The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09


Mckinley VIII attend Funeral.
CANTON, o., Oct. S.A-Mr. Marshall
Barber, President McKinley's brother
in-law, whose residence is at the old
Saxton homestead, received a telegram
from the president today, SAYING that
Mr.. and Mrs Mckinley and Mrs. Bar
Der and son, John Barber, a Cuban and
Porto Rican soldier, who has been very
Ill at Washington, will leave for Can
ton tonight at Z o'clock on the Penn
sylVania railroad.
The post norton examination of the
body of the late Mr.. Saxton occupied
the night. There were two superficial
shot wounds, third bullet entering
the left breast and a fourth entering
the left side two inches below
the third. passing through the lower
abdomen and supposedly causing death
Inc BODY was removed to the Barber
residence today.
Several persons alleged today that
Mrs. George had threatened to shoot
SaXton. She engaged Mayor Rice and
Attorney James Sterling for counsel
today. she being held on suspicion in
the mayors court. Mayor Rice an
noGnced that Justice Reigner would as
sumo his prerogat1ve as police Judge
while the mayor acts as counsel during
the arrangement, If made in this court
An a1hdaVit charging murder in the
Ilrst degree has been filed against Mrs.
George by Prosecuting Attorney Pome
! rene, IN Justice Reigner's court It is
signed by Lawyer j. j. Grant, who was
! q personal friend of SaXton as well as
| legal counsel for deceased
M. c. Barber, the brother-in-law of
PRESIDENT Mckinley, received a tele-
gram from Washington tonight, stat
| ing that o'clock would best suit Pres
| ldent Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley as
| the hour for holding funeral services
over the remains of George D. SaXton.
Mrs. McKinley's brother, who was as
| saSSlnated last night as he was ap-
Pro9chlng the house Of a friend. Ac-
| cofdingly, that hour Monday afternoon
mas been selected. The services are to
De private, for the family and imme-
date friends, and will occur at the
Barber home, where the body was TAX
en- today. This is the old Saxton home
Ste4u ana was the Canton home of the
Mchlnleys during the presidents ca
reer In congress. The Washington
message also announced that the pres
ldent and party will reach Canton over
the pennsylvania lines at 1925 Sunday
morning. Mrs Barber, who has been
IN washington nursing her sick soldier
son, John Barber, and the latter. will
come to Canton with the McKinleys
1t is thought by the friends here that
the president will, after the services.
continue the western trip and fill the
engagements made for next week.
MRS. GEORGE SILENT.
Mrs. Annie E. George, the woman
suspected Of firing the fatal shots. is
IN jail, the formal charge Of first de-
gree murder made today not admitting
OF liberty under bond. She is closely
conf1ned, so far as communication with
friends is concerned, although she is
not restricted in her consultations with
her attorneys. She seems to be COM
fortably established. and the officers
say that neither her appetite or her
rest 1s disturbed by the conditions in
which She is placed. She is cool and
collected and still maintains silence on
every feature connected with the trag-
edy and herself while it was being
enacted. The fact that her ATTORNEYS
objected to arraignment when she was
taken into justice court today indicates
that they propose to attack the affi-
davit on technical grounds. They Sc
cured an adjournment OF the arraign-
ment until 10 o'clock Monday.
Off1cers have been making special eff
forts to find 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 to have been.
but to no avail. 1t seems more than
possible that she had a consultation
with her attorneys and was advised to
keep the secrecy she showed after the
time Of the shooting and before her
arrest. She went to the elevator car
leading to the Office of one Of the at
torneys and was about to ascend when
she learned he was not in the office.
For the next hour or so nothing Is
known of her whereabouts, and the at
torneys may have been seen at their
| residence.
DECOYED TO DEATH.
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 Alt
house that Saxton knew she was not
at home that evening and that she did
not expect to be, and therefore had no
reason to call.