The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-20
And SaXtOn'S Relations to Them
Will Cut No Figure
In the Trial of Mrs. George For
Murder.
ONLY MRS. ALTHOUSE.
Testimony of States Chief
Witnesses DiScredited
Because They We're Addicted
to Use of Morphine.

Canton, O., April 20.-The defense in
the George trial today began an attack
on state witnesses alleged to be ad-
dicted to the opium and morphine hab-
it's DR.. Eymann, superintendent of the
state asylum for the insane, testified as
an expert that a person addicted to
those habits loses honor and truthful
ness and retains little or no principle.
The defense yesterday attempted to
introduce other women into the case
and to show Saxtons relation to them
by proving their presence in his block
and at his office. The court barred out
all such testimony except in regard to
Mrs. Althouse, saying that Saxton's re-
lations to other women were not COM
petent in this defense. 4
This, it is believed, will nave a ten
dency to shorten the trial. as it keeps
out the testimony OF a number of wit
neSSeS who have been called.
The prosecuting attorney can not find
IN the court records the dispositions of
Mrs. George and of the two women in
HanOverton which were taken for Sem
pie C. Georges case against SaXtOn for
damages for the alienation of the af-
fections of his former wife. He claims
Attorneys Sterling and Welty for the
defense have them and he has appealed
to the court to have the papers brought
into the court, claiming that they are
part of the official court records.
Seventeen more witnesses were called
lOUdy, IHcIuulHS the county COMMISSION
ers, who are wanted to testify on the
question of reward for the finding of
a revolver.
Thomas w. Card, colored. was iani-
tor of the Saxton block some time pre-
ViOus to 1896. He saw Mrs. George in
the SaxtOn block a number of times
and once when Saxton was away opened
his office door for her. In cross exam
ination he told about Mrs. George hang
ing around Saxton's office forenoon.
afternoon and evening for six or eight
days before the Injunction was issued
against her visiting that place.
DR.. Douglas Schwartz testified that
the night of SaXton's death was so dark
that he had trouble in recognizing the
house to which he was called.
Charles Summers, cOlored, was jani-
tor of the Saxton block from 1896 to
1898. He said he often saw Mrs. Alt
house there at Saxton's office, as often
as three or four times a day, and at all
hours of the day and sometimes late at
night. He saw her in Saxton's room
and office and said she sometimes went
there and remained from Saturday
night until Monday morning, when he
would remove the dishes and bottles
from the room. He was not allowed to
tell about other women he had seen
there.
Mrs. Lena Lindeman had taken care
of SaxtOn's room for some time before
his death and was familiar with all of
not allow her to tell anything about
the weapon there unless the defense
would say that they expected to follow
the testimony with some theory of self |
defense or accidental shooting. Other |
wise Saxton'S possession of a revolver |
would not count for anything.
Mrs. .Lindeman also testified that Mrs |
George often visited her and that on
the day of the murder she was at her |
house from early in the afternoon until |
$50 in the evening. During that time !
did the washing for Saxton. Mrs. George |
told her she loved Saxton and expected |
to marry him within a few days. She |
was in good spirits and seemed to be |
happy always when she talked about |
SaXton. The witness said Mrs. George |
had called her attention to the dress |
she wore, which had been made over |
and which Mrs. George said she was |
going to give to the witness as soon as |
she married Saxton.
The witness examined the dress close
ly, feeling of the material and how |
closely it fit Mrs. George, the examina- /
tion being such that had there been a |
revolver about it she would have felt |
it.
the backyard several times while there /
and that the backyard was full of |
Spanish needles and burdock burrs. In /
she insisted upon the /
same story. even including the hour of |
80 for leaving the house which is over |
two miles from the scene of the trag-
edy and over a mile from where other |
people testified they saw Mrs. George !
between 5:35 and o'clock on the night |
of the tragedy.
She had not noticed in her examina-
ton, she said that Mrs. George used |
foreign matter to improve her FORM |
but said even if she had missed such |
material she knew she could not have |
missed any revolver had it been there. |
J. G. Moore, an insurance agent and |
collector, testified to having called at !
the Lindeman House the day of the |
tragedy and of having seen Mrs. George |
there.
Jacob Tindeman a brother-in-Iaw
testified to the presence of burrs in |
their backyard.
Charles r. Frazier told of the night |
being so dark that when his hat fell |
off he had to get on his hands and |
knees to find it and that also Mrs. Eek |
roate, the eyewitness, had consulted |
with him about taking cure for the |
morphine habit.
Today Alva Whipp1e, H. E. Nook and |
Mrs. Nook testified to the darkness of |
the night.
w. B. Dewes, Mrs. Maud Randall and |
Joseph A. Lappert testified to burrs |
growing along the sidewalk next to the |
house where Mrs. George roomed.
Mrs. Shepard, the former janitor was |
recalled and testified to having heard |
out of the block if she did not stay out |
S. s Huffman, cashier of the First |
National bank, testified to paying drafts |
for SaXton to the amount of $500 which |
were caShed in South Dakota either by |
Mrs. George or others for her
The defense demanded the attend |
ance of Mrs. NJ. c. Barber, Saxton's |
sister, in court in the afternoon with |
correspondence and papers A messen-