The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-17
POISONED HIS PARTNER.
THE ALLEGED MURDERER A-RREsrED-A D.

ANhDEhbk ARRESTED-A DES-
PERATE STRUGGLE.
A special to the Louisville Courier-Jonrpal
rom Frankfort, KY, the 9th inst, says: A
most remarkable and somewhat mysterious
tragedy occurred at Peaks Mill, nine miles
from Frankfort, in this county. last Satur-
day night. AS the matter is to undergo in
dicial investigation in a few days. L shall
only give you an outline of the facts as
communicated to me by respectable citizens
OF the vicinity of Peaks Mill. who
predicate most of their statements upon
the dying declarations of the deceased,
one lanes y Bush, aged about
40 Bush and John w. Morrison were part
ners in the bl~acksmithing business at Peaks
Mill. Morrison, who is about a years old,
courted a young lady in the -neighborbood'
and. it is said, became engaged TO be mar
REQ 70 her. Bush thereupon circulated the
and n child in Barren county,.
whence both of them originally came
some months ago. This Morrison
pronounced a vile SANDER. and a bitter en-
nifty arose between the two partners. Not
Wlthstandlng this, on Saturday morning
last, when Morrison started to Frankfort,
Bush requested him to procure and bring
out for him a bottle of ginger wine, a verv
strong alcoholic drink. Morrison came
to the city, and while here. it is
said. purchased at one of the drug
turning to Peaks Mill a little after dark Sat
urdsy night, he met Bush not far from the
house OF Mr.. Lawrence Harrod, where Bush
boarded. Exactly what passed at this fatal
interview is not fully or accurately known.
1t is stated, however, by those who give
ceived from Morrison the bottle of
ginger wine; that after tax
ing a heavy drink from it he remarked to
Morrison that he believed he had poisoned
him; that thereupon Morrison made some
negative reply, at the same time dropping
his saddle bags on the ground and REQUEST
ing Bush to pick them up and hand them to
that when Bush was proceeding TO
comply with this request,
MORRISON DREW A DERRINGER
pistol and fired at Bush, the ball, however,
only grazing Bush's head; that thereupon
Bush, beginning to suffer severely from the
pains of poison, laid hold of Morrison,
dragged him from bis horse, and took from
him bis pocket-book. pistol and other arti-
cles, in order as he (Bush) said to identity
his murderer. With these ne inn
mediately ran into Mr.. Har-
rods residence where he boarded
and told the family that he had been
poisoned by Morrison, and to do something
for him Immediately, as he would surely
ul6. DIs. DuValt ana Wilson,, physicians
residing a few miles distant, were sent for
Immediately; hut when they arrived Bush
found to be beyond the reach of medical
aid, and died in less than two
hours after meeting Morrison and
drinking the ginger wine. Both
physicians pronounced it a case of poison
Meanwhile Messrs. L. Harrod and
John Mcbride, two citizens of the place,
,ook Morrison into custody. He at first
ienied having met Bush that night at all:
put on being confronted with his pocket
book, pistol, etc., acknowledged that
IA had tried to shoot him, but de-
Ned the attempt to poison entirely.
His captors brought him to the city yester-
lay and lodged him in the county Jail on the
.harge of murder by administering poison.
To-day he was brought before Judge Thomp-
on and Esquire Gwinn. sitting as an exam
ming court, but owing to the absense OF inn
'ortant witnesses and the necessity of await
ng the analysis of Bush's stomach, now in
of the coroner, the examining trial
vas postponed until tomorrow. Morrison
5 a rather good-looking young man, dresses
yell, and is known to be the son of a re-
pectable farmer in Barren county, in this
tate. He still denies all knowledge of the
olson, or of having given Bush anything
o drink, whatever. Bush, it is stated, once
erved a term inrthe penitentiarY for horse
tealing.
There is great congratulation in Great
over the death % the champion
ead-beat, who has drawn from the public
reasury for twenty years the nice little
alary of $4,000 per annum for doing abso-
ltely nothing. The Rev. Thomas Thur