The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-14
BAD FOR MRS. GEORGE
THE TESTIMONY OT ATTORNEY
WERNTZ, WHO FORMERLY REP
RESENTED THE PRISONER
DETERMINED TO KILL SAXT0N
Related Her Grievances to the At
torney and Asked His Advice as
to the Probable Punishment That
Would Re Melted Out to- Her for
mOny of Mrs. Finlay.

CANTON, O., April 13.-The feature
of today's proceedings in the trial of
Mrs George was the testimony of At
torney w. O.. Werntz, who had represent-
ed her in number of civil actions, prior
to the tragedy of last October, when
George D. SaXton was killed.
After a decision from the judge that
Mr. Werntz should relate what Mrs.
George had said to him regarding Saxton,
the attorney said in answer to the states
question:
1--WE talked about the Althouse case.
She said she was going out to the Alt
Saxton. ! told her not to go, and she
said she would not go. She said she had
a 3S-calibre revolver in her trunk. She
had bought 1t in Chicago. She did not
say what she was going TO do with it.
She did not say what she paid for it.
Il had another conversation with her
in my office the afternoon of that ny.
She said: When the suit for damages
for alternating affections brought against
SaXton by Sample c. George is settled,
there will be funeral or a wedding She
asked what effect it would have on the
suit if she killed SaXton. I told her the
result o light be the same, but if she was
going to kill him she had better wait until
the case was settled. She said if she shot
him she would make good job of it.;
would give him all the balls she had
What did she say she would do with
the revolver"
she asked if it would be good plan
to have two revolvers, throw one at his
feet and shoot him with the other. I
told her in view of the threats she had
made against Saxton no one would be-
lieve she had killed him in self-defense."
The answer as to what the witness told
her was objected to and striker out.
She asked me how II would do to shoot
him in the back, and throw the revolver
away"
Another conversation is to be related
by this witness if the state succeeds in
establishing the date which could not
be done today.
BITTER AGAINST SAXTON.
In cross-examination witness said Mrs.
George had told him during a course Of
conversations that SaXton had promised
to marry her as soon as she got a d.
vorce from her husband, and that he had
persuaded her to get a divorce, furnishing
money with which she went to Dakota
to get the divorce; that after this he
abandoned her, prosecuted her, and had
her arrested: that she was left without
a home: that she had separated from a
husband whom she loved until Saxton
alienated her affections. She also said
that after these occurrences SaXton had
her meet him in Pittsburg, where they
settled their differences and each agreed
to withdraw all actions pending; that
she kept her agreement, but that he had
not, failing to dismiss an injunction
against her visiting his block. to give her
boys property in the city worth s., 600,
and to support her until 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 to his advances; that
he had given her presents which she at
first refused, but that he had finally ac-
complished her ruin, and left her without
means of support to herself and children
During these conversations Mrs. George
was excited, and sometimes in tears, the
witness said.
In redirect examination he told Of an
other conversation in which Mrs. George
asked what the penalty would be If she
killed Saxton, and said she would do it
if there was nothing worse than ten years
in the penitentiary. She said she had
suffered everything but death at Sax
tons hands.
Mrs. Mary Finlay, with whom Mrs.
George roomed for over two years, was
on the stand when court adjourned. She
testified on behalf of the state to Mrs
George having, on three or four occasions,
threatened to kill Saxton, and also to
the writing of the letter to Saxton which
was followed by proceedings in the Unit
ed States court for the improper use of
the malls.