The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-21
WIDOW OF EATON
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woman. As years of age. entered tho
Jail here she was dressed in the black
suit she wore at her husbands funer.
al y mourning veil partially hid her
face. She had been weeping. but gen
orally maintained the composure that
has characterized her bearing from
the first
Death Of the Admiral.
Admiral Eaton died in his bed at
the home in Norwell, where he lived
with his wife. her mother. Mrs. George
harrison. and his step-daughter, Doro-
thy Ainsworth. The death was unex-
pected. and due. the other members of
the family said. to an attack of indi-
sestion which followed a too hearty
meal of roast pork.
! Circumstances led to an investiga-
ton and. according to a statement by
District Attorney Baker to-day, evil
dence OF arsenical poisoning was dis
covered by Prof. VIM. r. whitney.
who analysed the contents OF the
stomach. The formal report Of Prof.
l whitney has not been made. and the
arrest was ordered upon a verbal COM
munication TO the District Attorney.
For ten days the authorities have
known that the Admiral died OF ar
senical poisoning. and their efforts
have been directed 10 finding out bv
whom the poison was obtained and
laying bare the home life OF the Eaton
family.
In the first quest they have not been
successful. the District Attorney said
Along the second line OF inquiry A
wealth OF evidence has been furnished
/ by friends OF the family and neigh.
D hIa HmN
gether pleasant one The Admiral
and his wife. who was 20 years his iu-
3 Nor, did not always agree, II was said
/ regarding those who should be re-
ccivcd AZ their home.
Both had been married before. The
admirals first wife was Mary Anne
3 Narnum. whom he married in Dracut
. I'm 1871. when he was a lieutenant in
the navy. Ills body was buried be.
side that OF his first wife From his
graduation az Annapolis until his TO-
B tircment with the rank Of rear ad
1 miral In 1905 the life Of the naval
B officer was filled with hOnOrs. and he
acquired n fortune
3 Soon after his retirement no mot
Mrs. Jennie May Ainsworth. daugh.rr
~ George Harrison. az Alexandra.
. Va. Mrs. Ainsworth later divorced
her husband. ID ~ AinswOrth. an
employe % the senate ~ Washington.
and she and the admiral were mar
ried in 1907.
The courtship.
Their courtship VAS described %.
D The admiral in a statement which Do.
made during brief from BITS VIE
. Tour years aga. 80 said
met Mrs Ainsworfh in Chiclra
and ~ that time ] thought She ua
widow A. that time. however. .fr
VAS not actually divorced from h.r
husband. ~ was not until Just ha
! fore my marriage that ! learned that
she had bra band Then sha told
i mo that hcr husband was alive and
that she had just obtained % divorce
] from him uu thn grounds ~ drunken.
ness and dcscrtion.
During the time that paid alton
ton 10 her. knowing hnr afraffcnrd
D. circumstance. and thinking that her
husband was dead. ] helped toward
The support ~ herself and children
giving her money though ~ tho time
I did not know for what purpose aha
VAS using a. Later. after tho mar
b riage. ] learned inadvertently that .
I bad been paying for tho divorce pro.
I ccedinEs which she had instituted
/ against her husband
/ After their marriage tho Fafora
I came 90 BrOOkline soon afterwards
b the admiral mot with financial 70.
verses. and in bis last days Tod an
+ nnpretcntious life on q poultry farm
iu NorWcll
E llis principal income VAS from BIZ
b allowance az "a retired naval officer
which amounted ~ 9fO0p year u
ia understood that his orfate o. rorrn
scented largely by Ife insurance
policy ~ g. ono.
Disappointed that child had not
been born 20 them. tho admiral about
tao years after his SECOND marriaro
j secretly adopted au infant. which be