The Washington herald., 1921-12-18
TRIAL OF NURSE
IN EASTLAKE CASE
SET FOR FEB. u
Accused Man Calm as
Letters Read Tell of
Love Affair.

Continued from Page One.
prior to the reading of the letters.
Objections were raised in regard TO
letters between Mrs. Eastlake and her
husband and Mrs. Eastlake and her
sister-inlaw. Mrs. Chambers, and the
judge temporarily refused their ad-
mittance Whether or not they VIII
at any time be admitted Is matter
Of conjecture.
Called Them Devoted.
During the day three members Of
the accused mans family testified.
They were: Reginald Bastlake, Of
Oberiin, Ohio, a cousin; Mrs. Mabel
Chambers. Of Philadelphia. a sister.
and Mrs q. NJ. f. Eastlake, his mother.
also OF Philadelphia.
All declared that Eastlake and his
wife we're devoted to each other and
so far as they knew lived in complete
happiness.
DistinctiveIy an Oriental, Reginald
EastIake. who was born in Tokyo.
Japan. the son OF Dr. Frank Warning
ton Eastlake, missionary, and who
lived there until two years ago. testi'
fed to having met Miss Knox in Ocean
City last summer when she was
dressed in a black bathing suit. She
asked him IL he knew Roger Eastlake.
''She was a funny woman he ties.
tilted. II afterwards call her the
woman OF mystery and I say TO her
yes. She say TO me lis he here now,
and | say I don't think So She then
ask where he IL and ! say Soon
/ think he will be transfer to Cali
| fornia. She say thank you and walk
away"
/ Eastlake testified that later he
made inquiries regarding the
strange and queer looking woman
and was told she was Miss Sarah
Knox.
]. Humphrey Miller. Of Colonial
/ Beach. witness for the prosecu-
/ ton, testified.
Nigh; Have 10 Kill.
Miss Knox came to my house
/ last ecember and told me that hei
mind was at ease as she had. after
much dficulty. been able TO see her
nephew" Roger Eastlake, when his
wife had gone out Of the house fol
a short time that night" he said
Il asked her why she had no much
difficulty in seeing her nephew, say.
ing that II l wanted TO see my rela.
tives would not sneak into the
house"
To this she replied. Mrs. East
lake is a ferocious little woman
and always has a revolver near a.
hand. always carry a revolver
when ! 60 there. and ! fear thai
sooner or later she will catch me-
in her house and kill me, or that
will have TO kill her.
A depletion of the tracedy. In
Guiding the hacking OF an imagi'
nary body with an imaginary
Ratchet. the Concealing OF evidence
and the summoning OF assistance
as IL appeared to the defense, wa,
outlined by silas b. Perry. chief OF
the Fredericksburg police. William
/ w. Butzner. chief counsel Cor tn,
defense. was cast as the perpe.
traitor of the murder in this demon.
stration. while the time necessary
to carry out all Of the details occu-
pied eight minutes.
Court Resumes Monday.
That the evidence given by Mrs
w. V. Caruthers regarding tbs
hearing of screams in the EastlakC
home at $40 on the morning of the
| murder has caused the defense un.
easiness was indicated I'm the fact
that Franklin Caruthers. a brother.
in-law. who also heard the scream.
as he left the house for work. wa,
recalled TO the witness stand today
l. Caruthers stated. as he did yes
terday, that he did not hear tn.
screams until $40 O'Clock. the tim'
he left the house for work II,
stated that the thud he heard fol.
! lowing the screams sounded like
furniture or other object beinl
| thrown to the floor.
! Preceding the reading OF the let
ters Of Miss Knox. her dairy for the
year. which ended on September
2s-the day preceding the murder
was read. The last entry was Ill
bed all day" The diary showed
that most of Miss Knox's letter.
were addressed TO Esstlake.
Court adjourned at SIS in th'
evening. and will reconvene at Il
o'clock Monday
Attorney Butzner says it is more
| than probable that Eastlake will
go on the stand in his own de-
Tense on Monday.