The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-20
From the Wabash Ind :. Gazette, April lth.
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Awful Discovery!
Whole Family .Nurdered-lNa and his WIFE
and fire Children'-7He most Horrible
Murder on Record!
Yesterday evening about dark. repor,
reached town that whole family were dscov-
cred buried under the floor of the cabin which
had been occupied 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 a
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 Mr.. James Wilson for what fol-
lows:
Yesterday TUESDAY morning, Mr.. Wilson
and NJ. l. Thomas. Constable, provided with
warrant, started down the canal to arrest the
wife of Hubbard. whom late developments
rendered it highly probable that she was an
accomplice in the murder of Boyles. They
proceeded to GARDENERS work, 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 a whole family
last fall As soon as Mr.. Wilson heard this,
he, in company with Mr.. Loveland. went to
the house Of Mr.. Fisher, where they ascer-
tHht Sotiic tiiit ptcIibeI loSt, tiiiS
Hubbard family went to board with family
BY the name of French, who then lived in the
cabin since occupied by the Hubbards.
The French family consisted of seven per
sons. the father, mother and FIVE children
They were very poor family that had been
living in the neighborhood 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 the whole of which. together with the
furniture was not worth over fifty dollars
Some time in October. Mr. Lewis, a near
neighbor, went to the cabin Of French to pur-
chase his corn. He was met at the fence in
front of the cabin by Hubbard, and was told
that the night before Mr.. French's brother
had come along with a wagon aud had taken
M Frenchs whole family away with him,
and had started for Illinois, and that they had
purchs sed all their things, including the corn,
garden and furniture
\ dav or two afterwards Mr. Stearnes Fisher
went over to enquire If tie Frenchs' needed
any assistance, and was met in the same way
by the Hubbards, and was told the same sto-
ry. No suspicious were entertained al the
time that foul plav had been used and nothing
occurred until after the body Of Boyles had
been found, and the Hubbards were arrested
1t then began to be thought that these mon
sters had murdered the whole family On
hearing these statements. Mr.. Wilson deter
mined to 60 and search the premises He
then went down 10 Gardiner. work and pro.
cured shovel and pick, and tried to get some
one to GO with him. No one, however. be
lieved TIE story. and so no one volunteered 70
go. While they were talking, Mr. Thomas
came up. and he and Mr.. Wilson proceeded
TO Hubbard's and found the door locked
They drew the staple with the pick and Ell
tered the house They found the floor raised
and some dirt removed. Mr.. Miles Morgan
constable. had been there short time previ-
Gus, searching, d had discovered piece Of
skull bone and had gone away. They then
proceeded 10 dig away the dirt, and soon dis
covered the body of an infant, very much de-
cayed. They Immediately lef. and came to
town, and got the Coroner, who summoned .