The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-13
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the final chapter in an eternal triangle
60 perverted from the normal view
: point OF mere bystander that 1t Is
difficult to imagine such situation
outside the covers Of Balzac or a
De Maupassant.
Fate Of Two at Stake.
This final episode will decide
: whether Eastlake and Miss Sarah
IE., Knox will go free to continue
their alleged clandestine courtship or
whether the law shall measure out to
them just punishment for the death
llos the "other woman"
At the one point of the triangle ia
1.-THE memory of wife. mother and
helpmate. Her part in the triangle is
that of a martyr. Her lips were sealed
iwhen an assailant crept into her home
;st daybreak and felled her forever on
! the floor of her own kitchen. newly
, peharpened Ratchet bearing fresh blood
Lstains was found in the yard within
i1ess than an hour after the hideous
,deed was discovered.
Then there is the presence of the
iaggressor in the domestic life of the
Eastlakes. The woman who Is blamed
Tor disrupting the happiness and pleas
liant pursuit of rearing a family OF
which both heads have been violently
Tor by force of law taken away, Is
character which suggests the cheaper
kime novel or the penmanship OF the
most sensual author of exciting litera-
tture.
Sarah E. Knox is a Johns Hopkins
University graduate trained nurse.
rnti is old enough to be the mother of
Eastlake.
Principals IN Drama.
Forty,seven years old, i'll kempt, of
mo physical nor spiritual attractive.
mess, and suggesting strongly the
lneurotic type which spreads discon-
Ltent and domestic havoc wherever she
fspins her web, ii is hard to conceive
just what magnetism she held over
Eastlake to lead him on and on until
his very life hangs in the balance.
Finally, there is the youthful naval
officer himself. just thirty-two years
of age, by the wor'i of his superiors
achieving great strides In naval aero
.nautics, the father IF a daughter and
son and the husband of a sweet,
modest, retiring gil, who might at
once be a wife, mother, and sweet
heart Eastlake had everything in the
world to hold his head for and much
TO look forward to In the matter Of
success and contentment.
In between this tangle of inside and
outside influences are the Eastlake
children themselves; enough to cause
a feeling of pride and uprighteous-
ness in the bosom of the father.
Katherine, aged five, an irresistible.
flaxen-haired child with dolls, pretty
hair ribbons, and wild flowers here
and there adjoining her little person,
is a bright little child with all the
possibilities of a woman in the max |
ing. She Is stiH under the impression
thather mama is very i'll somewhere
and that she has been taken away
from the noise and patter of she and
her brother at play.
Expect Mother to Return.
Roger D., jr., is two years older, and
manly little fellow with all. He
talks necessarily of his daddy and his |
brilliant uniform, which was won only |
through tedious promotions up
through the intricate service channels. |
Roger spends all his time with his !
little sister, and together they talk and =,
plan for the time when both their |
mama and papa shall come home. |
and each is hoping i'm vain that it |
will be before Christmas.
That is the tangle as the hard, |
cold legal machinery will begin to
unravel II today. At 10 o'clock |
this morning Judge Joseph Wilson
calling to order a spec. al term of the
circuit court sitting in criminal ses-
sion for the purpose of first hearing
the case of Eastlake. If sufficient
speed is achieved in disposing of his
case, that Of Miss Knox will be
heard before the holidays. otherwise
the latter will not come to judgment
until early in January. ...
Fifty Called For Jury.
Nearly fifty residents of Westmore-
land county We're in the tiny courtI
room this morning to be examined
for jury duty. 1t was openly and
freely predicted that the selection of
a jury would be difficult. ow ng to
the feeling in the community, al
though IL was not thought that II |
would be impossible to secure a fair
minded panel.
Nineteen witnesses have been call |