The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-28
SANITY QUESTIONED
COMMISSION MAY BE APPOINTED
FOR MRS. EATON, NOW
BEING HELD.
MURDER CHARGED IN CASE
Another Arrest Expected-More Dis
closures Likely in Strang
Death Of Rear Admiral.

Plymouth Mass. March - - An
other person may be brought here un
der arrest i'm connection with the grad.
ual unfolding OF the mysterious murder
OF Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton
This is taken from tine statement of
State Officer Scott and the continued
/ activity of the police.
While Mrs Eaton. charged with the
/ murder of her husband, is carefully
I guarded i'm the womans wing of the
county Jail here, the authorities are
/ endeayoring to expedite her trial i'm
every possible way.
/ 1t has not been determined whether
/ the inquest into the sudden death of
the admiral will be resumed 1t is in.
/ timatcd that Mrs Eaton may not be
brought to trial The possible ap-
/ pointment of a commission TO pass
/ upon her sanity is suggested
When Mrs. Eaton who is a stout
woman a. years old, entered the jail
here, she was dressed in the black
suit she wore at her husbands fun
eral.
\ 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 Norwell, where he lived
with his wife, her mother, Mrs. George
Harrison, and his step-daughter. Dor
othy AinsWorth
Circumstances led to an investiga-
tion, and, according 10 ga statement
by District Attorney Baker. evidence
of arseniCal poisoning was discovered
by Prof. William F. Whitney. who
analyzed the contents of the stomach
sagreements Alleged.
In the first quest they have not been
successful, the district attorney said.
Along the second line of inquiry
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
admirals first wife was Mary Ann
Narnum, whom he married at Ora
cut in 1871, when he was a 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. D. H. 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 a poultry 1arm
in Norwell. 1t is understood that his
estate is represented largely by life
insurance policy for $4,000.
Their courtship was described by
the admiral in a statement which he
made during a brief estrangement
from his wife four years ago. He
said:
Il 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 | learned she
had a husband. Then she told me
that her husband was alive and that
she had just obtained a divorce from
him OR the grounds of drunkenness
and desertion.
Il married her because | had said
l would and was too much of a gentle
man to withdraw my promise. She
has always been a good wife"
Disappointed that 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 ex-
animation of the stomach was made
No poison was found.