The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-17
AWFUL DISCOVERY!


AWFUL DISCOVERY!
Whole Family lfurdsred-A man, ,vJe, and
fue chadren-tte most horrible Murder on
Record. An *
Yesterday evening, about dark, report
reached town that WHOLE FAMILY
were discovered buried under the floor OF the
cabin which had been occupied by The Hub
bards, who are now in Jail charged with The
murder of ,Boyles. The awfuhnews spread
rapidly over town, and in half an hour or less,
the Corner, with jury and thirty or forty
citizens had started for the place. Ne1m-
medidtely set about finding the truth Of the
story, and are indebted to Mr.. James Wilson
for what follows. Yesterday CTuesday)
morning Mr.. Wilson and NJ. /. Thomas, con-
stable. provided with warrant started down
the canal 10 arrest the wife of Hubbard,
whom late developments rendered it highly
probable that she was an accomplish in the
murder of Boyles. They proceeded TO. Mr..
GARDENERS works, FIVE miles west Of town,
where they found the woman and arrested
her. Mr. Loveland suggested to Mr.. Wilson
that sus pcons were entertained that the
Hubbard's had murdered whole family last
fall. -y F-.. ,-2
As soon as Mr.. Wilson heard this, he, in
company with Mr. Loveland, went 10 the
house of Mr.. Fisher, where they ascertained
that some time in September last, this Hab-
bard family went to board with family by
the name of French, who then lived in the
cabin since occupied by the Hubbards. This
French family consisted of SEVEN persons,
the father, mother and five children. They
were a very poor family tnat had been living
in the neighborhood six or seven years, and
were we'll known by 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 furni-
ture, was not worth over fifty dollars. Some
time in October, Mr.. Lewis, 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 Hubbards, and was told
that the night before, Mr.. French's brother
had come along with a,wagon, and had taken
DIR. French'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 ortwo af-
forwards, Mr.. Steaines Fisher went over to
enquire 1.-THE Prenchs needed any assistance
and was met in the same way by the Hub
| bards, and was told The same story.
| No suspicious were entertained at the
/ time that foul play had been used, and moth
ling occurred until after the body of Boyles
had been found and the Hubbard's were ar
rested. 1t then began to be thought these
monsters had murdered the whole family.
Ion he airing these statements Mr.. Wilson
determined to 90 and search the premises
lie then went down TO GARDENERS work and
procured shovel and pick and tried to gel
some one 10 GO with him. No one, however
believed the story, and so no one volunteer
ed1sto 90. While they were talking Mr.
Thomas came, up and he and Dir. Wilson
proceeded to Hubbard's and found the doo
locked. They drew the taple with the pick
and entered the house. They found tn,
floor raised, and some dirt removed. Nlr
Miles Morgan, constable, had been there
; short time previous searching, and had dis
covered piece of skull bone and had gone
away. They then proceeded to dig away tn,
dirt and soon discovered the body of an infant
very much decayed. They Immediately lel
and came up TO town and got the Coroner
who summoned Jury, consisting of Stearne
Fisher, j (, Lewis, ID. Brooks, Il. Lovelsnd
, NJ. w. Stober and DR.. j. w. ellison, VIII
at once proceeded to the place which the.
reached about seven o'clock last evening.
In the presence of large company, the,
, proceeded to examine the place where tn
: infant had been discovered. and horrible t
relate, found seren bottles, Consisting of tn
; ENTIRE FRENCH FAMILY! Their skull
acre all broken a., aud The legs of the old ma
: French and his 1ife lrere broken. so that The
could be doubled up ind forced into the hole
}, qrhich ,cas three or four feet deep! They wer
: laid in heap. the fatcer and mother at tn
d bottom and the children on the top TIL
e babe was about fifteen months old, and tn
Oldest child about fifteen years old. Their
were three girls andtwo boys. The childre
Were much decayed, but the parents wer
still sound, end were easily recognized b
i those who had know them.
/ There is notthe least doubt but what tn
u HHbbards are guilty of this wholesale an
i damning murder. 1t is almost too horribl
II for belief, but facts are as above stated, an
n the conclusion is irresistible The Hubbard
e are all in Jail. Mrs. Hubbard will be exam
med to-day. There seems to have been n
other motive than the obtaining what fe,
!. worldly goods this poor family possessed
n which were not worth over fifty dollars.
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