Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23
Prisoners Will Remain
Here Pending Fixing of
Trial Date.
HUSBAND MAINTAINS
AN AIR OF INNOCENCE
Authorities Say They Have
Woven Web Around Ac.
cuscd Pair.

the case of Roger ID. Eactlake
naval petty officer. and Miss Sarah
Il. EnoN. Baltimore nurse charged
io.iuJ with the murder at Colonial
Heacl. Va. early on the morning ct
Fi!Lay. September 30. of Mrs. Marra
ret Eastlake, wife OF th.: former.
w'1 80 to the grand jury Of West
moreland County tomorrow uorfiinp
at IL o'clock. Trial will bs before
Judge Joseph~w. Chinn, OF The West
rnoreland County Circuit C5urt, in the
event true bills are foNlT Neither
of the prisoners. it WIZ. understood
here tonight. wouIdIbe present. bu,
is set .,
Eas,lake wil.:bbe defended by Will
liam Butzner. former commemorative
attorney off Spotsplvania County.
while Harry NJ. Smith, Jr.. of Rich
mond. Will represent Miss Knox
Watt t. Mayo. commemorative at
torneESof <Nestmoreland County. as
sisted by Charles W. Moss. will con-
ducs the prosecution. Both Eastlake
apd' MISS Knox are being held in
lhc Richmond City Jail, whittier they
wcrS brought from Fredericksburg
for safckceping.
Killing Stirs State.
y The killing of the young wife OF
the naval officer was one Of thu most
brutal and sensational in the annals
of this State and stirred the Old Do
minion as II has not been stirred
since the Bcattie case.
The body of Mrs. Eastlake, well
tering in her lifes blood. was dis
covered on the floor in the dining
room of her home, with twcnty-nine
scalp and face wounds. apparently
made with Ratchet. and with her
head almost severed from her body.
The alarm was given by Miss Knox.
The authorities have woven about
the suspected pair web OF circum-
stantial evidence which they are con-
hdcnt will convince the jury before
whom they will be tried of their
guilt. Some Of this evidence follows
| a revolver. on the butt OF which was
found embedded blood-clotted hair
which. police claim. corresponds witt,
that on the murdered woman's head
and which was taken from the hand
! bag of Miss Knox; n blood-stainc, d
Ratchet, which fits the description oil
enc which Albert r. Crowthers, OF
200 Sixth Street Ocean City, y. j., is
| said to have declared he sharpencd
for Miss Knox shortly before the
| murder; coat said to be the property
OF the snurse: letters said to have
been written by Eastlakc to Miss
Knox, and which, in addition to nu-
merous endearing terms. are said to
have contained the warming: Mar
earet is onto us and is pretty ashy";
blood-stained suit Of underwear, 4
regulation United States Navy issue
| and the same kind that Eastlakc, as
naval petty officer, had been wear
ing, and which was dredgcd from the
Potomac River. near the scone of the
crime. after the Colonial Beach and
Westmoreland County authorities had
made futile search OF the PREMISES
for possible discarded telltale gar.
ments of the man; bioodstains on
the clothing of Miss Knox.
Eastlake has disclaimed all knowI-
edge of the murder of his wife, whom
he claims to have loved devotediy
and has expressed the belief tina,
Miss Knox slew his mate because she
| was In love with him and was zeal
Gus of his wife. This statement o.
Eastlake's was made shortly after tho
arrival of the couple in Richmond
and followed gruelling third de-
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