Herald Democrat, April 9, 1919 Nancy Jane BushFrom Montrose Daily Press, February 1, 1919 The Soap Kettle Murders, as this double homicide was dubbed by the Montrose Daily Press, took place on December 15, 1917, at the home of Nancy Jane Bush and her son, John O. Bush, a few miles west of Olathe, CO. …

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