Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-17

/ left the revolver on them. I found .
sick chicken Inc brought It up In my
apron. AZ I came hack I picked up the
revolver and put it under my apron. !
wanted to talk to him. I felt ! must
go home. I often went into his Office
and sat in the chair in the east end OF
the room. I sat down with the chicken
and revolver in my lap. He was work.
ing at his desk making his monthly re-
ports.
II said" Willard I found the chicken
I was looking for Without looking up
he said, I don care anything about the
chicken or YOU either
willard I said. Y want to so
home He said, You can't. I'm not
going to have YOU going home and tell
ing all you know
Murder Follows Girls Name.
Il said l wanted to know what he
was going to do about this girl. He
put his pen behind his ear and turned
around. and said, Now about that girl.
I'll get rid Of you right now she
paused, then continued:
He was coming toward me. I could
not tell What he had in his hand. His
hand was clenched and there was an
awful look on his face. His hand was
raised had the little chicken, feed
ard revolver in my lap. He took two
or three steps toward ME. ! don't re-
member ell. 1 don't know what l did.
/ took 70 aim. Then l saw blood on his
wrist Her voice choked. all but broke
and she appeared 20 be On the verge OF
breaking down. She continued. y said
1 would call the doctor. / went to the
'phone He came toward me. / had
my hand on the receiver. / tried to get
central" Then skipping the point
where he fell to the floor. she said she
went out of the building and told
Chichester, as he testified she did.
After leaving the building she said
she did not enter it again. She could
net remember what she told Chichester.
She stayed outside the building n
later went to Hawkes.. She said she
told them part of what had happened.
Did Not Intend Murder.
when you carried this revolver. had
you any intention of shooting your
husband"
Il had not"
"W YOU went to talk to him did
you want to talk of anything but going
home ?"
x did not"
lat the time you pulled out the re-
yolver were you afraid OF him.?
Il was"
Was you crying before YOU shot?"
Il was"
Did you believe he would make
away with your
Il knew it," with emphasis.
Did you intend to kill him or want
to kill him when you pulled out the re-
y~olver?"
NO sir"
Referring to the look on Rush's face
as he advanced toward his wife, An
drews asked Mrs. Rush:
Describe the look on his face In
your own way"
Her answer. he looked as n he
would kill me-" had the very essense OF
an overpowering fear in it.
Witnesses Love Making.
Three witnesses, called earlier In the
afternoon, testified they had seen Rusn
and ,he Warner girl together. The evil
dence of one Of these, H. L. Harnett,
q ira yelling salesman Of this place. was
in part unprintable. 1t alleged to be
Rush's end Of a conversation he said ne
heard Rush speak over the phone In
the station office. while the witness
was waiting for a train. 1t intimateo
Illicit relations.
AT another time, the witness thought
IT was during the latter part OF last
January, he said while waiting Tor a
train he saw the girl and Rush In the
station office. They were having
quite a love affair, hugging and kissing
each other, he answered in direct ex-
animation. With reference to the
phone conversation he said he over
heard, the witness testified he
Rush 70 whom he was talking, and the
agent replied. he said. that he had a
friend al the central office. Cross e2-
animation did not shake his testimony
Frank /. Aborn, manager OF the
Lyric. Of Sheffield. said he saw the
pair sitting side by side once at the
show. The time of this was not fixed,
Orville Scott. a yonng farmer. said
he saw Rush and Miss Warner walking
together in Sheffield one night last
summer. On cross examination he said
he thought it was Rush and his best
Judgment was thai 1t was Miss War
ner.
Doctors On Stand.
Drs. D. J.. Collins, OF Sheffield. and
A. J.. Hobson and l.. E. Hacker. OF
Hampton. were put On to refute the
theory Of the states evidence regard
ing the angle Of the bullet wound and
the position Rush is alleged to have
been in when he was shot. Their testi-
mony was directly contradictory in all
Of its important parts to that given By
DrS pruerS and Stanton
John a. Young. a armer who was
unloading grain at the Chichester ele-
vator the afternoon of the murder. said
he saw Mrs. Rush come out Of the
station, call Chichester and saw her
talk to him. She wrung her hands
and remained outside the building I'M
Ill she started for the Hawke home, he