The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-04-27
From the Wabash (Ind) Express, April II
WHOLE FAMILY NlURDERED.

WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Yesterday evening, about dark, a report reach.
ed town thai whole family were discovered
buried under the floor of the cabin which had
been occupied by the Hubbards, who are now !,
Jail charged with the murder of Boyles. Tn,
au ful news spread rapidly over town, and !,
haitian hour or less, the coroner, with jury and
thirty or forty citizens, had started for the place
We immediately set about finding the truth Of
the story, and are indebted to Mr.. Jas. Wilson
for what follows:
Yesterday tfneSdayl morning, Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. ]. Thomas, constable, provided with
warrant started down the canal to arres, the
wife of Hubbard, whom late Developments rem
dered il highly probable that she was an accom-
plice in the murder o! Boyles. They procept-
ed 10 Mr.. Gardeners works, FIVE mirs west Of
town, where they found the woman and arres-
ted her. Mr.. Lov+land suggested 10 Mr.. Wilson
that suspicious were entertained that the Hub
bard's had murdered whole family last fall
As soon as Mr.. Wilson heard this, hr, in COM
panv with Nr. Loveland, went to the house of
Mr.. Fisher, where they ascertaIned that some
time in September last, this Hubbard family
went 10 board with family named French,
who than lived in the cabin since occupied hy
the Hubbards This French family consisted
Of seven persons, the father, mother and five
children. They were very poor family that
had been living in the neighborhood six or seven
years. and were well lkown by the Beighbors
During laSi summer, the old man French had
raised a small patch OF corn and some garden
stnf, the whole Of which, together with the
furnitura, was not worth over fifty dollars
Sometime in October, Mr.. Lewis, near neigh
bor, went over to purchase his corn. He was
met at The fence in front OF the cabin BIZ thr
Hnbbards. and was told that the night before
Mr.. French's brother had come along with
wagon, and had taken Mr. French's whole fam
ily away with him, and started for Illinois, and
that they had purchased all their things, incu-
ding the corn, garden and tnrniturr A day or
two afterwards, Mr.. Stearnes Fisher went over
TO inquire If the French's needed any assistance,
and was met in The same way by The Hubbards,
and was told the same story.
No suspicious were entertained at the time
that fonl play had been used, and nothing oc-
cured until after the body of Boyles bad brrn
found, and the Hubbards We're arrested. Ii then
began to b. thought that these monsters had
murdered the whc!e family. On hearing these
statements. Mr. Wilson determined To GO and
search the premises. He went down to Gar
diners works and procured shovel and pick,
and tried 10 get some one to 60 with him. No
one, however, believed The story, and so no
one volunteered to 60. While they were talk
ing. Mr.. Thomas came up, and he and Mr..
Wilson proceeded 10 Hubbards, and found the
door locked. They drew the staple with the
pick. snd 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 hone and gone away. They then pro-
ceedpd to dig away the dirt, and discover
ed the body of an infant, very much decayed.
They Immediately left, and came up 10 town
and got the Coroner, who summoned jury. and
at once proceeded 10 the place, which they
reached about seven O'Clock last evening.
In the presence of large company, they pro-
ceeded to examine the place where the infant
/ had been discovered, and, horrible to relate,
/ found seven bodies, consisting OF the entire
! French fdmiiy Their skulls were all broken ~,
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 hraP, the
father and mother at the bottom, and the chi
/ dren on top. The babe was about fifteen monhS
old, and the eldest child about fifteen years old
| There We're three girls and two boys. The
children We're much decayed, but the parents
were still sound, and were easily recognized by
those who bad known them.
There is not the least doubt but what the hub
bards are guilty Of this wholesale and damnlng
murder. 1t is almost too horrible for heliri, boF
the facts are as above stated, and the conciusIon
is irrisistable. The HubhardS all N lai'
Mrs HUBBARD will De examined to-day. IhrTr
seems 10 have been no other motive than ihe
obtaining what few worldly goods this poor an,-
ily possessed, which were not worth over JYg
dollars
GREAT FisHiNG.-The Burlington Free PFe>S
relates new and unique mode OF 6shlng, whHn
has been successfully tried in a trout stream o
northern Vermont, and which we fake pleasure
in recommending 10 the attention OF all ionS-
nosed disciples of the famous Walton. The GS-
covery was made few days aimee by "Co
chopper in Hydepark. Being thirsty WIN "a
Dor, he chopped hole in the ice OF monnia"
stream, aud laid himself down TO drink. hn'.s
in the act Of mbbng the refreshing ilud' nS
nose was suddenly and Unexpectedly seIzed .!
I hpp oft tha kr,nl who hurried HN