Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1911 — GEORGE BUSH CONVICTED OF CHILD DESERTION. [ARTICLE]

GEORGE BUSH CONVICTED OF CHILD DESERTION.

Newton County Man, Who Has Been In Jail Here, Fined and Sentenced to Jail—Sentence Suspended. . ■/ George Rush*'* who for several months has been confined in the Rensselaer Jail, having been sent here from Nekton county on a charge of child desertion, was sentenced by Judge Hanley this morning to pay a fine of SIOO and serve a year in jail. The court then suspended the sentence during the payment by him of $lO per month tor the support of his invalid daughter, 7 years of age, who is now in an institution conducted by a Mrs. Edwards in Winamac. Rush and his wife have not been living together and no effort was made to punish him tor wife desertion. Their child was frightfully burned when a baby and for some time has toen in Mrs. Edwards’ institution and an object’ of charity.' Rush had failed to do anything for its support, although he had promised to do so. He will now have to pay $lO each month into the court for the child or go to Jail. The state was represented by Attorney Davis, of Brook, while Roy Blue represented the defendant. Rush is said to come from an excellent Pennsylvania family and to trace relationship to the founders of Rush Medical College in Chicago. He is a laboring man and during the time he has'been In the charge of Sheriff Hoover has been permitted to work part of the time.