The Washington times., 1921-12-14
TRAGEDY IS
PICTURED
BY DOCTOR
Physician Tells of Finding
Nurse on Porch of Home With
Blood on Clothes.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

MONTROSE, Va, Dec. IA
hort, stubby, bulldog briar pipe
With crooked rubber mouth piece,
found lying on the floor under the
oody of Mrs. Margaret L. East
AXE, ID being depended upon by
the prosecution to prove that
Eastlake was present in the
kitchen of their home when his
wife was slain on the last day OF
September.
Pipe Is Recognized.
The pipe exhibited in court today
corresponds with two other pipes
found in another room which East
lake admits belonged to him. This
exhibit was the first presented by the
prosecution when II asked DR.. William
p. Caruthers, of Colonial Beach, the
first witness called, IL he saw the
pipe when he served at the inquest.
The doctor identified the pipe and said
IL is the same one which the coroner's 3
jury located in turning over the body
for the purpose Of examination.
Quizzed by Prosecutor.
DR.. Caruthers is a typical rural
physician Of the circuit-riding type.
With gaunt. gray mustache, hard lines
about his mouth, ruddy cheeks. and
gold-rimmed glasses, he made a pic
turesque witness.
Prosecutor Mayo questioned the doc
tor first:
Q.-What took ou to Colonial Beach7
September 80. last?
Ayes.
Q-What took you to Colonial Beach?
Al was called to the Eastlake
4. 4. a,,th hnr
$50 in the morning
Q.-What did you find?
Al found in the kitchen of the
Eastlake home the body of Mrs.
Eastlake lying prone, face downward,
with her head resting against the
kitchen wall.
Talked With Miss Knox.
Odd you see Miss Knox on this
particular morning?
Ayes, l talked with her on the
back porch and asked her II she
knew anything about how Mrs. East
lake died.
Odd you question her further?
Al asked her what her occupation
was. She said she was a trained
nurse, a graduate of Johns Hopkins
University in 1905. l noticed spot Of
blood on her long white linen collar,
worn on the outside of her jacket, and
asked her how 1t got there. She said
she supposed it got there when she
was trying to do something for Mrs
Eastlake.
Odd you serve at the inquest?
Ayes.
Q.-Tell us Of your procedure.
Tells Of Finding Pipe.
Ave were instructed to examine
the body. The neck was badly cut.
I thought the vertebrae had been sew
cred. We turned her body over and
found lying on the floor, between her
left wrist and her torso. a briar pipe.
AT this point DIR. Caruthers was In.
terrupted in his description of the in.
quest by Mr.. Mayo, who exhibited a
pipe which DIR. Caruthers identified.)
1--WE found many other cuts of a
minor nature about the face, head and
shoulders OF Mrs. Eastlake, which it
is my belief were inflicted with some
small instrument, like a knife" said
the doctor.
Tells Time Of Death.
Q.-Doctor, in your opinion. at what
hour did Mrs. Eastlake die7
A.-She died between 2 and s o'clock
in the morning.
Q.-Do you think 1t was as late as
$50?
A.-No, sir. will amend my pre-
vious answer by saying II usually
takes six hours for a body to become
stiff and cold.
O. Doctor. DO you believe that
the ugly cash which almost severed
Mrs. Eastlake's neck, was given
while she was stand ng up or after
she had fallen to the floor.
A. IL was exposed to view as she
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