The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
SAXTOWS FUNERAL MONDAY.
PRESIDENT AND PARTY 10 REACH
CANTON Tomorrow.

Mrs. George, Accused of the AssassI-
nation Held In Jail without the
Liberty of Bond-Her Appetite or
Rest Not the Least Affected by the
Condition of Her Incarceration.
Maintains IA strict silence Regard
ing the Tragedy - Officers Making
Special Efforts 70 Find tho
Weapon with Which the Crime
WAS COmmttted-The President TO
Arrive nt Canton To-day.
Canton, o., oct. s.--M. c. Barber, tho
brother-in-law of President Mckinley, re-
celved a telegram from Washington to-
night stating that 2 o'clock would best
suit the President and Mrs. Mckinley as
the hour for holding the funeral services
over the remains of George D. saxton.
Mrs McKinleys brother, who was as
sassinated last night as he was approach
ing the house of a friend. Accordingly,
that hour Monday afternoon has been se-
lected.
The services are to be private for tho
family and immediate friends, and will
occur at the Barber home. where tho
homestead and is the Canton home of the
McKinleys during the Presidents career
in Congress.
The Washington message also announce
ed that the President and his party viii
reach Canton over the Pennsylvania line
at 1925 Sunday morning
Mrs, Barber, who has been In Wash
inton nursing her sick son, Joe Barber,
and the latter, viii come to Canton with
the Mckinley party.
Mrs. Annie George the woman suspected
OF firing the fatal shots, is in jail. ths
formal charge of first degree murder made
to-day not admitting Of liberty under bond.
She is closely confined, so far as commu-
nlcations with friends is concerned, all
though she Is not restricted IN her consul
tatIons with her attorneys. She seems to
be comfortably established, and the off,
GERS say that neither her appetite nor her
rest Is disturbed by the conditions In
which she Is placed. She Is cool and coll
lected and still maintains silence on every
feature connected with the tragedy or with
herself while It was being enacted.
/ The fact that her attorneys objected to
/ hSHlbHflNilL Wiltn sue was taken INTO JUS
tice's court to-day indicates that they pro-
pose to attack the affidavit on technical
| grounds.
They secured an adjournment Of the
arralgnment until 10 o'clock Monday.
Officers have been making special efforts
| to hnd the weapon with which the crime
was committed, by searching all around
| the scene of the shooting, the field
| through which she Is said TO have walked
| last night and other places
she Is thought 10 have been,
but to no avail. There is some gossip
! that Saxton may have been enHced to
| the Althouse residence by decoy letter.
! This Is based on the statement OF Mrs.
| Althouse that Saxton knew she was not
at home that evening and that she did
not expect to be, and, therefore, he had
no reason TO call
| The coroner began taking testimony this
afternoon and examined half dozen or
more neighbors who had heard the shoot
ing or saw the dead man. The only devel-
opment of the inquest SO far is a state-
ment by Henry Bederman that he saw a
woman In back IN front of the Althouse
home fire several shots at man. After
| the first shots she had walked away and
then there came from the man a faint call
| for help. She turned abruptly walked back
away He could not tell who the people
were, but on approaching recognized Sax
| toms body.
The most important witnesses will not b
| examined until next week.