The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-07
EASTLAKE NEAR
CONFESSION, Va.
POLICE BELIEVE
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Detective Toler at one time thought
he SoIld wiring the discriminating
words from one or the other, but
as the case is not officially one for
the local force to solve, he has de-
cided to let nature take It's course.
Immediately after her arrest Miss
Knox told Detective Boulwer that
she would rather be accused OF the
crime than have Eastlake accused OF
1t. That was her early attitude, and
that Is still her feeling in the mat
ter, so far as any word from her
lips Is concerned.
Boulwer Makes Report.
Somewhat clumsily couched and
being slightly ungramatical in many
places. the official report of the early
| investigation has been turned over
with other data In the case by Thorn
as Boulwer, private detective and real
estate operator of Colonial Beach. 1t
follows In it's verbatim form, so that
! the public may observe the handicap
under which the expert investigators
worked on their arrival at Colonial
Beach:
Evidence Of Mr.. Roger Eastlake:
81, T. X. Boulwer. a private detec.
tive for the county of Westmoreland
and town of Colonial Beach, on the
| 30th day of September. 1921. reached
/ Mr.. Eastlake's house about ten min
utes after he had left to catch Proving
Ground boat. Mr.. Eastlake was
called from boat and told that his
wife had been murdered. Neighbors
said. I am going for DR.. Brent.
Eastlake said to him. in cool
manner. I will walk up with YOU
| wi nai0hhnr
their way back to house the said
neighbor ran and Eastlake kept a
quiet pace. On reaching the house
he asked me, T. X. Boulwer, II his
wife was dead. told him yes. He
took It very quiet, making no re-
marks. making no effort to see her,
and accusing no one Of murder.
Little Girls Story.
'Mr. Eastlake said that the side
door was locked, but found II un-
locked. On questioning his little
daughter she told me Of her own
free will when she heard her mother
| scream she came to door and her
father having on a raincoat, pushed
her down and locked the door. The
little boy, Roger, Eastlake's son. said
he saw woman at window.
Evidence of Mrs. Collins:
Said Mrs. Eastlake had been telling
her Of her troubles with her husband
and Miss Knox. Said Miss Knox was
about to kill her. Told her tina: Mr..
Eastlake had promised her to stop
writing to Miss Knox. Said that DIR.
| Duff, OF Dahlgren. had given her a
good talking to and told her 1t was
foolish to DO Jealous and to cut 1t out,
and that Miss Knox, herself, had prom
Used Mrs. Eastlake not to come on the
-. - L@t h k,.ah nv nd
more.
ION the day of the 2sth Of Septern.
Der, 1921, Mrs. Eastlake told Mrs. Col
Inns she and her husband had had an
swfuf fuss the night before and thrt
she was going to Philadelphia with her
sister-in-law. She said to Mrs. Collins:
I don't like my sister-in-law very
much, but 1t would be much better
than under present conditions here
Gun In Nurses Bag.
MY Investigations of case:
ION searching Miss Knox, found in
| her handbag gun that had been
washed, but stiiI had blood and hair on
| handle, and on further Investigation,
found blood on her long coat and also
blood on her urderwaist collar. also
found pistol covered with blood under
the house that the said Miss Knox
claimed she stayed in, with two empty
| cartridges.
I'm my estimation. this was a sham
| pistol. On further Investigation I
| found a new cartridge in grass where
1t had been taken out of pistol and old
cartridges put in. In searching the
honeysockle Il found a sharp Ratchet
| with paper which corresponds with
paper found in Miss Knox's pocket,
honeysucklke I found a sharp Ratchet
with.
ION one occasion I had cause to
borrow a pistol from Mr.. Eastlake.
Mr.. Eastlake asked me whether ! had
| rather have a AS Colt automatic or a
smaller .32 U. S. gun. I told him
had rather have large gun. but Mrs.
Eastlake afterward told me the
| smaller gun was hers, and any time
| / needed 1t I could get 1t. This was
the gun that was found under house
| covered with blood, the same house
that Miss, Knox claimed she stayed In.
September 80. 1921.-Evidence Of
Miss s. Z. Knox:
Says she saw man run out OF side
door and go over back fence. and Just
before she saw the unknown man Mrs.
Eastlake called to her. Says she fol-
lowed man over back fence.
Finds Door Blocked.
"In my investigation find that
only one person crossed over back
fence, and she, Miss Knox, in climb
! ing fence, bruised her leg. She also
| said man came out Of side door, and
I, T. K. Boulwer, tried to get inside
door and found that the dead woman
| was lying against same.
Miss Knox claims that she went
inside the door, stopped over Mrs.
Eastlake, and finding her dead, goes
| out to call neighbors, comes back,
and moves the dead woman, she
says. to make sure she was dead
Miss Knox seems cool, mot
alarmed at all, and in making
! search we find all kinds Of dope
and dope instruments. She also
says that she came up to Mr.. East
lakes about IL o'clock and laid in
clubhouse about thirty feet away
from main dwelling until she
thought it time for Mr.. Eastlake
to go to boat.
She also told me that she hadn't
seen Mr.. Eastlake since last fall,
and Mr.. Eastlake has been with