Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-27
WIDOW HELD
FOR MURDER
CONTENTS OF STOMACH OF REAR
ADMIRAL EATON 10
ANAlYzeD.
TRACES OF POISON FOUND
Married Life Of Couple Had Not Been
the Most Pleasant-Each Had
Been Married ,
Before.

Plymouth, Mass.-Mrs. Jennie May
Eaton was locked up in the county
Jail pending a hearing on the charge
that she murdered her husband, Rear
Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton. by poison
ing him.
Admiral Eaton died In his bed at the
home In Norwell, where ne lived with
his wife. her mother, Mrs. George Har-
rison, and his step-daughter. Dorothy
AinswOrth. The death was unexpected.
and due, the others of the family said,
to an attack Of indigestion which fol
lowed too hearty meal Of roast pork
Investigation 10 Started.
Circumstances led to an investiga-
tion and according to statement by
District Attorney Barker. evidence OF
internal poisoning was discovered by
DR.. William Whitney, who analyzed
the contents Of the stomach.
For ten days the authorities have
known that the admiral died of ar
senic poisoning and their eHorts have
been directed to finding where and by
whom the poison was obtained and to
laying bare the home life of the Eaton
family.
In the first quest they have not been
successful. Along the second line of
inquiry, a wealth OF evidence has been
furnished by friends OF the family and
neighbors. The picture was not an
altogether pleasant one. The admiral
and his wife. who was twenty years
his Junior, did not always agree, It was
said. regarding those who should be
received at their home.
Both had been married before. The
admiral's first wife was Annie Var
mum. whom he married at Dracut in
1871, when he was lieutenant in the
navy. His body was buried beside
that Of his first wife. From his grad
ustion at Annapolis until his retire
ment with the rank OF rear admiral In
1905, the life Of the naval officer was
filled with honors and ne acquired a
fortune.
Were Married In 1917.
Soon after his retirement he met
Mrs. Jennie May Ainsworth, the daugh-
II.
Mrs. Ainsworth later divorced her hus.
band. d. II. Ainsworth, an employe of
the senate at Washington, and she and
the admiral were married in 1907.
After their marriage the Eatons
came to Brooklyn. Soon afterward the
admiral met with financial reverses
and his last days led an unpretentious
life on poultry farm in Norwell.
His principal income was from his
allowance as retired naval officer,
which amounted to $4,000 year. II is
understood that his estate is repre-
ssnted by life insurance policy for
$4,000.
Infant Adoption Had Estranped.
Disappointed that child had not
been born to them, the admiral, about
two years after his second marriage,
secretly adopted an infant which he
proclaimed as his own. The deception
was successful for time, but the baby
died when few months old. Mts.
Eaton declared that the infant had
been poisoned. and an examination of
the stomach was made. No poison was
found, but as result of her charge,
Mrs. Eaton was estranged from her
husband for brief period. Then they
were reconciled and again lived to-
gether. with them at that time lived
the two daughters of Mrs. Eaton by
her earlier marriage. June and Dor.
othy. The former Is now the wife OF
Ralph p. Keyes. OF Boston.