS to William
MOTIFS q: Eiston, NJ Pay them BOTH
:. -, , ne note has no da te and was written
!, Z. 'fad pencil, ~ was stamped but had
u, n 3Ht't'ilSu- fssh y, tflaylOf, FWlLn 5WnOnlf
= fsseton. Or Roberts boartied got let
Yer some days ago from f, %. yelling
ton. from the New Willard hotel, Wash
lr, .II IN which inquiry is made after
t ! II +. ylor wrote to the hos
. .el' but the letter was returned With
'ns statement that Wellington had left.
!, Later Roberts said Wellington was
81 On uncle and lived In Denver He also
stated at different times that he came
from Denver. s5s
LAME BOB EASTMAN
!, 4, New York, June a5.--It Is now boz
H. the slayer of Mrs. Woodill may
n NV, been Lame Bob. Eastman. n
\, u, az street broker who failed year
u more ago. Eastman was arrested
! s I'M go, Aug. 4 last year.
III imam failed in New Y orls last ] uly
sSnS liabilities of from $4,000 to 5000
A., s,,o ne WAS a broker on the Console
,"a exchange. He left the city and
, VIC. arrested in Chicago, Oct 4, ON
I'm, I'm plalnts made by persons who had
NO., NO.. money through his operations. He
sfa q, locked UP IN, the Harrison street
81, tl ~ ago. here he shared q
4 ~ WIN Wo traHnps
u = i VOWS. ~ N lygIERsIsY.
~ sogota. n. June a5.-Rohert =.
b.t,. was known here as a stock
qvs1 = q business In New York He