A Woman Scorned: The Murder of George Saxton -- A True Crime Melodrama - Paperback

by John Stark Bellamy II (Author)

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.

Author Biography

John Stark Bellamy II is a former librarian and writer. The son, grandson and great-grandson of journalists, he grew up hearing stories about the fabled murders and disasters of his northeastern Ohio region. He is the author of six previous collections of Ohio dismalia (They Died Crawling, The Maniac in the Bushes, The Corpse in the Cellar, The Killer in the Attic, Death Ride at Euclid Beach, The Last Days of Cleveland and two anthologies (Women Behaving Badly and Cleveland's Greatest Disasters.) He has also perpetrated Vintage Vermont Villainies, a collection of the Green Mountain State's most celebrated murders and mysterious disappearances. He currently lives in central Vermont with his wife, Laura, and their diverting dog, Clio