Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-04-04 | Page 11 | Woman, 70, on Trial for Life

UN, 71, 01 THIALraR LIFE Mrs. Nancy Jane Bush Accused Ac-cused of Murder of Son and Grandson. MOXTfcOisE, Colo., April G. A jury was Impanelled in the district court here today In the trial of Mrs. Nancy Jjhc Bush, 70 years old. who is accused of , the murder of her son, John O. Bush and . her young- grandson. Otis Bush, at the ' Bi:ph homestead ntar O'..the. Clo., in 5"tecerr.r.er. 1017. The pro?curion. r.llci;3 ', . thru .M P-M. h k::ed lv.-r .-?---n and K?-imd- suii 'vitli an axe ard vlie.i -iisi-Ostrd of the Kdits l-v Voiiim: tiier.i w.rh lye in a su:: vat. The prosecuti-in is rnsinsr it s case .arjre-ly .arjre-ly mi circum ntin! evk-ence and ro-pcr ro-pcr t-id confeiiups tii-ri-d to have bcn made !;. t!.o dJ .nu.tnt. Mrs. Bush's ' :-uuinijtit?. h'.-w.-jvor, have i?e'?ii contradict contra-dict or v. At l irst she is represented as having .s:iid sc killed lier won and disposed dis-posed (if his hod' in the foup vat alter . he had treated the boy Otid in a snrn- 1 lar manner l.e cause the lad had stolen i a small sum of money. A search cf the premises disclosed the I remains of the boy's body, but no trace I of his father was found and the authorities author-ities at fiist beUer d he imd fled. In opposition to this iatir theory, however, j the prosecution livs s'r'.S3 on the tact that his bank account, amounting to sv- eral hundred dolinrs, has not been checked against since his disappearance, hi-rufc tiO'.vds aic attending tle trial, much interest being shown by women and children.