John Stark Bellamy II

A Woman Scorned: the Murder of George Saxton -- a True Crime Melodrama John Stark Bellamy II

All murders are not created equal. There are epoch-making homicides like the O. J. Simpson bloodbath or the Lizzie Borden horror?and then there are all the rest. The 1898 murder of George D. Saxton wasn?t one of the rest?it had everything: Saxton, a Social Register victim with a sordid love-life; Anna George, the femme fatale suspect from the gutter where he?d kicked her?and loads of sex, sensation and a slam-bang surprise ending. Not to mention the President of the United States?William A. McKinley?the corpse?s embarrassed brother-in-law. Inexplicably now forgotten, the Saxton slaying riveted a national audience from the opening shots on a Canton, Ohio street to the stunning end of a three-week legal combat with Anna?s life as the stake. Take an unforgettable ride on John Stark Bellamy II?s tragical history trip to turn-of-the-20th century America and the sensational killing that shocked America and brought scandal to the very doors of the White House.