Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-09
Mrs. AIthouse Says saxton Knew
She Was Not to BE Mt Home Friday
Evening-search for Weapon with
out Avnil

CANTON, o.. October s.-M. C. Barber,
the brother-in-law Of President Mckinley,
received telegram from Washington to-
night, stating that o'clock would best
suit the President and Mrs Mckinley
as the hour for holding the funeral ser
vices over the remains Of George ID. Sax
ton, Mrs. McKinley's brother, who was
assassinated last night as he was APP
preaching the house OF friend. Accord
ingly, that hour, Monday afternoon, has
been settled upon.
The services are to be private, for the
family and immediate friends, and will
occur at the Barber home, where the
body was taken. This is the old Saxton
homestead, and was the Canton home Of
the McKmleys during the Presidents
career in Congress.
The Washington message also an
nounced that the President and his party
would reach Canton over the Pennsyl-
vania lines at 1925 Sunday morning. Mrs.
Barber, who has been in Washington
nursing her sick son, John Barber. and
the latter, will come to Canton with the
McKinleys.
MRS. GEORGE IN JAIL.
Mrs. Annie +. George, the woman sus-
pected of firing the fatal shots, is in Jail,
the formal charge Of first-degree murder.
made to-day, not admitting of liberty
under bond. She is closely confined, so
far as communication with friends is con-
cerned, although she is not restricted In
her consultations with her attorneys. She
seems TO be comfortably established, and
the officers say that neither her appetite
nor her rest is disturbed by the condi-
tons in which she is placed.
She ia cool and collected, and still main
tains silence on every feature connected
with the tragedy. or with herself while
il was being enacted.
The fact that her attorneys objected to
assignment when she was taken into a
Justices court to-day indicates that they
propose 10 attack the affidavit on tech
nical grounds. They secured an adjourn
ment of the arraignment until 10 o'clock
Monday.
THE WEAPON.
officers have been making special efforts
TO find the weapon with which the crime
was committed by searching all around
the scene of the shooting, the field
through which the alleged murderess is
said TO have walked last night, and other
places where she is thought to have been,
but to no avail.
There is some gossip that Saxton may
have been enticed to the Althouse resi-
dence by decoy letter. This is based
on statement of Mrs. Althouse's that
Saxton knew she was not at home that
evening. and did not expect to be, and,
therefore, had no reason TO call.
CORONER's INQUEST.
The Coroner began taking testimony
this afternoon, and examined half a
dozen or more neighbors who had heard
the shooting or who saw the dead man.
The only development of the inquest so
far is a statement by Henry Bederman
that he saw a woman in black in front OF
the Althouse home fire several shots at a
man. After the first shot she had walked
away. and then there came from the
man a faint call for help. She turned
abruptly. walked back. and fired several
more shots, and then ran away. He
could not tell who the people were, but
on approaching recognized Saxton's body.
The most important witnesses will not be
examined until next week.
M'KINLEY'S LEAVE WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, October S.-Presdent
and Mrs Mckinley left here over the
Pennsylvania railroad at 1880 O'Clock to-
night for Canton. where they will attend
the funeral of Mrs. McKinley's brother
George Saxton, who was assassinated last
night With them were Miss Helen Nc
Kinley, Mr.. and Mrs Bowman, Mrs. Bar
Der and her son. Mr.. John Barber, and
Major Webb Hayes.
The party travelled In the private car
Campania, which was attached to the
rear of the regular western express.