Show SUICIDES TO ESCAPE PURSUERS Murderer of Mrs Woodlll Ends Life Rather Than Stand Trial St ailchnols MdIn the midst of a fusillade from pursuers who had surrounded him after a thrilling chase the man who was sought as the slayer of Mrs Edith May Thompson Thomp-son Woodlll Lyman Gages ward tilled himself early Saturday morning to evado capture A letter found upon tho suicides body reveled first of all that he was I not Emmett E Uobcrffc Journalist and author as ho hud been known l hereabouts He was none other than Robert Emmett Eastman broker swindler and ball Jumper who had been missing from Now York his homo for almost a yep for ho had got away with about 5 HJOOO of his clients money Then another letter written by himself him-self declared that ho was tho Innocent Inno-cent victim of circumstances and was not the beautiful young girls slayer There had been a party of men and women aboard his launch Saturday Satur-day night this missive saidtwo other couples beside himself and Mrs Woodlll They had been drinking Everyone save the two became intoxicated in-toxicated One of tho other women jealous of the attention that was paid to Mrs Woodll of her youth and beauty struck her over the head with a champagne bottle The guests 1 lied leaving Eastman alone with the t body Ho weighted it and let It sink to tho bottom of the creek Then realizing that he her friend would i naturally be accused he wrote this letter placed It In his pocket and determined de-termined to kill himself If ho could not escape It is believed possible though scarcely probable that Eastmans explanation ex-planation of tho killing may bo true |