The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-09
PROBABLE CASE OF JEALOUSY
sAxTON POSSIBLY LED TO HIS DOOM
BY A DECOY LETTER.
President and Mrs. Mckinley on Their
Way from Washington to Attend
the Funeral ON Monday.

caused much gossip here Saxton was
man Of means, unmarried and known by
all. Since his attempt to discard Mrs. An
ME +. George it was expected that some
thing would happen She had been his ten
ant in the Saxton block. He had just COM
promised a suit for alternating her affections
by paying her husband 81 S25. Meantime
Sample c. George had married after Sax
tons attorney had secured a divorce for
Mrs. George in Dakota, and the divorced
and discarded woman became desperate.
Her desperation was intensified by seeing
Saxton paying attentions to Mrs. Althouse.
1t now turns out that Mrs. George had
been seen around the residence of Mrs. Alt
house frequently and when Saxton was
about to enter there last evening he was
shot dead on the doorstep. 1t is alleged
that the five shots were fired by Mrs.
George, who had frequently threatened to
kill him if he persisted in calling on Mrs.
Althouse.
An interviewer at the city prison told
her locked up after what she had threat
ened, and added: You remember you said
away ro@ he honse pa ae ga not Keep
Yes. remember that told you that
said Mrs; George. And you remember
that ! told you that if you would that you
yes said Mrs. George, land 1 remem-
Der that l said that did not care if l
was
The post norton examination on the body
of the late Mr.. Saxton occupied the night.
There We're two superficial shot wounds.
third bullet entering the left breast, and
fourth entering the right side. three inches
below the third, passing through the lower
abdomen and, supposedly, causing death.
The body was removed to the Barber resi-
dence this morning.
Several persons allege this morning that
Mrs. George had threatened to shoot Sax
ton. She has engaged Mayor Rice and At
tOrney James Sterling for counsel. An afh-
davit charging murder in the first degree
cutting Attorney Pomerene in Justice Reig
ner's court, this morning. 1t was signed by
Lawyer J J. Grant, who was a personal
friend of Saxton, as well legal counsel
for the deceased. When Mrs George was
taken into the Justices court for arraign-
davit. announced they were not ready, and
further proceedings were postponed till 10
o'clock Monday morning The prisoner was
remanded to the county Jail.
Mrs George seems to be comfortably
tablished in her prison, and the officers say
that neither her appetite nor her rest is
disturbed by the conditions in which she
is placed. She is cool and collected and still
maintains silence on every feature con-
nected with the tragedy or with herself
while it was being enacted. The fact that
her attorneys objected to arraignment when
she was taken into the justice court to-day
indicates that they propose to attack the
affidavit on technical grounds.
Officers have been making special efforts
to find the eapon 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 to have
been, but to. no avail, It is probable she
had a consultation with her attorneys and
was advised TO keep silent about her move
ments after the shooting. Before her arrest
she went to the elevator car leading to the
Office of one Of the attorneys, and was
was not in the Office. For the next hour or
so nothing is known of her whereabouts,
and the attorneys may have been seen at
their residences. There is some gossip that
Saxton may have been enticed to the Alt
house residence by a decoy letter. This is
based on the statement of Mrs. Althouse
that evening and that she did not expect to
be, and therefore had no reason to call.
The coroner began taking testimony this
afternoon and examined half a dozen or
more neighbors who heard the shooting or
saw the dead man. The only development
of the inquest so far is statement by
Henry Bederman that he saw woman in
black in, front of the Althouse home fire
she had walked away and then there came
from the man q faint call for help. She
turned abruptly, walked back and fired sew
eral more shots and then ran away. He
could not tell who the people Were, but on
approaching recognized Saxton's body. The
more important witnesses will be examined
next week.
M G. Barber, the brother-in-law of Presi-
dent Mckinley, received a telegram from
Washington 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 Mr.. Saxton. The serv-
ices are to be private for the family and i'm
mediate friends. and will be held at the Bar
Der home, where the body was taken to-day.
This is the old Saxton homestead, and was
the Canton home of the McKinleyS during
the President career In Congress-.