Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
EXPERT FINDS
POISON IN
ADM|RAL'S
V|SCERA
Choral Killed Eaton, Former
SOutherner, Is Report on
Mystery.
HOME CLOSELY GUARDED;
WIDOW DEMANDS ACTION
Members of Household QueS-
tioned-InqueSt Monday to
Fix Responsibility.
HOME CLOSELY GUARDED;
WIDOW DEMANDS ACTION

BOSTON, March 15.-With the re-
port Of Professor W. P. Whitney, Of
the Harverd medical school, that Rear
Admiral Joseph 6. Eaton, L. S. n. re-
tired. had come to his death through
choral poisoning, the Eaton home. in
Assinippi was under the surveillance
Of police today. officers Of Plymouth
county kept guard TO see who left or
entered the home.
Professor Whitney's report OF poison
ing has been sent to District Attorney
Albert F. Barker. OF Plymouth county
who is in charge of the investigation
Of the adrniraPs death. The poison
was found by examination of the Wis
cera.
An inquest into Admiral Eaton's
death will be held Monday in the sec
ond Plymouth district court at Abins-
don when the officials will determine
how the poison was administered 10
Admiral Eaton and place the RESPONSE
bilitv. An arrest in the case may be
DELAYED until after the inquest, it was
stated this afternoon.
Mrs. Jennie May Harrison Eaton
wife of the dead man, demanded today
that the authorities take some action
ono wav or another But the official
seal Of mystery in Plymouth county
has been kept on the case as tightly
as ever.
Questioning of the Eaton household
has continued. The last one to be IN
terrogated by state officials, Johh
Scott and Deputy Sheriff John T. Con-
don. is Mrs. Ralph P. Keyes, formerly
Mrs. Jane Ainsworth.
The United States government mas
lent it's official attention to the case.
Dr Paul Dess. Of the Charlestown ma
w ward. has asked Medical Examiner
Osgood to keep him posted.
Admiral Eaton. who was q nero OF
Santiago bay, was q Southerner by
birth, coming from Alabama.
officials Admit Mystery.
That the death of the former naval
haro involves a mystery is admitted by
the authorities
Said Mrs. Harrison, mother Of Mrs
Eaton:
"These rumors that my son-in-law
was poisoned are terrible. We feel ter
riblv distressed over his death. 1t is
nonsense to say that the admiral was
poisoned. His stomach, as people well
know. was in bad shape
He was naval hero. and. like
many naval men. he used considerable
1iouor. His death was purely from nat
nraI causes. AdmiIa! Eaton was UNI
able 10 retain. food on his stomach
during the past year or two. This was
esneciaIly true of his breakfast. He
could not keen his breakfast down any
length of time.
"wednesday Of last week he cooked
his own dinner. as he was in the habit
Of doing al times. He had pig kill
cd It weighed 80 pounds, and he cock
cd il himself. with vegetables. At 2
N m. he sat down and ate about two
mounds of it. A few hours later he be-
came sick. He seemed to be suffer
ing at the time.
"Thursday he was taken sick, and
FRIDAY he complained of feeling cold.
SATURDAY nlOIHiAS' az - - Nio~''' ~
Fell Onto Stove.
About two years ago the admiral
had been over to Rockland to cash a
check and buy some supplies. When
he returned home that afternoon he
Law down on the couch. He had a bot
lie of liquor. He always used it. He
used some of it that afternoon, but
was not intoxicated. Some one called
N see him and he went into the kitch-
an When he was walking across the
kitchen. ne fell across the stove ana
cut his head"
The widow and her younger daugh-
lei Miss Dorothy Ainsworth. step
daughter Of the dead man, Wept bit
telrv al the grave. Al the Widows