Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
NOT A BA|LABLE CASE
So Decides ESQ., c.. L. Deatherage in the
Rush Murder TriaI--The Defense
Offered no Testimony and
the Accused Is In jail.

, The preliminary trial of Victor Rusl
for the killing of his brother, Will
Rush and his wife, in Grassy Cove las
week was had before Esq. Z. L.
Deatherage Friday. After hearing the
proof Esq. Deatherage held Rush with
out bond TO await the action of the
grand jury.
The state proved by Bratch Wilson
that he lives about quarter of mile
from where Will Rush lived. That Vic
tor Rush lived about sixty five yards
from where his brother lived. That on
the morning OF the fire Victor Rush
came to his house and called him two
or three times and when ASKED what
he wanted Rush said Wills house was
on fire and he guessed Will and Mabel
were burned up. Wilson and Rush ran
back and when they got there the roof
of the house was falling in. Wilson
remarked that he could see one of the
bodies in the fire. Rush told him to go
to Bob Kemmer's. who lives about one
fourth Of mile away, and see if they
were there. Wilson went to Kemm er's
and left Rush there. Rush told Wilson
that when he discovered the house was
on fire that he ran over there and
called them rat they made no answer
and then he went to notify Wilson.
Sheriff Torey testified that as soon
as he was notified of the crime he tele-
phoned to Ga anooga for blood
hounds, and wet on to the scene as
soon as possit'c- That when he got
there he made an investigation of the
surroundings and found that Will Rush
had burned on the bed, was still lying
on the springs of the bed and that the
body of his wife was lying near the
of blood near the steps of the porch
and leading from there some eight |
or ten steps out into the yard, where
another pool of blood was found.
That he found large mans track
leading from the house to where the
blood was found. That as soon as the
blood hounds came they were taken to
the pool of blood near the porch and
from there they went to the house .of
Victor Rush and through his porch and
back to the pool of blood in the yard.
There they passed over piece Of a
gun stock and smelleo of it and went
% the home of Bratch Wilson and from
here they went over the same route
aiken by Rush and Wilson as they went
back and followed back to the crowd
lear the house but were not allowed to S
70 to any one in the crowd. The sheriff /
neasured the large track he found /
ear the blood and also the shoes worn i
" Rush and the measure fit exactly. '
he barrel of a shotgun was found in :
he burned building and piece of the {
took was found near the pool of blood. r
lush admitted before the coroners I
lry that it was his gun. ~
Paul Davenport testified that he v
earched the house Of Victor Rush and
ound towel which he exhibited and
hlch was shown to have blood on it,
John Foshee, a deputy sheriff, testi- :,
ed that he searched the house of Vic q
,r Rush and found lantern near the Fl
cad of his bed, this was exhibited and O.
ad blood on the top, sides and bottom Il
1T. He also found in the house an T q
ldershirt which had blood on the tail
1t and the sleeves appeared to have
zen washed to above the elbows. He
so found top shirt which had blood
/ il. He found under the porch a h,
'cket knife, pipe and one shotgun &C
ell loaded with No. a shot. M
John Dunbar testified that he helped "
:. Lewis make an examination of the IN
AIRED bodies and they found that Will st
lsh had been shot IN the left jaw
tn No. a shot from a shot gun, some W
the shot were taken from the back
his head. q,
Shot gun wads were found in his W,
ad. They found that the woman had III
en- shot in the left shoulder with No. &c
hot from shotgun. They found
; wads IN her body. The back of her an
ad had been crushed with some kind of