Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-21

Ond line of inquiry a wealth of evil
dgncc has been furnished hy friends
of the family and nelghh0rs The
admiral ana his wife. who Wus twenty
years his junior did not alNaI
agree 10 b. said, regarding those who
should hc received at their home.
Both had been married before The
admimls first wife WIS Mary Anne
Narnum. whom he married at Dmcut
In 1871 when he was Lieutenant IN
the navy Ills body was buried be-
side that of his first Wife
From his graduation at Annapolis
until his retirement with the rank Of
rear admiral in 1905. the lie Of the
naval officer WAS filled With honors
and he acquired fortune soon after
bis retirement he met Mrs Jennie
May AinsWorth the daughter OF
George Harrison, of Alexandria, Va.
Mrs Ainsworth later divorced her
husband ~ N Amsworth an em-
ploye of the senate at Washington,
ID O.. aud sue and the admiral were
married in 1907. Their eourtship
was described hv the admiral I'm "A
statement which he made at the time
of u brief estrungement from his wife
four wears ago. lie suid
"a met Mrs Alnsworth in Chicago
and theupht She was widow. At
that time. however. she WIS not ac-
tunllV divorced from her husband. II
was net until lust before my marriage
that / learned SHE had husband.
Then she told me that her husband
WAS alive and that she had lust oh
talncd divorce from him on the
grounds of drunkenness and deser-
ton During the time that ! paid
attention TO her. knowing her
struightcnVd circumstances and
thinking that her husband wa. dead.
helped toward the support of her
self and children, giving her money.
though at the time did not know for
what purpose she was using IL Later.
after the marriage 7 learned mad
Ncrtently that ! had been paying for
the divorce proceedings which she
had instituted against her husband.
u married her because said /
would. and was too much Of a gem
tleman to withdraw my promise She
has always been good wife I know
that money was given To Ainsworth,
hut never with my consent. except
once. then ! paid his fare 60 Cleto-
lANN ~ Nft ilN 81 Nlllli
After their marriage the Eatons
came 20 Brookline. Soon afterwards
tho admiral met with financial re-
verses and in his last DAYS led an un-
pretcntious NE ON poultry farm In
Norwell His principal income was
from his allowance as 4 retired naval
officer which amounted to $4,000 a
year. 10 ia understood that his estate
is represented largely hy life insur-
ance policy for $4,000
Disappointed that child had not
been horn 10 thom. the admiral, about
two years after his second marriage,
secretly adopted an infant which he
proclaimed as his own The deccp-
tion wis successful Tor time. but
the bnhy died when fow months
old Mrs. Eaton declared that the
infant had been poisoned and an eN-
animation of the stomach was made.
80 poison was found, but ns result
ei her charge Mrs Eaton WAS ea-
trunsed from her husband for brief
period Then they were recunclled
and HeHin lived together With them
al that time lived the two daugh-
ters of Mrs Eaton hy her earlier
marriage. June and Dorothy. The
former VI nov the wife -ef Ralph =.
Hayes. of Boston. Ainsworth Mrs.
Eatnns first husband. resumed
friendly relations with The Eaton
family and was an occasional visitor
at their home Mrs Eaton has stated
that her husband was much inter-
estod in drugs and their effect upon
persons and devoted much OF his
time to strange experiments.
The blue and starred flag of the
kearsage association OF naval veterans
of Boston waves over the grave of
tho admiral az Dracut The associa-
tion made known today IT'S regret that
no naval hunors had been accorded
the dchd officer and announced that
they would mark his resting place
with their eolors
Mrs Eaten is indignant that she
should be charged with such an of-
fense. She viii make no statement at
the present time said Mr.. Gcogan.
the Eaton family attorney tonight
That another arrest In the case "is
possible was nn admission made to-
night hy State Detective Scott.