South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-20
WIFE CHARGES THAT
ADMIRAL PLOTTED
ON HER OWN LIFE
Damaging Letter of Mrs. Eaton
to Professor introduced by
ProSeCutiOn-SayS Husband
Clever Maniac.

PLY MOUTH, Mass oct. 90
Mrs. Jennie Eaton, directly accused
her husband, Rear Admiral Jos. @
Eaton, whom she is herself accused
or Staying, Of plotting her own death.
Mrs. Eaton also accused her hus-
band OF having the cleverness of a
maniac and also having cunning
enough TO use a poison so subtle that
1t would be hard to detect.
The accused widows charges
against her husband were the sensa-
ton OF her trial for murder Monday.
Her bitter accusations are contained
IN letter she wrote Prof VIM. r.
Whitney. This letter was introduced
by the prosecution Monday and was
admitted as evidence.
The Accusing Letter.
The letter reads:
''Assinippi, Mass, Sept. II, 1909.
Prof. Whitney.
MY Dear Sir
Will you kindly inform me how
much longer it will be before YOU
can state exactly what INV dear.
little, healthy, strong child died
from. L am here alone in this
Isolated place with my husband.
Admiral j. G.. Eaton, whom I
know To be a dangerous insane
man. His position in life seems
TO make IL impossible for me TO be
treated like mere civilians would
be treated and my heart and pity
go out to this man (whO is 50
clever that he fools the world at
large, but not ME.
HE speaks at times TO me i'm "A
rambling sort of way and inferred
that the back bowels would con-
tain poison If any
Now please search for foreign
poison as he has talked To me
fire. nh
he has all the CleveTneSs of
maniac and cunning enough to
use one that would be hard TO de-
tect.
He has been planning my
death all day today and yet / ann
pOwerleSs and i trust on the find
ing OF poison to have him exam
ined for insanity and have him
taken care of.
Il don't want his money (sal-
ary). He has no money but 1 do
want the state to take charge of
that dear little life and INN for
he Is mad. Please let me hear
from you at an early date and
search for cholera subtle poison.
Respectfully.
(Signed) MRS. j. VI. EATON"
=. S.-AlSO have thorough eX-
animation OF his food and medi-
cine. III il il poison. il iS subtle
one, as he il familiar with cholera
and has spoken about poison used
for il and also the BACK BOW
els. And aS much "a said they
could not find Ii. II is 80 much
like the symptoms OF cholera:
watch ON these lines. 1 know he
is insane Kindly write me. NOu
should write to Mrs. Admiral j.
q. Eaton, ROcl2and. Mass. as
fear letter would not reach me
If it came here to Assinippi Mass.
Write Hold until called for on
letter "a ! only go mp once or
twice a week 90 ROCkland.'
Is Up Early.
Monday morning Mrs. Eaton was Up
early and prepared her toilette with
fast and was driven through a pelting
rain for two miles 10 the court house
in the sheriffs private carriage. In
the ante room she chatted with her
daughter June
Shortly after the proceedings open
ed June returned 10 QuiLcy. This in
dicated that she would not be called
to the witness stand Monday
Prof. Whitney declared that he
found no traces Of poison il the body
of the adopted child. He told OF re-
Ceiving the organs Of Rear Admiral
Eaton's body on March 8. 1918.
Prof. Whitney testified that he
found eleven and two-tenths grains Of
white arsenic in Admiral Eaton -
stomach. He said in his opinion the
arsenic had been taken about six
hours before death.
My opinion - that death was due
10 arsenic poison" said the witness.