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Eaton case reveals threats to Admiral before death
Witnesses recount Mrs. Jennie Eaton allegedly urged harm to Admiral Eaton and her own husband during visits at Assinippi. Testimony details letters, poison searches, medical notes, and a dramatic Plymouth courthouse crowd as state officers build a murder by poison case.
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Keyes
June
Assinippi
Jane
Mrs. Eaton
Plymouth
John H. Scott
Aiken
Scott
Dorothy
Mother
Frame
Condon
Sherlock Holmes
Attorney Morse
Jennie M. Eaton
Morse
Katzmann
Medford
Malden
Whitman
Rockland
Boston
Brockton
Georgetown
Alexandria
Eaton
Wallingford
Bessie Bursey
Washington
Charles H. Colegate, Jr
Harvard
Boston University Medical School
Admiral Eaton
John Lewis Edwards
Washington, D. C
United States
Sand Hills
Mass
J. M. Eaton
Weymouth
Navy
Dr. Blanchard
Brookline
Dr. Jelly
Auckland
Court
Allienists
Joe Eaton
Wright
Jeannid M. Eaton
Wash
St. Weymouth
Colegate
Osgood
Ralph Preble Keyes
Dorchester
Juné
Europe
Mrs. Keyes
Admirals