The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
BELIEVES VICTIM
WAS MURDEREs
Sun Prints Sensational Article
Connecting Como and st.
Michaels Tragedies
aGa
RECOGNIZED PICTURES
OF CHARLTON'S WIFE
Declares She May Have Been WosE
man Who Killed Mrs. Edith
Woodill in Eastman's
Bungalow.

BALTIMORE. August I5.--Th
Baltimore Sun to-day prints sensn-
tfonai story linking the murder DC Il
Edith May Thompson woodiiI, neat
st. Michasis. Md. in June, 1909, with
that Of Mary Scott Castle Charlfon.S Il;
at Lake Como, and suggesting thSe
possibility that Mrs. Charlton was th1%
woman referred to IN the letter Oe
Lame Bob Eastman. as having
killed Mrs. Wioodill by striking her N
the head with full champagne bot
tie. $y2s
1t is stated that residents OF Talbot
county, Maryland, have recognises
the pictures OF Porter Charlton and
Mrs. Charlton as the young man and
woman who were seen with EastmAn
before the famous murder in hin*j
bungalow.
The eoroners jury returned d yer~
dict saying Mrs. Woodiil came To-
her death at the hands OF some uxi~
known persons, evidently not being
satisfied with the circumstantial EVIL
dence pointing to Eastman, who COM
mitted suicide when about to be cap
tured Ia a boat in the Miles rive8
near the point where 1t enptise int0ss
the Chesapeake bay. ssss a
Many persons have believed In the
innocence of Eastman, 1t Is asserted.
They contend that he ended his life
rather than face trial and the ex~a
posture Of his career after he dis-a
appeared from New York. with The
probable renewal Of old charges h0ld
against him In Wall street.
Recognized Pictures.
When MrA Castle shot William HsSs
Craig, an attorney, at the Wafdprf~
astoria. her picture was widely pub
hshad, and the Sun states that X wAns
recognized then by Talbot county
people as the woman who was til the
Eastman party. Later when Cshart.S
tons picture was published after The
Como tragedy. IL is said that Il WAC
immediately recognised a. that u th3
young man who acc0mp antod IN
woman 10 the Eastman bungalow. M
The Sun stated that AZ AIRS. W0o0Ells
and Mrs. Charlton are dead, Pef9&
Charlton Is the only known pSrSOr
| who can clear up the stories which
are In circulation. 1t n supposed thaf|
| there were two men, besides En6t-s
| man at the bungalow, but there Ii ne
ciew as to who the other might haze
been. Sss
The murder of Mrs woodiiL wl104
was ward OF Lyman u. Gags. for
mer secretary of the treasury, and
weil-known TO many prominent peo~s
pie. was one OF the most sensationAll
and mysterious crimes on record In
America. l
Met wife There.
| Mrs. Woodili had lived in Los An
geles, CAL, where her husband w61
AT the time OF the tragedy.
/ IT has been stated repeatedly th4&a
Charlton first met Mrs Castla Int
January. but the I'm says: \
ffer-ofs whu prufBss 70 h1y6 - b
/ those in the bungalow party said limit
4 the pictures published OF ChAx5tom'
and Mrs. Charlton, we're those ofI
the woman and young man who WAf0
seen together near Eastman,s bun
+ gafow. .sS
Charlton was working for the MSsss
tional City bank In New York In JunA
/ 1908. The Sun continues: a
| 1t il possible that he may have
| taken q vacation and gone "a Ike
Michaels, where he might have nGk
his future wife. This. II II pOin4SX
that young Charlton visited I'M
Michaels four or ave times and thaf
he liked the place very much, h&fnG
popular with the summer colony.
The bank record show, howeHo1kl
/ that Charlton was not absent 1rQMf
duty any business day during Jun
fIg0s. The body OF Mrs. Woodiil I'm
found June 81. which was Mcud11&
/ Easfman's Letter,
The Sun refers to Mrs ChArito4s4
violent temper. which has been ~
scribed by her husband, and 10 ~
fact that stories from Como said NJ
| drank heavily The letter Left
Eastman follows n saS
i IT had no hand in the trates
Was there and removed the evtdet =
after the two couples ned. ! did xM(
for self preservation, and am h4ur0s
| ed. The victim was my partttu31
friend. and We were we'll mated HMXM
only known her three weeks WI GM
that Is two men and two other N
| men from Annapoiis--went NJ fI
bungalow for a time. Every one
full excepting Edith and nry1
! Edith tried to win one Of the 1tel
fellows. and was hit three timN1
the side OF the head with = fnIts
tie of champagne. and the 6N5fx
was hit once. She fell over ~
fioor and died. The man df6
come to for an hour. + was I'm
the corpse and cannot take u &A&1
OF trial. Life to me Ii bitter
i will pull down the shades 1S1
good bye"