The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-23
MRS. EATON FEARED
DEATH BY POISON
TOLD DETECTIVE SHE WANTED
HIM TO GUARD FAMILY
FROM ADMIRAL
NEIGHBORS KNEW 1T
so COUNSEL WROTE sLEUTH WHEN
LATTER INFORMED HIM OF
TALE WOMAN HAD RE
LATED.
NEIGHBORS KNEW 1T

BOSTON. March 22.-More testi-
mony showing that Mrs. Jennie Eaton,
widow Of Rear Admiral Joseph G..
Eaton. whom she is accused OF hav
ing poisoned, possessed what may
have been authorization in regard
TO his dabbiing with deadly drug.
came out tonight. Charles r. Nord-
stroll. a private detective. says that
last June, Mrs. Eaton made an eff
fort to engage him to shadow her
husband, and obtain evidence for his
arrest upon the ground that the ad-
rairaI was trying to poison his family.
Tie interview was held in the
South station, Bostaon. on June last
and when it was concluded Mrs. Eaton
said she would meet the detective
again st the station two days later to
pay him retainer, but she never APP
peared or communicated with him
thereafter After the adIniraPs death
on March 14th. Mr.. Nordstrom wrote
TO Judge Kelley. counsel for the
E,atons, telling of his interview with
Mrs. Eaton, and saying,
Were / in possession of informa-
ton tending TO prove that your client
wished To have her husband arrested
as a poisoner last June would IL not
be valuable to you in putting up a de-
Tense of insanity, were she ever
brought to trial for a heinous crime?
Asks About His Duty.
"Do you not think il my duty TO re
port the incident TO the government If
they should decide that Mr.. Eaton did
not die natural death? Please write
me al above address If you would care
to give the matter my consideration.
Judge Kelley replied:
81 have your favor of the l4th. and
thank you for the same 1 imagine
the interview Mrs. Eaton had with
YOU was the same that she had with
others hereabouts. and her story and
claim was almost u matter Of common
knowledge"
With the evidence coming on the
top of the publication of the letter
written TO Marshall E. Cation, Chi
caEo lawyer. in March. 1911, asking
his assistance in securing the contine-
ment of the admiral, on the ground
that he was an insane poisoner. there
lis little doubt left that the authorities
will have a mnacy commission deter
mine the mental status Of Mrs. Eat
on before placing her ON trial Tor her
life.
Thought Him Poisoner.
According to Nordstorm Mrs Eat
on said: THE man you have got to
catch is a man who has big innu-
ence in this country. IT is my nus
band. Rear Admiral Joseph Giles
Eaton. United States navy, retired.
The admiral is very well educated
man. but / believe he ~ a poisoner. l
fear that ne is trying. to poison me.
and in fact the whole family. l
/ shouldn't be surprised to ma my
daughter, Dorothy, dead when L get
home.
Several years ago the admiral went
To the Far East on a cruise with his
SQUADRON. Among the countries he
visited was India. It's terrible and
mysterious land. have always
thought. and so 1t has proved for us.
While in India the admiral learn
ed Of many peculiar poisons- lie had
studied medicine and he became very
much Interested in these strange con-
coctions from a strange land
''He has a yellow bottle of poison.
often he brings that bottle down 70
| tho supper table and puts blt OF me
! ssbndaer, to think OF it I'm in dread
| Of my life and the lives OF my TWO
'a What do you want me to- do" Nord-
strom asked.
Need of Detective.
II want you to put a detective IN the
house to watch the admiral. want
YOU to see If you can get eVloehSs
/ AGAINST him for attempted poison, ana
I incidentally. I want the detective TO
! protect us from being made the victims
| of his experiments.
"Many n night have been awakened
| in he'd by Admiral Eaton To find blood
trickling down my arm, The admlrai
/ had pricked me with a needle, The
/ needle contained poison.
and that is not all. He told me OF
! a trim 10 the Panama canal. He told
/ me how the men down there died ike
! rats in trap. IT was while the az
/ n1fral was there and | believe ne gave
/ these men poison.
Il wish you would so into the house
I Monday (June 17thl I will be away
I with Mr. Eaton. You must break into
1 the attic Break down the door II
I necessary. Smash open the admiral
I sea chest and destroy those bottles
/ Of poison he has in there. or, better
stiff, carry them away with you.
4 Very Fond of Women.
I Another thing / must tell you about
| the admiral and that lis. he lis. very
/ fond of women. Sometimes I'm almost
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