The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-16
Horrible a4F:a iR'-A falansRy
OF Seven Persons MNr-
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IL OEFAblC Haa:alR'-N fl1alaRy
OF Seven Persons MglT-
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The Wabash Qndiana) Gazette, cx-
ira cot.taius an account OF the diScovc
ry Of the bodies of IL family of sew
rn persons, near that place, of the
name Of French. who had been brutal
Iy murdered. 1t appears the family
consisted Of French, !.is Wife aid. FIVE
children. They were very poor, and
lived in Il cabin, and IN September
last, another family, Of the nalne .
Hubbard, Went to live with. them
During October, Il neighbour proceed.
ed ~ lhc cabin to sec French and was
told ny the llnbbards that the family
had moved away, and that they had
purchased all their corn, galdcn pro
grcyatc ut not over $50. No suspi.
cion OF foul play was. aroused. a;:s;.
recently, whr:: tho lInbLards were
arrested on suspicion of numbering IL
man named Bnllcs. The house WAS
then searched, and II portion Of the
ground floor dry up, which resulted i'll
The linding-oFtln dead body of All in.
iai!t, very much dccayed. } he G"zcnc
then. after referring TO the summarizing
Of II yuner's inquest, says
in the prcselicv Ut: IL large company
they !.rnccrd-l.tu '"xMt::!m4 lie iilivy
| wlsc,o tn, infant hal l,evn discovered,
audi Horrible to r%olatc, found seven
: 1,.lt,. %, ,t f,,,,, ~ la, nrt.., lS,.,,,I
lamily!. Their skulls were all broken
in, and. tic legs of the old. man French
and his vile broken, .Sotimt they
could be doubled up and forced into
the hole, which WAS three Or four feet
deep. They were laid in a'hcap-thc
father and the mother at the bottom,
aud the children un the top. The
babe WAS about fifteen months old,
and the oldest child about littccll
years Old. There were tn &c girls
and two boys. The children we're
much dccaycd, but the parents were
still sound, and were easily recogniz.
ed by those who had known them.
There is not the least douLs that
the llubbards are guilty Of this whule.
sale and daInniny murder. 1t is III.
MOS, too horrible for belief, bit facts
a.c us above stated, and the conclusion
is irresistible. The lIubbards are all
in Jail. There seems to have been
no o;Acr motive than the obtaining
What few worldly goods this poor
family Possessed, which were not
worth uvcr .nJiy detiurSl
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AWFUL AyEALn IL. Wisconsin,
Tle Chicago Tribune learns from q.
private letter from Beloit, Wisconsin,
the following particulars Of al awful
tragedy Which occurred in that place
on the morning OF the 23l ult:
The wife Of II citizen OF that town
was awakened from her sleep ON the
molniug OF the 23d by 4 noise which
she heard in the adjoining apartment.
In Il moment more she SAW il gleem
from Il dark lantern held by a man in
that room, and screaming with alright
awokc her husband, who was sleeping
ut her side. as he spranS from The
bed, the intruder fired ut him with a
pistol, the ball just missing his head
and burying itself in the pillow
Snatchins double burrelled gun from
the wall, he discharged both barrels
ut the intruder. The contents of one
barrel entered the mans he'd and the
other his body, killing him instantly.
Leaving the body whore it fell, the
gentleman and his wife proceeded to
the nearest neighbour, told him what
had happened and induced him to re.
turn with them to- his house. But i'm.
agine the feelings of the ncighbor,
himself q man universally esteemed
and respected, to recognise in the
mangIed' body Of the dead robbcr ks
0Wh S0nl "
Upon. returning to his house." the
father found his sons room unoecupi.
ed, the window open, and a rope lad.
der extending from The window to the
ground.
The gentleman who shot the robber
had suffered the loss of two gold
watches some time before in o, mystic.
rious manner, and TO- attributes their
theft to this person.
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Home MADE GUANo.--S. b. Hall.
day, Of Providence, r.. l., has apo.