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t,uLD MRS. EATON
FOR MURDER
AdmiraI's Widow Accused Of
Poisoning Him.
SENT TO JAIL WITHOUT BAIL
Woman Was Taken Into Custody
When 1t Was Shown Arse:rc Killed
Retired Naval Officer.

Woman Was Taken Into Custody
When It Was Shown Arseac KILLED
Retired Naval Officer.
bingham, Mass, March q. - Mrs
Jennie May Eaton, widow Of Rear Ad
miral Joseph w. Eaton, U. S. NJ, re
tired, was arrested here, charged with
the murder of her husband, whose re
cent death under mysterious circum
stances has been under investigation.
District Attorney A. F. Barker an
nounced the arrest in the following
statement:
Mrs. Eaton is under arrest, charg
ed with the murder of her husband
Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton.
admiral Eaton did not die a nat
ural death. This fact was communi
Gated to me on March 10 by Professor
Whitney in a preliminary verbal re
port, and has been known to the ofh
GERS working on the case since that
time.
Death was due to arsenical poison.
ing. Peculiar features which are in
volved have prevented the authorities
from communicating them to the pub
lie.
I'VE have been unable thus far to
ascertain where the poison was OBJ
tanned.
Mrs. Eaton was arrested at her
home at Assinnippi."
Before Mrs. Eaton was taken be-
fore Judge Pratt she telephoned to
her counsel, Francis J. Geegan. who
hurried to court in an automobile.
Mrs. Eaton later was arraigned be-
fore Judge Pratt, who conducted the
inquest into the admiraPs death. She
pleaded not guilty and was committed
to Jail without bail for further hear
ing on March %.
Mrs. Eaton held a whispered con-
versation with her lawyer, but made
no outward protest against going to
Jail. There was no demonstration OF
grief nor anger. Apparently she had
decided to accept with stoicism her
commitment. She asked that her
daughters be notified at once and
wished them to visit her in Jail with
out delay.
81 feel sure that everything will
come out all right" said Mrs. Eaton,
and she indicated by her demeanor
that she believed this.
Mrs. Eaton's arrest came as the eli
max of sensational and mysterious,
tragedy which has stirred New Eng
Land praatlv First she nrofoss0d 5aer
grief; then she Indignantly denied that
any suspicion could rest on her, and
finally she went about her affairs ap-
parently completely unperturbed.
The little community in which the
Eaton family lived was thrown into a
high state of excitement by the arrest
of Mrs Eaton. Friends of the ac-
cused woman declared their belief
that she would be able to clear her
name Of the charge against her.
Rear Admiral Eaton died suddenly
on the morning of March 8. He was
sixty-six years of age, but according
to his friends, had been in perfect
health. Two days later the funeral
was held at Dracut, his former home.
There was no service at the grave,
and, besides the undertakers and the
newspaper men, only the widow and
her daughter by another marriage wit.
messed the interment. There were nc
military honors.
The rear admiral had seen thirty
nine years service in the navy. He
commanded the transport Resolute at
Santiago, Cuba, and received medal
of honor for his share in that battle.
He was born at Greenville, Ala, and
was married twice.
The present Mrs. Eaton was the
admiral's second wife, and she for
merly was the wife OF D. A. Aims.
worth, once clerk in the United
States senate. Her father was George
Harrison, and the family home was at
Alexandria, Va. She is forty years of
age.
The investigation is said to have
developed that her married life was
not altogether happy. Her explanation
that her husband died from an attack
of indigestion did not satisfy the med
ical examiner, and after conferring
with the family physician he delayed
the preparation of the body for burial
until a postmortem had been made.