Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-08

CANTON. o., October 7.-George Sax
,on q brother OF Mrs. William McKin-
l,ys. was shot cead at 6lo o'clock this
evening before the residence Of Mrs. Eva
y Althouse. widow of George Althouse,
No. sls Lincoln avenue, where he is pre-
surned to have gone to make a call. Five
shots were fred three Of which entered
the body
Mrs. Anna c. George has been placed
under arrest on suspicion Of having COM
mitted the murder.
Saxton was unconscious when neighbors
arrived to investigate the cause Of the
shooting. and was dead when physicians
and officers arrived the former having
expressed the opinion that death was in
stantaneous. -hree bullets having entered
vital spots.
Saxton's position indicated that he had
been on the step Of the Althouse residence
when the shots were fired.
The body was taken to an undertaking
room and placed in charge Of the Coro-
ner. Immediately after the autopsy it
will be taken TO the home Of Mr. f. NJ.
Barber. a brother-in-law of MIR. Saxton's,
where he made his home.
LAST SEEN OF sAXTON.
Mr. saxton left his home about o'clock,
.iding his bicycle, and this was the
last seen Of him by his friends The
AIthouse home was dark and locked, and
the neighbors said Mrs. Althouse had
not been at home for the past three days.
one of the ncighbors said a woman sup
posed to have done the shooting had
passed back of the house.
Mrs. George took her supper, as usual,
at "A downtown restaurant at AS and
some time later was on west-bound
car. and according TO the motormans
story got off at Hazlett avenue. near the
AIthouse home. About o'clock she was
arrested and locked up. Trouble in locat-
ing her was due principally to the fact
that she had moved from her old home
yesterday.
MRS GEORGE A DIVORCEE.
Mrs. George is the divorced wife of
tenant of Saxtons, in his downtown
business block. conducting a dressmaking
business Her divorce was obtained in
Dakota. and proceeding later filed in
local corrts By the husband against Sax
ton. charged that SaXton had sent her
there 10 secure the divorce. the proceed
inc here being a suit for damages for the
alleged alienation of the wife's affections.
This case has been through all the inter
mediate courts, and was passed upon by
the state Supreme Court on an inter
pleading. and finally remanded for hear
ing on its merits here. Before this oc-
CURED. and on Wednesday, settlement
was effected. SaXton paying George N,S25
on the claim set up for $4,000 for damages.
GEORGE AGAINST SAXTON.
Mrs. George has also had several cases
against Saxton, claiming the detention
OF furniture, the defence of SaXton being
that the articles were held for overdue
rent in the rooms.
ALTHOUSE AGAINST GEORGE.
Mrs. Althouse in front of whose house
the shooting occurred, several months ago
bopan peace proceedings against Mrs.
George alleging that her life had been
threatened.
MOTORMAN'S STORY.
crlpman Charles +. Rittenhouse' or
Car No. p. said to a reporter:
.Nfrs George got on my car at the
Square and rode west as far as Hazleu
avenue where she got off. do not Know
H.
where she went, Tor l took no particular
notice Of her. However, / know IT was
Mrs. George. and that she got of at the
avenue. She disappeared quickly some
where"
SAW THE SHOOTING.
Mr. Henry Beneman, residing at NO
1853 west Third street, about two hunoreo
feet from the Althouse residence SAID
Il was In the Borough grocery wheh
heard three shots and saw the fash from
the mouth OF gun. 1 went Immediately
10 the door OF the store, and after about
two minutes had elapsed heard TWO
more shots. Before / heard these, now
ever 1 sax woman, or some one dressed
IN womans clothes. go away from the
Althouse steps, rather slowly then turn
around and so back again. AT mat ume
heard the two more shots. This time
the woman started TO run She left the
pavement and ran up a vacant lot next TO
Mrs. r. NJ. Quinn's residence. We men
then went across the road and found
saxton lying there.
MRS. GEORGE CALM.
Mrs George maintained perfect SELF
control when arrested. and refused to
make a statement.
SHE HAD THREATENED sA%ToN.
II is common talk that Mrs. George
made frequent threats Of taking Slxton >
NE Many Of these threats are said 10
have been sent through the malls ana
the Federal grand jury last fall indicted
her for alleged improper use Of The malls