Evening star., 1921-10-02

ment, but added: DO you think a
woman of my appearance would COM
init such an outrageous crime as
chopping a woman to death? Why.
certainly. I am innocent"
Eastiake and Miss Knox are the
only prisoners confined in the anti
quated, two-story brick Jail at Men-s
tross. He is occupying cell on the
upper tier of the prison. She is-in
cell, directly under him on the ground
floor. They occupied most Of their
time today talking to each other In
code that was inaudible to persons
outside. -
Corroberste Statements.
Both of the prisoners in the inter.
view corroborated in almost exact
detail the story they told the ,coro-
ner's jury. Eastlake. however. indi-
Gated that he>was greatly worried
over bill Of 32.75 that he owed
Washington newspaper for an adver-
tisement he inserted some time ago.
and insisted that the reporter pay
the bill when he returned to WASH
ington. The reporter accepted the
money under protest, but promised
to pay the bill
Eastlake said the advertisement in
the paper was s7relative' to a course in
physical culture which he had PLAN
ned to give in Washington. He said
that he had requested the Navy De-
partment to transfer him to the Ma
tional Capital.
Referring to the morning the mur-
der was committed. Eastlake said he
left home at $3.50. o'clock after kiss
ing his wife goodbye Il went d.
rectly to the boat" he said, "and as
it started to shove of William B.
Carruthers yelled at me, saying that
my wife was dead. believed him
to be kidding, and laughed, but a
ghastly look came over Carruthers'
face and returned to the house
with him." .-'
Says He Was In Japan.
Eastlake emphasized the fact that
his father is DR.. w. D. Eastlake, who
spent many years in Japan, trans
lating American literature for pub
lication in the Japanese language. He
said that he was In Japan for four
teen years, with his father. He also
said that He had an excellent record
in the Navy and referred to several
Of his friends for reference.
Miss Knox, who claims she is
graduate of Johns Hopkins University,
declared that she had been a friend
Of the Eastlake family for several
years. She said that late Thursday
night she was suffering with a heart
attack and went out of her room in
the De Atley Hotel to get some air."
IT walked over to the Eastlake
home" she said, land stood around
the house until daylight. When Mr..
Eastlake left for work went to the
porch Of the house and heard Mrs.
Eastlake cali my name. I ran into
the house and found the two children
crying. Roger. the little boy. told
mo that his mother was hurt. OPEN
ed the door which enters into the
kitchen and found Mrs. Eastlake's
body lying on the floor with her head
terribly mangled., showed her feet in
side in order to pass. and after examin-
ing her 1 went out and notified the
neighbors." -
Ate In Night Clothes.
=, When questioned as to why she did
not enter the East1ake cottage until
Eastlake had left for work, Miss Knox
replied: '1t is customary for Mr..
Eastlake to eat his breakfast in his
night clothes and did not want to
enter the house and see him in such
a condition" She declined to answer
questions as to her familiarity with
Eastlake's early morning habits.
Miss Knox was a willing talker.
Eastlake. however. gavesout his state-
ment under protest.
Miss Knox said she sympathfzedI
with Eastlake and referred to him as
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