The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-05-04
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Awful Discovery.-A Whole Family
Murdered.

Yesterday evening, about dark, report reached
us tina, whole family were discovered buried
under the floor Of the cabin which had been &C.
cuped by the Hubbards, who ore now In jail
charged with the murder Of Boyles. Tho awful
news spread rapidly over town, and In half an
hour or less, the Coroner. with Jury, and some
thirty or forty citizens, started Tor the place. We
Immediately set about finding the truth Of the
story, and are indebted to Mr.. James Wilson for
wha, follows; Yesterday TUESDAY morning,
Mr. Wilson and NJ. l. Thomas, Constable, provi.
ded with warrant, started down the canal TO ar.
res, the wife Of Hubbard, late developments rem.
derins it highly probable that she was an accom-.
plice in the murder Of Boyes They proceeded
10 Mr.. Gardiners work, i've miles west Of town,
where they found the woman and arrested her.
Mr.. Loveland suggested TO Mr.. Wilson that sus.
pcions were entertained that the Hubbards had
murdered whole family last fall As soon as Mr.
Wilson heard this he in company with Mr.. Love.
land, went TO the house Of Mr.. Fisher, where
they ascertainsd 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 Hutbards This
French family consisted Of seven persons-ihe
father, mother and five children. They .wers u
very poor family, that had been living in The neigh.
borhood six or seven years, and were welfknown
by oil the neighbors. During last summer, the
old man French had raised a small patch Of corn
and some Understandable whole Of which, To-.
gether with the furniture, was no. worth over
City dollars. Some time In October, Mr. Lewis,
a near neighbor, went 10 the cabin Of French TO
purchase hi, corn. He was met at the fence in
front Of the cabin by the Hubbards. and was told
that, the night before, Mr. Frcnchs brother had
come along with Wagon, and had taken Mr..
French's whole family away with him, and start.
ed for Illinois, and that they had purchased oil
their things, including the corn, garden and fur.
niture. A day or two aiterward, Mr. Stearnes
Fisher went o'er TO inquire ifthe Trenches need.
ed any assistance, and was met 10 the same way
by the Hubbards, and told the same story. No
suspicious were entertained at the time that any
foul play had been used, and nothing occurred
until afler the body Of Boyles had been found and
The Hubbar1s were arrested. It then began TO
be thought these monsters had murdered the
whole family. On hearing these statements Mr..
Wilson determined TO go down and search the
premises He then wen, down TO GARDENERS
work and procured shovel aud pick, and tried
TO &c, some one TO GO with him. No one how.
ever believed the story, and 90 no one volunteered
to go. While they were talking, Mr.. Thomas
came up, and he and Mr.. wilson proceeded ia
Hubbard's and found the door locked. They
drew the staple with the pick and entered the
house. They found the floor iaised, and some
dirt removed. Mr.. Miles Morgan, constable, had
been there short time previous, searching, and
had discovered a piece Of skull bone, and had
gone away. They then proceeded to dig away
the dirt, aud soon discovered the body Of an in
FAINT, very much decsyed.
They Immediately leh, and cane up TO town
and got the Coroner who summoned jury, GOA
sisitng OF S,earus Fisher, J. Lewis. d. Brooks
F Loveland, NJ w. Stober, and MI. J. W. Jeli
son, who at once proceeded TO the place, which
they reached about 7 o'clock last evening. In
the presence ola large company, they proceeded
to examine the place where the infant had beer
discovered, and, horrible 10 relate, found seven
bodies, consisting Of the entire French family
Their skulls were all broken in, and the legs Of
the old man, French, and his wife were broken
so tina, they could be doubled up and forced into
the hole, which was three or four feet deep. They
were laid In heap the father and mother at the
bottom, and the children on top. The babe was
abou, fifteen months old, and the Oldest child
about fifteen years old. There were three girls
and two boys. The children were much decay
ed, but the parents were still sound, aud 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
II is almost too horrible for belief but the facts
are as above stated, and the conclusion Is rfssst.
IDLE. The Hubbards are oil in Jail. Mrs. Hub
bard will be examined to-day. There seems to
have been no other motive than the obtaining
wha, few worldly goods this poor family possess
ed, which weic not worth overtJiy dOliars.