The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-14
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
IntrOdu ed against Mrs George
Alleged slayer ofUrc.
SnXtOn.

SaXtOn
Canton. O. April i8 8-ine feature Of toe
days proceeeugs in the trial Of Mrs
eGorge was the testimony of Attorney W
O. Werntz. who had represented her ln
number OF civil actions prior 10 the TRACE
day OF last October. when George u Sax
ton was Hlle'i and who until "a little
hss than q year ago, was the lay part
ner Of Jam,s S. Sterling .one of the ai-
torneys now defending her. lie sought
to evade testifying on the grounds that
what he knew had been told his by Mrs
George and was q privileged communica-
ton between counsel ant client Tn de-
fense insisted upon the same ground A
long argument ensured, ending in q deciar-
alton from the bench that counsel could
not be retained in connection with a con-
cmpiated crime and without professional
enlargement there could be no professional
condolences. Under this ruling the witness
told In answer to the state Of "a series of
threats and plans for their execution on
tho part of Mrs George against the lie
of George y. SaXton. and the defense
brought the remainder of the conversation
out. which proved Co be the recinls Of
Mrs. Georges version of her relations with
.SaNton and the wrongs she claims 90 have
suffered at his hands
After decision from the Judge Mr
Werntz should relate what Mrs George
had said to him regarding Saxton. the
attorney said ia answer TO the states qucs-
tlon:
"Wo talked about the Althouse case She
said she was going TO the Althouse resi-
dence TO raise he'll with saxton. / told
her not TO go and she said she would not
go
"she said she had a IS calibre revolt
yer in her trunk, She had bought % iu
Chicago She did not say what she was
going 90 DO with it. She did not say what
she pad for It.
II had another conversation with her in
my office the afternoon of that day. She
said: When the suit for damages FOR
alternating affections brought against Sax
on by sample G. George is settled there
will be a funeral or n wedding
"She asked what effect It would have on
the suit ~ she killed Saxton. told her
the result might be the same, hut II she
was to kin him, she had better wait until
tho case was settled. She said n she shot
him she would make q good job n it.
would give him ali the balls she had"
what did she say she would do with
the revolver"
"she asked II It would be a good plan
20 have two rcvolvcrs. thr0 one ut his
feet and shoot him with the vther. ! told
her in view Of the threats she had made
against Saxton, one would believe she had
killed him in self defense"
The answer as to what the witness told
her was objected TO and stricken.
"she asked me how it would do to shoot
him in ane back and throw the revolver
away"
Another conversation Us 10 be fixed by
the witness II TINE state succeeds in cstab
fishing the date which could not be done
today.
sAXTON ABUSED HER.
In cross examination witness said Mrs
George had told him I'm the course Of the
conversations that Saxton had promised
10 marry her as soon as she got divorce
from her husband and that ne had persu-
AIDED her to get divorce. furnishing mon
ry with which she went to Dakota to get
la divorce: that after this he had abandon
ed her prosecuted her and had her arrest
I'd; that she was ief, without a home;
that she had separated from a husband
whom she loved until Saxton aileuated her
affections. Sho also said that after these
occurrences Saxton hCd meet him I'M
Plttsburg. where they settled their differ
'ences and each agreed To- withdraw an ac-
tlons pending: that she kept her agree
ment. but that he had not. failing 90 dis
miss an injunction against her visiting his
block no give her boys property I'm the
city worth $1,000 ana 60 support her Tin
he settled with her former husband on a
pending suit and then marry her She
also said that Saxton had pursued her
for several years before she yielded 10
Ais advances; that he had given her pres
ents which she at first refused but that he
had finally accomplished her ruin and left
her without means OF support 10 herself
and children.
During these conversations Mrs. George
was excited and some times I'm tears tho
witness said
In redirect examination he told Of am
other conversation in which Mrs George
asked what the penalty would be II she
killed Saxton and said she would do it II
there wa snothing worse than ten years in
the Thnitentiary. She said she Iad suffer-
cd everything but death At SaNtons hands.
Mrs. Mary Finlay, with whom Mrs.
George roood for over two years, was on
the stand when court adjourned. She
had tesined on behalf Of tho stdte 10 Mrs.
Georges having on three or four different
times threatened TO kin SaXton and also
TO the writing OF The letter 90 SaNton
While was followed by proceedings IN
United states court for improper use Of
the mails.