The Washington herald., 1921-10-06
.SAYSHE THINKS
HIS WIFE SLAIN
BY SARAH KNOX
Eastlake Declares He Be
lieves Jealousy Mo.
tive of Murder.
WOMAN ASSERTS
| SHE is INNOCENT
M aintain s Composure,
Accused Couple Now
In Richmond.
BY }. HAROLD KEEN.
(Stah Correspondent Of waShinrtou Herald. \

(stan Correspondent Of Washington Herald.)
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. ST be-
lieve that woman killed my wife,
Roger D. Eastlake, who, with |
Miss Sarah e. Knox. an alleged |
sweetheart. has been charged by a |
coronef's jury with the brutal MUIR
der of his wife. Mrs. Margaret East
lake. at Colonial Beach last Friday,
today made the above statement tot
police authorities here. about Miss
Knox. after his removal from the
city Jail at Fredericksburg.
Eastlake has surrendered the
stole attitude which he has main
tanned since his arrest and through
out the day gave evidence of con-
siderable nervousness, leading
Richmond police to believe he will
make a written confession within
the next few hours.
Says She Was Jealous.
When asked why he believed that
Miss Knox killed his wife, Eastlake
responded that ''she was jealous
Although confronted with the
Eastlake statement indicating her
guilt. Miss Knox continued to as
| sert her innocence. She told police,
however. that -the boy knows moth
| ing of the crime but you seem to
have a strong case against me-"
After being placed in the Second
precinct police station. the prison
ers were removed and placed in the
Richmond city Jail. Officials fear
Miss Knox may attempt suicide af-
ter having been informed of East
| lakes statement.
| Assigned by Governor.
The quiz which resulted in what
| is believed to be a virtual confess
sion by Eastlake was conducted by
William A. Toler. sergeant of the
| Richmond detectives, the investiga-
tor who was assigned to unravel
the murder by Gov. Westmoreland
| Davis.
A breach between the prisoners
was indicated in a statement made
| to the police by Eastlake in which
he declared that he had not seen
Miss Knox since June Is, as well
as In letters recently written to
Eastlake by Miss Knox in which she
| repeatedly mentioned that she had
not been receiving answers to her
letters.
With this information at hand.
Detective Toler expresses the belief
that Eastlake was attempting to
discontinue his acquaintance with
Miss Knox, and that she, seeking
revenge had slain his wife. From
the information which he had
| CLEANED during his investigation at
the scene of the crime, he also be-
lieves that Eastlake was present
when the murder was committed.
Taught Her Jiu Jitsu.
Eastlake admitted that he had
| been in debt to Miss Knox to the
! extent of $3.50, while his wife owed
| her 500. He claims that il was the
money matter about which he had
on several occasions seen the wo-
man. Their other relations, he as
serts, were of a business nature.
as Miss Knox was a pupil of jiu-
jitsu classes which he had been
conducting in a shack near his
home. He denied that he had ever
professed love for her.
| During the quiz, Detective Toier
said to Eastlake. IF you did not
have any love for your wife, those
two little children OF yours should
have appealed to you"
To this the prisoner made no
reply, but merely dropped his head
as If in shame. He later. said that
he had been happy with his wire
and that they were always the best
of friends
+ Arraignment Today.
Tomorrow the prisoners will be
arraigned in Police Court before
Judge J. L Ingram, successor of
1.-THE late Judge John Crutchfield,
the Virginia Judge" when they
will be officially committed to the
city Jail. where they win remain
until the case can be tried in court
| Finger prints OF both Eastlake
and Miss Knox were found on a
box in the room where Mrs. East
lakes body was found, accordins
to Detective Toler. Eastlake, how.
ever, claims that he touched this
box after his return to the house
after being informed of his wife's
murder.
Miss Knox's story duplicating ar
unknown, man" whom she alleges
she saw running away from the
Eastlake home on the morning OF
the crime; was disregarded by the
police here owing to her inability
to explain why lshe had stood ir
; the shed at the trear of the East.
J lake home nearly ten hours thai
J night, and because of the fact thai
the place where she says the man
escap ped is so dense with vines ant
bushes that It would be impossibl,
for a human being to get through
Awaited q, "Signal."
She says that she waited tn,
llong time in the shed for a signal
, but refused to say what the sigma
! was for or who was TO have giver
| lit. When questioned regarding th'
: rumor that Miss Knox was a drut
Il addict. Eastlake said that he ha,
no definite Information but that h,
a had heard that report many time
|. by persons who knew her quit
well. -rs
Eastlake told the police that ol
{ the morning the murder was com
: mitted he had kissed his wife befor
. leaving the house at about 5:3
o'clock and that while walking |
short distance from the house n
heard an outcry, but when It wa
not repeated he did not stop to In
: vestigate.
In telling her story Of the Grim
. Miss Knox made no mention of Al
|. outcry, but stated that she entere
the house after seeing the man
: jump from the porch and run away
With the lack OF co-ordRatiol
: in the stories told by the two pris
. oners, despite the fact that the,
4 have been near each other eve
j since their arrest. the police au
ComttnHed on Pooe Three.