Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-18
From the wa6.sh Gazette Extra
A tuhota Family Murdered.

Yesterday evening, about dark, atepott reached
, town that whole family were discovered buried
under The floor Of The cabin which had been 90.
cupied BY lhe iiubbsrds, who ere now in jail fot
The murder Of Hoyles. The news spread rapidly
over The town, and in half an hour, the Coroner,
with Jury, and some thIttYtot forty citizens had
started 70, the place. We Immediately SET about
finding the truth Of the story, and ore indebted 70
Mt. J, Wilson lor what follows Yesterday Tues
day. morning Nj. Wilson and Nil. Thomas con.
stable, started down The canal 10 arrest The VIE Of
Hubbard, late Developments rendering II hIShly
piobable tha, she was an accomplish In The murder
Of Boyles, They proceeded 10 Nj. GARDENERS
work, miles west Of town, where they found anu
arrested hst. Nj. Loyesnd suggested 10 MI W.
that suspicious were entetsalned that tie huOOaEdS
had murdered whole family lest fall. AS soon
os MI Wilson heard this, he, In company with AF'
Loyeland, went 10 The house Of MI Fisheb where
they ascerained that some time In September last
This Hubbard family went 10 board with family
named Rtench. who then lived in the cabin since
occupied by The Hubbatjs. This French family
consisted Of 1.-The father, mother, ard clIIdten.
They were very poor family, that had lived 10
the neighbothood OF iects. During last sum
lner the old man French had raised small patch
OF corn and some garden slu1-the whole, Iogeth'
et with The furniture, was not worth over $780,
4, Some time In October, hIr Lewis, neighboJ went
10 The cabin Of Ftencll 10 purchase corn, lie was
met by tile tIubbotds, and was told that, The night
betote, Mr. Pfench's bttlhet had come along with
a wagon, taken MI Ffeuch's family away will
him, and and had started lot Illinois, and thai
they had purchased oil then things, including The
corn, ganlen, and furniture. a day or two atIef,
Mr. S. Fisher went over, and was met in the same
way by The iluGbalds, and was told the same sIo'
~. No suspicion was entertained at time Of IOu
MAY, and nothing occurred until after lie body oil
I,oyles had been found and tle llubLurls oEIesttd
| II then began 10 be thought that they murderer
this family. On hearing these statements, Mr.
Wilson went down to GARDENERS work and pro
cured shovel and pick, and tried 10 gel some one
| to 90 with lin. No one, however, believed th'
story, and all refused TO go. MI Thomas thel
came up aud lie and Mt, Wilson proceeded on Il
Hubbard's and found The doOrlocked. They dre@
tie staple with The pick, and entered Tie house
They found The floor raised, and some dit re
moved. Mr.. Morgan, constable, llal been search
Ing, and discovered n piece Of skull bone. The!
then proceeded 10 dig aud soon discovered The 10
dy Of on infant, much decayed. THEY then leiI
and come up 10 town, aud got the Coroner, who a
once proceeded 10 The place. In The presence o
large company, they examined The place whert
The infant had been discovered, and found 10
dies, consisting Of The enlite French family Thei
skulls were broken, and the legs Of the old lnuI
and his wife we've broken. They wete laid In
heap, the father and mother at the bottom and thI
childten on Top. The parents were recognized b!
those who had known them.
TheTe Is moi the least doubt that the liubbard
ore guilty Of this wholesale and damning murder
Il Is almost too horrible fhr belief, but facts ore ii
above stated. Mrs, Hubbard will be examined 10
day. There seems 10 have been no other motive
than Tho obtaining what few worldly goods III,
family possessed, which were mol worth OSer.Eh
dollars!