Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1901 — The Bushong Divorce Case. [ARTICLE]

The Bushong Divorce Case.

Mrs. Ora Bushong, of Barkley Tp., was granted a divorce last Tuesday morning, by Judge Thompson from Mil ton A. or Gus Bushong. The grounds were cruel treatment. The case, in one form or another, has already had a good deal of publicity. The evidence of Mrs. Bushong, her mother Mrs. M. .E, Henkle, their boarder, Miss Goetz, as well as others, all amply proved the charges. • In fact the evidence showed that while Bushong was a pleasant and smooth-spoken fellow to outsiders he was a veritable devil in the family. His outrageous conduct towards his wife, even when near and following confinement were fully proven. Even an attempt upon her life, when she was sick in bed. In this case he said he would kill her, and reached in his pockets for a revolver. She escaped through a door and ran to a neighbors. She was granted the .custody of her twin boys, now about 5 months old. Also alimony of SIOO per year for three years; but this will probably never be collectable.