The Washington times., 1913-10-16
JEALOUSY CAUSE
II OF. EATON MURDER
Prosecutor Declares Wife Also
Was Led to Kill Admiral Be-
cause of Daughter.
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Louise, fourteen; Dorothy Virginia, the
Iittle cripple. between nine and ten.
The new family lived in the, year
1906 in Hull, the Following fall went 10
Brookline to live in an elaborate suite.
THE admiral became the father of
tie family Dorothy, well educated;
June, with a different temperament.
became naughty and high strung. A
tendency to friction arose between the
girl and her step father. also between
the mother and the husband. June
was and is the apple of her eye. Well
show- you she, cared more for. June
Eaton showed a temper that HAS
proven violent. The admiral. bore
them patiently. Never once did he
cease his devotion to his wife. In
-Brookline she was jealous of the
maids, and one after another they
were discharged. At. Assinippi, while
they had no servants, we'Q show you
she was jealous of the neighbors,
{ young and old. accused him of flirt-
ing, infidelity,- etc. = ,' =
-.-. "Saw Woman Winking."
well show you that this woman.
who always complained, has said she
could see women a quarter of a mile
down the road, winking at her hus-
band.
"Her mind was always led by June.
tse mother always reiterating and
Sepeating what June told her. In the
Spring Of 1909 they adopted an in
FAINT brought the child into the home.
and, told thas world that was theirs,
engaged q cottage at Scituate.- One
day this boy became Ill and died, and
then she and her daughters went into
the highways and claimed that the
admiral shadE brought IT. about. An
autopsy proved .otferwise-but from
thatsdsy}.to the day Of his death, she
never withdrew her accusation that
not only had he tried to poison her,
but her daughters as we'll. ....
Prom that DAY she remained equally
.nsserfive that the; sadmiral- was insane,
ndsnaust be Committed. =
''We'H show you that the- urged GER
tairG ones to come forth and testify that
the admiral had, annoyed them by at
a letter Sto a physician saying that she
relied upon his finding of poison to
secure: evidence to warrant her hus-
bands committaL She told some he had
tried to poison her while she slept.
Familiar With Men.
She was accustomed to speak to men
of unmentionable things After the boy
died they returned to AssinippI, almost
at once. The daughters and mother
lived at Weymouth, but he supported
them. They came to live with Mrs.
Eaton's elderly mother. In 1910 she re-
turned to live with the admiral but
June. never from that day returned to
the admirals home.
-Ne'uk show you that in w Washington,
the mother while visiting with June,
continued her allegations of poison al
uays supported by June
From the time the admiral went tn
bed to the time he died he was. attend
ed solely by his wife. Wen show you
she wouldn't let anybody else care for
him"
Katman described the admiral's death
struggle, and rthe autopsy by DR.. Os-
good, following which Mrs. Eaton -
alleged tor have said:
doctor, don't know ans thing about
POISON I never studied anything about
pofsons.' ~
Prof. whitney will tell you that he
found in the stomach of the admiral
more than fifteen grains Of white arse
nic," said katnfan- AT no time did
this strange woman show signs OF
emotion She remarked to June:
How nice it will he, you can now
pass your vacation here
1T is said she had a wealthy lover,
who was ready for her to come to him.
Edward B. Hayward, sa~civil engineer
OF West Weymouth, described the de-
tails of the house TO the jury.
Joseph L. Wadsworth, of Norwel.
told of his trip to the Eaton home,
March S, at about O'Clock in the even
ing, with E. H Sparrell. The next
witness was Medical Examiner Gil
man Osgood.