Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Choral Killed Eaton, Former
Southerner, Is Report on
Mystery.
HOME CLOSELY GUARDED:
WIDOW DEMANDS ACTION
Members of Household Cues
tioned-InqueSt Monday to
Fix Responsibility.

BOSTON, March 15.--With the re
mort of Professor W. P. Whitney, of
the Harverd medical school, that Rear
Admiral Joseph c. Eaton, L. $. n, re-
tired, had come to his death through
choral poisoning. the Eaton home in
Assinippi was under the surveillance
of police today. officers of Plymouth
county kept guard to see who left or
entered the home
Professor Whitney's report of poison
ing has been sent to District Attorney
Albert Z. Barker OF Plymouth county,
who is in charge Of the investigation
of the admiraPs death. The poison
was found by examination of the Wis
cera.
An inquest into Admiral Eatons
death will be held Monday in the Sec
ond Plymouth district court at Ablns-
don. when the officials will determine
how the poison was administered to
Admiral Eaton and place the RESPONSE
bility. An arrest in the case may be
DELAYED until after the inquest, II was
stated this afternoon.
Mrs. Jennie May Harrison Eaton.
wife of the dead man, demanded TO-DAY
that the authorities take some action
one way or another But the official
seal of mystery in Plymouth county
has been kept on the case as ushuy
as ever. q,
Questioning Of the Eaton household
has continued. The last one to be IN
tarrogated by state officials, Johh
scott and Deputy Sheriff John T. Con
don. is Mrs. Ralph P. Keyes. formerly
Mrs. Jane Ainsworth.
The United States government mas
rant its official attention TO the case
Dr PAM Dess. Of the ChariestoWn ma
vy ward. has asked Medical Examiner
osgood to keep him posted.
Admiral Eaton, who was nero Oh
santiago bay, was a Southernef py
birth. coming from Alabama.
officials Admit Mystery.
That the death of the former naval
fsro invoIves a mystery is admitted by
the authorities.
Said Mrs Harrison, mother OF MIS-
Eaton:
These rumors that my son-in-laW
was poisoned are terrible. we reel ter
~ib,v distressed over his death. 1t Is
nonsense to say that the admiral was
poisoned. His stomach. as people wen
know. was In bad shape.
He was naval hero, and, Ike
many naval men. he used considerable
liquor His death was purely from nat
j. Mt
able to retain food on his stomac"
during the past year or two. This was
speciallv true Of his breakfast. lie
.6uId not keep his breakfast down any
.angth of time.
.Wednesday of -ast week me cooked
his own dinner. as he was i'm the habit
Of doing at times. He had a pig XIII
ed. II weighed 90 pounds, and he Geek
cd il himself. with vegetables. At 2
u. m. ne sat down and ate about two
pounds of it. A few hours later he ne
came sick. He seemed to be suffer
ing at the time.
Thursday he was taken sick, and
Friday he complained of feeling cold.
Saturday morning, at 2 o'clock. he oleu.
Fell Onto Stove.
About two years ago the admiral
had been over to Rockland to cash a
check and buy some supplies, When
he returned home that afternoon he
lay down on the couch. He had bot
tie of liquor He always used it. he
used some of it that afternoon, bat
was not intoxicated Some one called
to see him and he went into the htch-
On When he was walking across the
Kitchen. he fell across the stove ana
cut his head"
The widow and Ter younger daugn-
Ter Miss Dorothy Ainsworth q stem
daughter Of the dead man, ~ept bit
terry at the grave At the N.do" $
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