The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-21
She Is Arrested and
Locked Up in the.
County Jail.
MAY BE EXAMINED
AS TO HER SANITY
Report of Expert Shows That
Death of Officer Was Caused
by Arsenic, and Indications
Point to Woman as Author
of Crime-Their Domes-
tic Life Unhappy.

Plymouth, Mass, March 2o.-Mrs.
Jennie May Eaton was locked up in
the county jail here late to-day pend
ing hearing on the charge that she
murdered her husband, Rear-Admiral
Joseph Giles Eaton, by poisoning him.
She was brought here from bingham.
where she had been arraigned earlier
IN the day. following her arrest.
Through counsel she pleaded not
guilty. waived the reading of the com
plaint, and was held without bail for
examination March rs
1t has not been determined whether
the inquest into the sudden death of
the admiral will be resumed 1t was
intimated to- night that Mrs. Eaton might
not be brought to trial. The possible
appointment of commission to pass
upon her sanity was suggested.
Maintains Her Composurc.
When Mrs. Eaton, who is stout
woman. fOrtyfve years of nge en-
tered the jail here she was dressed in
the black suit she wore at her hus-
bands funeral. A mourning veil par
TALLY hid her face. She had been
weeping. but generally maintained the
coinposure that has characterized her
bearing from the first
Admiral Eaton died in his bed at the
home in Norwell, where he lived with
his wife. her mother. Mrs. George Har-
rison. and his stepdaughter. Dorothy
.Nnsworth. The death was unexpected
and due, the other members Of the fam
NY said to an attack of indigestion
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 Professor william f Whit
ney, who analyzed the contents of the
sIomach. The formal report OF Pro-
1,a
ana the arrest was ordered upon YER
bal communication to the district at
torney.
For ten days the authorities have
known that the admiral died of arseni-
cal poisoning. and their efforts have
heen 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. the district attorney said
Along the second line OF inquiry a
wealth of evidence has been furnished
by friends or the family and neigh
bors The picture was not an alto
eether pleasant one. The admiral and
ms Wife, who was twenty years his
Junior. did not always agree. it was
said, regarding those who should be
received at their home.
Both Married Before.
Both had been married before. The
edmirals first wife was Mary Anne
Narnum, whom he married nj Dracut
in 1871. when he was a lieutenant in
ihe navy. His body was buried beside
that OF his first wife. From his grad
uation at Annapolis until his retire
Ment with the rank of rear-admiral in
l:o5. the life OF the naval officer was
tlled with honors, and he acquired a
fortune.
Soon after his retirement he met Mrs
Jennie Mary Ainsworth. the daughter
OF George Harrison, of Alexandria, Va
Mrs. Alnsworth later divorced her hus-
bai'o, ID III. Ainsworth. an einploye Of
the senate at Washington. and she
and the admiral were married in 1907
Their courtship was described by the
admlral In statement which he made
during brief estrangement from his
wlte TOUR years ago. He said:
L met Mrs. Ainsworth i'm Chicago
and at that time / thought she was a
widow AT that time. however, she
was not actually divorced from her
husband. 1t was not until just before
my marriage that l learned she had a
husband. Then she told me that her
Just obtained divorce from him on
the grounds OF drunkenness and de-
sertion
During the time that paid atten-
ton to her. knowing her straitened
circumstances and thinking that her
"oS uSdu' nelpeQ toward
the support OF herself and children.
giving her money. though at the time
did not know for what purpose she
vas using it. Later. after the mar
riage. learned inadvertently that l
had been paying for the divorce pro-
ccedlngs which she had Instituted
against her husband | married her
because | said | would. She has al
ways been a good wife
II knew that money was given 10
Answorth, but never with ms consent
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