Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
made shortly before the murder. ac-

made shortly before the murder, ac-
cordinE to the witnesses.
One of these witnesses vas Mrs. Carl
w. Schmidt. She and her husband
took Mrs. Rush home from town IN
their car Thursday. after Mrs. Rush
had purchased the revolver. and she
then had it with her. Mrs. Schmidt
knew Of the purchase as her husband
had told her at noon of Mrs. Rush
asking him to take the gun home and
she would call for it at the Schmidt
house, which she did not do.
Mrs. Schmidt said on cross exam
nation the package she supposed con-
tanned the revolver lay in Mrs. Rush's
lap. She said Mrs. Rush pointed to 1t
and told her, Il don't suppose I'll have
to use this, but l must lave some self
protection"
On redirect examination Mrs
Schmidt said she did not ask Mrs. Rush
and was not told from what Mrs. Rush
wanted to protect herself.
On direct examination Mrs. Schmidt
said Mrs. Rush had gone to Des
Moines every Friday for about six
months prior to Aug. 4 to take music
lessons
Said Family Life Was Unhappy.
liza ZIG ICldllOuS Ol NlTB. xSuSIl anu
her husband were unhappy vas the es-
sence of part Of what Leonard said
Mrs. Rush told him the day before
testified, that her relations with Rush
were not pleasant and that he was not
eating at the table With her.
Did she say anything about fearing
Rush OF thinking he would harm herr"
Liggett asked him.
She said she was afraid of him."
Leonard replied.
After having his memory refreshed
by reading his testimony given before
the grand jury the witness. responding
to a question, said:
She said she was afraid of him but
that she did not think he would dc her
II harm and that she was better pre-
pared than before"
Mrs. H. G.. Schaefer, wife Of one of
the coroner's jurors, testified when
questioned by the states attorney, that
h was a friend Of Mrs. Rush and she
repeated what she said Mrs. Rush told
her of her unhappiness.
Did II say anything about getting
a gun or shooting iron?' Mrs. Schaefer
was asked
~ t>Piy AAS AtAiCso Sp10S Aku9l
said everything has gone wrong at our
house. ! must have something to de-
fend myself with. He threatened me-"
Expressed Confidence in Rush.
That Mrs. Rush expressed conidenc e
in Rus vas in substance the testl-
mony Of Adams, the telephone COM
pany's secretary. when relating what
he said Mrs. Rush told him a short
time before the murder.
"She told me in effect she believed
that Rush did not care anything about
the girl but the girl was acting very
foolishly and silly"
Mr.. Adams testified that Rush fire.
%quently came to the telephone office
and talked Over the telephone, which
was in the exchange room where Miss
Warner was employed. The state con-
tends these visits were principally for
the purpose of answering business calls
that had come to the station while
Rush was absent and a record Of which
the telephone girls kept for him at the
exchange.
when he went back there didn't he
close the door," he was asked In Cross
examination. ("There," referred to the
exchange room. and the door" opened
into the passage way leading to the
front of the building.)
yes vas the reply.
Othsr Witnesses On Stand.
Other states witnesses who took the
stand during the afternoon were A. L.
Wartnaby. undertaken OF Sheffield,
who prepared Rush's body for burial
and who was at the postmortem In
Charlton: H. G.. Schaefer, Of Sheffield.
a member OF the c%oroner's jury and
Sheriff A.. P. Millett.
The testimony of the undertaken was
a confederation in part and a denial IN
part of the testimony Of DR.. Stanton.
insofar as it related to the direction
the bullet took in Rush's body. Schaefer
found the revolver cylinder in the sta
ton office and Sheriff Millett testified
regarding distances in the station Of
flee which he had measured.