The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-29
BURIED SECRETS
 OF TRAGEDY MAY
 NEVER BE KNOWN
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the Jury, potn undertakerS, are Duslness rivals and the natives commented on this fact
 There was talk today of having an analysis made of the contents of the bot tie found in the shack yesterday and which is believed to have contained narcotic drugs, which may have been used upon Mrs. Woodil prior to her mur- der. But the analysis was regarded as unnecessary in view of the finding of the jury and the coroner remarked that the county already had spent enough money upon this case.
 Mrs. Eastman was granted letters of administration today and all of her hus- bands real and personal property will be turned over to her. She will go back to New York and return to the stage.
 William Sutton, Judge Powell and Rob ert Sethall, neighbors of Eastman, were the important witnesses of the day.
 Sutton's Testimony.
 William Sutton, who went to the shack to ask Eastman to attend a religious meeting. definitely fixed the time of his visit as Sunday afternoon between and 6 o'clock. This also definitely fixes the time of the murder as occurring on Sun day night. Sutton swore positively that he heard Mrs. Woodilrs voice. It was conversational in tone and there was nothing to indicate. that she and Eastman were or had been engaged in a quarrel.
 George Powell, a second witness, tes- tified that he spent all day Sunday at Sutton's farm within sight of the bunga- low and that he saw no one go near the shack that day Powell said he met East man on Wednesday in front of the bung- allow and that for the first time in their acquaintance Eastman did not ask him to come in. Eastman said he had just re- turned from the greatest trip of his life and that he had had experiences that would make great reading"
 PowelPs testimony seems to do away with the story that a party of people in a launch visited the bungalow on Sun day.
 Girls With Eastman.
 Powell said that Eastman told him he had picked up some girls at St. Michaels on Sunday and had asked them if they would go to the bungalow in his launch. They agreed and everything went well un- til the launch grounded off Robert Seth s place. Then the girls got "cold feet Eastman said, and wanted to go home. Eastman said he wanted the girls to take off their shoes and stockings and wade ashore. This they refused to do. He then waded ashore and asked Seth to lend him a boat he had two ladies to protect"
 He said he eventually got the girls ashore, stole George Taylor's team and drove them home. The witness presumed he meant the girls home.
 Robert Seth testified that Eastman ap- peared at his place on Saturday night be- tween Il and 11:30 o'clock, saying hls launch was ashore, that he had "a lady, on board and that he would not have Seth know who she was for $10O0. Seth said he agreed to let Eastman have a team and to place 1t where he and the girl could reach 1t without being seen. The team was placed at the point agreed upon but remained there uncalled for all night. Eastman wanted to take no chances of the girl being seen with him at that time of night. Next day he told Seth he had decided to take Taylors team in- stead and that with 1t he had taken the lady to her home.
 Had To Be Shown. T also saw Eastman on Monday morn ing" said Powell, "and asked him what he had been doing out on the water at l o'clock that morning. He said he had some friends in the shack and was tell ing them great stories about the size of the eastern shore oysters, The friends replied that they were from Missouri and had to be shown
 Eastman he continued, "said he went out and grappled for some oysters and brought them asnOfe. lie said that the | party he had had on Sunday kept him | busy washing dishes all day Monday. You are sure you saw no visitors about | the bungalow on Sunday" interpose the states attorney
 Sure" replied Powell.
 On Monday the witness saw Eastman burning some things in the yard. He ex- plained afterward that it was some ex- celsior.
 But the fire seemed to shoulder and make lots of smoke,' said Powell, land Eastman frequently raked it over. I did not ask Eastman who the girls were in his party"
 The whole sad story seems to have been l told and 1t is more apparent than ever ! that the last chapter was written when | Eastman. cornered on the narrow, blacl, | waters of Harris creek last Friday morn | ing, sent a bullet crashing through his ! heart. The mans career, so far as 1t has | been traced here, led always downward