The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-08
Divorced Woman, Whose Husband
Sued SaxtOn for Alternating
His Wife's Affections.
STORIES OF EYEWITNESSES
WHO HEARD THE SHOTS AND SAW
AN UNKNOWN WOMAN RUN.
Mrs. George Questioned, but No Re-
plies Made-Reported to Have FREE
quently Threatened Saxton.

brother of Mrs. William Mckinley was
shot dead at 6:10 o'clock this evening in
front of the residence of Mrs. Eva B. Alt
house, widow of the late George Althouse,
No. $40 Lincoln avenue, where he is pre-
sumed to have gone to make a call. Five
shots were fired, three of which entered
his body, and Mrs. Anna c. George has
been placed under arrest on suspicion of
the murder Saxton was unconscious when
neighbors arrived and began investigating
the cause of the shooting, and was dead
when the physicians and officers arrived,
the physicians having expressed the opin-
ion that death was instantaneous three
bullets having entered vital spots The po-
stion of the body indicated that Saxton
had been on the step to the Althouse resi-
dence when the shots were fired. The body
was taken to an undertaking room and
placed in charge of the coroner. Immediate
ly after the autopsy it will be taken to the
home of M. c. Barber, a brother-in-law.
where Saxton. who was unmarried, made
his home
Mr. Saxton left the Barber home about 6
o'clock. riding his bicycle, and this was the
last seen of him by his friends The Alt
house home was dark and locked, and the
neighbors said Mrs. Althouse had not been
neighbors said woman, who is supposed
to have done the shooting, had passed
back of the house. Mrs. George took her
supper as usual at downtown restaurant
at 4:45 and some time later was on west
bound car, and, according to the motor
mans story. got off at Hazlette avenue,
near the Althouse home. About 9 o'clock
she was arrested by the police officers and
locked up. The trouble in locating her was
due, principally, to the fact that she moved
from her old home yesterday.
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Mrs. George is the divorced wife of Sam
pie c. George, who formerly was tenant
of Saxton in his downtown business block
conducting a dressmaking business Her di-
vorce was obtained in Dakota, and proceed
ings later filed in local courts by the hus-
band against Saxton charged that Saxton
had sent her there to secure the divorce the
proceedings here being suit for damages
for alleged alienation of the wifes affec-
tions. This case has been through all the
intermediate courts and was passed upon
by the State Supreme Court on an inter-
pleading and finally remanded for hearing
on it's merits here. Before this occurred,
on Wednesday, a settlement was eff
fected. Saxto.l paying George 81 S25 on the
claim sent up of $4,000 for damages. Mrs.
George had also had several cases against
Saxton, claiming the detention of furniture,
the defense of Saxton being that the articles
were held for overdue rent on the rooms
Mrs. Althouse, in front of whose house the
shooting occurred, several months ago be-
gan proceedings against Mrs. George, al
leging that her life had been threatened.
Gripman Charles E. Rittenhouse, of car
No. 21 said to a reporter Mrs. George
got on my car at the square and rode west
as far as Hazlette avenue, where she got
off. / do not know where she went, for l
took no particular notice of her. However,
L know it was Mrs. George and that she
got off at the avenue. She disappeared
quickly somewhere
young man named Hogan, residing at
No. z16 Lincoln avenue five houses south
of the Althouse residence, on the opposite
side of the street said Il heard only two
shots fired, and saw no one. / rushed i'm
mediately to the place and found what ev-
cry one knows-George Saxton, or a man
whom they said was George Saxton upon
the pavement. That is all that 1 know of
the affair.""
A. Boren, who keeps grocery store at
No. 314 Lincoln avenue, said: II was stand
ing here talking with some men when /
from a revolver. In a moment or two 1
heard two more. saw no one at all-mere-
ly the shooting. and then came the crowd
who found that it was George Saxton who
was killed"
SAW A WOMAN.
Mr.. Henry Bederman residing at No. 1909
West Third street, about two hundred feet
from the Althouse residence said: II was
in the Boren grocery when / heard two
shots from a revolver fired, and saw the
flash from the mouth of the gun. I went
Immediately TO the door of the store and
after about two minutes had ELAPSED I
heard two more. Before heard these how
ever, / saw woman, some one dressed
in women's clothes, go away from the Alt
house steps rather slowly. then turn around
and go back again. At that time / heard
two more Shots This time the woman
started and ran. She left the pavement
and ran UP a vacant lot next to Mrs. r.
NJ. Quinn's residence. We went across the
road and found Saxton lying there
VIM. Click lives next TO the Althouse resi-
dence. on the corner of West Third street
and Lincoln avenue. He said: Il heard the
shooting. / was sitting in the room reading
the paper In two or three minutes | heard
two more noises that sounded like the re-
ports from a revolver. / said tc my wife:
There must be something wrong here 1
went to the door and saw crowd coming
across the street and went out myself.
There l found George Saxton. apparently
lifeless That is all / know"
For some time past Mrs. George has been
living at No. 1916 West Tuscarawas street.
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