The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-30
Execution Of Kit Hubbard. Negro. a
Pittsylvania Court House. (
Arrest, Trial aud Sentence OF tho Murderer
Full Details and Confession OF
an Atrocious Crims.

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About the latter par: Of the month OF June Kit
Hubbard, In company with another Negro named
Jehn Jackson, his accomplish, was seen In the
noiphb0rh00d of Mr. Anders0n's store at Spring
Garden, in this county. Here they employed their
time In making inquiries as 70 the mode Of living,
habits and means OF Anderson, and familiarizlng
themselves with the geography OF the country and
the peculiarlttos OF Andersons place. In time they
acquired thorough knowledge In these respects,
after which they mysteriously disappeared without
exciting suspicion as to the nature OF their muir
derous designs, which they were skilful enough to
keep profound secret. Nothing occurred worthy
Of nore from the time they left until the evening OF
the Sd OF July, when Hubbard and his COM
panioa were again seen lurking In the vicinity
OF Spring Garden. They studiousy concealed
themselves, however. nom any and all OF
the inmates OF Mr.. AndersOns house until the night
following, which afforded them an opportunity TO
carry their plans into execution. The anniversary
Of eur national independence had closed, darkness
followed and the morning OF the 9th OF July dis
closed scene OF horror which Will long be remem-
pered by the people residing In the vicinity or
Spring Garden. The body or Mr.. Joseph Z. Aader
son, who was universally beloved. and respected,
was found mangled and weltering In its own blood.
A MURDERED CORPSE. ~
Soon the entire community were assembled at the
scene OF the terrible tragedy, which created both
intense alarm and desire FOR vengeance ON the
murderers; but though every view that was posi-
BILE was taken OF the situation OF the body
and the premises, no clue to the detection
OF the guilty parties could then be OBJ.
tanned. The cash drawer was ri1ed OF its
contents which, Is supposed, could not have been
more than thirty dollars; b0od-staincd footprints
upon which the murder must have been committed;
several private Documents, the property OF the
OH, but none Of them Of considerable value. ana
close inspection Of tho premises revealed the TACT
that the murderers were foied IN thelr purpose Of
on the porch in front were found the fatal aH' q
IMPLEMENTS OF DEATH ~ e.,
in corner, consisting Of q heavy billet Of rough
hewn weed, and large Jagged and uneven stone.
These tine se must have s where sss
when me measured, was about three inches in
with blood stains; and the stone, which was even
more murder0us weapon than the billet, weighed
Of 9d 81 a 20
Its rough surface. But though these were the IN
struments with which the murderes did their bloody
need On the nlood-stained porch was found what
had been double-barrelled horse pistol one OF the
naming was heavily charged with powder ana ball
This formidable wea on was only to be used in case
ofthe drest need as report from " would arouse the
In the haste and excitement attendant upon the ira
gedy it was either accidentally dropped on the porch
ton ton Of the mufdersrs So It IS with ali marSersS
there Is almost always some circumstance by which
the perpetrators can be ferreted, out. The
THEORY OF THE MURDER,
as developed by the evidence and subsequent cir
cumstances, goes to show that Hubbard. accompa-
MED by John jackson. approached the store Of Mr..
only to awaken the old gentleman himself He got
ont OF his bed, and coming TO the door he deman. cd
b~y some caSesn AFTER some further barley Which
showed that though Mr.. Anderson was rather averse
to opening his door at SO late an hour, he at length
porch. He leaned over the railing and asked,
eWho is thatsn To which Jackson m0cAlngiy re-
aWho are your" .
The billet OF wood and heavy stone then did their
murderOus work, and the plliagc OF the money
the old man, who was not then dead. crawled to-
ward the store door and again demanded who the
at
then fed the scene, taking with them their miser-
able bSSy a bggZ within the oEs End
with the speed OF assassins who feared that the
bloodh0unds Of justice were upon their track, they
arrived a. ~, hynGnoary on ne evening o. JGy
most impenetrable mystery until finally the pistol
was identified as the property Of Kit Hubbard, and
where he had remained since the fatal night. This
fact cOnclusivey established, other cOrrO5orating
circumstances were 4 4ns TK1 sdduoea and at
which occuple several days not less than forty wit
nesses being examined, Hubbard's guilt proven
verdict In accordance with the facts. He was then
sentenced to pay the terrible penalty OF death for
serted ser S nhocnce but few A weeks alter
tence had been pronounced upon him no made q
confession, by which he sought to impcate two q
aa eto ifR 3 a we a sasy S9s ss
murder Finding nas mat It, this arsce sEnay failed
weaths Attorney for the county. aud made another
confession substantially as above narrated. John
and Is now confined here awaiting hls trial VIZ,
KIT HUBBARD
was mulatto, native Of this county and former
slave He was about thirty1ve years OF age, stOuty
built; had bold, fierce expression in his features,
aud, though man OF family, was known TO be !
mulattOes who. since their emancipation, regard
themselves as no longer obliged to earn their bread
tue rsSss1. q aeT who hare rsd
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peaceable Citizen. There are many such characters
to be found In the Sou IA terrible evil growing
out OF the great phianthropic benefits Of freedom.
During the cary por ion or his coEtnement and up
to the passage OF his sentence he bore himself with
remarkable tirmness and logged composure. lie
aesperadoes WHO operate ia the Border
| ties CT tins State anu North Car0lina Latterly he
he as % e Il
slant spiritual Communication with colored
| preacher named Philip ONLY. a~.s a.
| THE DAY or EXECUTION. wv
Though the weather was very incement and very
cold, raining heavily, with occasional flakes OF snow
| falling there was large crowd In attendance,
| numbering some two thousand persons, with about
an equal proportion Of whites aud blacks. the latter
| including number of women.
INTERVIEW WITH THE CONDENSED.
Your reporter visited the condemned In MIS- cell
| last Wednesday morning and found him much de-
| pressed, uttering suppressed means occasionally,
| and lamentng the commission OF the crime for
| which he was to suner death. In reply to an IN
curry as 70 whether he was prepared to meet the
can't tell how feel II ESCAPE hell IL will only be
through the mercy Of my God"
mass HIS CONFESSION
He made statement Of all tho facts connected
With the murder, which are as follows, IN his own
house Of Sam White, freedman in tins county. and
stayed several days. While there Sam told us that
Mr.. Anderson had heap OF money, and If we would
With hp,xx drrhh i'm md uAf Jun