The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-21
HELD ON A CHARGE OF POISON. ING HER HUSBAND, REAR
 ADMIRAL EATON.
FAMILY EAMIILYH SKELETON IS BARRED
Reveals Story of Womans Duplicity Former Husband Figures in
 the Case.

Plymouth. Mass, March 20.-Mrs Jennie May Eaton w.s locked up ir the county jail here late today pend ing hearing on the charge that she murdered her husband. Rear Admiral Jos. Giles Eaton, by poisoning him She was brought here from Hngham where she had been arraigned early in the day following her arrest Through counsel, she pleaded not guilty, waived the reading of the com plaint and was held without bail foi examination March 2S.
 It has not been determined whether the inquest into the sudden death oi the admiral will be resumed. It was intimated tonight that Mrs. Eaton might net he brought to trial The possible appointment of a commis sion to pass upon her sanity was suggested.
 District Attorney Barker went to Boston this afternoon and had con ference with Chief Justice Aiken ol the supreme court. IL was thought his errand might be in connection with the conyening of a special grand jury to consider the case.
 When Mrs. Eaton, who Is stout woman, 45 years old entered the jaii here she was dressed in the black suit she wore at her husbands funeral. A mourning veil partially hid her face. She had been weeping but generally maintained the composure that has characterized her bearing from the first.
 Admiral Eaton died in his bed al the home in Norwell, where he lived with his wife. her mother, Mrs Geo Harrison, and his step-daughter. Dor othy Answorth. The death was un- expected and due, the other members of the family said. to an attack of in digestion which followed too hearty meal Of roast pork.
 Circumstances led to an investiga ton and according 10 a statement by District Attorney Barker today. evi dence of arsenical poisoning was dis covered by Prof. Win sF Whitney who analysed the contents of the stomach. The formal report of Pro- lessor Whitney has not been made and the arrest was ordered upon q verbal communication to the district attorney. For ten days the authori ties have known that the admiral died of poisoning and their efforts have been directed to finding where and by whom the poison was obtain cd and to laying bare the home lite Of the Eaton family.
 tn the first quest they have moi been successful. the district attorney said. Along the second line of in qniry, a wealth of evidence has beer furnished by friends of the family and neighbors. The picture was noi an altogether pleasant one. The ad migal and his wife, who was z years his junior, did not always agree II was said regarding those who had been received at their home
 Both had been married before. The admiral's first wife was Annie Var nun, whom he married at Drcut II 1871, when he was a lieutenant in the navy. His body was buried beside that of his first wife. From ms graduation at Annapolis until his re tirement with the rank of rear ad miral in 1905, the life of the maya officer was filled with honors and hs acquired a fortune.
 Soon after his retirement he me Mrs. Jennie May Aainsworth, th' daughter of G. Harrison, of AieXan drla, Va, Mrs. Aainsworth later di yoreed her husband. D. H. Ainsworth an employe of the senate at Wasn ington and she and the admiral were married in 1907.
 Their conrtship was described pl the admiral in statement which h' made during a brief estrangemen from his wife four years ago. h' said:
 T met Mrs. Ainsworth in Chicago and at that time thought she wa a widow. At that time, however sh' was not actually divorced from ne husband. It was not until just ne fore my marriage that she told m she had a husband. Then sne toi' me that her husband was alive ah' that she had just obtained q diVore' from him on the grounds of drunken ness and desertion.
 During the time that paid atteh ton to her. knowing her straighte,ie' circumstances and thinking that ne husband was dead, helped towar' The support of herself and children giving her money, though, at the inn did not know for what purpose sh was using t. Later. after the ma rage, learned that 1 had been phi