Evening star., 1921-10-06
NEW TACTICS USED
IN EASTLAKE CASE.
GriIIing Postponed by Police
and Confessions Sought by
MiIder Methods.
rrcIn a Stafr rorresrondent of The Star.

From stan Correspondent of The star
RICHMOND, Va, October 6.-Rich-
mond police authorities today decided
10 defer for several days their pro-
posed rigid grillng of Miss Sarah H.
Knox. the Baltimore nurse. and Roger
D. Eastlake, held in the city Jail here
in connection with the Staying OF the
latter's wife at Colonial Beach.
Meantime, they VIII use gentlemen
tactics" in cndeavoring to get COM
plete confessions from the prisoners:
Donald EastIake. the accused mans
brother. who came here today from
Fredericksburg, Va. has promised 70
aid the authorities in Wringmg all
possible information out of the Navy
mechanic. He said he would give the
police any new story told by his
. brother relative to the crime
Donald visited his brother for half
an hour in the jail this morning. ana
is understood to have obtained noth-
ing new about the murder
MY brother is not criminal, ne
said "and has absolutely no connec-
1ion with the crime. This } am sure
will be proved soon.
Taken TO Murderer's Row.
The accnsed man has been placed
in 4 cell in murderer's row. IN the
CITY iaif. where he will remain until
taken tlck TO .hhutI'sS oNeo'ei
with Miss Knox. to face the grand
jury. Miss Knox is i'll cell IN the
woman's section of the jail.
After breakfast this morning.
which consisted of salt fish, bread ana
coffee Eastlake was allowed to shave
while a guard stood by him. He had
a siX-day growth of beard on MS
face.
Mrs. Reina Poarch. a matron at the
Jail, has been placed in the cell with
Miss Knox for the purpose of pre-
venting her from attempting to END
her life. The authorities hope the
natron also Will be able to obtain a
confession from her
1t is understood that counsel for
the prisoners have changed their
plans and Will not request preAmi-
nary hearing for their clients. Neith-
er viii the attorneys ask for pail.
Accuses Miss Knox.
Blame for the murder of his wife
was placed on Miss Knox by East
lake after an hours grilling here late
yesterday by Detective Sergt. William
y. Toler. Identification expert of the
Richmond police department. who was
ordered by Gov. WeStmoreland Davis
of Virginia to investigate the sensa-
tionai crime. which is ranked second
to the Beatty ease of 1912. Although
the man confessed that Miss Knox
told him she hacked Mrs. Margaret
F.astIake to death in jealous rage.
he denies emphatically that he is in
any way Implicated in the murder.
The baltimore nurse. however. in
sistS that the crime was committed
by an unknown man. but Detective
Toier said he expected to break
down her story and obtain a confess
sion she is wise, said Mr.. Toler,
after questioning the woman in the
detective Headquarters. but she will
crack
Neither Eastlake nor Miss Knox
has a leg to stand on said Detective
Toler. They are both guilty of the
brutal murder, and it will be proved
shortly
when Miss Knox was told that
Eastiake had confessed that she
killed Mrs. Eastlake the nurses
ruddy cheeks turned pale. but she
indicated that she did not believe it.
f,aStlake was then brought into the
room and faced her.
THAT woman killed my wife," he
said. Miss Knox looked at him and
declared: Il had heard you made that
statement 10 these officers. The
man did not utter word, but looked
at her an@rily as he was taken from
the room.
Continues to Shield Him.
In the face of Eastlake's effort to
place the entire blame for the crime
on Int nurse, SHe Is SUN
him. After he had left the room Miss
Knox said to Detective Toler: THAT
boy don't know any more about the
crime than I do. l admit you have
q strong ease against me-
During the examination of East
lake Mr. Toler learned that he was
at one time infatuated with the
nurse. Since June Is. however. East
lake said he has been trying to
'brcak away from the woman, and
for that reason he believes she came
to Colonial ReaCh to seek revenge.
E,aStlakc admitted that he had bor-
rowed money from the nurse. He
said that he owed her $500 and his
murdered wife was indebted to her
for 500. From other statements
made by the man, the authorities
infer that during the last few years
he has tolerated her only because he
was indebted to her.
When Miss Knox visited Colonial
Beach. Eastlake told the authorities
that he often met her and gave her
The story told the authorities at
Colonial Beach by Miss Knox that
she was a good friend of the mur-
dered woman was branded by East
lake rs ridiculous. He said that
there had never been any friendship
between the two women and pointed
out that his wife had appealed to
the Colonial Beach authorities to
keep Miss Knox away from the town.
Questioning of Miss Knox revealed
but little she has not already told the
Westmoreland county officials. She
repeated the story of her presence
at the Eastlake cottage on the morn
ing the crime was committed.
.knc,y She Was COming.'
Tie nurse. however. intimated that
Eastlake was aware that she was
coming to his home. She said she
stood in the small clubhouse adjoining
the EaStlake home awaiting signal
from him. The nature of the signal
she failed to reveal.
When informed by Detective Toler
that bloodstained tingerprints which
were found on pasteboard box IN
the kitchen of the East1ake house,
near where the murdered woman fell
when she was struck with the hatchet,
CORRESPOND with their own, both East
lake and Miss Knox said they had
handled some of the articles in the
house after returning to the scene OF
the crime with officers.
The bloodstained underwear found
near the Eastlake home, tied In a
WOODEN sock. if positively identified as
the az cuSed mans, Detective Toler
said, will complete the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence about him. The
underwear. the officer said, is similar
TO that now worn by Eastlake.
While at Colonial Beach, Detective
Toler said. he found a number of let
ters in Eastlake's personal effects,
which tended to show that the nurse
had become enraged over the fact
that he had failed to answer her COM
munica lions. In one of the letters
turn her human body over to phy
sicians in Baltimore for scientific
purposes 1t is believed she made
this threat to force Eastlake to con.