South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-22
Detective On Stand Admits He
Found No Place Where Pur-
chase of Poison Was Re-
corded.
TELLS MRS. EAT0N'S
STORY ABOUT DEATR
Said She AWoke to Find Admir-
al Dead With Arms CIaSped
About Her Shoulder-She
NurSed Him While III.

PLYMOUTH. Mass, oct. 22.-At-
tOTneys for Mrs. Jennie May Eaton,
on trial for the murder of her nus
band. Rear Admiral Jos. G.. Eaton,
brought out "A striking point Wednes-
day for their client. ON crOss-eXam-
ming State Detective John II. Scott
"A witness for the prosecution, they
forced him TO admit that. although he
had made a thorough search of BoS-
ton, he had failed to discover any
place where a purchase OF poison ny
Mrs Eaton had been recorded.
on direct examination Scott gave
the first testimony that had been
heard in reference to Mrs. Eaton $
own story of the illness and death of
her husband.
Detective Scott said the accused
WIDOW had told him the admiral, then
on his death bed, and a few hours be-
foSe the end came, had entreated her
Yith this plea:
so sick"
The state detective testified further
that Mrs. Eaton told him she had sent
for a physician after she had awaken
ed and found the admiral dead, ms
arm clasped about her shoulder and
her arm embracing him.
Waited ON Him Alone.
Detective Scott said Mrs. Eaton had
declared:
NOBODY gave nom dii1 lAiAlb Jul
myself. Dorothy did not give him
anything nor did my brother. 1 gave
him the first dose Of medicine left
by the doctor in hot water. He threw
il lrp. [ gave him another dose later
in water not quite 50 hot. lie threw
that up. Then I took some milk, he
could not stand that. The next dose
with water I mixed a small pinch of
soda. He did not leave his bed from
Thursday. he was too weak.
Il asked her where she got the box
which contained the soda she gave the
admiral. she answered that she got
in from the shelf in the pantry and
pointed out the box. She said she
gave him a pinch Of soda, she indl-
Gated on the end Of case knife now
much soda she gave him.
Il am sure from which box / took
the soda" she said. He threw II up
As soon as taken. The doctor gave
him a dose of soda about noon and L
gave him one about o'clock.
Mysterious Note Appears.
\ mysterious typewritten note again
figured i'm the trial Wednesday. De-
tective Scott declared this note was
"..Nlrs Eaton's will bequeathing all
her property TO her daughter June
Detective Scott testified that the
paDer was in 8 typewriter in the
Eaton home at Assinippi March l.
the third day after the admiral died
lie could not tell whether it bore a
date. 49,.
chief Justice Aiken ordered the
statement of Scott stricken out.
Scott said Mrs. Eaton told him the
admiral was the kind of man that
would come to her with necklace IN
one hand and poison in the other.
Scott said the widow accused her
husband of smoking opium IN a pipe.
He said Mrs. Eaton has said 10 him
when he told her ne was beginning an
inquiry into her husbands death:
II don't see the need of anything
of this kind. The doctors have al
ready said that the admiral died a
natural death
scott testified that on the day he
fore the admiraIs funeral Mrs scott
became so excited that she almost
pushed the coffin over twice scott
said Mrs. Eaton told him she had
searched the admirus deathbed Ior
traces Of poison but in vain and she
wanted to hire some 'Sherloc6
Holmes or a noted detective.