Evening star., 1921-12-14
Time OF MURDER
IS SET BY DOCTOR
Prosecution Witness States
Mrs. Eastlake Slain Be-
tween Am. and 4A.M.
BY a Staff Correspondent.

MONTROSS, Va, December IL
Evidence for the prosecution was
given by DIR. w. v. Carruthers, who
lives near Colonial Beach, in the case
of Roger Delano Eastlake, chief petty
officer. U. S. n, charged jointly with
Miss Sarah Euphemia Knox, balu-
more nurse, with staying his young
wife, Margaret. at Colonial Beach on
90, at the opening of the
second day of his trial here To-Day
when he stated that Mrs. Eastiake
could have been killed between z ana
4 o'clock am, it taking six hours Tor
rigor mortis, which had developed
when he arrived, to set in.
In response to questions submitted
by Commemorative Attorney "atl
T. Mayo. the physician. who was the
first one called to the EastiaKe honre r
after the murder. said that ne ar
rived at the house about 1:l0 ocloch
on the morning of the murder, ha'ihs
been called about 8 o'clock. ;,
After detailing the battered condi-
tion of Mrs. Eastlake's body. winch
he said had been literally hacked 10
pieces. DIR. Carruthers said that ne
saw MISS htlof SllllIE oh tiiN fO'
Asking her who she was. he SAID
The nurse told him she was nurse
from Johns Hopkins University NO
ticing Il srot of blood on her Whlle
collar, the physician said the nurse
could net explain its presence there
at first, but later said she supposed
it came when she went to assist Mrs.
Esstlake.
EaStlake Goes Out Hatless.
He said he saw Eastlake enter the
house, then go out and walk up and
down on the opposite side of the
street, hatless. He seemed to be
watching me talking to Miss Knox,
the doctor said.
In describing the condition of the
body, DIR. Carruthers said that 1t
looked as if some of the cuts had been
done with knife. while evidently
hatchet also had been used. Pieces
of flesh were entirely missing from
parts of the face and neck. He then
said that on turning the body over ne
had found a smoking pipe, which he
handed to the coroner. He said that
the body was clad in a night dress
and kimono.
1t was the opinion of the physician.
when pressed on the point, that
knife must have been used. as several
of the cuts on Mrs. Eastlake's hand
gave evidence of this. DR.. Carruthers
then identified the pipe presented by
the prosecution as the one he found
under the body.
Twenty-Five Blows Delivered.
He testified that Eastlake had vol
made a statement before the
coroners jury in which he denied the
pipe was his. Objection was made
by the defense at this testimony on
the ground that no warrant had been
served on Eastlake at the time. Judge
Joseph Wilson Chinn sustained the
objection.
In oss-examination. conducted by
William W. Butzner. counsel for the
defense. DIR. Carruthers said that
twenty-nine blows in all were de-
liyered, some with a hatchet and some
with a knife. At this juncture the
sharp edged hatchet was presented
and identified by the physician. East
lake sat unmoved as his dead wife
duced as exhibits, and as the holes
in the nightdress and kimono caused
by the instruments were detailed py
DR.. Carruthers a pin could have been
heard il dropped in the crowded court
room.
Evidently ruff1ed by some of the
cross-eXaminer's questions. DR.. Car
ruthers answered rather sharply and
said: "If you want my opinion of
those holes. it is that lot of cut
ting was done on the body after it
was dead"
The bloody undergarments were
identified by the witness.
Resembled a Shambies.
Condition of the room after the
crime was described by the witness
as resembling shambles. He said
the walls were covered with blood
and tufts of hair DR.. Caruthers also
told of finding a pot of water on
the stove which Eastlake had said
he had used that morning for shaw
ing.
.There was no skim on the water
said the physician. "and, to my way
of thinking. it could have not been
used for such a purpose"
The trial proceeded yesterday with
rapidity. Only few
were excused for 'preju-
dice or expressed opinion" and twen-
ty men out of the first twenty-seven
were impaneled by o'clock in the
afternoon.
Utilizing the privilege of exempt
ing four each. both the defense and
were quick to remove the
necessary eight from the panel. The
Jury was formed and the proceedings
were on. w. w. y.
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