The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-26
AWFUL DISCOVERY!
A Whole Family Murdered.
From The Wabash Gazette-E1trd.

1eSIeTuay evening aUouI udTh, 10
port reached town that whole family |
were discovered buried under the floor of
the cabin which had been occupied by the |
Hubbards, who are now in Jail charged
with murder of Boyles. The awful news
spread rapidly over town, and in half an
hour or less, the Coroner, with Jury,
and some thirty or forty citizens, had
started for the place. We Immediately
set about finding the truth of the story,
and are indebted to MIR. james Wilson
for what follows Yesterday (Tuesday)
morning Mr.. Wilson and NJ. |. Thomas,
Constable, provided with warrant, start
ed down the canal to arrest the wife OF
Hubbard, late developments rendering 1t
highly probable that she was an accom-
plice in the murder Of Boyles. They pro-
ceeded to Mr.. GARDENERS work, five miles
west of town, where they found the wo-
man and arrested her. Mr.. Loveland
suggested to Mr. Wilson that suspicious
were entertained that the Hubbards had
murdered whole family last fall. As
soon as Mr. Wilson heard this, he, in COM
pamy with Mr.. Loveland, went to the
house of Mr. Fisher, when they ascer-
tanned that in September last this Hub
bard family went to board with family
by the name of French, who then lived
in tue cabin since occupied by tho Hub
bards. This French family consisted OF
seven persons-the father, mother, and
five children. They were very poor
family, that had been living in the neigh
borhood six or seven years, and were we'll
known by the neighbors. During last
summer the old man French had raised a
small patch of corn and some garden stuff
the whole Of which, together with the
;, furniture, was not worth over fifty dollars
Some time in October, Mr. Lewis, q near
neighbor, went to the 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.. Frcnch's
whole family away with him, and had
started for Illinois, and that they had
purchased all their things, including the
corn, garden, and furniture. A day OF
two afterward, Mr.. Stearnes 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 suspicious were entertained al
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 tc
be thought these monsters had murdered
the whole family. On hearing these
statements, Mr.. Wilson determined to &C
and search the premises. He then went
down to Gardeners work and procured 8
shovel and pick, and tried to get some one
to 60 with him. No one, however, believed
the story, and so no one volunteered tc
90. While they were talking, Mr.
Thomas came up, and he and Mr.. Wilson
proceeded to Hubbnrd's and found the
= door locked. They drew the staple will
the pick and entered the house. They founC
the floor raised, and some dirt removed
: Mr.. Miles Morgan, constable had beer
there a short time previous, searching
and had gone away. They then proceed
; ed to dig away the dirt and soon discov
cred the body of an infant, very mucl
decayed They immediately left, and
came up to town and got the Coroner
who summoned a jury, consisting O
Stearnes Fisher, J. Lewis, D. Brooks, Z.
Loveland, NJ. W. Stober, and Dr. j. W
Jellison, who at once proceeded to the
place which they reached about 7 o'clocb
last evening. In the presence of large
company, they proceeded to examine the
place where the infant had been discover
ed, and horrible to relate found seven
: bodies, consisting of the entire French
famiyl Their skulls were all broken in
and the legs of the old man French and
bis wife were broken, so that they could
be doubled up and forced into the hole,
which was three or four feet deep. They
we're laid in heap, the father and moth
er at the bottom, and the children on top.
The babe was about fifteen months old,
and the oldest child about fifteen years
old. There were three girls and two
boys. The children were much decayed,
but the parents were still sound, and were
easily recognized by those who had known
them.
There is not the least doubt that the
Hubbards are guilty of this wholesale
and damning murder. 1t is almost too
horrible for belief, but facts are as above
stated, and the conclusion is irresistible
The Hubbards are all in Jail. Mrs. Hub
bard will be examined to day. There
seems to have been no other motive than
the obtaining what few worldly goods this
poor family possessed, which were not
worth over .EIty dollars.
The truth Leaking Out
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