Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
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dist church in which Mr.. and Mrs
Rush were prominent workers, from
giving for the state evidence that the
prosecution claims would be most dam
aging to Mrs. Rush's cause. Given the
right to cross examine for a moment
Rev. MI. Carson. soon after he had
taken the stand and showing by his
answers that his talk with Mrs. Rush
at the Hawke home within two hours
after the tragedy was the result OF
his visit to Mrs. Rush because he was
her pastor and because as such he was
interested in Mrs. Rush and her
husband, Attorney Andrews by an OBJ
lection, secured a ruling that what
Mrs. Rush told the preacher was priv
LEGGED and therefore could not be re-
pezlted in court.
Adams Called to ARRAY.
The states claim that Mrs. Rush was
jealous of her husband and assaulted
Miss Warner on the Tuesday before the
murder was proven, insofar as the
assault was concerned, by A.. +. Adams.
secretary Of the phone company where
Miss Warner was employed.
Regarding this assault Adams said
Mrs. Rush came to the telephone office
and went to the exchange room, from
where a few minutes later he heard
Miss Warner calling for him.
LAS near as l can remember Adams
said in testifying to what he saw when
he answered the summons. Mrs. Rush
or the foor and Miss Warner was
either on the floor or just getting up
from it. Miss Warner got up and went
to the board. Mrs. Rush showed me
thought of a girl who would send a
man a card like that"
Did Mrs. Rush seem angry?" Liggett
asked him.
she seemed to be-" Adams answer
ed.
In explanation Of the impulse h a
the assault, President Leon-
ard OF the telephone company, testified
Mrs. Rush told him the day before the
shooting that "She was excited and
could not keep her hands of Miss
Warner"
Sought Girls Discharge.
According to Leonard's testimony on
direct examination, revenge" entered
into the reasons why Mrs.
Rush wanted Miss Warner discharged.
head of the telephone company
said Mrs. Rush came to him at the Of
flee Thursday.
He testified, she said she came to
see me about the trouble she and Miss
had had"
"She said" he continued in response
to a direct question, she wanted Miss
discharged to get her out OF
and stop the talk and to get re-
venge. l think she put it something
like that. l told her I had already taken
it up with Miss Warner and was await
ing for her reply"
Leonard said Mrs. Rush was nervous
and excited when she talked to him on
Thursday about Miss Warner n the
of Tuesday.
Post Card tho Trouble.
Miss Nellie Surtee, s~tenographer for
the telephone company, was another to
whom Mrs. Rush went regarding the
post card sent to Rush by Miss Warner.
she told me the trouble was abou
the post card" the young lady testi-
fed Mrs. Rush said when she came to
the telephone office to have Miss Sur
tee identify the writing on 1t as Miss
Warmers.
This post card was described by both
Miss Surtee, and Mr.. adams. The
former said 1t had on one side the pic
ture of a man and m and that
Mrs. Rush interpreted the Geographic
code symbol on the side used for the
address as meaning Sweetheart" She
added that Mrs. Rush told her it was
from Swaledale.
In direct examination Adams testi-
fed that in addition to the picture of a
and woman on one side were the
words. WHO cares" On the reverse
side was in long hand, T Ny" fol-
by Geographic code symbols and
Dolly During cross examina-
ton he said the man in the picture
had his arm about the woman and he
added that h words, letter and figure
Your AS b A." preceded the signature,
Dolly on the address side.
Scrimmaee For Letter.
A verbal scrimmage for the posses
sion of a copy of a letter that President
Leonard, of the telephone company.
on cross examination that he
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to Miss Warner and the talk
that it is alleged they caused. resulted
between the lawyers. A look at the let
ter and its being placed in evidence
were involved also. In this parry of
words Andrews won.
After saying that he had written
such a letter Andrews asked Leonard:
Have you an exact verbatim copy?'
Il think it is"
VIII you produce it in court Satur-
day"
Il have it here now"
Produce it," demanded Andrews,
and the letter was handed to him.
Strenuous objections. were made by
Attorney Liggett, who demanded to see
the letter before evidence was taken
it.
Mr.. Liggett will see the letter when
it is introduced in evidence and not
before" MIR. Andrews cody remarked
as he put the letter in his pocket.
During redirect examination Liggett
put the witness, Leonard, in the posi-
tior Of being asked to all but resor to
force If he wanted to comply and get
the letter back from Andrews.
you stated you had a letter to Mr.
Rush, will you get it," he asked
Leonard.
Mr.. Andrews has it," replied the
witness.
well, get it," Liggett commanded
sharply.
Andrews then interposed that while
he was cross examining he could not
introduce the letter as an exhibit but
he would do so later.