The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-27
SEARCH FOR POISON
SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE AGAINST
TIE WIDOW OF ADMIRAL
COVERS NEW ENGLAND.
SAY ADMIRAL USED ARSENIC
Wife's Letter to Lawyer in 1911
Shows She Thought Husband
Insane - Much Specu-
lation.
Bulletin.

dence In the case of Mrs. Jennie May
Eaton, who is charged with the muir.
der of her husband, Rear Admiral Jo-
son was presented before the grand
jury which met in special session
here today. The jury will determine
whether the widow of the admiral
shall be indicted or allowed her liber.
ty. AS minated at the time of tie
arrest of Mrs. Eaton, some of those
~conyersant with the case believe a
lunacy commission may be appointed
to examine her.
Norwell. Mass, March 24.-The poi.
son hunt growing put of the death of
Rear Admiral Joseph G.. Eaton and
the arrest of his widow on a charge
of murder continues with the police
throughout New England investigat.
ing all poison sales.
Meanwhile the police guard about
the Eaton home in Assinippi is main.
tanned.
Search House Thoroughly.
1t is said a corps of state police has
practically demolished the Eaton
house. The ashes in the real of the
barn were sifted, the barnyard dug
up and the entire place ransacked
completely. The object of the search
is not known.
The officials are following every
clue that might lead to a solution of
the mystery surrounding the death
of Eaton. They are expected to ex-
anime Thomas Tom, a neighbor of
the Eatons, who knew the family well,
and who is said to have declared that
Admiral Eaton used poison. His
statement is in line with the entirely
new report that the admiral was an
arsenic eater, and that he may have
taken an overdose.
District Attorney Barker and State
officer Scott practically contradicted
each other when the former declared
that nc other arrests would be made,
while Scott said that an arrest might
follow if the discovery OF a poison
sale was made.
Widow Cheerful in Jail.
Meanwhile, in the Plymouth Jail,
Mrs. Eaton is taking her imprison.
ment calmly. She awoke early, ate
a hearty breakfast, and, on the whole,
appeared very cheerful.
Mrs. Eaton is optimistic regarding
her release and reiterated her state
ment: II will be put in a few days"
She wrote two letters, but the con-
foptc and oddracoaS uara IA hv
Sheriff Porter.
Mrs. Eaton's chief concern is for
her mother, Mrs. Harrison, who is i'll
as the result of her daughters arrest.
One of the singular features of the
case is the fact that Admiral Eaton
and his wife apparently were in dead
ly fear of being poisoned. Admiral
Eaton. according to James Prouty, a
neighbor, said: You're a lucky man,
Jim. You don't have to be afraid of
anybody trying to poison you"
Mrs. Eaton in a letter to a Chicago
attorney said: "He admiral Eaton)
will kill me and poor, little, innocent
Dorothy, and he will do it and then
wonder where we are. He is the most
dangerous man you could meet"
Marshall Gallon, the Chicago law
yer, said the letter declared Eaton
had a fascination for poisons.
Wife Thought Eaton Mad.
Chicago.-The nature of the rela-
tions between Rear Admiral Eaton
and his wife, charged with his murder,
became known here in a letter writ
ten by Mrs. Eaton, March IL, 1911, to
Marshall +. Gallon, an attorney who
acted for her in her divorce proceed
ings against her first husband, Daniel
Henry Ainsworth, in 1906.
The letter written from Assinippi,
Mass, says in part:
THE condition of this poor man is
dreadful and fear to stay here this
winter. My leaving him alone with
my mother while ] was in Chicago
made him wild. If / had a doubt Of
his insanity. which / never had, it
would be removed quickly, as he is
SO much worse.
He is a sick, helpless and sad old
man, and it goes to my heart. He re-
lies on me entirely. / am his eye
brains and life, and still how can |
stay here alone and let him kill me
and poor little innocent Dorothy, and
he will do it and then wonder where
we are. He is the most dangerous,
subtle maniac, and still / have no way
of