The Washington times., 1913-03-23
MRS. EATON MADE
POISON INQUIRIES
Student Says She Asked Him
II Harvard Expert Could
Detect Drugs.

Detect Drugs.
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at the homestead of the Eatons has
been temporarily postponed.
In order to aid her attorneys, who will
not call upon her. IN all probability.
until the day after the grand jury pro-
greater part Of her time In outlining
different points which she believes will
clear her Of the murder charge.
Hears Sermon In Cell.
Page after page concerning the dead
admiral and his actions were written
by her In her cell this forenoon.
The Easter services commenced at .
O'Clock In the big guard room on the
ground floor, Id men and women par
ticipating. Mrs. Eaton, not being q
convicted prisoner. remained in her cell
and listened to the Easter sermon by
the Rev. C. F. Anderson. Of the Ply
mouth Universalist Church.
This morning the widow received an
Easter card from her daughter. Mrs.
June Ainsworth Keyes. telling her TO
keen her courage and everything would
be all right.
In an interview at Rockland today.
Mrs. Keyes stated: MY mother Is in
nocent I know il. I am just as conf
dent Of the result as I can be- The Off
GERS have searched and found nothing.
will in any way incrlminate my mother.
1t Is a shame and an outrage, the way
we have been treated.
..The admiral had always been queer.
especially since the explosion Of large
ten-inch gun near him some years ago
least have been anxious to fnd out Il
the admiral was in his right mind when
he died, as well as examining his stom-
ach for traces Of poison"
The trip made by District Attorney
Barker to Boston YESTERDAY Is sald to
with Chief Justice Aiken as to the ap-
pointmknt of sanity commission TO
examine Mrs. Eaton II was pointed
out that q disbelief In Mrs. Eaton's
sanity may have been responsible for
the thorough probe at the in9usst quest into
the family, and also for the Importance
placed on the letter written BY Mrs
Eaton to Attorney GaiIion, IN Chicago.
two years ago. in which she described
the admiral as q maniac and otherwise
evirced her fear Of him.
be on his way East to testify for the
Government at the special session OF
the grand jury, which opens tomorrow
morning.
Must Stand Sanity Test
II is now believed certain that Mrs
Eaton soon must stand the tests of
alienists. Plymouth county authorities.
it is stated, plan to obtain the best in
fhAiS n o.
teImine whether or not the widow Is
actually responsible for the white ar
senic poisoning of Rear Admiral Eaton.
II the alienists find the woman insane.
the commonwealth win seek to have her
plead guilty by reason Of insanity
Then. as in the case Of Nurse Jane
Toppan. self-confessed slayer of thirty
one persons. she will be sent to the
Tanton Insane Asylum for the re-
Eainder of her life.
Indications that the prisoner Is. or has
been. Insane are cropping out In this
Mrs. Virginia Harrison. Mrs. Eaton's
mother. Is firm In her assertion that
she long had feared for her daughter
sanity. Mrs. Eaton.s attorney Francis
]. GeoSan. while refusing To admit thar
seeking every minute to find from
neighbors and friends any evidences ef
Mrs. Eaton's eccentric3ties or insanity
In case insanity il not the defense.
there Is a strong prooapility tnst Al,
show that Admiral Eaton met death by
his ONE hand.
The fascination for poisons and an
intimate study of poison cases on the
part of ADMIRAL Eaton will be set forth
as an explanation for his arsenical pois-
oning. The defense may contend that
i'm his tests and personal experiments ne
took an overdose of the poison
Detectives are still securing the cities
and towns in the eastern part OF the
State in an effort to find a trace OF the
seller OF the poison or the bottle which
hello the white powder.
TIE Eaton home is still under guard.
and unless the needed clue TO the poison
sale is forthcoming soon. the state au-
thorities' plans for demoiishins ss
Eaton homestead are likely to be car
-ied into effect early. The search Is
one of the most thorough ever MADE III
Massachusetts, poison case. Arounu
the subject OF the sale or possession ol
the poison hinges much OF the soi9uon
of the big problem before the o'e'e
police.
Widow Chafes Under Restraint
Mrs. Eaton today chafed under the
restraint of prison life The teirfnc
charge over her did not appear to worry
her as greatly as the fact that she couio
not go out into the fair spring day. at
tend Easter church services, and near
Easter music She complained OF TINS
to the keepers of the Jail.
In the meantime. at her home, Win
a close guard on the outside, state otn-
cials were making thorouSn searen
for clues inside. Letters which may
shed much light on the mystery are
Thought to be hidden away in nooks
or corners of the old Eaton farm mouse,
The constant dread of both Admlral
Eaton and his wife that sometime tneS
would be poisoned is ftctor that Is
cropping forth strongly in the tnvesu-
cation.
The special grand jury to consider
Mrs Eaton's case will meet at 10:D to-
morning. Sheriff Henry Porter
i'm charge of the Plymouth jail, mas
everything in readiness for the case IN
the morning
charge following the inquest into the
death. The grand jury's sc-
tiou in the case Is expectedNto be quick:
That an indictment will be returned ana
an early trial granted is the belief here
today.
Mystery of Will Unsolved.
The guard around the Eaton home Is
merely for protection, the State police
declare. They assert positively that
Mrs. June Keyes and Miss Dorothy
Ainsworth. daughters of Mrs. Eaton.
and Mrs. George Harrison. Mrs. Eaton $
mother. are not under their surveillance.
The mystery surrounding the will OF
AJr,;r,I Eaton ia still far from solved.