Evening star., 1922-04-30
miss KNOX'S DIARY
READ BEFORE Jury
Daily Correspondence Re-
! veaIs Home Life of
EastIakes.
WIFE FEARED NURSE
j
One Letter Contains Threat to Ex-
pose Misconduct of Slain
Woman.
FEARED NURSE
Ey q STAFF Correspondent.


MONTROSS, Va. April a9-Reading
or the Knox Eastlake correspondence
TO prove motive for the kill
ing of Mrs. Mar. . ret l.. Eastlake at
Colonial Beach last September, con-
sumed the entire session at the trial
OF Miss Sarah E. Knox. charged with
murder, here today. When Common
wealth Attorney Watt T. Mayo had
completed his task, Judge ], w.
'chlnn adjourned court until Monday
morning.
The correspondence which included
a personar'dairy kept by Miss Knox,
covered period of approximately
twenty months. during which time,
according to the contents, the do
.mesttc relations of the Eastlakes
could have been anything but IDEAL
Hardly a day did the nurse write to
the naval petty officer that some ref
.erence was not made to the wife
First she would upbraid him for
PMargaret's foolish jealousy" and
then in the most appealing terms de-
,elare that Life without you would
, be unbearable."
That money borrowed by the .hus-
band from the accused woman and
threats by her to expose misconduct
on the part of the wife were impor
.tant factors in the troubles of the
reference to- them in almost all the
letters
Unwilling to Suffer.
why should L be the sufferer phys
ically and financially?" Miss Knox
asked Eastlake in one of her letters.
Evidently sick and despondent at
the apparent indifference of East
q hospital in Pennsylvania, saying
that she had offered her body to a
physician for a certain experiment.
stating. Dead. 1 will be of use to
+. science; living. I will be of value to
no one. Margaret will doubtless be
delighted to hear this
Often, while Mr.. Mayo was perform
ing his irkSome task, the defendant
would consult with her attorney. Fre-
. dlently she aided both sides by in
cult to decjpher and on several oc-
casions supplied the necessary line to
complete the sense of what was
written.
Harry NJ Smith. jr.. chief counsel
for the defense, made objections at
the opening of court to the admissa-
hility of the letters as evidence. but
quickly withdrew it when Mr.. Mayo
assured him that all correspondence
found, in the possession of the East
would be produced in court. There
are lettefs,-it is claimed, from East
Iaketto Miss Knox that were not read
at the trial of the petty officer
=, Eastlake~ May Testify.
r The prosecution still maintains that
: Fastlake is to take the stand and if
such happens he should be called
some time Monday. as Commonwealth
Attorney Mayo assured Mr.. Smith in
court today that 1t would be expe-
dent for the defense to have 1t wit
.nesses in Montross Monday night.
fsontrary to announcement, none of
Miss Knox's relatives has appeared in
Montross. The defendent, SO far as
}Snown. has not been visited or inter.
Viewed by others since the trial
Before leaving Montross for his home
m Richmond Mr.. Smith said he would
meet Mrs. Meta S. Salter of Ocean City,
". j., sister of the accused woman, at
Fredericksburg tonight. 1t is said
that Mrs. Ealter is Miss Knox's only
near relative
There is lite belief at this time that
the defense will be insanity. Both At
torneys Smith and Coleman feel tnat
the cause Of their client was helped ma
terfafly during the past week. DR.. j. s.
de Jarnette- superintendent of Western
State Hospital at Staunton, Va, who
was summoned here by the prosecution,
asked permission to return home to-
day. This was granted by Judge
Chinn. who advised the sanity expert
to hold himself ready IL needed.
EAsTLAKE BRIDE FOUND.