Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-17
TROUBLE At LOWELLi

TROUBLE At LOWELL
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hubbard, liv.
ing near Lowell, have been arrested
upon a very serious charge. and ~
details are hard 10 get. we give the
following from the Gaiena CORES.
pondent of the Joplin Globe:
"What 10 said to be precedent in
the annals of the Cherokee county
crimes was established Friday
when a woman was arrested as q
party to the charge of statutory
rape aud if the charges az alleged
are proven true the hearings which
will be given the parties involved
will develop into a more perfect
case of depravity than was shown
by the arrest and conviction of Nose
Fierson. the Weir City negro, who
was charged with rape on one Elsie
Jones, a mere girl and with adult
cry az a result of his cohabitation
with Mrs. Kimball. mother of the
girl, and both of whom are white.
while the story of the case of
the state va. Pierson was most too
dirty to appear in print and It was
shown at the trial that the white
woman had knowledge of the ne.
gro's relations with her daughter
while she herself was confined TO
her bed there was no charge to the
effect that the womaa helped in &C.
complaining the purpose.
THE story, with all lite salient de-
tails, was told TO County Attorney
AL F. Williams by Helen A. Bloom,
the Is year-old complaining wit
ness, and the girl swore to the COM
plant againet Martin Hubbard and
Eva Hubbard, his wife, who lives
near Lowell and who are said to be
well.to. do farmerfolk.
The story minus the deplorable
and unspeakable details, as told to
the prosecuting attorney by the
girl was about as follows: When
about IL years of age the girls faith.
er secured divorce from his wife
aud the girl lived for about three
years with family at Webb City,
but a little more than a year ago
che went to the home of Mrs. Hib-
bard. her aunt, where she remained
until a day or 80, when she left the
Hubbard home and went to the
home of a well-to.do and highly re.
spected farmer family to escape the
treatment which had been rendered
her by Hubbard and his wife. 1t
seems 40 though the Hibbards tried
to get the girl to return to their
home, but this she refused to do
and, Il 10 said, It was because of the
developments that followed the
complaint was made. II was also
said the complaint was made by
the girl partly because of her fear
that che would be kidnapped by |
Hubbard and his wife. Some of the
officers stated that Il appeared as
though some preparations to that
effect had already been made.
"The girl came 10 town in compa.
ny with several of her friends and
laid the matter before the officers.
Why she did not prefer charges
before or how long she wac com.
PEELED to submit 70 the alleged bru.
tai actions of Hubbard, Ia which il
10 charged he wac aided by his
wife, 10 not known.
"Within q few moments after the
was sworn 70 Constable
Hardwick drove 70 the Hubbard
home and arrested Hibbard. He
vas brought back to town and Dep
uty Sheriff Halderman was sent 10
arrest Mrs. Hubbard, The officer
stated that Mrs. Hubbard appeared
10 be badly scared ana excited when
he told her that her husband want.
ID 20 talk to her." but her fear turn.
"a 20 anger when he read the war.
rant to her. This was not done un-
I'll she had finished dressing and
was ready to get into the buggy.
Mrs. Hubbard, together with her
was arraished before Jus-
tice Spiva and their hearings are
set for March 1S. Hibbard's bond
wac placed at $1,000 and Mrs. Hib-
bard's bond was placed at 500.
They had no. difficulty in furnish
ing bond. The charge against the
man and wife is, of course, a very
serious one and II proven to be true
win mean term 10 the penitenti-
ary."
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