The evening world., 1913-10-30
MRS. EATON FREE
4 Of THE CHARGE Of
KILLING ADMIRAL
Smiles, Then Weeps as She
Thanks Men Who Bring in
! Verdict of Not Guilty.
| HOPES TROUBLE ENDED.
In Statement, Says She Longs
for New Life, That May
Be Opened to Her.
HOPES TROUBLE ENDED.

PLYMOUTH. Mass. Oct. 30.-"Not
guilty" was the verdict returned by the
Jury to-day III the case OF Mrs Jennie
May Eaton. charged with the murder
Ct her husband. Rear Admiral Joseph
Giles Eaton, at their home at .Assinippi
last March. Tho Jury reported at SO
A. NJ. after con sdering the evidence
for eight and thrce-Iutrter hours.
Mrs. Eaton smiled Joyfuly as she
heard the verdict. She had sat I'D In
. private room at the courthouse until
2 o'clock this morning. Then she Was
permitted to 60 TO the Judges lobby.
whore she slept on couch until
awakened At A30 and summoned to the
courtroom.
After the foreman had announced the
verdict Chief Justice Aiken warned the
Jurors to keep secret the proceedings
In the jury room. Nearly two hundred
persons. some OF whom had remained
all night. were present to hear the YER
dict. Among them were a few women
MEETS THE JURORS AND GIVES
OUT STATEMENT.
After Mrs. Eaton had left the court
room the Jurors. through their fore
man. asked that they might he allowed
to meet her. The permission was
Granted and they formed semi-clrcle
n the corridor. Mrs Eaton came out
from tho Judges lobby ana thanked
them individually. AS she did so she
burst into tears for the first time since
her trial started 4 little later Mrs.
Eaton gave out the following statement:
II am so glad; glad most of all be-
cause Of my aged mother and my lame
child. both OF whom need me. 1t means
80 much to them. 7 shall go home
probably late to-day and l hope that
a new life will be opened TO me and
that the trials and ;ribulations which
have been mine In the past are ended"
Her chief counsel. Mr. Morse. said:
1T was Mrs. Eaton's appearance Oh
tho stand. an unusual event In any cap
ital case and a remarkable one where
a woman was on trial for her life,
which decided the defendants inno-
cence In tho minds of the Jurors. The
verdict was what we expected.
SAYS ADMiRAt's DEATH is STILL
A MYSTERY.
1T frees an innocent woman, but
leaves a. 4 mystery the end OF the
Admiral. her husband. For six months
] have tried to fnd out what was be-
hind tho poison which caused his death.
but my investigations have developed
no satisfactory explanation. 1t must
probably remain n mystery"
After a four hour sleep at the Ply
mouth Rock Hotel. Mrs. Eaton left for
her home In Assinippi shortly before
10 o'clock to-day She apparently de-
eired 20 avoid any further publicity.
She said:
y am going back to Assinippi, to
the farm. to live the whole thing down.
I'm so happy that I'm going home
that ! can't talk about It. l want to
rest rest. rest
Because OF the prominence Of Rear
Admiral Eaton, the trial Of Mrs Eaton.
who was his second wife. has attracted
countrywide interest. The Admiral
took q prominent part in the battle OF
Santiago. After his retirement he set
tied down on . little chicken farm At
AssindppL whore ne died on March s
last.
A. . result Of the report made by the
physician who had attended him the
day before. Medical Examiner osgood
held an inquest. Portions OF tho inter-
nal organs OF the Admiral were sent to
Prof. william F. Whitney Of the Har-
ward Medical School. who reported that
thsY contained . large quantity OF white
meesnio. The Grand Jury reported an
1iotmsnt against Ms Eaton charging
D0er. She was arrested March 10.
Her trial hogan Oct, -. The Govern
mont sought to show that Mrs. Eaton
poioonsd her husband by placing ar
ssuis In his beverages and his medl-
che. and that she was Jealous Of his
attsations to other women. Mrs. Eaton's
c0uaool coAtended that the Admiral's
death was due to self administered
drug1 but did not attempt to show
HhAlhNF the ALLEGED overdose was taken