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Show TJtTA rrOKiMHS.GKOJIGE AUL BYBB TUflN TOWAHD CANTON CAN-TON OHIO. Ill Murder o( 111. lr.-.i.t.t'. llmlhrr-ln-l.aw In II. Lleare.1 I .-frr.l, Anr llcmb. ii ( ii,, unin of Mtlk tiili (largfs All America null hilrntl) to lirnr the thrilling storr of ruin hik) retribution retribu-tion that lll be tintolilnl, ilrcn by piece, In the Canton itmrt when the great (Irorgc-Siixtort iminter trial be-Itlni be-Itlni a few days hence The story will tell of n woman's frailty, n man's villainy vil-lainy and the .'enxeaiicc uf one loted and then rast off with tmxklng acorn Tho man In the rase was the brother-in-law of President MrKlnlcy, and H tragic death on the night of October G, 1898. sent a thrill of surprise) und horror through eery American household. house-hold. Very few people ere aviarc that the smile mistress of the white- ! house had a brother who, to speak as charitably as possible of the dead, ns a libertine whose tragic end no decent person could deplore He died by ue hand of tho woman he had wronged and deceived one of many l.ltl'e Allle Shorter rf Canton, Ohio, the Brsl girl whom (leorge Kaxlon wooed, died of a broken heart when she found him false to her A leading Canton physician shot him for attempting to Intado tho peace of his home. The libertine spent a ncatlon on a country coun-try farm, and after he had left the pretty llttto daughter of the farmer, a child of fourteen, crept out In the night and drowned herself In a pond Then Raxton came Into the life of the woman by whom ho met his death. Mns. anoitni:. 1 Ho was a ftno looking man( big and I blond, hearty, wealthy and full of I life. She was a happy wife and moth er, beautiful las her photograph here printed shows), and sharing lomr-r-afire poverty with her husband, a carpenter. car-penter. The man of wealth was her landlord. Ills attractive personality and bis money gained for him first i place In the affections of Mrs. Sempte ' (leorge. Then began the tragic part j of the ttory Mrs. George gave up all I for Baxlon, Baxton promised to rrar- ry her when she secured a Dakota ' divorce Ho had made that iromlse n very often In his lifetime, but he died M a bachelor. Sick at heart and half M mad over her troubles, Mrs. deorgo fj camo to Raxton one day to claim his M promise for the last time, "do to the jjjj devil," said Raxton. Rhe answered, HA "For this )ou shall die." Two days H later Raxton was shot to death In B Canton No ono can bo found who jjS heard tho shots tired. Mrs tleorge n had told her seducer ho should die M for his villainy. Whether or not she ja must die for her act of retribution, JB or whether Americans, who respect 19j the sacred Institution of the home, will tjj demand that she be allowed to go fjB free, remains to bo seen The woman who killed tho libertine alts In her 55 cell, her glorious beauty gone and ner JH happy life blighted, waiting to be tried jifl for murdering the man whoso whole jtl life was as a serpent's trail. Tho Ml trial will be of national Importance. |