The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-24
DecOmposed Body of Mrs, Con- nell Found In Pile of
 Logs. Near Brookside
FORCED WOMEN ID WATCH
 DISPOSITION OF BODY
The Man Who Committed the Deed On the Night of June 1 Has Disap- peared and His Where
 abouts Are Unknown.

The decomposed body of Mrs. Annie Cornell was found buried under some logs in the woods a few miles from Brookside last Saturday, and accord ing to confessions made yesterday morning by J. P. Hubbard, his wife, Mrs. E. S. Hubbahr, and the father or the dead woman's husband, the killing was done by Connell, husband of the woman.
 The crime was committed in the woods some time between o'clock or the night of Monday June 1, and noon of the next day, Connell going to the Hubbard home and asking for Hubbard at noon Tuesday. Hubbard was not at home and Connell then made Mrs. Hub bard and Hubbard's sister go into the woods with him and bury the body.
 Last Saturday morning while man
 named Stuart was hunting on Cat mountain his dogs stopped at pile Of logs and became very excited MT Stuart moved the logs and discovered the dead body of woman underneath, and further investigation developed the fact that she had been murdered
 Deputy Sheriff Brents of Brookside was notified and started an investiga- tion. which resulted in the arresting of Hubbard and his wife. Mrs. Hubbard is the sister of Connell. Both of them denied any knowledge of the killing, as did the father of Connell, at the time of their arrest.
 It developed that Cornell and his wife had been missing since the first of June, but neighbors supposed they had gone on a visit. Connell has not as yet been located.
 It is said that the dead woman was not married to Connell, but had been living with him since last winter, hav- ing left her husband, Sam Downey. She went by the name of Mrs. Annie Con nell and also Annie Rogers.
 Cat Mountain was the scene of the crime. The residences of the Councils and the Hubbards are several miles apart, but it appears that the two families had exchanged homes some time ago, and also that there had been some slight friction between them.
 The last thing known of the woman be- fore the killing is that, in company with Cornell and two other men, she left her home at o'clock Monday night June 1. The supposition is that they spent the night in the woods and that Connell killed the woman Tuesday morning.
 When he arrived at the Hubbard home, Tuesday noon, he was very much wrought up. He told Mrs. Hubbard that he had killed the woman and wanted Hubbard to go into the woods with him to bury her. Hubbard not being there, he made the women go with him. According to Mrs. Hubbards story, she and Hubbard s sister did not assist in the burying, though they went close enough to the body to tell that it was Mrs. Connell. They then stood and watched Connell while he cov- cred the body up.
 Deputy Sheriff Brents and Coroner Paris | have been busily working up the case, 1 Coroner Paris driving over to Cat Moun- l tain and making a close investigation. He closely examined the Hubbards, the elder Cornell and a number of others yester- day, this examination being carried on behind closed doors. It is an established fact, however, that the confessions were made to him.