The Washington times., 1921-12-17
By KIRK C. MILLER,
Times staff Correspondent.

hImes StoHt N~HospO"sC"s'
MONTROSS, Va, Dec. IL
Back in February, Mrs Margaret
e. Eastlake, who was slain at
Colonial Beach. Va, last Septem-
ber, and whose husband, Roger d.
Eastlake, is on trial here for her
murder, complained to Sara E.
Knox, the Baltimore nurse, that
her running after Eastlake was
causing Colonial Beach residents
to gossip"
The slain woman also accused
the nurse Of spying on her, and in
answer Miss Knox wrote she SYM
pathized with the wife because
"she was out Of her head when
she wrote the letter.
The Wife's Letter
The wife's letter. dated February
a.. follows: -
Mrs. Goyt has told me she had
two letters from you asking about
US, think your remarks to the
effect ! gut mad over very foousn
thi,igS was unlkind. to coy the least
You might know she would tell me
you had written. I have been Ill
since Saturday night, with q gather.
Ink In my head. 20 do not know u
Mr.. Eastlake has written you,
though I do know he wired you
as / was with him. .
We are extremely short Of money
at the present time, and II he has
not sent you any, ] know you Will
have some mailed you on the 7th
- a. v~xfIl ~ fav-IN I'm
possible to send any before. i fail
to see why you write either Of US
threatening letters. Your actions
are fast breaking my health. You
spent part Of the winter here and
told people not to tell me you were
here, as / did not like you. You
have made my husband miserable.
No man likes to have any woman
tagging after him az you have done
and caused the people Of Colonial
Beach to say that Eastlake Ii run
ming two establishments, rs they
have said on account Of your last
visit.
Threatened Suicide.
The one thing that completely
turned me was that Sunday here In
this house when you threatened to
commit suicide and had Mr.. East
lake worried sick. saw and heard
the whole thing. You have threat
ened II since and II. 10 rather con-
temptible thing to do.
have held my tongue long
enough. and II il just about time
someone told you what q mean per-
son you are. Kindly write no more
letters to the neighbors asking
about us, for no one down here has
any kind of an opinion about our
actions this winter.
Mr.. Goyt saw you twice and the
second time made you speak to
him, 20 that he could confirm gos-
sip that you really were here.
Sending my last letter to the sta
ton for Mr.. Eastlake to read did
not do you much good. as he
merely burnt It UP. He knows every
thing about your brother and did
know long before he died, so you
us on that score, for i have told
him the whole thing-more than
you know.
Fond Of Husband.
Anyway, what business IL that of
yours? Simply that you are very
fond Of my husband and are furious
when won't 20 to bed and let you
talk or whenever I butt in when
you don't want me to. ] do 1t pur-
posely. for he wants me to.
You think you pulled one over
on me this winter, but you have
lost the respect Of the whole village
and came near running my hus-
bands character and killing me. I
hope that you are satisfied.
will see that you get a payment
on the 7th of March without fail.
Mr.. Eastlake Is not In very good
health. He has been worried about
me, and then the talk that your
visit caused and the unhappiness to
me has upset him, and he has neg
lected everything, but will see that
you get it.
do not want to be under any
obligations to you, nor do / want
my husband to be; and IL will be
paid as soon as possible. Is that
satisfactory?
MARGARET L. EASTLAKE.
The following Is a letter In repl,
from Miss Knox to Mrs. Eastlake
dated February 20:
Baltimore. February 27, 1921.
Dear Margaret:
This IL In answer TO your special
delivery letter, but II is not nasty,
80 yeu need not mind reading II.
You poor little sick girl! Do
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