The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-13
Not Even Flag Dis
played When Rear-Ad-
miral Eaton Is Buried.
MYSTERY SHROUDS
HIS SUDDEN DEATH
Widow and Mother-in-Law of
Man Who Commanded Resolute
at Santiago Bay Tell Con-
tllcting Stories, and Three
Cornered Investigation
Now Is Under Way.
lspcoial to The Times-Dispatch.l

"A H..
m'r"i Joseph Giies Eaton, retired. OF
the United states Navy. formcr COM
H"ndnnt nt the CharIcstoyn Navy.
fHrd, ana one Of the hcracs of Santiago
my who died suddenly saturday morn
ihE' was laid at rest In Oakland Ceme-
terry near Lowell. thI. morning with
an utter 'nck of nnval honors.
Not even tho United Statcs nag uss
disp'aEed at the intermcnt to sirnif,
'p"t the rc'n"inS of n great naval ofn-
ccr were being committed to rcat.
lhe widow and her younger daugh-
Yer, Miss Dorothy Ainsworth, a step
oauShtcr OF the dead man, went bit
terlN by the grave. At the widows re
quest the casket was removed from
tue Pine box and was placed beside
the grave for three minutes that she
anu her stepdaushter might take last
look at tho dead F
No Other Moarners.
'"erc were no other mourncrs at
the grave. The undcrtaker was
Obliged TO call upon two bystanders to
assist In bearing tho body from the
hearse 10 The lot and in lowering n
INTO the grave. Legal authorities have
been given tho naval hero's death unex-
pectcd and mysterious attention. There
nave been persistent ruuors of poison.
ing, and to-day it was stated that the
-
10 Professor Whitney, of Harvard for
analysis. The legal activities stand
out with all tho more force when con-
trasted with the ineXplicab bic neglect
OF government attention to the pass
ing OF man who was great enough
TO command a war vessel i'm the ma
tion's last war
In the Spanish War the dead man
was in command OF tho United states
m 4, .|r.-.
tiaKo Bay. 1t was the Resolute which
sighaled to Admiral Sampson the mes
sage that the Spanish War fleet was
headlnE out of the land locked liarbor
and was advancing to meet the United
states vessels: This afternoon the man
who commanded the ReSolute on that
great day was buried with no more
nohors or attention than would have
been accorded the most insignificant
alien. Just landed on these shores.
The body of Admiral Eatr Il was
brought from his home ins West Nor
well TO Boston in the morning. 1t
was then taken 10 Lowell by rail
There the casket was placed in hearse
and driven to Oakland Cemetery. in
Dracut five miles from Lowell.
Dracut Cemetery was the burial place
because there was buried the body of
the admirafs first wife, Mary NJ Var
mum Eaton The ADMIRAL was laid to
rest beside his first wife in the Var
mum family lot
Mystery Not Cleared.
The mystery surrounding the rear
admirafs death is not cleared by the
somewhat contradictory statements of
the widow, her mother. Mrs. George
Harrison; the family physician, Or,
Jaseph Frame. and the medical exam
lner' Gilman G. ossood. three-cor
nered Investigation is being conducted
by state Police Inspector John t..
Scott. of Braintree, Deputy Sheriff
Johh T. Condor, of Rockland; Medical
Examiner Osgood and District Attcr-
ney Barker Of Bristol County.
Mrs. Eaton told the stor! of her hus-
bands strange death TO neghbors in
this way: "My husband had been nj;
in fact he had been ailing for two
years. Early Saturday morning I was
asleep in my.own room. | heard the
admiral get up in his room. adjoining
mine. | heard groan, then a fall,
went into his room and helped the
admiral into bed.
Are you sick: | asked He re-
piled: L do not feel very good
II asked him: Shall / lie down be-
side your
II got in bed and was there beside
him when he died. very quietly r
wasn't even aware that he was dead
at first. | spoke TO him saying: Are
YOU all right" He did not answer.
He was dead.
II got up and ran to the next house
and phoned 10 DIR. Frame.
Early this morning, when shown
copies Of the Boston papers containing
accounts of the rear-admirals sudden
death. Mrs. Eaton said:
This is what | have feared ! have
feared for the past two years lest they
would blame me if anything happened
to my husband. The admiral had been
/ in poor health for two years. That.
is well known. 1t is notnlng less than
| outrageous that any insnuations
should be made.
Back to First Break.
The explanation of this statement by
Mrs. Eaton probably goes back to that
first breach between the admiral and
his wife three and one half years ago.
when she insisted that the sudden
death OF their adopted baby boy was
due 10 poison. I
Accusations were made by her con-
cerning the admiral investigation
showed. however, that the child died
a natural death The admiral and his
wife later became reconciied
Dr. Joseph Frame, of Rockland the
Eaton family physician who saw tho
admiral the day before he died, aud
who was called in at the Lime OF his
death. said to-day: .
The case is in the hands of Meti-
cal Examiner Oeeood and District At
torney Albert F., ,Barker OF Plymouth
County, and they viii act as they see
fit
The whole story wili' come cutEiin.
time 1t is rather peculiar TO me th.(t.
the neighhors near the Eaton home,
who undoubtedly knew or have heard
things. didn't let, this come out before,
y did not sign, the death certificate giv..
ing the cause OF death That 9ns un
to the medical examiner. i saw she
admiral last Friday. They say he, died