The Washington times., 1921-12-20
MAN
IS SPA|NIED
As LOWEST
of HUMANS
Prisoner Sits Unmoved While
Prosecutor Ripe Past Asunder.
Case Nears End.
By KIRK c. MILLER,
Times stasf Correspondent.

MONTROSS, Va, Dec. 20.-Com-
pleting its argument to the jury at
1880 o'clock today the prosecution
in the Roger D. Eastlake trial char
acterized the indicted man as one of
those who KILLED the thing he loves"
Vivid Picture Painted.
1t cited the Dear Daddy" and "Af
fectionately, Bunny" letters intco-
duced by the defense to prove his
character to the jury. The prosecu-
OF man who. little by little, smoth-
cred out the happiness of his wife, and
finally ended the life Of the woman he
loved or claimed to have loved.
Boiling Eastlake's alleged past con.
duct down to a fifteen-minute speech,
Assistant Prosecutor Hunter served IL
verbally to the jury In the bitterest
arraignment Of character and soul
ina aginable.
Men and women in the audience
wiped away tears when Hunter re.
ferred to the disappointment In the
heart OF the little Eastlake children
who are expecting to see their mother
by Christmas. He viciously painted
the accused man as not only being the
meanest but the lowest type of hui
manity.
Says He Hid Behind Nurse.
There is no moro scarlet offense
against the morals of civilization than
for man to form his love to a hag-
gard. vile vampire" emphasized Mr..
Hunter, land this man ia guilty of
hiring himself to Miss Knox and then
hiding behind her skirts"
Mr.. Hunter continued:
The man NAo sits here unmoved
by all the ugly Vposes of this trial
is the man who paid his love with
the golden shekles ,rovided by his
He betrayed his manhood and
paramour.
right to fatherhood, and sank to the
very lowest dregs OF humanity, that
OF accepting finsAcial succor from
woman who was breaking down
the very fiber, bone, and sinew of his
home.'
Eastlake Appears Unmoved.
During the time Eastlake's very
heart was being drawn and quar-
tered, he sat unflinchingly with his
eyes fixed upon the speaker. His
mother and sister. in seats Just behind
him, sat pale and wan. The Jury
seemed greatly impressed with Mr..
Hunters GRAFTON and many in the
courtroom openly expressed the opin-
ion that the speech needs must carry
a great deal Of weight.
Attorney w. w. Butzner opened up
the defense argument. He was fol-
lowed by F. w. Chichester. Both at
torneys are from Fredericksburg.
Butzner told the jury he was not de-
Tending Eastlake's morals, but that he
was defending him as a murderer.
1--WE admit through this mass of let
ters," said Mr.. Butzner, 'that this
mans past has not been so upright az
II might have been, but we are told
the story Of a character Of Biblical
times who was vindicated by Our
Saviour who said: Let him without
sin cast the first stone,' and Go and
sin no more
Tried to Cast Out Nurse.
Between the lines Of these letters.
to the reading of which you all listen.
ed, you read between the lines that
Eastlake had seen the error of his
ways and was trying with all his
courage mental and physical to throw
off the woman who was haunting hir,
even to the extent Of writing letters
to his commanding officer.
"Is that not in his favor? Does X
not prove that he had made his choice
as between Miss Knox and his wife.
Margaret Does he not deserve con-