Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-08
AN UGLY DEED.
Mrs. Pres. MckinIey's Brother
Murdered at Canton.
Mrs. George Under Arrest Charged
With Having Shot the Man.
Refuses to talk But Circumstances Ill
Point to Her Guilt.

rOInt 10 ner guilt.
Canton, Ohio, Oct. 7.-George Saxton,
brother of Mrs. VIM. Mckinley, was
shot dead, at 6.10 this evening, before
the residence of Mrs. Eva B. AlthOuse,
widow of the late George Althouse, 319
Lincoln Ave-, where he is presumed to
have gone to make call. Five shots
were fired, three of which entered his
body, and Mrs. Anna C. George has
been placed under arrest on suspicion
of murder.
Saxton was unconscious when neigh
bors arrived to investigate the cause
of the shooting and was dead when the
physicians and officers arrived. The
doctors expressed the opinion that
death was instantaneous, three bullets
having entered vital spots. His posi-
ton indicated that he had been on the
steps of the Althouse residence when
the shots were fired. The body was
taken to an undertaking room and
placed in charge of the coroner. Inn
mediately after autopsy it will be TAX
en- to the home of NJ. G. Barber, a
brotherin-law, where Mr.. Saxton, who
was unmarried, made his home.
Mr.. Saxton left the Barboar home
about o'clock, riding his bicycle, and
this was the last seen of him alive by
his friends. The Althouse home was
dark and locked, and the neighbors
said Mrs. Althouse had not been at
home for the past three days. One of
the neighbors said a woman supposed
to have done the shooting had passed
back of the house. Mrs. George took
her supper as usual at down town
restaurant at AS and some time later
was on a westbound car, and according
to the motorman's story got off at
Hazlett avenue near the ANthouse
home. About o'clock, she was arrest
ed by the police officers and locked up.
Trouble in locating her was due, prin-
cipally to the fact that she moved from
her old home. yesterday.
Mrs. George is the divorced wife of
Sample C. George, and formerly was 4
tenant of Mr.. Saxton in his down town
businss block. conducting a dressmax-
ing business. Her divorce was obtain
ed in Dakota, and proceeding later
filed in local courts by the husband
against Saxton charged that Saxt on
had sent her there to secure the di-
vorce, the proceedings here being suit
for damages for the alleged alienation
Of the wife's Affections
The case has been through all
the intermediate courts and was
passed upon by the state supreme
court on anter-pleading and finally re-
| manded for hearing on it's merits here.
Before this occurred and on Wednes-
day settlement was effected. Saxton
paying George $1S25 on the claim set
up of $4,000 for damages.
Mrs. George has also had several cas-
es against Saxton claiming the deten-
ton of furniture, the defense of Sax
ton being that the articles We're held
for overdue rent on the rooms.
Mrs. Althouse, in front of whose
| months ago began peace proceedings
against Mrs. George, alleging that her
life had been threatened.
Gripman Charles F. Rittenhouse,
said to reporter: Mrs. George got
onto my car at the square and rode
west as far as Hazlett avenue, where
she got off. / do not know where she
| went, for took no particular notice of
her. She disappeared quickly some
where
A young man by the name of Hogan,
residing five houses south of the Alt
house residence on the opposite side Of
the street. said: Heard only two
shots fired. and saw no one. l rushad
Immediately to that place, and found
George Saxton upon the pavement.
That is all that l know of the affair.
Henry Bederman. residing about 200
feet from the Althouse residence, said:
I was in the Boren grocery at 314 Lin
coin avenue when l heard two shots
from a revolver and saw the flash from
the mouth of a gum. l went immedi-
ately to the door of the store and after
about two minutes had elapsed. heard
two more. Before heard these, how
ever 1 cav a woman or some one
dressed in woman's clothes. go away
from the Althouse steps rather slowly.
then turn around and go back again.
At that time heard the two additional
shots. This time the woman started to
run. She left the pavement and ran
up a vacant lot next to Mrs. r. w. M.
Quinns residence. We men then went
across the road and found Saxton lying
there. For some time past Mrs. George
has been living at 1916 West Tuscara-
was street. about five blocks away
from where the shooting occurred.
Early in the week she is said to have
packed up her household goods and to
have shipped them to her mothers
home at Hanoverton. Since her goods
have gone she has been living at the
rooms of Mrs. Jake Oberlin, In the same
house. She left the house, about 8 o'clock
this mornin, and did not return. While
the officers were talking to Mrs. Oberlin,
tonight. Mrs. George was seen coming
across a lot nearby. As sne attempted to
go around the house to get in at the back
way, she was arrested and brought to
police headquarters. When she was
brought into the station house she seemed
to be self possessed. She was given a
chair. Prosecuting Attorney Eomerent.
who was present, pulled hts CHAIR In front
Of her and said: s'st NJ
.Mrs. George, where were you at about
6 o'clock.
She answered, in a perfectly calm and
quiet tone: Pardon me- sir, I will talk
when the proper time comes.'
Ibid you go out on the street cars
about that timer"
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