Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-02-16
RUSH MURDER TRIAL
NOW BEING HEARD
Large Number Of Witnesse and Case
May Not Go to the Jury Before
Frida,,--Rumor Has it That
Jury Will Disagree.

Not since Hiram Hall murdered his
wife In 1899, has any crime so moved
and excited the people of this county
as the murder of Will Rush and his
wife, Mabel Rush, in Grassy Cove,
September Il, last.
1t will be remembered that Hall
struck his wife IN the head with large
rock and then put the body. head first,
into the family spring to create the i'm
preston that she had fallen INTO the
spring and drowned Hall confessed to
the crime and was hanged in the Jail
yard by j. S. Garrison, who was sheriff
at that time.
The Rush case is a very much worse
crime than that OF Hall IN that two
lives were sacrificed and the crime was
entirley void of cause or reason that
should appeal to the nina of any rea-
sonable person. In the case of Hall,
he and wife mad not been getting along
together and in his confession Hall
stated that his mother urged him and
almost forced him to commit the crime.
No action was taken against Mrs. Hall
as she was womal advanced in years.
She is still living IN this county.
When the news of the. crime became
known the greatest surprise was mani
fest for in no part of the county would
such crime have been less likely to
occur than in Grassy Cove, The peo-
pie there are particularly ordesNIy and
well behaved as is evidenced by the
ract that very few petty criminal ca,es
such as carrying pistol, boot!egging,
ETC., come into the circuit court from
that part of the county.
NO COURT EVIDENCE.
Judge c. E. Snodgrass personally re-
ouested of the Chronicle eiltor that we
refrain from attempting to give the
evidence as adduced at the trial, which
has been IN progress since Friday af-
ternoon. Judge Snodgrass gave as his
reason for the request that In the event
of a hung jury and another trial be-
! Gaming necessary, an article IN the
! Chronicle purportiDg to give the glst
of the evidence as adduced at the trial
might dlsQuallfy SO many persons IN
the county as jurors that it would be
impossible to secure jury to try the
case and by that means the ends OF
justice be thwarted
The editor Of the Chronicle having
no desire to IN any Way hamper the
course of justice, wevery naturally re-
frain from attempting to give the
court evidence. The case beng one of
such marked interest and having been
so much talked by The people gener-
ally, we found lt.no great task to Sc
! cure from the people, some OF whom
were at the scene OF the murder but
were not summoned as witnesses. such
general details as enables us to give a
reasonably clear explanation of how
the crime Was pIoudoiy Soih'i'oSN'
As to who the guilty party is, we have
nothing to say as the court is now en-
deavoring to determine that fact.
There are large number of persons
over the county who feel that Victor OF
Jack Rush, the man accuesd of the
crime, Is guilty.
BACK FROM THE WEST.
u Will Rush met and married his wife
Mabel Rush, at some point IN the west
a few wears ago and later moved tt
! Grassy Cove, where he and his accused
brother. Victor, were raised. Victor
Rush was with Will Rush and wife IL
the west and it is claimed became in
fatuated with Mrs. Rush, but she die
not in any way return the feeling. She
is reported to have said that had she
Al, 4 husband known that Victor woulc
follow them from the west to- Grassy
Cove they would not have moved there,
for she knew something against Victor
Rush of damaging character, but die
not state what it was. Victor Rusf
arrived in Grassy Cove about the time
Will Rush and wife did. Will Rusf
was 26 and his wife 20.