The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-17
MRS. RUSH bound, OVER
Held on Charge of Murder in first
Degree for Killing Her Husband.
Released or $4,000 Bond.

Mrs. Willard Rush, who shot and
killed her husband, Willard A. Rush,
at Sheffield, Iowa, was held at New
Hampton, on last Thursday, war;
rant having been issued charging
her with murder in the first degree.
She entered a plea of not guilty, and
was bound over to the grand jury
under bonds of $4,000 which were
provided for by prominent business
men of Sheffield. The grand jury
does not meet until October.
A press dispatch from Sheffield,
where the shooting occurred, says:
AS affairs have quieted down and
judgment given an opportunity to
act without prejudice some are Won
dering if the real facts warranted the
shooting. A good many are OF the
opinion that gossip had more to 40
with the shooting than anything else.
Many people in this community
wou ldgo to Mrs. Rush with their
stories whenever they heard any
thing new. There is no question but
that this worked her into frenzy
which easily accounts for her max
ing the purchase of the revolver.
Miss Lulu Warner maintains that
she was never out evenings with Mr..
Rush, and when the real facts are
chased down there is not a resident
in Sheffield who will swear they ever
saw them together. Up to within
thee days of the shooting Mrs. Rush
told friends she believed her nus
band was true to her. Miss Warner
admits she sent the illustrated post
card on which 'was printed the pic
ture of a man with his arm around a
woman with the words "Who cares?'
She says only five of these pictures
passed between them, two that she
sent and three sent by Rush.
Miss Lou Warner, the telephone
operator who was the other woman
in the case, has been transferred to
Latimer, one of the branch offices OF
the company.
The funeral OF Willard A. Rush
was held at Charlton on Tuesday af-
| ternoon of last week, at the M. E.
church, conducted by Rev. George
Roberts, of Humeston, assisted by
Rev. w. G.. Hohanshelt, the pastor
of the Charlton church, and were
largely attended. Rev. Roberts was
! formerly pastor at Cambria, where,
>, Mr.. Rush resided, and spoke in the
highest terms Of the deceased. He
also preached the funeral of Mrs.
Rush's mother few years ago. In
terment was in the Charlton ceme-.
terry by the side of his mother
Willard A. Rush was born in Leon,
Iowa, on April 27, 1878. At the age
of sixteen years he entered the rail-
road service, and a year and half
| later he was given the office at JAM
ieson. He afterward had charge OF
the stations at Plano, Cambria Leroy
and Sheffield. He went to the latter
place about a year ago. While at
Jameson he met Miss Letha Clay, to
whom he was married on June 25,
1902. Both he and his wife had
been active members of the M. E.
church, and at the time of his death
Mr.. Rush taught the Bible class in
the NJ. E. Sunday school at Shef-
held. He was also leader of the band
at that place, and was an accomplish
ed musician. He was held in high
esteem by all who knew him and the
terrible tragedy has brought sorrow
to the hearts of all who knew him.
He was a member of the NJ w. A.
order at Leroy, and large delega-
tion from that place and Cambria
went in automobiles to attend the
funeral services. Mrs. Rush's broth
er, Grant Clay, of Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, and her brother-in-aw, Mr..
Sayers, of 1ndianola, were also pres
ent at the funeral services
He is survived by three sisters,
and two brothers, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hempell and Mrs. Jennie Van Wer-
den, of Charlton, Mrs. Maggie Good
row, of Chicago, John w. Rush, of
Kansas City and Edward Rush, of St.
Louis, who were all in attendance at
the funeral. The sympathy of many
friends in this community goes out
to the surviving relatives in their
hour of bitter grief.