Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-29
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long series Of incidents, m~ny OF which
had been paraded in court, in which
Eaxton and Mrs. George were princi-
pals Saxton was wealthy bachelor,
who had we'll passed the fortieth mile
stone, and who had bachelor apart
ments in his large business block,
known as the Saxton block. Mrs.
George was the wife of Sample z.
George, a carpenter, at Hanovefton'
Columbiana county, and living with
him and their two sons, now aged
about 10 and IL respectively. She was
just little younger than Saxton'
striking in appearance. rather hand
some, tall and we'll formed and par
ticularly good dresser. She was then
following the business of dressrlaking
at .Hanoyerton. This was along about
1890. She and Saxton first saw each
other when she was shopping in Can
ton, and they met in store in the
Saxton block. Soon after this Mrs.
/. George came to Canton and a sign In
one Of the windows of the Saxton
block designated her dressmaking par
lors.
The first recorded evidence of trou-
Bile between. Sax.on and Mrs. George
nj fn
George from the corridors of the Sax
ton FLOCK, where it was alleged she
was lettering about to harass Saxton,
to the annoyance of other tenants.
This was after her dressmaking estab-
lishment in the Saxton block had been
abandoned. This was followed closely
along in the latter part of 1895 by re-
plevin suit by Mrs. George alleging
that Saxton was OBTAINING the furn-
ishings in her former rooms in his
block Saxton claimed the property
had been pledged to him for rent and
money due. This in turn was followed
by suit filed by Mrs. George asking
$4,000 DAMAGES
from Saxton and alleging breach of
promise to marry her. These actions
, were settled, according to court docket
entries, early in 1896. Terms of settle
ment are not recorded, and only Mrs.
Georges version became public. She
caid they had met in Pfttsburg, where
Saxton gave her substantial sum OF
money and promised to marry her as
soon as a case brought against him by
the former husband, Sample C. George,
was settled.
Antedating or interviewer in the liti-
cation between Saxton and Mrs. George
was another serial in which Sample c.
George, the former husband, was a
principal. In 1892, February 8, the
husband sued Saxton for 100000. al
lcging as basis of damages that Sax
ton had invaded the sanctity of his
home and deprived him of his wife's
services and companionship by alienat-
ing her affections. After many mo-
tons, pleadings and interpleadings
this case was dismissed without hear
ing March %, 1894, without prejudice
to new action. About the time the
damage case was filed George sued his
wife for divorce, but before the case
was brought to issue she was divorced
from him by decree of court sitting at
Canton, S. d.
February 5, 1895, Sample c. George
renewed his suit against Saxton, add
ing to his former allegations state
ments that Saxton had induced Mrs
George to secure the South Dakota di-
vorce and had aided her to do SO with
money and otherwise. This action was
carried to the Supreme Court en- techni
calities, and finally sent back here for
hearing. Without trial, however, it
was settled by Saxton paying George
1888, just two days before the mur-
der. Saxton denied any obligation to
pay and said he had settled merely to
save relatives the annoyance which
the litigation was causing them.
George said he had settled for SO small
sum merely because he had been re-
married more than a year. The re-
marriage, he feared, would mitigate
damages in the eyes of jury.
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