North Carolina Newspapers

Weather. SECOND Washington, June 26. Forecast for North Carolina tonight and Sun day: Partly cloudy, with showers to night or Sunday; variable winds. ESTABLISHED 1871. THE DEATH OF Probably Killed by Womoo Who Struck Her With Champagne Bottle EASTMAN LIFT LETTERS The Supposed Jlurdiwr of )lrs, W'ooilill, Robert K. Ktistiium, or Roll-rts, as He Was Known, Loft letters in Which Ho Says There Were Four Other People Prosent When tlio Woman Was Killed, und That One of the Women In a Jeal ous Rjp Struck Her With ft Cham pagne Rottle mid Killed Her Par ty Then Fled, and Fast man Threw the (Rody Into the River Friends of Eastman Had Gone Out to His Place from Rnltimore. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) St. Michael's Mcl., June JG. In or der to more fully Investigate the let ters found upon Robert YZ: Eastman, the fugitive New York broker who killed himself yesterday morning when a posse was attempting to ar rest him for the murder of Mrs. Kdith May Thompson Woodill, th inquest, which was 'begun last night into Mrs. WondiU's (loath was re sumed today, and the state authori ties' are. attempting to apprehend two men and two Women who live in Balllmore and Annapolis on suspicion that they were present when Mrs. Woodill was killed. . At first, the. authorities were skep tical when the 'suggestion-was.- made thai Knstnian had written the truth when he said Mrs. Woodill was killed by a blow from a champagne botthi in the hands of an enrag-ed and jeal ous young woman. The testimony of reputable persons who saw a strange private yacht on Sunday on the river near Eastman's 'bungalow, however, lias lent some color to the letters left by Eastman. The letters go to show that an orgy was in progress last. Sunday In his bungalow and that two men and two women had come down from Balti more in the private yacht to 'attend the affair. At the bungalow they met Mrs. Wood ill arid Eastman.. In a letter addressed to Mrs. II. E. East man, who was Vinnie Bradcomb, an actress, before she married him se cretly in Hiirkensack on January lit!, MlttS, and now lives at 13 2 West 12!ilh street. New York,. Eastman paints a picture of the actual killing, and gives the names of the two men and two women Who joined him at the bungalow. In this letter Eastman says the woman who killed Mrs. Woodill at tacked lier suddenly, and after crush ing her skull ran Into the open, fol lowed by her three companions, and leaving him alone with the body. He tells in this letter, how he placed the body on tho bod in his house, and then in distraction drag ged it a little way In his arms, placed it in a .wheelbarrow and rolled it to the boat landing. He then lifted the body into his launch. He tied a ket tle loaded with brick to the corpse and heaved it into Broad Crock. State Attorney Turner accepts the story of the disposal of the body as true, saying the letter telling of it is too graphic not to contain hard facts. He is not sure,: however, that .East-man did not kill Mrs. Woodill. Edward Sutton, who has a shanty on' .Broad Creek, near Eastman's bun galcrw. said he saw bright lights in the place Sunday night. lie alsi heard the sounds of many voices. Next dav he asked Eastman, whom ne only knew as Roberts, what the e.-lohrntlnn was. "Just had some friends of min finun." renlied Eastman. : "How did they coino?" ventured Sutton. "In a launch an electric launch, answered Eastman. K. A. Plummer of Easton has made 'nn affidavit which Indicates thai, two men and two women were at East man's bungalow Sunday and out in a iaunch with him. V Mrs. Thompson's Mother. , wniue Idaho. June 26 A news pifper man found the mother of Mis. 'v,ifh Mav Woodill. Mrs. Albert. Kiirhr- at her home at Asliaka, a mountain settlement about 50 miles from Lewiston. The news or iter daughter's death was broken to her hv the renorter. When, she recovered from the Hhock she told of her daughter's adoption by Charles S. Thompson In Minneapolis in October, 1890. The (Continued on page Two.) INQUEST INTO MRS W00D1LL CHONG SING LIED T M OF SiGEL GIRL Sing F . Lee Tells tbe Police a Story That Discredits Sing A NET WORK OF LIES Sing Said He Whs in His Room Asleep at Nine O'clock the Morning- of the .Murder Lee Says Hint He ( ailed at Sing's Room at 'I bill Hour, and That Re Was Not There Sliinl-ey d .Mongolian Has, by His Stories About 1 lie Murder, In volved Himsel I in a .Network of Lies I,ce Hunks Sing; Has Lone to ( aliloriiia Jlelieveil 'Unit S.iijj Has Ifo'en in New 1 ork Since the Muiihr. (Hv Leased Wile to Hie Times. ) New York, .lunv "tf.- -Elsie sigel and Chu (lam. the restaurant keeper who supplanted Leon Suit; in her al fections, wore married in Philadel phia, according to the latest inloi-mn- tion received, hv the. police. I Ins fact, learned by Loon, drove linn to kill tlie girl, tne police now neiieve. and also to plan' .the murder of Ciui (lain. A clergyman living near the Kigel horn", whose identity has not been revealed, told the-police that a girl resembling Elsie Sigel and a Chinese Answering the description of Oil n (Jain, ciiniC: to him shortly before lime !l, til'- day of the murder, and isked to be .married. Tlie 'clergy man refused to marry them because one of them was a Chinaman, until he had communicated with the girl's parents. Thi y left abruptly, saying they' 'were going to Philadelphia. Police Captjiin (ialvhi. who knows Leon by sight, is in Philadelphia to day, 'presumably', to ascertain facts concerning the supposed ''marriage, and to try to locate Loon. Leon was well acquaint: -d in Phil adelphia, having lived there before, he came to New York. A pair of shoes believed lo have belonged to Elsie Sigel, which Were a new clue in the rase, were discover ed, today in a room on the third floor of 7 lis". Eight h avenue, near the room in which the girl was murdered. The tiioes were found in the room of Sun Leung, the proprietor of the chop suey restaurant on the Moor be low the one on which Leon's room was located. New York, .In ne 2(1. Sing V. I.ee, of .No. 4 Molt street, a maii consid ered wealthy by his countrymen, told the police today a story which proves that Chong Sing, chief witness in the murder of Elsie Sigel, and .'.room mate of William L. Leon, the China man wanted for th. crime, lied when he said he was asleep in his room, which adjoins that where the mur der occurred on the morning of June 9. This slant-eyed Mongolian has. in fact. In his many stories about tlie murder, Involved himself in a nM work of lies. Sing P. Lee told the police that in his opinion Leon had started for Cal ifornia, where the Cantonese from the Sun Wai district are numerous. "I think he is headed that way, knowing lie can get protection from those Cantonese," continued Sing. "I know Leon well, and up to the very day of the murder of the Sigel girl had planned to take him in bus iness with me. "),.eon wanted a place, and I told him I would start him as manager of a restaurant at $(i0 a month. If he suited, 1 would take him In with me and give him a substantial interest inside three months. "Early in June, a fw days alter 1 rented the restaurant, I had occa sion to go to Mlddletown, N. Y. I had learned some things about' Leon's habits that displeased me, and when I arrived home early on the morn ing of June 9, I went to Leon's home No. 7S2 Eighth avenue, to Inform him that negotiations were off. "I got to his room at 10 o'clock and knocked,, but there was no an swer. There was no answer to my knocking at the other door, either It was plaint to me that no one was in either of the rooms then." Elsie Sigel left her home In Wads worth avenue at !i o'clocq on tlie morning of June 9, and Is supposed to have gone directly to Leon's room It Is now evident that she did not go there at once. Chong Sing's statement that he was in the room from early on the morning of June 11 until noon, Is also disproved. The sudden absence from the city (Continued on page Two.) URDER RALEIGH, N. Chong Sing, Leon's Room-mate, in . v - - n-K,'V y:-'j& v. mjr T&SV for ' W Eastman Wrote That Ne Had No Part in MuMer of Mrs. Woodill In Maryland ( Hv l.ea-ed Wire I" Hie I lines I Itultmiore, Aid.. .1 uiie L'li. , The lei for, I hat. Robert K. I'lasI 111:111, I ti1 Hi-, glliie New York lirnlnT klciuii a Kinineli I:. Itciberis v. rnii' lo hn: w 1 1 before, he c-uiiilll it l.wl Hilii iile while t'uiiler .suspicion of liavini: killed 'Mr;.-.: Edith' .May Thompson Woodill. .'a.: made piildie In Mules AltcMii' v I in ner when 1 he inquest nve- Ihe bclllv ot he sluiu woman, was ri Kiiuied tudriy.' I he bitter is proleslai ion of K.a.sl- muii's innocence. II was .as lol low s: "Viiinie! Take ilus nnur v im:l go at ..'once to .Mel;lniel, 'I'albol eiiuu 1, Mil., and claim "my body ami all my properly.".'" The propeity consists ol 'lz acres ol laiiii and a iiuticalow. there Is also a motor. boat; Have a sale and convert the whole thing, into (ash. I ilon t owe a cent, ex cepting lor tn paint and pump, etc., which Shanahaii Wriirhion, of V'as- ton will lie glad to gel back', as il is not broken, bin just as il was when shipped. "Little girl. I had no hand in the tragedv. Was there and removed the evidence after the -oilier' two -couples. had lied. I d:d tins lor sdi-preser-vat ion and am hur.tcl. Ihe victim was my pari icular friend, and we were well mated. Have only known tier three weeks. c all. thai is, t wo men and two other women irom An napolis, went to tne lmtmaliiw for a time Every line got full; excepting Edith and tuvsell. Edith tried to win one ol the girl s leilows and while laving on the bed with him was hit three times on the sul- ol Ihe head with a lull botilo ol caampagne nml tlie lellow hit once. "ihe man did not come to lor an hour. I whs lelt witn . tne corpse and cannot, take n chance lor a trial. Ltle to me Is v.-rv hitler and I will pull down the shades and sav good live. You can chum m proper! v and say as little as possilile, but gel it. ltl(.IIAM si i:s t; AY NOR. ' """ ".I '.-'-. '.'' Rlillgs Libel Suit dr SI 011.000 11,1111- ages ause ol (barges. Illy Leased Wire to I lie I lines) Njw "kork, June Jtir Papers, were tiled iu the conn I v court this aller uoon in a libel suit for $ 1 iMi.ihki. brought- hv Police Commissioner Hingh.'im against supreme Court. Justice- William .1. Uavtior. The sntl Is ihe ouic.oine in i ne charges made against lliiighani by Justice (laynor when he deinanded the (oniiiiissiotier be reiiioved for keeping in the rogue's gallery Ihe picture of (leorge Ii. Huf fy, tlie Itrooklyn liny who is alleged to have been pci'scnilcd In the po lice, with the uuuctiou of Uinthain. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 26, I am ai fully soi ry for ymi iiiul niii lim and I li:M e biM ii liiisllill!; i. I n ; 1 1. your ' path; clear-'but fate is n;.;aiu: l iihv .- "Talif. I '..'il ns l. a in a ;. I!aitru;n . .i.'ij I'.'aslun, ;Md.. and tlr n 'change to 1 ('. A- A. Iion't neglect tins, 1 1 : H p'roiieriy.-is va-luable. ' - ' "llnli. . Thi' ident ideal ion of the (lead man as liidim-i , Kast man, ihv funiiie Willi Si reel broker, was inade io.,i ue lodav when 1; o Peddler, a news pape.r . art isl and cousin of Viiinie Itiailconi. viewed Ihe body. ; "i'haf niiiii in l'aslinan." declared I'eiidiei-. "Tliei-e ean lie no niistake aliniit it. I knew ii i mi Well." Mr. - has! man Leaves tor scene; New Yiiik. Jiuie"2li:--M'rsV Kolierl K. Lasinwin. wile ol the .New .York broker, alleged slayer of Mrs. Edith May: i'lioiiiiisnii .Woodill, started for St. M cliaels. ,ld.. today. Ales. Eas't niau's stage ntiuie is.Yiunie Hi-adcoin. wlie will be in' 1. in ashiniiton b.v her cousin. Leo Peddler, a newspaper cor respondent , . wlio : will accompany her to the Marvland village. "My hnsliand was no murderer.-" she said- today before, boarding h' f train, "anit lie did iiot ooiiiruit sui cide but" was killed by the posse. . I am going to bury him and then make every possible etfurt to cb'ar his name for my own sake and the sak' ol our (i'.iid. I will demand' I lie., letter-left hv linn lor me and -demand lull invest leal ion as lo the murderer of Mrs. Woodill.; I have retained a lawyer, and hop'' that, the murderer will be brought lo insure ;nul the iKiuie oi in v husband cleared of the terrible charge." . Mrs. Eastman ndmiileii that she ami Her husband had lived together lor on I v 'ne davs. bin il'-clared that ne left her and that she still loved lvilli. '..'' Y.(.i: SCALE At.Klil.D TO. Iron. I ill and Steel Workers Sign Agreement tor Another "I ear. I Hv Leased Wire to I he 1 lines) Cambridge Springs. Pa.. June. -b. --the amalagamated assoelal ion ol roil, sieel and tin workers and tile Western I'.ar associalton have signed the 'present wage scale to continue lei' anot her year I mm Julv. Ihe ICepiiblic Iron & Steel eoiiipany and ot hi'r independent mills of tte '.'West will also sign, now thai the Western Bar nssocial ion has taken the lead. The scale affects ton thousand men directly and provides for a sliding scale, to line or fall wllh the market. i 1909. Coroner's Office. lll'r. SOUTHBOUND ROAD ' Wiil k iiiiiil lo K'ailes- lioru oi'wll V Western and Atlantic n:i' l Line ill ( onsl i ncl tbe Link lo In (en iiistioi-salem and ailcsbio'o, ( oiuplct ills e I i-iilik Line, ew York, .1 line. i!l! Tile .Norfolk X: ' Western and the Atlantic ' Const I. 'lie, ilii'ough t he. president and gen eral counsel of. each road, have eom- pleir'd an arrangement .to furnish' t lie Winsieii-.s.iieiii. Soul lilioiind . Rail way with Ihe funds 'required' to com pleie its 'line from 'Winston-Salem. N, (.'.. lo -'Wadeslioro, Xi ('., a distance of aliout Ihi miles.. . ; Tlie. e j wo - points .are' 'termini .of the. .. Norfolk ' V. e.-ii i ii and (if . the At la lit ie Coast; .1 .ino Tes.peei i ely, and when iiiik.'ii up will esia.ldisli a short line li-niu t'hai-i'siiin, through .the i'ocalioiii.is coal iields, to Ciacinnati. and thence by ot her roads, to points tiol lil, The new line .will be owned ioinlly by I lu two -systems building it. I pon the completion ot the new line il is the intention to .make ('har!esl;iii . I lio ... great southeastern di . triliiii ing "port for Pocahotilas coal and io that end 'immense coal pock ets will shortly, he, const rui led along ihe liaViior. ': .-'Pending- the ji-onstri'ii'-lioa of llie road ihe coal will lie shipped to Chaiieslon via Pet'ers ,bur.g', Ya." . ' ; ' : ':.' NEW GOVERNOr! TAKES THE OATH Atlanta, (la'.i .lime 2ii.--llon. Jo seph M. Iirown was at noun lodav in Ihe hall of Ihe house of repri selita tives. inaiiguraleil as . governor of (ieoruia to succeed (lovernor Hoke Suiuh. whom he del ated lor re-election in the primaries ol li'li". ( hlel Justice I'tsii ol tlie Leorgia supreme court administered the oath. 1 Ik inaugural was attended bv theisnnplest ceremonies., onlv the re tiring governor, the lormer governors of the slate, the supreme court, the members ot the general assembly and ot h r slate ollcers taking part. Mr. Iirown came in I nun his home at .Marietta. Cobb rounlv, on a regu lar traction car and drove to (lie cap llol where he arrived at 11; 1"). . The addresses were of the briefest and wvre marked by the nt most for mality,. This was in 'accord with Mr. llrown'H wishes, he all along having opposed any plans lor display on the occasion of hla taking office. SAYING SHARP THINGS ABOUT SEN ALDRCH Certain Republicon Senators Say That Senate Boss Has Not Played Fair CENSUS BILL PASSED Abli-icb Promised Senators That if lliev Would Stand bv Hon in Oilier .Mutters, lie Would Help I hem Let a llulv on ( rude Petro leum Ibis lie l ulled to Do and Senators Are Saving Some Sharp I lungs About Him lor I his lircnrli of frail h W ill Still Try to Have the Uutv Placed on ( rudr Pell-oleum Mouse liill Approprialing jSKMHHMHKt for Nevt Census Pass ed W ithotit IX'bate. ( l!v Lcgised ne lo i he I lines.) Washington. June ::u.--lhe repub lican senators who favored a duty on criiil ' iert(deuin are naving. under their bi'eaih. sonic f-:liarp things aliout Senator Alii rich : in fact, they intimate, strongly Unit, the Rhode' Is land senator lias not plaveil I belli lair. I liev sav tiial. some lew weeks ago when Senator Aldrich was busy making concessions in oriler to se cure voies for ceilain amendments, anil increasing duties over the rates prescribed bv the Pavne lull, the senators' urging, .a -duty on crude pe i rui- inn were given to understand that il thev stood hv fh,' linance com mittee. Senator Aldrich would stand bv them ami oiler an amendment, placing a dutv on crude pertolcuui. this was sal islactory to them, and it was accepted bv the mdependvnl oil companies.' but to the surprise of the advocates ot the duty" on crude pe troleum, the iinii'iidinaiiet was not ot tered bv til - Rhode Island senator, thus depriving n nl the support ot the linance eoiniiiitiee. with tlie re sult that crude fieilolei.ni remains on Ihe Iree list. A change ol tour voles would have adopted the Penrose amendment. The action of the senate last even- in!', does not. n is said today, end Hie mailer, lor when the hill lias been n ported to the senate troni t lie committee-of the whole, another ie fe lon will be made to place a duty on crude pertoleniu. It mav be that the s nators who lavor the duty will bo strong enough lo lorce Senator Aid- rich to accept it refusing tii stand by the linance comniiltee on several amendments, vet to lie reported. The senate lin t at 111 o clock this nrrning. Senator Hale called up llie house bill appmpi'iat Ulg ?UI,U0U nun lor ihe next census. Ihe bill was passed without debate. The tariff bill was then taken up Senator stone ot Missouri, ill dis cussing lb" dutv on agricultural im plements, gave a review ot the agri cultural implement trust and severely scored its operations. Senator Carter ol Montana intro duced a postal savings bank bill providing lor postal savings banks In st in nioiiev (iriler post oil ices, and later to be extended to other post offices. llie institution is to lie tin der tne control ol a hoard consisting ol t lie 'secretary ol the treasury, post master-general, mid the attoriiey- geneial. Deposits mav be made by ativ person over ten wars ol nge. and bv married women, with the provision that their accounts shall not be. suli- ' it io (he control o; their bus hands. No person is privileged to carry more than one account, and deposits tuav be made ranging lroni $1 to $lml. on winch an interest at 2 per cent, will be paid. Senator Dav:s ol Arkansas then at tacked the tariff hill and scored S li ator Aldrich and others who he as serted are improperly protecting tin nit crests ot the large corporations and 'vested interests. He said in part : . . ' ' " the American people are awaken ing todav to the lull realization ol Hie fact that thev have been tricked and cheated of their birthright, and that the promises ol the republican party of t his country are but. as brow en reeds and smoking flax: and today thev are turning their laces in hope- Ittlness and glad acclaim to the great middle w. st. where a small cloud ha arisen, not. larger than a man s hand but which is gathering in strength and volume, led on liy tlie insurgent forces of the republican parly in thin body that assures the downfall and destruction of Hie Bourbon element "Has tlie ultra wing i-the repub lican party, headed in this body b.v the senior senator from Rhode Island Continued on Pago Two.) EDITION PRICE 8 CENTS ALDRICH-TAFT SUBSTITUTE FOR AN INCOME TAX las Been Reported From the Finance Committee by Sen ator Aldrich EMBRACES 2,500 WORDS Corporation" Tax Amendment Pro vides Flat Tax of Two Per Cent, on Net. Incomes of Corporations Over nml Above $5,000 Interest on Rouded Indebtedness Is to be De ducted Punishment for Failure to Make Returns Amendment Pre pared by Attorney-General and En dorsed by President Before Acted On by Finance Committee. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. June 25. Senator Aldrich reported from the finance committee. tne corporation tax amendment to the tariv bill prepared by Attorney-General Wickersham ind endorsed by the president. It la embraced in about 2.500 words and provides that every corporation, Joint : stock company or association organ ized lor pro lit and having a capitpl stock represented by shares and every insurance company organized under he laws of the United States or ter itories or any foreign country en gaged in business in the United States shall he subjected to an annual epe- lal excise tax equivalent to two per centum upon their entire net income over and above $5,000. The net ln- onie is to be ascertained by deduct ing Irom the gross Income the neces sary expenses, losses, Interest paid on bonded indebtedness not exceed ing paid up capital stock, taxes and dividends rcehd from other corpo rations subject to the tax. The amendment prescribes the method of making returns to the internal revenue commissioner, and tipulates the character ot informa tion concerning the corporation which hall he contained in the report. Whenever the commissioner of the internal revenue shall receive evi dence which justifies the belief that the return is made incorrect or a cor poration has failed to comply with Hie law the commissioner Is empow ered to examine the books and papers pertaining to the matter upon which return is required to be made, and the commissioner may invoke the aid ol the courts in compelling the at tendance of officers and the produc tion ol books. In case of fraudulent returns in tentionally made, 100 percent, is to be added to the tax and 50 per cent, is to be added in case of refusal or neglect to make return. Interest ia to he added at the rate of five per cent, on taxes unpaid on June 30 ot each year. It is made unlawful for any collec tor or other person employed in col lecting the tax to divulge any infor mation except as provided by law obtained by him in the discharge ot Ins ofiicial duty. Violation of this provision is made a misdemeanor. Punishment for failure to make re turns on the first day of March of each year or for making false returns is lixed at a fine of not less than $1,0"0 nor more than $10,000 upon ihe corporation. Any person making talse returns may be adjudged guilty ot a misdemeanor and lined not ex ceeding $ 1,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court, with the cost of prosecution. Jurisdiction Is conferred on cir cuit and district courts for the ad liidication of questions arising under the tax. . RfrPLY FROM WICKKRSHAM. Answer Culberson's Resonlutlon in Regnrd to Railroad Merger. (Hv Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, June 26. Attorntey (leneral Wickersham today transmit ted to the senate his reply to the Cul berson resolution asking for infor mation concerning the dismissal ot the prosecution against the New York .V'w Haven & Hartford and the Bos ton Ac Maine railway merger, for al leged violation of the Sherman anti trust law. 1 he attorney-general explained he had directed the United States at torney for thV district of Massachu setts, to dismiss the proceedings and that bin reasons for so doing wer given in a statement which he issued at the time. Mr. Wickersham quote the statement, which is, in effect, that the merger was authorized by Ufa) Massachusetts legislature, 9