Westmoreland County PA Archives News.....Bush Jno. , of "Solomon's Temple" Died January 16, 1913
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Latrobe Bulletin January 16, 1913
Latrobe Bulletin Thu, Jan 16, 1913 
Jno. Bush of "Solomon's Temple" Died Yesterday In Pittsburgh Hospital 
John Bush, the farmer from Solomon's temple, who was found outside the Hotel
Dalton, Youngstown, early in the morning of the seventh of last December,
suffering from exposure, a broken arm, an injured head and numerous bruises,
died, yesterday afternoon, in the St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh. It was long
before daybreak on the seventh of last mouth that men, on their way to work came
across the unconscious form of Mr. Bush, lying on the sidewalk, alongside the
Dalton Hotel. They placed him on the porch of the hotel, where Harry Shawley,
the barkeeper, found him when he opened up the hotel, a short time later. Mr.
Shawley says that he took him into the hotel, thinking that he was suffering
from exposure more than anything else, and that he tried to revive him. Falling
in this, he secured a rig. early in the afternoon and was sending him home, when
a daughter, on her way to Youngstown to see what had become of her father, met
the vehicle, and had Mr. Bush taken to the Latrobe Hospital. He was at the local
institution for several weeks, and while his improvement seemed very slow, he
appeared to be gaining. Later on, he was taken to the St. Francis Hospital, in
the hope that his improvement there might be more rapid. He grew worse, however,
recently, and sank steadily, until death came.
Mr. Bush was 59 years of age. He was born in Germany and came to this country
when he was 35 years of age. He had resided near Youngstown for the past 28
years, following the occupation of a farmer. His wife died nine years ago. He is
survived by ten children: Mrs. Margaret Patch, of Youngstown; Mrs. Gertrude
Quinn, of Dorothy; Mrs. Elizabeth McCracken, of Baggaley; the Misses Marion and
Rose at home; John Bush. Jr., of 511 Chestnut street; Frank, of Derry; Joseph,
of Watoga, W. Va.; and Bernard and Ambrose, at home. The remains were brought to
the home of his son John, on Chestnut street, last evening. Funeral services
will be held in St. Vincent's Church at 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, and tee
interment will follow in St. Vincent's cemetery.
It cannot be stated how Mr. Bush came to meet with the injuries from which he
suffered. Mr. Shawley, who was in charge of the hotel at the time, gave the
Bulletin an interview, the following Monday, in which he told of how Mr. Bush
had turned over to him his money, for safe keeping, and how the man had taken a
room, having decided to remain in the hotel over night. He further described how
he had shown Mr. Bush a room on the third floor of the hotel, and how he had
left him in good shape. It was Shawley's theory that Mr. Bush, getting up in the
night, had fallen out of the third-story window. The farmer's relatives are said
not to place much credence in this theory, because of the fact that no blood was
found upon the sidewalk, beneath the room occupied by the man. It is likely that
there will be an inquest conducted by the coroner within the near future.

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