The Washington times., 1921-10-01

n the Eastern district of Vir-
e.
; Mrs. Roger Eastlake, whose body
will be sent to Philadelphia for
interment, consulted Mr.. Foster
six months ago as to the friend
ship between her husband and the
Knox woman. She asked his ad-
vice about securing evidence and
suing for n divorce. .......- i,
Miss Knox, who Is q graduate
trained nurse of Johns Hopkins
Hospital, has made frequent visits
to Colonial Beach for the last
fifteen months, according to hotel
keepers at whose hosteiries 1t was
her custom to stop while here and
at Potomac Beach three miles
away. .Ez
~ Two Letters Found.
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lre relationship were found on the
S.rson Of Miss Knox when she was
searched following her arrest. One
Of them dated September 8. 1921.
was written by Eastlake and asked
Miss Knox to make a visit to Colo
NAL Beach Immediately, 30 that they
could frame a plot"
The other letter, dated April, fol
lows:
my dear-2tname obliterateD
''You say you Will not return 10
me, but I win make you. i will
find q place for you to live. Would
you rather stay here or near the
statfon?"
Signed ROGER"
10
entity the naval proving ground at
worked in the daytime, and to and
from which he commuted daily in a
government launch to Colonial
Beach.
Commander Green, OF the Dahlgren
Naval Station, was in conference at the
King George Hotel today with the civil
authorities. He refused to make any
statement as to the attitude the Navy
Department is taking in the matter,
but said that he had filed an official
report Of the incident with his supe-
riors.
Residents Not Surprised.
Residents of Colonial Beach, while
shocked at the brutal manner In which
Mrs. Eastlake was slain, seemed not Ut
all surprised that the affair ended as
1t did, as the friendship between Miss
Knox and Mr.. Eastlake was "neighbor-
hood gossip"
Throughout yesterday and today
little groups Of natives OF this quiet
summer resort, often referred to as
Washington Atlantic City" gather
ed on the street corners to discuss the
staying.
Both Mr.. and Mr.. Eastlake were
members Of the local Episcopal
Church. They had everything that
goes to make up a comfortable and
happy home. Blessed with two Of the
'prettiest flaxen-haired children. Mar
garet, five years old, named for her
mother, and Roger, eight years old,
named for his father, they had every
thing to make them supremely happy
Neighbors Take Children.
The community of Colonial Beach
is giving every attention to the care
OF the Children, awaiting the arrival
of their uncle. the Rev. Thomas Yard
ley, Of Catonsville, Nd, and while
their father is being held in jail
charged with completely in their
mothers death.
A scene of complete disorder Con-
fronted early arrivals at the Eastlake
home as soon as word Of the murder
spread. Only a very few weer allowed
to enter the home, but those who did
beheld a most CHASTITY sight.
The kitchen floor where the woman
was hacked twenty-nine times with a
hatchet was a pool of blood. Nearby
was q crimson-colored tablecloth.
On the kitchen table were the re-
mains OF Thursday nights dinner and
a badly smoked reading lamp.
Despite the fact that Eastlake told
the coroner's jury that he had had his
breakfast as usual before levaing the
home, arrivals at the house immediate
ly after Miss Knox had spread the
alarm stated that no breakfast had
been cooked. The coffee pot was cold
and the victuals on the table We're not
Of a morning meal character,
The words of fivc-year-old Margaret
Eastlake, whose mother was brutally
murdered with hatchet In the cold
gray dawn OF yesterday morning, may
he the evidence which will convict her
father OF the crime.
81 cried for my mamma when Il
woke up yesterday morning, and got
out of bed to go to her in the Kitchen"
said the little Rirl PAM came Ia