The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-10


held responsible for the shooting and kill
ing of George D. Saxton. The Journals
readers remember the murder Of SaXton, a
relative of Mrs. President Mckinley, at
Canton, Ohio,last October. Whatever the
merits Of the case may be this fact is GER
tain-Mrs. George is now repentant
woman and means to make her own
wretched folly serve as a powerful ser
mon to other weak women. With this OBJ
ject in view she has written for the Sun
day Journal the lesson of her ruined life
In the severe trial throug which 1 have
passed the press of the country has shown
me such uniform kindness that feel pro-
foundly grateful therefor, and am further
grateful to the Journal for this opportun-
ity 10 thank my friends everywhere for the
words Of cheer during the trial and con-
gratulations at its end. There are many
things connected with my unfortunate MS
tory which have not yet been published,
and which I am led to believe, from the
many newspaper notices and the many let
tens which I receive, may be Of very gener-
al interest. My unfortunate life, may, per-
haps, serve as a great moral object lesson,
if others will take warning from the wiles
with which I was misled, the suffering
through which 1 have passed, and my de-
uverance therefrom. wish TO impress up
on the minds of society, and particularly
the women of this land, the dangers TO
which they are liable to be exposed.
I shall not attempt TO assume the posi-
ton Of a scientific or learned teacher, real
izing that my limited education and my
environment have been such that L am
not now qualified for ouch work L am
now certain that l was the victim Of plot
when I moved into the Saxton Block, in
Canton, Ohio, in 1887; as 1 know now, what
I did not know then, that Mr.. SaXton had
seen me prior to that time, and had DELHI
erately planned to meet me, and l have
every reason to believe that it was through
his procurement that I was induced to
move into the Saxton Block, from the fact
that woman who then lived there came
TO my residence and recommended the
block as a convenient place centrally 10
Gated, pleasantly situated, well arranged
and sgreeably surrounded, and prevailed
upon ne TO move into it.
The trial, which resulted in my acquittal
of the crime charged, perhaps gave very
indistinct idea of Mr.. Saxton's personality;
true it is so far as bad character is con-
cerned. He was all th@t the newspaper
accounts and the evidence on the trial and
arguments of my attorneys have shown
him TO be, and much more. But in justice
to me. it must be borne In mind that when
I met him first he was to me, a polished
gentleman, an accommodating and oblig-
ing landlord, and an interesting parsonage.
He was highly connected socially, and until
he had won my first respect, then my adj
miration and confidence, no word or act
of his was ever in the slightest degree OBJ
jectinable. cannot in limited space give
to the public, through the Journal, de-
tailed statement of the arts and wiles
made use of to compass my downfall, and
am not excusing nor overlooking my own
sin and folly. 1 only want to urge more
particularly my ignorance in permitting
myself to be thus ensnared. I cannot at
tempt here to portray the sufferings neces-
sarily entailed upon all women who from
any cause fall into like snares. mad seek
10 emphaucaIy show the differences of
chances between man and woman under
such circumstances. That man may be a
Ebertine and a moral leper and stand well
i'm society and business circles, may acquire
fame professionly or politically, notwith-
standing his shameless and thoroughly
well-known impurity. while woman, the
weaker vessel, though yielding, while not
seeking, falls has every avenue Of society,
of church relationship, of respectable bust
ness of advantageous marriage and Of fu-
ture hope closed against her. She is
plunged INTO outer darkness generally with
not single helping hand, voice or look
extended out TO her to enable her to even
hope to regain respectable position in
home, church or society.
The events following the dark years from
October 1882. to October 1898, are all as
plain to me now during that time I gradu-
ally learned that 7 was homeless, friend
less. an outcast; that having been misIed
by SaXton. I had nothing else in the world
left but SaNton. and that he was slowly,
but surely. persistently and brutality cast
ing me adrift, and that 7 was to be left
alonein the world in the midst Of my ruin
and des7lation. For these reasons I was
many times driven TO desperation. I many
times wished that the silent grave misht
forever close over me. and that as a result
in my despair and des0Iation I doubtless
did At times. momentarily. feel unkind1v
toward him because OF the uuut1erable
t-oubre entaIed upon me by him. while
he haughtIy and taunt.rgiy passed me by.
and spurned my demands ana requests for
Justice Put the time never was when up-
on the utterance Of one single kind word
from him I did not believe in him THIS
nav ba seen from the fact that immediate
~ after he had hired a man. 70 use the Ian /
Eus-e Of his hire,lngs "who was 20 put me
out If the way forever ne Induced me TO
80 With him 20 AleEaany. settle our law
suits and accept his promise TO marry me
as soon as the case II my former husband
acairst him was settled. 20 educate and
provide for my children to give them a
home in Canton. etc. And the further fact
tha- I Immediately returned home. DIS
missed ali of NV suits against him. I new
or fer momsut suspected that he would
40 what he did do. When ne caused the
injunction against NY going INFO his block
70 be made perpetual instead Of dismiSsins
il, rs he had promised n da.
During the confinement incident 2, nv
PRISON life have ,rse5 to -h.2k Of nv ar
rest. - the iDquisitoH held IN The Ci-v Han,
where The pubic prosecutor. instead Of s5-
wishing ne of my r5shc - be represented
by counsel. refused to permit my attarrers
o- either Of them. to be called. although I
hvmbly requestd It &c 5e 6o1e. Ana Of nv
stay IL the county jail, for period Of SIX
months ard tweuty-oae days. which was
TO M more pleasant thaa the preceding