The Detroit times., 1915-05-26
Sed Daughters
Death BY Starvation,
keidan says
STEPMOTHER Is
GIVEN BLAME, TOO
Urged Husband to
Punish Child. Pros
ecutOr Declares

1aksng ot testimony T.. the tIal Of
n.,h4r q Eaton on the charge ot
maaslaash;sr In connection with
BE death ut his le-yearold danSh.
Ter Ethel Ms ttEuu before Judge
Ionuo.Iy Tu,sds, morning
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Neieen explained 20 ,he jury hat
,ae statutes Of Michigan demand
hat parent furnish his child sum
,ieE' and proper food care and NED
.-sl attention, and refrain from
aaDs, and torture lie said that
tae~" acre three counts In the
Cage ,ha, Eaton failed 90 give
EIA,, .gfHcier, food that he lit not
give her medical attention. and hat
l~ ul'reR,ed ser
NJ ksidau explained thar Eaton
married his secoLd wifa in 1872 and
thar the second Mrs Eaton took
dislike 20 E,5el
she did all she could % make
her husband believe that Ethel had
l done vroH- during his absence
sad NJ Keitsn. and prevailed on
'liu 20 punish h.r W. shall show
hat rAis punishment sou.t trnas
'ooA 'ss fo-m Of depr'v'ng her -
food for a. much as = hours. and
that 30 ause ot this treatment net
system became weakened - such aa
extent that she could not retain
FOOD on th., account She vas boa.
~. soUefiTes with sSitHn. some
times Ntth strap She wa com
PEELED 20 sleep sometimes on me
1oo- without bedding. sometimes q
o. .a- 9-tsa In cold room We srsll
show YOU that because of 'h-se tor
trcs the girl rad 70 ba KEEP, ont ot
'chopl Though the neigh O~s ad
yi-ed Eaton 30 get medical attention.
he refused 20 DO L.. thou7h NJ was
nCrk,ng and getting good @as.s he
i'tps"d 'o &, even cit physician
a!thoat cost % aim.
We sAal show that on Ia T.,
the neIEhhors found Ethel In such
an emacistet condition thar they
notified "a" poor commission. aad
that ~ Jan. : when Pm - fian.,
,ent bv Sgpt Dolan called yo her
he- father refused 20 allow bo a.
ttnlantS 20 take her 30 Harper ro~
rual grti policeman Nas called
We shall show Jhaf she remained
tuere al Feb 2s when she died
We shall slow yop that she died
starvation. mal-nstr.ti1n due 20 ;Js
neglect of her ~ tae detsndlut 10
the case"
Miss Alice Walker. nurse in Har-
per hospital vss the frat witness
Did you 'alk With Mr. Eaton 80
asked M- X ,idan
Yes. on Jan. "a. In the hospital.
replied Miss Walker u asked him
thy he had not secured a physi
clan for Ethel tie replied that 30
didn't consider her iii enough ]
asked him Il he ehipv,d her he
said that he punished her when
she needed ~ I asked him II he
punished her frequently. re replied
that he did
In what condition did you End
ths child2"
II found her extremely emacia'cd
There uas = large bruse on her
right eye Her teeth we're broken
IN front There we're abscesses on
her shoulders and arms and hips
There were open sores on her shlns
Her skin vas very dry and vas
drawn tightly over her face. When
she smiled, II vas sort ~ grin
She looked Ike person 90 years
old
Attorney Thomas T.. Dalton. for
the defense brouRh, oDt the fact
that the attending physicians be
lieved a. drst that Ethel had tuber
culosis Miss Walker said that
Ethel improved al FIRST. bu, that on
Feb %. she took decided turn
for the worse. and died. Feb -
pdnr you write 20 Mrs Eaton
that tho child Ras recovering"
asked Mr Dalton
Mr Ksldan objected
10 you intend 20 Try 70 show
neglect on the part Of the hospital"
asked Mr. Kaidan
Never mind What I intend TO
SHOW I'm conducting 'hls defense. a"
Vas 'he ausFer
Judge Connolly excluded tho ques.
tiOn
Mrs Amelia Wagner 80. $50
FEscher-ave.. testified 70 20 she was
a ne'ghbor of the Eators. who lived
at 30 s95, tVo houses away She
esid hat she saV Ethel on Jan. :.
nth her arm In p3 % water
his belng Ethels strumother's
me,lod ~ rcsting he sores. She
saw her sga'I on Jan (. wien her
stei mothef '.as Washing theI 3
head
she was covered with sores." /"
said Mrs Wagner
She said that Eaton told her that