Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-04-06 | Page 25 | Dementia Plea Made by Aged Nancy J. Bush

I DEMENTIA PLEA MADE BY AGED ACED NANCY I J. BUSH Alleged Was Deranged De De- rarig ranged a Wh When n Conf Confession essi n Was Was- Made ilIade Defense I Montrose Colo Cob Ap April lI 5 That 5 That Mrs Nancy Jane Jan Bush 70 years old was suffering from senile e dementia when she confessed that she had slain her herson herson son with an axe and disposed of the bod body by boiling It with lye in a soap vat at was the defense c outlined b by her counsel toda today after atter the state rested its its- case caso In the tho trial of Mrs Bush The aged woman Is accused of o killing her herson herson son John Bush and her young oun grandson grand grand- rand rand- son son Otis at the Bush farm home near Olathe Colo Cob In December 1917 In the alleged confession submitted b by the prosecution Irs Bush was quoted as ha having ing said that she slew her son antI and boiled his bod body after alter ho he had killed the tho bo boy Otis and disposed of ot othis his body in a similar manner because the boy had stolen a small sum of ot mone money Mrs Irs Bush is alleged d to have said that her son compelled her to help dispose of ot tho the boys boy's body and that she killed tho the boys boy's father ather fot for fear ho he would attack her Son Alive Is h Charge The defense outlined late today was that Mrs Irs Bush had concocted this story tor to enable her son to escape after the murder of or the bo boy In support of or this contention the defense toda today placed two witnesses on omi the stand J J. J II H. testified that ho he saw av John Bush In Olathe two days das aft after r the date of the alleged murder The witness however hOWe became confused confused confused con con- fused as to the exact date dato on cross- cross examination Walter aller Lipes testified that he lie saw a man maim who aIls answered the tho description of or Bush at Kelso Wash ash several months ago aso Adult dulC Teeth leeth Found Report Before resting Its case the state in introduced In- In two witnesses Dr Edward Edvard C C. Hill city chemist of or Denver er and Dr J. J C. C Parks ParIs a dentist to establish that the remains found at the Bush farm arm were of an adult as well as of a child Dr Ir Hill said chemical examination of ot bloodstains found on the premises as aswell as as' aswell aswell well as examination of or the bones discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered on the tho farm tarm established this fact tact anI and amid Dr Parks testified that the teeth of the tho adult were among those exhibited b by b the state Mrs Irs Bush is time the twelve e children nine of ol whom are arc living She retained her self-possession self throughout through through- out the day ceasing her interruption of ot witnesses and busying busying- herself with smelling salts or munching munching- bananas during the session The courtroom was today tenths nine-tenths of ot the audience being women