New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
GEORGE D. SAXTON KILLED.
MRS. MKINLEY'S BROTHER SHOT DEAD
IN CANTON STREET
THREE BULLETS IN HIS BoDY-A WOMAN
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF HAv-
ING MURDERED HIM.

brother OF Mrs William Mckinley. was shot
dead at 6:1o o'clock this evening, before the
house Of Mrs Eva 3. Althouse. widow OF the
late George Althouse No. 80 Lincoln nave
where he is presumed to have gone to make
call. Five shots fired, three OF which en-
tered his body Mrs Anna c. George has neen
placed under arrest suspicion OF the murder
Saxton was unconscious when neighpors ar
rived to investigate the cause OF the shootins'
and was dead when the physicians ana orhcets
arrived the former having expressed the opifiio"
that death was instantaneous three bullets nav
ing entered vital spots His position indicated
that he had been on the step 10 the Aithouse
house when the shots were fired. The body was
taken TO an undertaking room and paced IN
charge of the Coroner Immediately after the
outonsv :, ,viu he taken to the home Of NJ. e.
Barber a brother in-law, where Saxton' "no
was unmarried. made his home
THE SUPPOSED MURDEREss'
Mr. saxton left the Barber house ABOUT
O'clock riding his bicycle, and TINS was the iaS'
seen of him by his friends. The Althouse NUM-
vas dar,, ard locked. and the neighbors said
that Mrs Althouse had not been at nome loi '"7
last three davs. One Of the neighbors said tha'
woman supposed TO have done 'he s"o'''7
had passed back Of the house
downtown restaurant at 4:45 o'clock and some
t.. ,...- ,,.oe an q westbound car. According
70 the notorman's story. she got off at Haze',-
a,,A ,ear the Althouse home About y O'CLOCK
eha was arrested by police officers and locked
,,r rro,ble in locating her was due princpauy
.o the fact that she moved from her ola nom"
yesterday. ,. -
Mrs George is the divorced wife Of Sample Z.
caorge and formerly was a tenant OF SaN'oh
n bis downtown business block. conducting
dresemakinp business Her divorce was op
+otned In Dakota and a proceeding was "leu
,ater In tho local courts by the HUSBAND aeaiiS'
eaxton He charged that Saxton had sent her
tbera n secure the divorce, the proceeding mere
heine q suIt for damages for the alleged aiena-
ton of the wfes affections. This case mas oee"
through all the intermediate courts ana WIS
nassed on by the State Supreme Court on an III
tern1eading and finally remanded for nearing o''
IFS merits here Before this occurreo Vi
Wednesday. a settlement vas Effected SAXON
having George 81 s25 on the claim set up OF
$4,000 for damages.
Mrs Caorge has also had several cases against
saxton. alleging the detention Of furniture 'ne
defence Of Saxton being that the articles were
held for overdue rent Of the rooms
Mrs Althouse in front Of whose mousse 'he
shooting occurred several months ago heesh
peace proceedings against Mrs George sheg'ns
that her life had heen threatened
Charles z Rittenhouse. gripman OF car NO -
sa,d m a reporters-"Mrs.. George got ONO NV
car at the SQUARE and rode vest as far rs haz
Iett-ave where she got of Do nor kho"
where she went. for I took no particular nouse
NJ her However. 7 know It was MIS- "eorse
and that she got off at the avenue. She disap
peared quickly somewhere
HEARD THE SHOTS FIRED
,o,gr man nv the name Of Hogan. living az
No 216 IJncon-ave.. FIVE houses south OF the
Atbouse home. on the opposite side OF the
street. said I heard only two shots nred ana
saw no one. rushed Immediately to the place
and found what every one knows-George D.
saxton. or q man whom they said was George D.
Saxton upon the pavement ihat IL aii 'i''
know Of the affair
, poror who keers a grocery store AT NO.
o14 1incoln-ave said: i was standing here
.o,t,ro with eon,e men. when I heard two shots
fred. sounding Ike those from revolver In q
n,oroant mr. two | heard two more. ] saw no
one AZ all-nnerely heard the shooting and then
oaroe the crowd VINO found IT George Sax
ton who WIS killed
tIarr,, pederman living al NO 500 West
Tbird-st about two hundred feet from the Alt
bousA home said 7 was in the Boren grocery
when 7 heard two shots from revolver and
sou the fash from the mouth Of a gun. went
immediately 10 the door Of the store, and after
about two minutes had elapsed I heard two
more BEFORE I heard these however, saw
v.or,ar or son,A one dressed In WOmans clothes,
On a,vav from the Althouse stoOp rather slowly,
then turn around and go back again AT that
time 7 heard the two more shots. This time
the woman started to run She left the pave
n,ant and ran up vacant lot next to Mrs h NJ
Orirn,s residence We men then went across
the road and found Saxton lying there
ARREST OF MRS. GEORGE
IT,, .,x, ,,ro. mast Mrs George has been liv-
,ro a. M SIG West Tuscarawas-st., about
Nve blocks from where the shooting occurred
Farly in the week she Is said TO have packed up
her household goods and to have shipped them
m her mothers home at Hanoverton. since her
Goods have gone she has been living in the
rooms ~ Mrs Oberlin. in the same house. she
left the bouse about o'clock this morning and
aid not return While the officers were talking
~ Mrs Oberlin tonight. Mrs. George was seen
canning across lot near by AS she attempted
n 20 around the house to get in the back way
she was put under arrest by the officers ana
brought TO Police Headquarters
When she was brought into the station she
seemed TO be self-possessed. chair was given
10 her. and one OF the officers took small cape
which she carried and placed 1t on the taDle'
Prosecuting Attorney Pomerent' VINO was pres
ent. drew his chair in front of her and SAID
Mrs George where were you apout y
o'clock"
Mrs George called the turnkey ana "hlspe'en
something in his ear He spoke TO the Prose
cutting Attorney. and then told her he could not
grant her request. The question as TO where
che was at the hour named was repeated.
She answered in a perfectly calm and quiet
tone: Pardon me- sir. will talk when the
proper time comes