Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-10-29
mrs. EATON IS on
STAND \ !! FOR |. HOURS ! | | | ]
GAYS ADMIRAL ALWAYS USED
DRUGS GREATLY 70 ss
.-..' @ EXCESS. s.s +. Ii
DENIES MANY CHARGES MADE
She Didn't Give Him Medicine or Auy
Othar 7everages-sisns Of Fa-
tigue Shown. + ~

Plymouth, Mass, Oct 2S.-Cross,
examination of Mrs. May Jennie Eat,
on, charged with poisoning her hus.
band, Rear Admiral Eaton, occupied
several hours. She was on the stand
six hours under direct examination be-
fore this. Her ross-examination will
be continued some time yet. T..
Signs of Fatigue. ~:
The witness showed signs of IA.
tigue. She answered questions readi
ly, however. Much of the examina
ton had to do with numerous letters
written by the defendant. Regarding
one of these, written in 1909, the wit
ness said:
"The admirals brain was full OF
drugs. He was almost childish at
times and should have been operated
upon. If he had he would be alive
today"
Mrs. Eaton repeatedly contradicted
testimony given by witnesses for the
prosecution including that of her
daughter, Dorothy, who had said that
her mother gave the admiral medicine
in his tea and other beverages. Mrs.
Eaton admitted that she had bought
this medicine on two occasions. Once
she said, she told the admiral about
it and gave it to him with his knowl.
edge, but the other time she did not
use it.
Couldn't Have Fooled Him.
II never could have deceived Ad-
miral Eaton. So expert was he in
medicines that he would have detect.
ed it Immediately" she said.
Some of the medicine she got for
the admiral he liked so we'll that he
"ate it like peppermint" she declared.
Explaining a phrase in one of her
letters which referred to the "rotten-
ness of the navy" Mrs. Eaton said
she believed the admirals mental con-
dition was due in a large measure to
his life abroad while in the navy.
II was very fond Of the admiral
and pitied him deeply" she replied
when asked regarding testimony that
she had endeavored to have Eaton
put away. She explained that she
merely wanted to have him put in q
sanitarium for three or six months
as she believed it would cure him..
Saw Him Use Drugs.
did you ever see the admiral use
drugs?" ~r
eyes, dozens of tines" was the
reply. HE would eat from the palm
of his hand and almost Immediately
his eyes would set and become CLASSY
and he would appear as if intoxicat-
3D." f.
Admiral Eaton was ashamed of his
drug habit, the witness said and often
she had known of him to sprinkle
whisky on his coat and even on his
:moustache in order to give the i'm
precision that liquor was responsible
for his condition. -.
Regarding letters in which she had
said the admiral winked at other
women the witness asserted that she
was positive of these facts.
Explains Her Request.
Her letter to Grace B. Howard, in
which she asked the recipient to tes.
tfy that the admiral winked at her,
was written, Mrs. Eaton said, because
she was afraid that the admiral would
try to fasten the death of their adopt
ed child on her daughter, June. She
gave publicity to the baby's death,
she said, Ito save any more lives that
might live around him." Il H..
Going into details regarding neigh
borhood gossip. she said: %E.@ -~
Il came from an exclusive family,
and cannot understand all this COS.
sip. l sit and gasp at the dowdiness
of New England women. Southern
women would be clever enough to
know which of the two parties was
short of, brain - s'- -&..s- .isS