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Show MfESTHT IS CONTRADICTED Mrs. Eaton Refutes Evidence of Witnesses Including Her Daughter Dorothy. SHE PITIED THE ADMIRAL Husband a Confirmed Drug User and Much Ashamed of His Habit. Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 28 The cross examination of Mrs Jennie May Eaton, Ea-ton, who Is on trial for her life charg ed with poisoning her husband. Rear Admiral Eaton, was uncompleted when court adjourned last night. She had then been on tbe stand twelve hours, sir under direct direct examination exami-nation Saturday and six hours In the hyids of District Attorney Barker yesterday At adjournment the district dis-trict attorney had not questioned her at all regarding the death of Admiral Eaton or incidents surrounding. The witness showed signs of fa tigue. She answered questions read lly. Much of the examination bad to do with numerous letters written by tbe defendant. Regarding one of these written in 100J. the witness said "The admiral's brain was full of drugs II" was almost childish at times, and should have been operated upon. If he had, he would be alive today." Witness Contradicts Testimony, Mrs. Eaton repeatedly contradicted testimony given by witnesses for the prosecution including that of her daughter Dorothy, who had said thai her mother gave tbe admiral medl 'ine In his tea and other' beverages. Mrs Eaton admitted that she had bought this medicine on two occasions. occa-sions. Once she said she told the admiral about It and gave it to him with his knowledge but the otbe.' time she didn't use it "I never could have deceived Ad miral Eaton. So expert was he in t medicines, that he would have detected de-tected it Immediately." she said Some of the medicine she bought for the admiral he liked so well that he "ate It like poppermln'," sh- declared Explaining a phrase In one of bei letters which referred to the "rotten ncas of the navy," Mrs Baton said she believed Mfe 'admiral's mentnl condition was due In .- large measure to his life abroad while In the nay Was Fond of Admiral. "I was very fond of tbe admiral, and pitted him deeply," she replied, when ask-d regarding testimony thai 9he had endeavored to have Eaton put away. She explained that she merely wanted to have him put In a sanitarium for three or six months as she believed it would cure him. "Did you ever see the admiral UM drugs?" "Yes. dozens of limes." was the re ply "He would eat it trom the palm of his hand and almost Immediately his eyes would become set and glassy and ho would appear as though intoxi cated " Admiral Eaton was aFhanied of bis drug habit, the witness Bald, and often of-ten she had know n of him to sprinkle whiskey on his coat and even on hii moustache In order to gHe the Impn slon that liquor was responsible for! his condition. Explain Letters Regarding letters in which she had said the admiral winked hi other women, the witness asserted that she was positive of these facts. Her letter to Grace B. Howard, in which she n9ked th recipient to tes tlfy that tbe admiral winked at her. was written, Mrs. Baton aid, because I she was afraid that the admiral would : try to fasten the death oJ ;h'ir adopt-! ed child on her daughter lune Sh I gave publicity to the baby's death, she Baid, "to save any m jre iives tha' might live around him." Going into details regarding neighborhood neigh-borhood gossip, she said "I came from an exclusive fan. and I cannot understand all this rob kIji I alt and gasp at the dowdlneai Of New England women. Southern ! women would be clever enough to know which of the two parties WIS short ol brains " |