The herald., 1898-10-09
The SAxTON MURDER
sTIRs THE FEELING OF CANTON
PEOPLE
MRS. GEORGE Is IN JAIL
Testimony Taken by the Coroner
Seems to Connect the Prisoner
With the Crime
Press Special Wire.

| ASSOClateu FTeSS special wire.
| CANTON, O., Oct. S.--The city is intensely
moved by the shocking tragedy that SO
deeply affects the home of it's most hi ghly
esteemed citizen, the President of the
United States. 1t now turns out that Mrs.
George had been around the residence Of
Mrs. Althouse frequently, and when Sax
| ton was about to enter there last evening
he was shot dead or the doorstep.
| Mrs. George had frequently threatened
| to Kill him If he persisted in calling on Mrs.
lAlthouse. An interviewer at the City Prs
on told Mrs. George he was not surprised to
find her locked up. after what she had
threatened, and added:
| "You remember, You said you would kill
Saxton il he did not keep away from the
Althouse placer"
Eyes, remember that I told you that"
said Mrs. George.
"And you remember that told you that
| If you did you would be hung?"
YES" said Mrs. George. "And I re-
member that said did not care if was"
Mr. Marshall Barber, President McKin-
leys brother-in-law, wose residence is a.
he old SaXton homestead, received tele-
gram from the President today saying that
Mr. and Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs Barber
and son, John Barber, a Cuban and Porto
Rcan soldier, who has been very III at
Washington, will leave for Canton tonight
1t o'clock on the Pennsylvania road The
funeral Of Mr.. SaXton will be held Mon
day afternoon.
The post-mortem shows two superficial
shot wounds. third bullet entering the
left breast and the fourth entering the left
side six inches below the third, passing
Through the lower abdomen and supposedly
causing death.
The body was removed to the Barber resi-
deEce today.
| Several persons allege that Mrs. George
had threatened to shoot Saxton. She en-
gagged Mayor Rice and Attorney James
Sterling fer counsel today. An affidavit
charging murder in the first degree has
been filed against Mrs. George by Prose-
cutting Tttorney Pomerene in court 1t is
signed by Lawyer J. ]. Grant who was a
personal friend as we'll as legal counsel of
Saxton.
Mrs. George was taken into court for ar
ra gnment. Her attorneys, after reading
the affidavit, announced that they were not
ready for arraignment and the proceed
| ings were postponed until Monday. The
prisoner was remanded to the County Jail
Mrs. George is now in jail. the formal
| charge of first degree murder made today
not admitting of liberty under bonds. She
Is cool and collected, and still mali. tairs
silence on every feature connected with
| the tragedy.
| There is some gossip that Saxton may
| have been enticed 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 that
| therefore he had no reason to call.
The coroner began taking testimony this
afternoon, and examined half dozen or
more neighbors who heard the shooting or
saw the dead man. The only development
iof the inquest so far is a statement made
by Henry Bederman. that he saw woman
in black in front of the Althouse home fire
several shots at 4 man. After the first
shot she 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 ran away. He
could not tell who the woman was.
Relatives Coming
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley left here a 7:20 tonight for
Canton, where they will attend the fun
eral of Mrs. McKinleys brother. George
Saxton. With them were several rela-
tives and Major Webb Hayes. The party
travelled in the private car Campana, which
was attached to the rear of the regular
western express John Barber, nephew of
the president, who was recently brought
back here from the front with a well de-
veloped case of typhoid fever, and who Is
now conyalescing was brought down