South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-21
WIFE CHARGES THAT.
ADMIRAL PLOTTED.
ON HER OWN LIFE.
Damaging Letter of Mrs. Eaton
to Professor introduced by
PrOSeCutiOn-SayS Husband
Clever Maniac.

PLYMOUTH. Mass, oct. 81
Mrs. Jennie Eaton, directly accused
her husband. Rear Admiral Jos. G.
Eaton. whom she is herself accused
OF Staying, of plotting her own death
Mrs. Eaton also accused her hus-
band OF having the cleverness of g
maniac and also having cunning
enough 10 use a poison so subtle that
IL would be hard 10 detect"
The accused widows charges
against her husband were the sensa-
ton of her trial for murder Monday
Her bitter accusations are contained
in a letter she wrote Prof. VIM. f
Whitney. This letter was introduced
by the prosecution Monday and was
admitted as evidence.
The Accusing Letter.
The letter reads:
''Assinippi, Mass. Sept. IL. 1909.
Prof. Whitney.
MY Dear SIR
VIII you kindly inform me how
much longer il will be before you
can state exactly what my dear.
iittle, healthy, strong child died
from. i am here alone i'm this
isolated place with my husband,
Admiral j. G.. Eaton, whom /
know To be dangerous insane
man. His position i'm life seems
TO make IL impossible for me to be
treated like mere civilians would
be treated and my heart and pity
go out TO this man. who il 81
clever that he fools the world at
large, but not ME.
"He speaks at times Co me i'm
rambling sort of way and inferred
that the back bowels would con-
tain poison If any.
Now please search for foreign
poison as he has talked to me
freely about foreign pOisOns and
he has all the cleverneSs of a
maniac and cunning enough To
use one that would be hard TO de-
tect.
"He has been planning my
death all day today and yet / ann
powerless and / trust on the find
ing of poison To have him exam
ined for insanity and have him
taken care of.
Il don't want his money (sal-
ary). He has no money but / do
want the state To take charge OF
that dear little life and him for
he Is mad. Please let me hear
from you at an early date and
search for cholera subtle poison.
Respectfully.
-
Il. S.-AIso have thorough ex-
animation of his food and medi-
cine. If it Is poison, il il subtle
one, as he il familiar with cholera
and has spoken about poison used
for IL and also the BACK BOW
els. And a. much a. said they
could not find IL. 1t Is so much
like the symptoms of cholera:
watch on these lines. l know he
Il insane. Kindly write me. You
should write TO Mrs. Admiral j.
G. Eaton, ROclCland, Mass. as l
fear "A letter would not reach me
if il came here to Assinippi, Mass.
Write Hold until called for on
letter as 1 only go up once or
twice a week TO ROcEland."
Is Up Early.
Monday morning Mrs. Eaton was W
early and prepared her toilette with
great care She ate a hearty break
fast and was driven through a peltine
rain for two miles TO the court house
in the sheriff's private carriage. In
the ante room she chatted with her
daughter June.
Shortly after the proceedings open
ed June returned to Quincy. This in
Dictated that she would not be called
TO the witness stand Monday.
Prof. Whitney declared that he
found no traces of poison in the body
Of the adopted child He told Of re-
ceiving the organs of Rear Admiral
Eaton's body on March s, 1913.
Prof. Whitney testified that he
found eleven and two-tenths grains OF
white arsenic in Admiral EatOn's
stomach. He said In his opinion the
arsenic had been taken about six
hours before death.
MY opinion is that death was due
TO arsenic poison" said the witness.