The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01

ney and the members OF the cOron-
er's jury continue to withhold the
contents Of two letters found upon
Eastman after his suicide in the little
>skih in which he had hoped to elude
Tor a time at least the clutches Of his
pursusrs. They declare that they
wish to exhaust every clue and leave
no stone. unturned to ind il other
persons really were in any way con
nected with the crime.
The witness, William Sutton, Who
It was said last night, had heard a
party Of men and women merrymak.
Ing In the bungalow on Sunday night,
declared yesterday that it was late.
Saturday night that he went to visit
Eastman's place and that he heard
only the voices Of one man and one
woman In the bungalows; that the
voice of the woman was that Of Mrs.
Woodill. Sutton did not make his
presence outside the house known and
went away.
When the cabin was searched fol-
lowing the discovery OF the body,
places at the table we're set for two.
Plates, cups and saucers were there
and unused.
Girls Stormy History.
Minneapolis, June 2S.-Mrs. Edith
May Thompson Woodill, victim of the
Back River (Md.) tragedy, was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew
WITT Of Minneapolis. Her real name
uuoo Ammo Dnor1 vXYS%o E AA1@HH X
With the raising of the veil Of mys-
terry which has surrounded her birth
and early life and baffled the most
determined efforts OF her husband,
there comes to light an almost un-
paralleled story Of a tragic childhood,
which ended in the child's adoption,
Oct. 16, 1890. by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Thompson after q long legal bat.
tie, in which several well known Min.
neapolis families were concerned.
That the secret OF her parentage
might be kept from her, the girl was
taken from the city and. her name
changed to Edith May Thompson.
From that time dated her career as a
society favorite, which took her to
the homes Of some of the first famil.
les Of the country. With her name
changed, and with her relatives in a
distant state, she grew up in almost
total ignorance Of her early history.
Tragedy has not only played an
important part in the life of Mrs.
WoodiY. but. in that Of her wholeaam,
lily. The girls father. Matthew Witt
was murdered at Couz Greek, in 1887
when Pearl raj less than a ear old
Pearl raj born in Couz Greek. The
murder grew out Of a quarrel in a
mining camp. All Of this early his.
tory al kept from Mrs. Woodill, but
Charles H. Thompson, the foster.
father, knew the facts.
Shortly after the murder Mrs. Witt
moved to Minneapolis. She was soon
married to Albert Kight, Of Elk River,
Mimi.
With this marriage began the ira.
gedy Of little Pearls life. Unable
properly to care for the child, Mrs.
Kight gave her to her uncle, DR.. VIII.
liam r. Roup, Of Kansas City, Kan,
and he in turn gave her to a neice, q
Mrs. Green, of Minneapolis, who
brought her here.
Mrs. Green lived on the East Side,
near Mr.. and Mrs. Delos Mattson.
Mrs. Mattson was struck with the
child's beauty at first sight aud form.
ed a warm attachment for her. Ac.
cordingly, Pearl, then three years old,
often stayed for days at the Mattson
home. Longer and longer became the
visits, until n day the Mattsons re-
fused to give up the child. This re.
fusal brought Pearl into court and
from there the fame of her beauty
was spread over the city until prom
inent families YER using every effort
to get possession Of her.
Henry M. Farnham, Frank Davis.
and former Judge William "A. Kerr
were attorneys in the legal battle In
which Pearl was the center, which dn,
ally ended In her adoption BY the
Thompsons.
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