The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Death BY POISON
WOMAN FEAR
Detective Hired to Trail Ad-
miral Eaton Tells Re-
markable Story.
KEPT DRUGS IN CHEST
Charged Officer Killed Men at Panama
Canal and that He Planned to
Murder Entire Family.

Boston, Mass, March "a new wit
ness has been discovered In the case OF
Mrs. Jennie Eaton. accused of the mur-
der by poisoning of her husband, Rear
Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, U. S. N, re-
| tired, whose testimony is an amazing
| tale of the fears of Mrs. Eaton that her
husband would poison her.
This new witness is Charles Z. Nord-
| strom. assistant manager Of a local de-
tective agency. Nordstrom tonight told
OF Mrs. Eaton's plans to shadow her
husband to prove a poison plot. He told
Of an interview with Mrs Eaton. in
which she declared that the admiral had
mysterious chest in the house filled
with queer poisons which had been COL
lected during his stay with the American
fleet in India. He said she tried to en-
obtain evidence for his arrest on the
ground that the admiral was trying to
poison his family.
Mrs Eaton gave him the following ,rea-
sons why she desired the assistance Of
a detective:
That Admiral Eaton was trying to
poison her and the whole Eaton family.
That he learned of many strange
poisons while on a sea voyage to India
and kept supply in a locked chest.
That he had bottles containing pecu-
Found Arm bleeding.
That Mrs. Eaton was awakened one
night TO lind blood tricklins down her
arms, and that the admiral told her he
had pricked her with a needle contain
ing poison from the far East
That while Admiral Eaton was at the
Panama Canal men died like rats, and
that 1t was her belief that the admiral
gave the men poison.
There is a. question how long Admiral
Eaton had been dead before DR.. Joseph
Frame. the family physician and Medi-
cal Examiner Gilman Osgood arrived at
the Eaton house at 7:30 on Saturday
March s. Death might have
taken place from ten TO twenty hours
before. Rigor mortis had set in The
State has yet to determine whether the
poison was administered in one does or
several.
No chemists report has so Tar been
received as to the quantity of arsenic in
the admiral's stomach. Nor is it known
whether or not the admiral used al seric |
himself.
Another Witness Found.
Mrs. Eaton passed the day very quietly |
in the cell at the Plymouth County |
aiI. She read books a large part OF the !
iay and appeared cheerful.
Sentiment in Assinippi is turning to-
ward Mrs. Eaton. Her daughter. Mrs.
Iune Keyes. visited her mother today.
In an interview today. she said:
My mother is innocent 1t is outrage
ous the way the police have treated US.
They should have examined the admirars
brain to see If he was not insane. as well
as to examine his stomach for traces Of
poison"
Another highly important witness dis
covered tonight is a Rockland medical
student, who was questioned not long
ago by Mrs. Eaton regarding chemical
analysis in death by poison. The young
mans name is withheld at present.
Mrs. Eaton. it is said. learned that the
'oung man was studying under Prof
Whitney, the Harvard expert on poi
ons, and questioned him regarding Prof
Nhitney's ability to detect the presence
II poison after death.
William y. Morse. who was counsel
or Clarence V. 7. Richeson. electrocuted
or the murder of Avis Linnell, has been
ngaged to act as one of Mrs. Eatons
ounsel. with Francis J. Georgian. This
act was learned exclusively tonight.