The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-28
CHARGED WITH MURDER Of
ENTIRE MISSOURI FAMILY
ex-conVlct Expected 10 Confess
Soon The Entire Story
Of The Crime
(By Leased wlre.)


stained shotgun containing two empty
shells was found secreted in q hay
NOV OF the home of "Hez' Rasco, an
ex-conyict, who had been charged
with the murder of Oda Hubbell, his
wife and two small children. near
Barnard last Sunday night.
The gun was that which Rasco Dor
rowed Sunday morning from Joe Cay
ton, a neighbor, who lives In Gullford.
In his cell at the county all at St.
Joseph, where Rasco had been tax
EN- to prevent his being lyncled, the
ex-convict, his eyes haunted with
fear, confessed to his brother, Lee
Rasco, the hiding place of the bloody
weapon, where he had lain for sew
eral hours before he could muster
courage to enter thu .iouse and go
to his room. The brother returned
to Maryville and accompanied the Off
GERS to the home near Gullford.
Under a Pile of Hay
The gun was found hidden under q
pile of hay in the loft on the barn.
Officers searching for the missing link
in the chain OF evidence fastening
the crime upon the ex-convict had
trampled over the spot again and
again in the last week but had not
found the weapon. 1t was a breech
loading shotgun of modern make.
In the barrel, still remained as eyi.
dence of Rasco's guilt, two empty
shells. The stock of the gun was
covered with blood. 1t was with this,
the officers believe, that Mrs. Hub
bell was struck down as she clutched
the telephone in a vain effort to sum
mon aid to her husband, who had
been shot down.
Rasco did not make a confession of
the crime TO his brother, only confid
ing to him the hiding place OF the
gun. 1t is believed that he will ten
in few days the full story of the
crime For several da,. he has been
extremely nervous. He PAGES his
cell by day and by night. His eyes
show the fears that haunt him. He
will no longer talk to the other pris-
oners, while he has become notice.
ably thinner.
When the brother visited him in
the cell 'Hez" grasped his hand
nervously and excitedly protested ais
innocence. After a while me told
him where to look for the gun. The
brother returned to Maryville and
gave the information to Sheriff Til.
son. Every member of the ex-con-
victs family feared him.
The Last Bit of Evidence
The finding OF the shotgun at the
Rasco home, Earl Wild, the prose
cutiong attorney says, completes the
chain of evidence around the ex-con
vict. He Is known to have set in an
all night poker game, with Hubbel
the night before the murder and tc
have quarreled with him that morn
ing. Sunday morning he borrowed a
shotgun from Joe Cayton, neighbor
and he was not seen again until he
came home about o'clock Monday
morning
About G o'clock Sunday night
shots were heard near the Hubbel
home by neighbors, but no attention
was paid to them, as 1t was believed
he had been hunting. AS James Lett
neighbor, was returning home from
church at 10 o'clock he saw the
farmhouse burning. Hurrying to 1t, ht
saw a pool OF blood outside the home
In the charred ruins of the home tht
bodies of Oda Hubbell, his wife ant
two children were fouad Hubbel
evidently had been shot down out
side the house and his body dragged
After shooting the husband ant
killing the wife and children the muir
derer evidently varied around tn,
murder scene until dark and thel
fired the house to conceal the crime
Bloodhounds taking the trail from
a heel print in the pUcs of Nood Wen
directly to the Rasco home an
jumped up and paved against a pal
OF overalls. On these oyeralls wa
blood. Rasco had worn the overalls
Rasco was taken to st. Joseph In
motor car to prevent his being lynch
led Since his arrest the officers hay
been dragging the Platte river dali,
believing the gun had been throw
there for concealment.
Rasco, his neighbors say. has bee
I'm trouble since childhood. When bu
16 years old he beat a neighboI
Mrs. Baumli, to death with stoy
LEG.