Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-22
.EATON'S STATEMENTS
TO PHYSICIAN GUARDED
Expected to Play important
Part in Further Inquiry
Into Mystery.

seph q. Eaton and his family physician,
DR.. Joseph Frame, few hours before the
admiral died, will have an important
bearing, it is understood, in the further
investigation into the cause of the ad-,
miraPs death. What passed between the.
two is carefully guarded.
Mrs. Eaton, who is charged with the
murder of her husband, is accused of
having administered arsenic to the ad-
miral March 7. The. afternoon Of that
day DR.. Frame, who had been called to
attend Mrs. Eaton's mother, also exam
ined the admiral. The latter died during
the night.
1t is stated that DR.. Frame made re-
port to Medical Examiner Osgood which
resulted In an order that the body should
not be embalmed until a poSt-mortem
had been made.
Letter Tells of Her Fears.
CHICAGO. March 22.-Incidents bear.
ing upon the relations between Rear Adj
miral Eaton and his wife have come to
light here in a letter written by Mrs
Ea ton March 10. 1911, to Marshall L.
Gallon, local attorney, who acted for
her in her divorce proceedings against
her first husband, Daniel Henry Aims
worth, in 1906.
The letter, written from Assinippi,
Mass, referring to the admiral, says:
THE condition of this poor man is
dreadful, he is SO much worse, and l
fear to stay here this winter My leav-
ing him alone with my mother while l
was in Chicago made him wild. IL had
a doubt of his insanity, which | never
had. 1t would be removed quickly, as he
is so much worse, and what am L to do?
''Sick, Helpless, Sad"
He is a sick, helpless and sad old
man, and it goes to my heart. He relies
on me entirely. 1 am his eyes, brain and
life, and still how can 1 stay here alone
and let him kill me and poor little in
nocent Dorothy, and he will do it, and
then wonder where we are. He is most
dangerous, subtle maniac and still / have
no way of escape.
Public opinion, his rank, his age and
the navy are all against me. All doctors
are too diplomatic and afraid to attempt
to deal with him as he should be dealt
with, and 1t will cost me hundreds of
dollars to get evidence and take year at
least to get 1t in shape, and then l prob
ably will be outwitted by sentiment and
pity.
HE is the most dangerous man you
could meet any place.
Appeals for Help.
Please help me. What shall I do?
What do you advise ME as the most prac-
teal? After Friday shall be here alone
with him. Is 1t wise? He is so subtle
and sly. Would you get a common. cheap
woman, just to have some one with me?
Of course. such person would no. be
able to detect his trouble only q person
drilled to brain trouble or familiar with
insanity.
:. IF he is as dangerous as I believe, I
must protect my life, SO find out whether
you can get me woman who Is q Sher-
lock Holmes in criminal insanity and of
highest moral character and high stand
ing with doctors and alienists, one whose
word would go. II she said he was in
sane they WOULD do the rest. Please see
what you can do for me and advise me"
Doctor Reviews Case.
While he said he did not know any
thing further about Rear Admiral Eaton's
widow, now held on a charge of murder
in connection with the death of her hus-
band, than that she nursed the admirars
first wife. DR.. T. Fremont-Smith of 1908
Massachusetts avenue declared today that
the admiral and his nurse came to his Of
flee several times after the death of the
first Mrs Eaton to have minor ailments
of the admiral treated.
After that they went to Massachu-
SETS" said DIR. Fremont-Smith. land 1
didn't hear anything more about them
until the case came out in the newspa-
pers.'
The physician declared that he had
been called at the Eaton home, .14O5 21st
street northwest, to attend the first Mrs.
Eaton for a paralytie stroke on the left
side. He found her condition serious and
suggested that nurse be called. las
Admiral Eaton's financial resources
seemed to be limited, we obtained an at
tendant nurse from the George Washing
ton University.
Miss Mary Struble, now of the Jewish
tendent of nurses at George Washington
University, sent him Mrs. Ainsworth."
DR.. Fremont-Smith continued. She
seemed to know her business, and he
paid little attention to her. and did not
notice any filtration between the admiral
and the nurse. The first Mrs. Eaton died
In February, 1906"
Did Not Know Second Wife.
None of the admirals who were asso-
ciated with Admiral Eaton while he lived
in this city remembered the second Mrs.
Eaton. Rear Admiral George W. Baird
of 1905 Rhode Island avenue, who was
on the naval examining board with Ad-
'Saiioi i<dIoh oCt"VSh iopH eiiN As'O'' W
clared this morning that he didn't even
know the first Mrs. Eaton was dead.
Il knew Admiral Eaton very well,
declared Admiral Baird. He was a
courteous, dignified and upright fellow,
so much so that everybody with whom
be came in contact seemed to reflect the
dignity displayed BY Admiral Eaton.
didn't even know that the first Mrs.
Eaton was dead, and certainly it follows
that I didn't know he had married
again.
Admiral Baird declared that the widow
will get "a, 100 from the Naval Mutual Aid
Society. society of naval officers who
have banded together for the mutual
benefit of it's members. I'VE never go
into courts when we pay our claims"
said the admiral. las Admiral Eaton
named his widow as his beneficiary the
only thing We can do is to pay over the
money He didn't know when the money
would be paid.
t. Search of the police records today failed
to show that G.. d. Ainsworth, first hus-
band of Mrs. Eaton, had been arrested in
Washington on peace warrant sworn
out by his wife. A newspaper report
stated that Ainsworth was charged with
having annoyed his divorced wife and
that records of the third precinct showed
the issuance of the warrant The police
today declared that the records show no
such case.