Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-14
RUSH BREAKS JA|Li
FREEDOM WAS BRIEF
CAUGHT AT SPRING CITY LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Escaped Jail Here Thursday Night; Now
In Dayton Jail and Will Be Ia
ken to Nashville to Await
Action Supreme Court

HCtl0il Ouplellle OUult
Victor Rush escaped from the Cross
vile jail Thursday night about clever
O'Clock and was arrested IN Spring City
Saturday night about eight o'clock
Rush was being held here pending the
decision OF the state supreme court,
which decision is expected to be handed
down Saturday Of this week. Rush
had been convicted of the murder OF
his brother, Will Rush, and sentenced
to 20 years IN the penitentlary. Also
for the murder of the wife OF his
brother and had received lite SEN
tence. The crime was committed IN
September, 1915.
HOW HE ESCAPED.
Rush had been confined in cage cell
on the second floor of the jail. Some
years ago one of the iron bars of the
cell had been broken out and the place
had been closed by boiling two flat
sheets of iron over the hole. Some
time ago either Rush or some other
prisoner had sawed through the soft
metal OF one of the bars. Rush had
torn up an IRON cot and lmprovised a
crude wrench with which he turned the
bolts that held the two sheets of IRON
and was able to move them to one side.
He then used another portion of his
iron cot as lever and succeeded IN
breaking the second bar of the cage.
By that means he made hole about
10X13 inches. Through this hole he
made his escape from the cage into the
corridor and then sprung the door so
that it came open. That admitted him
to the second floor and nothing more
than an ordinary door stood between
him and freedom. This he soon opened
and breathed the air as free man, at
ter being confined in the Jail for over
IL months.
Rush was very nervous after he got
out of the cage and dld not seem IN a
hurry to escape from the building. de
told Talmadge Watson, who was a
prisoner in the sa re cell with him,
that once he was outside OF the Jail he
would either be a tree man or a dead
man, one or the OTHER.
WENT TO GRASSY COVE.
Rush went from CrossVile directly
to Grassy Cove, where the CRIME was
committed and where his father and !
other relatives live, and there he Sc
cured some money and food. Having |
oeen confined so long he was able to
make little progress on foot on account
If his feet and muscles getting sore.
REWARD OFFERED.
Sheriff Toilet was not at home when
Rush escaped, but arrived home about
.wo O'Clock Friday morning and 1T was
hen learned that Rush had escaped.
Friday Sheriff Tolett and Duck Smith
vent to Grassy Cove and secured the
assistance of Floyd Wilson and began
earching for Rush. Sheriff TolIett
Tered re ward OF SIS tor information
eading to the arrest of Rush or $50 for
lis arrest and delivery to him.
Through this means information came
O the sheriff and his men so that they
we're able to follow closely on the
rack of the criminal. They searched
many houses between Grassy Cove and
irandview ard expected to get HIM al
most any time so close we're they after ,
i'm. I
Just before dark Saturday Shrelff /
'olett sent two men to Grandvlew to
hone the officers at Spring City to be
n the lookout for him as be was COM !
1g that way. About eight o'clock I
lush walked into a restaurant at {
pring City and the city marshal and 1
equity sheriff found him there and
laced him under arrest. {
He offered no resistance but denied