The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-02-04

had rooms for sometime past in the Saxton
block. Mrs. George is extremely pretty
in face and figure and has attracted
great deal of attention. The husband of
the darling little dressmaker asks George
d. Saxton to pay him $50, 900 for alternating
the affections of his wife and debauching
her.
THE ALLEGATIONS IN FULL.
The petition in full reads as follows:
The plaintiff, Sample G. George, COM
planning says:
That on or about the first day OF March,
A. d. 1889, at the city of Canton, Stark
county, Ohio, and on divers other days
since that time, at said city Of Canton and
other places, the said defendant, George
D. Saxton, wrongfully and wickedly
debauched and carnally knew one Anna
S. George, she being then and there land
still beiDe) the wife of plaintiff, all OF
which the defendant we'll knew, without
the privity and consent of plaintiff.
BY means whereof the affection ofIsaid
Anna S. George has been alienated from
plaintiff and she became infatuated with
the said defendant so that disregarding
her duties toward plaintiff and their
children (now aged about ten and six
years, respectively, y she abandoned plain
tiff, his home and family in November,
1889, and refuses to live with plaintiff.
Plaintiff further says that because of
the alternating of the affection of said
| Anna E. George from plaintiff and her
infatuation for defendant, she with the
consent of defendant, on the first day of
| April, 1890, moved into rooms in build
| ing owned by defendant and near by
rooms occupied by defendant in same
| building in said city of Canton and has
continued to live in said rooms ever since
that time until few weeks ago when she
left said room and as plaintiff is informed
has gone to some place in Dakota, to
plaintiff unknown.
That during the time she resided
in said building defendant frequent
ly, wrongfully and wickedly de-
bauched the wife of plaintiff
without plaintiffs privity or consent.
That for the reasons aforesaid the
plaintiff has been deprived Of the fellow
ship, society and services of his wife and
her aid in his family and domestic affairs,
has suffered great distress of body and
mind and has brought great shame and
dishonor to his damage in the sum of
thirty thousand $3.50, ,OO0 dollars, for which
he asks judgment against said defendant.
HARRY E. FIRST,
Atty. for Plaintiff.
THE DEFENDANT INTERVIEWED.
George D. Saxton was interviewed this
morning by NEWS. DEMOCRAT reporter,
Mr.. Saxton was met in the hallway in his
building and was asked concerning the
case.
"What case is that?" said he, ~ know
nothing about it," ~.
The reporter informed him of the al
legations of the petition. Mr.. Saxtor
took the matter very coolly and said hC
had nothing whatever to conceal.
"My relations with Mrs. George have
been simply those of landlord and tenant
have had no other relations with her
She occupied rooms in the building will
her husband for long time and then the!
, went away. She came back later but h
did not come with her, they having had a
1 understood 1t, a Misunderstanding. Sh
opened up dressmaking establishment
: and remained in the building until some
: time last fall. She paid her rent and tina
a is all the dealings l had with her. Yo
!. may say that have nothing to conceal |
the matter and simply deny the allegs
y tions as you have stated them to me.
know nothing whatever about the cas-,
consequently cannot give you any in
formation. I never had any money dea
ings with the women and simply deny II
charges in toto"
Before the reporter left MIR. Saxton Il
= timated that he did not propose to ser
% tho plaintiff in the case check for y
:, amount claimed.
n THE HUSBAND TALKS.
" Sample G. George, the plaintiff in Il
~ big case, was in the city yesterday al
Al talked with Attorney Nat G. MsLeaa. N
m Mclean was seen this morning aad "a
i. that he had met Mr.. George yests aday al
"a had talked with bim short timeaboutt
"a case. He stated that the husband had I
cited his wrongs to him and stated II
the allegations in the petition were TT
in every particular.
"He told me further,n said Mr.. Mcilsi
lg 'that his wife had gone, TO Dakota. a
oy that she had been sent there by Mr.. s.
81 ton in order TO get a divorce from hi
m. He believed that she would try to ge
sls divorce out there and then come bl
es here and live with Mr. Saxton.
e0 seemed determined and Thought he !
!, been greatly damaged,n