South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-18


swore that an illness with which Eat
on was suffering on March T. was due
only 10 liquor. The admiral died early
the next day.
The state followed this up by call
ing Miss Grace 3. Howard She iden-
tilted a letter she received from Mrs
Eaton in which the defendant asked
the girl 10 write 20 her CAIrs. Eaton)
note complaining of the actions Of
OF the admiral
PLYMOUTH Mass. oct. iS-Mrs.
Virginia Harrison of Alexandria Va
a member Of a prominent family Of
that state was called by the prose
cution Friday 10 tell about conditions
in the home OF her daughter Jennie
May Eaton, who is being tried on the
charge OF numbering her husband.
Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton. l..
;. y. (retired). by giving him poison.
Mrs. Harrison said that her daugh-
ter manifested "hysterical tendencies
towards the admiral at times Dur
ing the past four years the witness
has spent much time at her daugh-
ter's home in Assinippi and she testi-
fed that she considered her s0n-in-
law always very much OF a gentle
man"
Her daughter she said. seemed
actually 10 believe that the admiral
dabbled in drugs and was insane.
Mrs. Harrison could see no signs OF
these things. She had seen the ad-
miral intoxicated. she testified. but
she never detected any signs OF the
drug habit She first noticed the ad-
miral's final illness on March 6 before
he had touched the roast pork which
Mrs. Eaton claimed was the cause OF
that attack
Meets Her Daughter.
her daughter since Mrs Eaton left
home March % TO attend the inquest
at bingham. where she was arrested
on the charge of murder. Often. as
she answered the questions OF Dist.
Atty. Barker tears rolled down her
cheeks but she never gave way en-
tirely to her emotions. Whenever she
seemed on the verge OF breaking down
Mrs. Eaton would lean forward and
smile reassuringly
Mrs. Harrison took the stand after
her 16-year-old, granddaughter Dor
! Othy had finished six hours Of testi-
mony. She corroborated much OF
what Dorothy had said about fraction
! in the household.
Court was kept sitting beyond the
usual hour in order 20 let Mrs Harri-
son finish her testimony but attorneys
Tor the defense said they might cau
her again.
The district attorney sought 10
bring out in Mrs Harrisons testimony
corrobOration OF Dorothy Aims
WOrthS statements that her sister
June exercised "A great influence over
/ her mother. Both witnesses said that
June's absence from the Eaton home
was due to the admiral's objection 70
/ her presence and that June was the
cause OF much Of the discord between
/ the admiral and his wife
Strikes out Question.
! In cross-eXamining Mrs Harrison.
/ VIM. a. Morse. counsel for the de-
| fense, asked whether the cause Of the
admirars dislike for June was her
repulse OF an attempted attack upon
! her. Chief Justice Aiken ordered the
question stricken Out
Mrs. Harrison testified that Ad-
mira and Mrs. Eaton quarreled on
the Monday preceding his death. She
/ did not know what the quarrel was
about.
Regarding AIRS. Eaton's state
ments that the admiral was insane.
/ Mrs Harrison testified that her
daughter wanted him examined and
/ that she had "a nurse come 90 observe
him. Mrs. Eaton also wrote 20 her
mother i'm Virginia mat she thought
the admiral insane and intimated that
she feared him. Mrs. Harrison said
she hurried 20 her daughters side
and. not finding anything out Of the
/ way. told Mrs. Eaton her fears were
without foundation. Many times. said
/ Mrs. Harrison. she heard June and
/ her mother express fears OF poisoning.
II tried 20 talk these notions about
poison and other things out OF her"
said Mrs. Harrison. She added that
the admiral was very kind throughout
! these accusations of June and Mrs.
\ Eaton. bur nevertheless he seemed 20
/ feel badly about IT,.