The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-03
HUNTING FOR "a WHITE
WOMAN NEGRO SEARCH HE'D Y
THREE HOUSES.
MADE THREATENING MOVEMENT
AT DAN RUSH WHO KILLED s
HIM ON THE SPOT.

HIM ON THE SPOT.
Curled up across a stone about
| two feet square, some thirty steps
from Dan Rush's front door. near
White Rock. on the B. D. Fleming
farm, Coroner Amos, Deputy Sheriff
Watson, Policeman Frank Ridgely
and two newspaper men found the
body Of John Jones at an early hour
this morning. The dead mans hat
was lying near his head und the rel
soil beneath him told the tale of a
life having ebbed away. An sexami:
nation revealed a large bullet hole
near the clavlcle Immediately in front
Of the left shoulder. A /: search
through his pockets revealed a ter.
cent piece, IN old leather pocketbook
and a red necktie. The glare Of the
eye and the stiffness Of Inc body
J showed that life had been extinct for
several hours. z Z
5 Several women and children were
sitting on Mr.. Rush's porch and a Wis.
4 1T to them brought out the story Of
a the killing which ls-aone4o OF the most
unusual evergknown in the county.
y Dan Rush, a man about thIrty.fye
years Of age, lives on farm owned
II by Mr.. B. D. Fleming, Of Fairmont.
j. He has a wife and little child and an
h invalid brother lives with the family,
/. A A$wayward sister, bearing the name
n Of Rose FIllberry, frequents the home
g at intervals. She is a noted charac.
e ter stownfand her reputation for
IS intimacy with negroes is well estab.
K. lished Is .3.s 4 81.
IS Between three and four o'clock yes
n. terday afternoon, according TO the
story told, John Jones, a coal black
negro, called al the house Of Rush
and inquired concerning the where
abouts OF Rose Hlberry. Mrs .Rusl
' and her baby were the only; occupants
IA lof the house at the time. She toll
s him the;S Hilberry woman; was no
81 there, but this didn't satisfy the ne
Il gro. aeathen proceeded to searcl
The house and not finding her HI
is produced a revolver, threatening L
,e kill Mrs. Rush II she did not tel
ay where to find Rose. Mrs. Rush say
{. he showed her a box Of cartridge
NJ saying the six in the gun were 70
ID. her and the remainder for the bal
ance Of the family. Mrs. Rush @tol
y him the woman was at the first hous
out the road He then started ava
y and Mrs. Rush, with her babe in he
4 arms, fled to the field where her hui
band was ploughing. The invali
y brother was also in the 8 field at til
II time. On leaving the home, Jone
sI5 took the. wrong road and went bac
EI down to the street car line. He ,calle
at the home Of George Piles, II
house formerly occupied by Mr.. B. 4
Fleming near the old mill site! +
4 inquired for the Hilberry woman, b,
Mrs. Piles. WHO was alone, exec
haying3a small child in her arms. to
I. him she knew nothing Of the woma
Il did not even know her at sight. $E !
then left there and went up the q
line to Jack Murphy's. He would n
take Mrs. Murphy's word about Il
! matter, but went into the house al
searched up stairs and down. N
! !: finding the woman. he returned N
~ 1.-The Piles home and made a scar,
:. there, looking behind the doors a
g under the bed. still not finding t
:. object Of his search he concluded
q go back upon the hill and talk i
}, Mrs. Rush. BY the time he return
q there, however. Dan Rush had go
8 into the house and gotten an old, lar
bore deer gun and was on the watc
~ out for him. He looked down the b
and saw Jones coming up. Ru
Walked around behind the gard
fore fence and Watche led his moyements.8l
ashs walked up wit hin d few steps o. Swhe
arty Rush was standing. not seeing ri
was however. Jones then turned a
gun vent Into the house. but no one N
linsthere. BE then came out and WE