Show FOUL y M california woman of rare beauty and high social standing found in maryland stream newspaper man who was last person seen in company of murdered woman Is accused of brutal crime there being strong evidence against him baltimore the body of miss edith af thompson woodill 22 years of age wife of a prominent los angeles resident was found in back river near st michaels md on thursday and john T roberts a writer and newspaper correspondent Is charged with the murder mrs airs woodill had not been seen seely since once saturday when she was said to have gone on niles river in a inetor idolor boat with the man suspected until her body weighted down with an iron post and the skull crushed in was discovered by two boys mrs woodill was possessed of rare beauty and was well known socially in baltimore and on the maryland eastern shore she numbered number ed among her warmest friends former secretary of the treasury lyman 3 gage soon after her arrival at her foster fathers farm at mcdaniel the man now sought johnt john T or emitt T roberts was noticed to have been much in lier her li er company it appeared that the pair had previously formed an and they were seen been together a great deal inythe ln the taw few days before she disappeared last saturday mrs woodall went to elas baston ton and had some dental work done when she left captain thompson supposed that roberts would see her safely home as he was going in the same direction it develops that roberts met her at royal oak station with a horse and carriage and the pair drove to st michaels where they embarked in roberts launch and headed for the little creek that passes their home the last seen of mrs woodill alive was when the lutle little launch left the st michaels wharf between eu that time and the discovery of the body in the ere crek oc there Is mystery as to what transpired |