Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-04-24
AWFUL DISCOVERY A WHOLE FAMILY
MURDERED.

under the floor OF the cabin which had been Occu-
pied by the Hubbards, who are now in Jail charged
with the murder of Boyles. The awful news
spread rapidly over town, and in half an hour or
less, the Coroner with Jury and thirty or forty
citizens, had started for the place. We i'm
mediately set about finding the truth of the
story, and we are indebted to Mr. James Wilson
for what follows: Yesterday (ruesday) morning
Mr.. Wilson and NJ. |. Thomas, Constable, provided
with warrant, started down the canal to arrest
the wife of Hubbard, late developments rendering
it highly probable that she was an accomplish in
the murder of Boyles. They proceeded to MIR.
Gardeners works, five miles west of town, where
they found the woman and arrested her. Mr..
Loveland suggested to Mr.. Wilson that suspicious
were entertained that the HubbardS had murdered
q whole family last fall.
As soon as Mr.. Wilson heard this, he, in COM
pany with Mr.. Loveland, went to the house of
MIR. Fisher, where they ascertained that some time
in September last this Hubbard family went to
board with family by the name of French, who
then lived in the cabin since occupied by the Hub
bards. This French family consisted Of seven
persons-the father, mother, and five children
They were a very poor family that had been liv
ing in the ncighborhood six or seven years, and
were we'll known by all the neighbors. During
last summer, the old man French had raised
small patch Of corn and some garden stuff tho
whole of which, together with the furniture,
was not worth over fifty dollars. Some time in
cabin of French to purchase his corn. He was
met at the fence in front Of the cabin by the Hub
bards, and was told that the night before, Mr..
French's brother had come along with wagon,
and had taken Mr.. French's whole family away
with him, and had started for Illinois, and that
they had purchased all th.ir things including the
corn, garden, and furniture.
A day or two afterward, Mr.. Stearns Fisher
went over to inquire if the Trenches needed any
assistance, and was met in the same way by the
Hubbards, and was told the same story. No sus-
pcions were entertained at the time that foul play
had been used, and nothing occurred until after
the body of Boyles had been found and the Hub
bards were arrested. 1t then began to be thought
that these monsters had murdered the whole fam
;Iv On cearing these statements, Mr.. Wilson
determined TO - and search the premises. He
thcn went down to Gardeners work and procured
a shovel and pick, anu. tri d to get some one to
20 with him. No one, rCweyer, belleved the
story, and so no one volunteered 20 go. While
they were talking, Mr.. Thomas came up, and nc
and Mr.. Wilson proceeded to Hubbard's and
found the door locked. They drew the staple
with the pick, and entered the house. They found
the floor raised, and some dirt removed. Mr.
Miles Morgan, constable, had been there short
time previous, searching, and had discovered
piece of skull bone, and had gone away. They
then proceeded to dig away the dirt and soon dis
covered the body Of an infant very much decay
cd. They immediately left, and came up to town
ana got the coroner, who summoned a jury,
consisting Of Stcarns Fisher, j. Lewis ID. Brooks,
+. Lovclnn1, NJ. w. Stobe-, and DIR. j. w. Jel-
lison, who at once proceeded to the place, which
they reached about I O'Clock last evening.
In the presence of large company, they pro-
ccedcd to examine the place where the infant had
been discovered, and, horrible to relate, found
seven bodies, consisting of the entire French fam
ily. Their skulls were all broken in, and the legs
of the old man French and his wife were broken,
so that they could be doubled up and forced into
the hole, which was three or four feet deep. They
were laid in heap, the father and mother at the
bottom. and the children on top. The babe was
about fifteen months old, and the eldest child
about fifteen years old. There were three girls
and two boys. the children were much dccaycd,
but the parents still sound, AMI were easily
recognized hy those WHO had known them.
There is not the least doubt that the IIubbards
are guilty of this Wholesale and damning murder.
1t is almost too horrible for belief, but facts
as above stated and the conclusion is irresistible.
The IIubbartls are all in jail. Mrs. Hubbard will
be examined to-day. There seems to have been
10 other motive than the obtaining what few
worldly goods this poor family pos scsscl, which
were not over.Gtty dollars!
WHARF ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE imposing u wharf tax on
steamboats,.
St. Paul do ordan:
Sec. |. That any steamboats, from anv port
out of this Territory, trading to- stopping at the
Port of st. Paul. shall pay the following tax to
wit: Every regular packet of more than one hun
dred tons burden, for each trip three dollars
Every transient boat of more than one hundred
tons burden for each trip five dollars.
SEC. ,. This ordnance shall take effect from
and after its publication.
DAVID OLMSTED, Mayor.
Attest: JAMES STARKEY, Clerk pro TEN.
Amended as follows:
AN ORDINANCE amendatory to an ordinance
regulating wharfage on steamboats, entering the
Port of st. Paul.
The Mayor and Common Council of the city of
ST. Paul, do ordain and establish follows
SEC. l. That all boats landing at the Port of
st. Paul, coming from ports out of this Territory,
Of more than twenty or less than one hundred tons
burden, shall pay to the city of St. Paul the sum
of two dollars for each and every trip.
SEC. ,. The wharfage to be collected by the
City Marshal, as provided by ordinance number
eight.
Ordained and dated at the CITY of St. Paul,
this 18th day Of August, A. ID. 1854.
DAVID OLMSTED, Mayor.
Attest: SHERWOOD HOUGH, City Clerk.
hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies
of the original ordinances on file in my Office.
SHERWOOD HOUGI, City Clerk.
A DEsIR ABIE PRovISION.-The Guardian Angel
in Paris is man whose duty it is to visit the
drinking shops, and the moment a man gets tipsy
to take him under his protection, to accompany
him home and put him to bed. The individuals
practising this profession, are picked men, who
never drink themselves, who have necessary NOR
al authority to force obedience from the drunken
creature they are conveying home, who can defend
him against attack, and more than all can prevent
him from drinking at the shops they pass on their
way. The price Of this service is ten sous ; and
there is not an instance on record of an individ-
ual thus protected home and put to bed, having
failed to discharge this debt of honor. 1t is
rule at the drinking shops that when a man can
not stand he must be taken off, and the Angel is
straightway called.
The Angels are kindly treated by the shop keep
er, whose interest is to see that none of his Gus
toners come to harm. They receive the odds and
ends of the dinner, and are recommended to the
neighbors when reliable man of some confden-
tial errend is wanted. Their honesty is proven
bial, and a Bachanalian with hundred francs in
his pocket, who is con6ded to their charge, is
morally sure Of finding his hundred francs where
he left them when he wakes the next morning
To those acquainted with the character of the ma
tive Parisians. it is unnecessary to observe that
the Guardian Angel relies for custom principally
on the English and other foreigners, who have not
learned to use wine without abusing it.