Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-05-09


and Five Children.
Yesterday evening, about dark "a report reach
I'd town Chat a Whole iarnilys were discovered
buried under the floor ofthe cabin which bad 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 jury and thirty
or fo.ty 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 fol
lows ). = : 3 = g lzs1Ft&s 70 ~ - - szS
Yesterday Tuesday morning, Mr.. Wilson and
NJ. /. Thomas, constable, provided with war
rant, started down the canal to arrest the wife of
Hubbard, whom late development rendered it
highly probable that she was accomplcc in the
murder of Boylcs. They succeeded to Mr.. GaFdi-
ner's works, five miles west of town. where they
found the women and arrested her. Mr.. Loveland
suggested to Mr. Wilson that suspicious were
entertained that the Hubbards had murdered a
whole family last fall .-...r@-ss-g-s -.
AS soon as Mr.. Wilson heard this, he, in COM
pany with Mr.. Loveland, went to the house of Mr..
Fisher, where they ascertained that some time in
September last this Hubbard family went to board
with family by the name of French, who then
lived in the cabin since occupied by the Hubbaids.
This french family consisted of persons, the
father, mother and five children They were a
very poor family that had been living in the
neighborhood six or seven years, and were well
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 furniture not worth over fifty
dollars Sometime in October. Mr. Lewis, a near
neighbor went to the cabin of French to purchare
his corn. He as met at the fence in front of the
cabin by the Hubbards, and was told that the night
before, Mr.. Trenches brother had come along
with wagon, and had taken Mr.. Frenche's whole
family away with him, and had started for Hi
nois, and that they had purchased all thsir things
including the corn, garden and furniture. "A day
L.. Sbo
to inquire if the French needed any assistance,
and was met in the same way by the Hubbards,
and was told the same story ss--s
No suspicious were entertained at the time that
foul play had been used and nothing occurred
until after the body Of Boylcs had been founi and
the Hubbards were arrested. 1t then began TO be
thought these monsters had murdered the whole
family. On hearing these statements, Mr. Wilson
mined TO go and search the premises He
then went down to Gardeners works, and procur-
red shovel and pick and tried to get some one to
go witk him. Noone, however believed the storys
and so no one volunteered to CO. While they were
talking, Mr. Thomas came up, and he and Mr..
Wilson proceeded to Hubbards, and found the
door locked. They drew the staple with the pick,
and entered the house. They found the toor rails
ed, and some dirt removed Mr. Miles Morgan,
constable, had been there short time previous
searching, and had discovered piece of skull
bone and gone away. They then proeeeued TO
dig away the dirt, and soon discovered the body
of an infant, very much decayed. They immedi-
ately left, and came up to town and got the
Coroner, who summoned a jury, consisting of
Stearnes Fisher, j. Lewis, ID. Brooks, f. Love-
land, NJ. w. Stober, and DIR. j. ". Jellison, who
at once proceeded to the place, which they reach
ed 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
fsnsilyi Their skulls were all broken in, 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 three or four feet
deep. They were laid in heap, the father and
mother at the bottom, and the children on lop
The babe was about fifteen months old. and the
Oldest child about fifteen years old There were
three girls and two beys- The children were
much decayed, but the parents we're still sound,
and We're easily Recognized by those who had
known them. W
There is not the least doubt but what the Hub /
bards are guilty Of this wholesale and damping
murder. 1t is almost loo horrible for belief. but
the facts above stated, and the CONCLUSION
is irresistible The Hubbards all in jail Mrs.
Hubbard win be examined to-day There seems
to have been other motive than the obtaining
what few worldly goods this poor family possess
ed, which were not worth over .tJty dollars.