The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-03-27
MAY PASS UPON
SANITY OF WIDOW
COMMISSION MAY BE APPOINTED
FOR MRS. EATON, NOW
BEING HELD,
MURDER CHARGED IN CASE
Another Arrest Expected-More Dis.
closures Likely in Stranq
Death Of Rear Admiral.

plymouth, Mass, March %. An
other person may be brought here un-
der arrest in connection with the grad
ual unfolding of the mysterious murder
OF Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton.
This is taken from the statement of
State Officer Scott and the continued
activity of the police.
While Mrs. Eaton, charged with the
murder of her husband, is carefully
guarded in the womans wing of the
county jail here, the authorities are
endeavoring to expedite her trial in
every possible way.
1t has not been determined whether
the inquest into the sudden death Of
the admiral will be resumed, 1t is in
timated that Mrs. Eaton may not be
brought to trial. The possible an.
pointment of a commission to pass
upon her sanity is suggested.
When Mrs. Eaton, who is a stout
woman, d years old, entered the Jail
here, she was dressed in the black
suit she wore at her husbands fun
eral. .sg
A mourning veil partially hid her
face. She had been weeping, but gen
orally maintained the composure that
has characterized her bearing from
the first.
Admiral Eaton died in his bed at
the home in Norwe,l, where he lived
with his wife, her mother, Mrs George
1Jo, III
othy Ainsworth.
Circumstances led to an investiga-
ton. and according to a statement
by District Attorney Baker, evidence
OF arsenical poisoning was discovered
by Prof. William F. Whitney, who
analysed the contents of the stomach.
Disagreements Alleged.
In the first quest they have not been
successful, the district attorney said,
Along the second line of inquiry a
wealth Of evidence has been furnished
by friends of the family and neigh
bors The picture was not an alto
gether pleasant one The admiral and
his wife, who was 20 years his junior,
did not always agree, it was said, re-
garding those who should be received
at their home.
Both had been married before. The
admiral's first wife was Mary Ann
Varnum, whom he married at Ora
cut in 1871, when he was lieutenant
in the navy.
Soon after his retirement he met
Mrs. Jenny May Ainsworth the
daughter of George Harrison of Alex.
andria, Va.
Mrs. Ainsworth. later, divorced her
husband, ID. II. Ainsworth, an EN-.
ploye OF the senate at Washington,
and she and the admiral were married
in 1907.
After their marriage, the Eatons
came to Brookline. Soon afterwards
the admiral met with financial re-
verses; and in his last days led an
unpretentious life on poultry farm
in Norwell. 1t is understood that his
estate is represented largely by a life
insurance policy for $6000
Their courtship was described by
the admiral in statement which he
made during a brief estrangement
from his wife four years ago. fle
said:
II met Mrs. Ainsworth in Chicago.
and at that time | thought she was a
widow. At that time, however, she
was not actually divorced from her
husband. 1t was not until just be-
fore my marriage that I learned she
had a husband. Then she told me
that her husband was alive and that
she had just obtained a divorce from
him on the grounds of drunkenness
and desertion.
81 married her because | had said
would and was too much of a gentle
man to withdraw my promise. She
has always been a good wife"
Disappointed that a child had
not been born to them, the admiral
about two years after his second mar
riage, secretly adopted an infant
which he proclaimed as his own. The
deception was successful for a time,
but the baby died when few months
old. Mrs. Eaton declared that the in
FAINT had been poisoned and an e3-
animation Of the stomach was made.
No poison was found