The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-13
extraordinary Case of Mans Perhdy
and Woman's Cret1ulify.
The Lansing fMicb.) ReDuJlicdn say

Inc Lansing Mich Repu6acdn says
William r. Hubbard, who has for eight
months past been resident OF Kalamazoo:
ID man about thirty years Of age, car
riage-maker by trade, of superior educa-
ton, talks we'll ON any subject, quotes
Scripture like a class-leader, delights in
religious meetings, and passes for saint Of
the first water wherever he goes. He was
born in Dundee, Monroe county, this State,
where his mother now resides. There he
married his first wife, Of an excellent
family, but she did not live long enough to
mourn over any Of his crimes. Hencglcctcd
her after three months welded life-hc
went to Adrian to follow his trade. During
the war Hubbard enlisted ne q private in
the Eighteenth Michigan, but he made q
worthless soldier, shirked duty, slammed
sickness, and really did but very little mill
tary service. At some period he went into
the Empire State, and at Rome married
one wife, and not long afterward another
at Batayia-both very attractive, superior
women. He lived with his victims few
months each and then iorsook them. Not
far from Rome he acted the religious game
with such success as to deceive the deacon
Of a church and get good position in his
store. He boarded with very nice widow
lady, and ere long debauched her, and then
made IN accomplice of her to hide the
clothing and other choice goods he stole
from his employer. She gecreted for him
some four hundred dollars worth. But one
day when she was out of town he packed up
this plumber, stole her gold witch, and de-
campcd with the whole property to Mich
l. Io1 lnn
several years he was welcomed there as q
returning prodigal, and found little diff
Guilty, with his bland manners and oily
tongue, in inducing beautiful young wo-
man Ca school-tcacher) to marry him. This
was in 1866. Only ten days after his we'd
ding lie was arrested on requisitjon of the
Governor Of New York, taken back to
Rome, tried for grand larceny for stealing
the watch and clothing above mentioned,
convicted on the testimony Of his pcnitent
victim and accomplicc, the widow, and sell
fenced to Auburn state prison for two years
and half. lie there became acquainted
with fcllcw-convict whose term was to
last some five months longer than his own :;
and learning that he had pretty young
Young wife with property in her hands, he
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his term, wormcd himself into her
confidence, scduceI her, and got u con-
siderable sum of money from her. He
abandoned his victim but three weeks be-
fore her husbands imprisonment ended.
Last winter Ilibbard went to Kalamazoo.
rs elsewhere, it was but a short time be-
fore he entered into marriage engage
mcnt with one Of the sweetest and most in
tclligcnt young ladies Of that famous vii
lagc Her brothcr-inlaw tour iuiolmant)
has spent both time and money to unmos!i
the villain, being led to suspect him from
his wearing such snowy, religious cloak ;
and this week tie exposure will take place.
b. the time these lines reach our readers
William X. llibbaTd is either III the sheriff &
clutch for the crime Of bigamy. or he has
fled the State. lie is said to have murder
cd one wife in the State OF New York, and
to have dcsolatoi, by his last, screen fami-
licg besides those recorded above.