Evening star., 1921-12-19
DEFENSE FINISHES
|. in EASTLAKE CASE
:.
Jury Expected to Start Con-
sideration of Fate of Ac-
+: cused Husband Tonight.
rom a Stan Correspondent.

From Stan Correspondent.
sMONTROSS, Va, December ia
Without calling the defendant to the
stand, the defense Of Roger r. East
lake. charged jointly with Miss Sarah
T.. Knox, Baltimore trained nurse,
with numbering his young wife at
Colonial Beach in the early morning
hours of September 80 last. rested Its
case at 1852 in the trial Of the naval
petty officer here today.
1t is now expected that the case will
gn to the jury tonight.
.Rebuttal testimony was Immediately
begun by the prosecution. and 1t Is
Thought that this will not last more
than two hours. The argument or
opposing counsel to the jury. it is
said. will take eight hours In ALL
Judge Scores Reporters.
Preceding the continuation of the
trial, Judge Joseph w. Chinn de-
nounced certain press representatives
for methods resorted to in reporting
the case to their respective papers.
He said that after reading many ac-
counts of the trial he thought some
of them were not only unjust ana
without foundation. but were ma
linious lies and an insult to the citi-
Zens of this section Of Virginia.
The case today was opened with A.
r. Crothers of Ocean City, N. j.. on
the stand. The witness Identified the
handwriting of Miss Knox.
Judge Chinn then allowed the ad-
mtttance as evidence of the letters
of Miss Knox to Eastlake, read on
Saturday.
Several letters from Mrs. Eastlake
TO her husband were read to the jury.
but not allowed as evidence by Judge
Chinn.
Desired to Leave Beach.
She seemed most solicitous about
his return home from the Dahlgren
proving ground, detailed what the
children were doing, and in the last
one she showed evident desire to
leave Colonial Beach, as she wrote
everybody in it more and more each
day 1 stay here. Be good and be sure
to come home tomorrow night. The
letters were signed Bunny"
In the letter to her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Eastlake referred to her husband
as "the best man in the world. they
are not all perfect. but l would not
give up my husband and children for
anything in the world"
The first witness called by the
prosecution in rebuttal. Mrs. Z. A.
Heineken of Colonial Beach. was the
cause of heated arguments between
opposing counsel. She was called to
testify as to.the attributed attitude as
to relations existing between East
lake and his wife.
Judge Chnn finally permitted the
witness to testify in part. and she
told of a mysterious appearance of
Miss Knox at her home when the
para fhare for SY1nnar
At this juncture the witness asked
the opposing counsel and Judge Chinn
to go into an adjoining room with
her, as she desired to explain what
she had to tell. When they returned
Judge Chinn allowed her to testify.
Mrs. Heinekin then told Of her ac-
companyine Mrs Eastlake to John B.
Foster, a Colonial Beach lawyer. to
discuss divorce proceedings. Later.
the witness said. she saw Mrs. East
was living happily with her husband
again. as she thought the divorce
threat had a good effect on him.
Church Considered Expulsion.
The witness said also that the
church which EaStlake attended dis
cussed the question of expe1ling him
at one time because of his alleged i'm
morality.
The gist of this testimony was to
offset the intent of the defense to
show that the Eastlakes were living
happily together during the imme-
diae months preceding the murder.
Following the announcement made
Saturday night that the trial of Miss
Sarah f. Knox. charged Jointly with
Eastlake with the crime, would be
held the last week in February, Judge
Chinn said that the venermen for the
case would in all probability have to
be- drawn from another county, as
practically the entire male popula-
ton of Westmoreland county had at
one time or another attended the
Eastlake trial. W. II. c.