The Washington times., 1922-04-27

cution has called his witnesses be-
fore you, / am at his mercy, but
the things which the commonwealth
has just promised TO prove for
your benefit, | now promise just
as faithfully to disprove."
Commonwealth Attorney Mayo
outlined his case Immediately after
the tedious business of selecting a
jury had been accompiished-a
procedure that required nearly two
days OF the courts time.
"The State intends to show be
yond reasonable doubt and to any
fair. r.minded mans satisfaction that
this prisoner came from the shores
Of New Jersey last September Ia
the shores OF Virginia with mui.
der I'm her heart" said Mr.. Mayo.
The hatchet with which we con.
tend this heinous deed was dom
is here for your inspection, and
the man Who sharpencd II for the
accused before she left Ocean City,
n. j., will tell you that the prs
oner visited him and asked him II
he knew of any way TO dispose OF
a person without being detected.
Furthermore. the letters which
will be passed among you and then
read aloud in court will establish the
years Of Illicit friendship which ex.
listed between Miss Knox and Rodger
ID. Eastlake. They will be read in
chronological order, revealing the
facts that last summer EastlaFs
tried to mend his ways and break
off relationship with this intruder
and that she bacame enraged at his
,.1 lNf f1t.
to his humble little Colonial Beach
home. There she wrecked that hap
piness the man had remaining out
OF a period of years of misconduct
with her.
The very paragraph which con.
tains veiled threats will be EN-
phasized when those letters are read,
and the final letter, written less than
two weeks before the Staying of Mira
Eastlake. will bring out this vam.
pire's bold plan to go TO Colonial
Beach to settle in her own way ro.
nance with a man less than half
her own years.
THE contents Of these letters will
leave in your mind a motive for the
hatchet staying. The blood spots
which you will be shown on Miss
Knoxs garments will identify her
connections with the crime TO your
utter satisfaction. Finally, the words
of the bereaved husband and of the
motherless child will eliminate any
doubt in your mind as TO who is tho
real perpetrator of the foulest muir
der which ever sullied the fair pages
OF Virginia record"
Courtroom Crowded.
As the beginning of the testimony
started, the crowd in the court room
generally increased. Up to this t!me
the interest in the trial does not seem
to be as heated as in the case OF
Eastlake. But when the word spread
about that the jury had been EN-
panneled, the little courthouse was
soon packed to its capacity.
Only two witnesses were heard
when Judge Chinn adjourned court
last night. At nearly $50 Lieut..
John Duff, jr., L. s. N, finished yes.
terday's hearing by relating the oh
servation which he made in the death
room when he was summoned from
Dahlgren naval station an hour after
the murder. His picture OF the cir
cumstances was as vivid as II was
expert. He established the medical
facts pertaining to the nature OF
Mrs Eastlake's wounds preceding
DIR. Duff William b. Caruthers. of
Colonial Beach, the first person to
arrive at the scene of the murder
after it was broadcasted by Miss
Knox, who claims to have discovered
the crime.
Mr.. Caruthers found Eastlake about
to leave the village on a motor launch
for a ten-mile water trip to his duties
at the naval station.
Miss Knox is confined in Jail with
two negro prisoners. who arc await
ing trial on indictment charging vio-
lation of the prohibition laws, She
received several packages today from
friends In Baltimore, including maya
zines and little articles for her per-
sonal comfort. She is not complain
ing Of her lot, and appears rather un-
concerned. Jailer Walker says she
eats regularly but lightly.