The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09
THE FUNERAL. OF
GEORGE SAXTON
Vie President and Family viii Reach
Canton This Morning.
MRS. GEORGE is STILL IN JAIL.
She il Cool and Collected ana Deci'"'s
To Discuss the Murdcr-iteported
That a Dccoy Letter Carried
SaAton To His Death.

CANTON, ONO. oct. &.-M. c. Barber,
the brother-in-law OF President Mckinney
received d telegram from Washington TO-
night stating that 2 o'clock would best
SUIT the President and Mrs. Mckinley as
the hour tor holding the funeral services
OYER the remains Of George ID. saxion.
MIS-. Mckinley brother. who was assas-
sinased last night as he was approaching
The house OF a friend. According, IA
hour. Monday afternoon. has been settled.
The services are TO be- private FOR the
samily and immediate friends. and VIII
occur at the BarOer home, where the body
was taken.
This is the old Saxton homestead and IS
the Canton home Of the Mchinlcys during
she Presidents career IN Congress. 'lhe
Washington message also announced That
The President and his party will reach
canton over the Pennsylvania lines at
10.25 Sunday morning. Mrs. Barber, VINO
has been in washington nursing her sick
son, John Barber. and the latter will come
10 anton with the Mckinieys.
Mrs. Annie r.. George. the woman sus-
yected OF firing the fatal shots. IS IN Jam
ahe formal charge Of first degree murder
made to-day not admitting of liberty un-
der bond. She Is closely confined so FAR as
communication with friends s'concerned,
although she is not restricted in her con-
SITUATIONS with her attorneys She seems
10 be comfortably established, ana the
officers say that neither her appetite nor
her rest is disturbed by the conditions IN
which she is placed.
MRS. GORGE SILENT.
she is cool and collected ami stih main
tains silence on every feature connected
with the tragedy or with herself wnhe
IL was being enacted.
The fact that her attorneys objected
10 assignment when she was taken into
ahe Justices court to-day indicates that
they propose 20 atsck The ahidavit on
technical grounds. They secured an
adjournment of the arfnignmfnt unul ~
O'Clock Monday. -as
OfHcers have been making special ef-
forts 20 End the weapon with which the
crime was committed by searching all
around the scene Of the shooting' the
feld through which she Is said TO nave
walked last night and other place she
IS thought TO have been. but TO no avail
a DECOY LETTER.
There Is some gossip that SaXton may
have been onticed to the Althouse resi-
dence by a decoy letter. This is based on
the statement Of Mrs. Althouse that Sax
ton knew she was not al home that even
ing. and that she did not expect 20 be.
end. therefore. he had no reason TO call.
The coroner began taking testimony this
afternoon and examined half a dozen or
more neighbOrs who had heard the
shooting or saw the dead man. The only
development OF the inquest so far is q
statement by Henry Boderman that he
saw a woman in black I'm front Of the
Aithouse home fire several shots at a
man. After the first shot she had walked
away and then there came from the man
q faint call for help. She turned abruptly
walked back and fired several more shots
and then ran away. lie could not tell
who the people were. but on approaching
recognized Saxton's body. The most inn
portant Witnesses will not be examined
until next week.