Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, August 10, 1911 W.A. RUSH, a former resident of this city, was shot and killed last Thursday at Sheffield by his wife. The news came as a great shock to his many friends in Leon. The Register and Leader in the issue of Friday published the following special telegram from Sheffield: "I've killed my husband," Mrs. W.A. Rush, is said to have told neighbors this evening. "I'm sorry, but I did it. He's down at the station now." A few minutes later Rush's dead body was found as his wife had said, lying on the floor of the ticket office of the Rock Island Station, where he was employed as the company's agent. There was a bullet wound through the heart The case is said to have been domestic trouble. Mrs. Rush later told her friends, it is claimed, that her husband had threatened her during the course of the interview that preceded the shooting but she did not say with what she had been threatened. Only one shot was fired, the bullet passing between the ribs on the left side of his body and entering his heart. Death came instantly. Up to a late hour tonight Mrs. Rush had not been arrested, although she is being detained at the home of James Haupt until a decision is reached as to what action can be taken. An inquest has not been held. Mrs. Rush made no effort to conceal the crime and talked calmly of the shooting. Mr. And Mrs. Rush always have been considered among the most respectable people of Sheffield. Both have been unusually popular and had many warm friends. Both have been members and workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church here, Mrs. Rush taking an aggressive part in religious work. She was 28 years old and quite pretty. Her husband was a few years her senior. In the Sunday Register and Leader appeared another telegram from Sheffield as follows: While a warrant has been issued it has not been served on Mrs. W.A. Rush of Sheffield, who is said to have killed her husband Friday evening after a quarrel, because her condition is considered critical by physicians and her mind is near a collapse. No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but brothers of the dead man living in St. Louis and Sedalia, Mo., have been notified. B.F. Clay, the father of Mrs. Rush, who lives at New Virginia, also has been notified. Mrs. Rush expresses deep regret for her act. ----------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 5, 2009 [email protected] My Notes: I wonder if she did a lot of target practice -- to fire the bullet right into his heart... Interesting that she seemed to be o.k. With shooting him -- and then suddenly is near a mental collapse................ (I have 2 more articles that I'll post that tell the 'whole truth'... Ha.)