The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-22
ATROC|OUS CASE
Of PERVERS|ON
Story of Mans Treatment of Lit
tie Girl Most Revolving in
Police Annals.
WUNDERLICH LASS FOUND
INPAUL HUBBARD'S ROOM
Spends Night There With Man
and an Older Girl, Mabel
Smith.

aDU, 10 MS Sldbcl1SHl, IL ioiS
man employed at the Garfield smelter,
there has developed one of the most
nirocious stories of human perversion
ever met with In the police annals of
Salt Lake city. Charging him with Grim
inal intimacy with Ella Wun-
dcrlich, u years and months
OF age. complaint was filed
agains; Hubbard Monday afternoon,
II. L. Wunderlich. the child's father, who
resides al 2i9 Chicago avenue, being the
complainant.
Wunderlich told the police Sunday after
noon that he had found his daughter in
liubbards room Sunday morning, He
said thai lie had taken the child home
and that sho had told him n revolving
story of her treatment at the hands OF
Hubbard. When the matter WIS reported
to the police, detectives were assigned to
the Case and the arrest of Hubbard fol-
lowed.
Second Girl III Case.
The girl WAS taken before Chief Of Po-
lice Barlow Mouday afternoon and she
then told Of being taken 10 the room OF
Hubbard by Mabel Smith, IL years of
age, and of accompanying Hubbard and
the older girl to Saltair Saturday night.
While at the resort, she said. Hubbard
purchased her candy and ice cream, OF
"'i'I' St' V't'''bh niiiiI iA' anu Wv N'AN'
girl danced
The chiIn Then told of the trip TO the
city and of being taken 10 Hubbard
room where she and The Smith girl re-
manned all night with Hubbard Fila said
that Hubbard arose carly Sunday morn
Ing and Went 10 work. after giving her
thirty-nve cents for her breakfast, Al
though the child was questioned ana
cross examined thoroughly. the police Of
1iclals were unable to shake her story,
She repeated much OF tho conversation
girl and Hubbard. and told Of Hubbard
telling her that in case she said any
t!lns about being in his room she would
be seat TO the reform school
When Hubbard was seen at the city
iail lie refused to discuss his arrest be-
s'ond saying that the child had persisted
In accompanying him TO his room after
returning from Saltalr Saturday night.
)Ie denied that there had been any as
Hauit attempted or committed. and denied
that he had been with the Smith girl.
What Her Father Says.
When seen at his home Monday night
Mr.. WundcrlIch gave the following ac-
count of the attempted assault ELLA is
about four feet. eight inches In height
end is slender. She Is IL years and
I!onths of age and Is bright and quick
wi,;ed In many things. She has blind
grandmother and while going to the
Iuolic library, her sympathy was cX-
cited long time ago by blind man
who runs a rcfreshment parlor adloln-
Ing the Los Angeles saloon. 337 West
South Temple street. IL WAS while at
tending the store for this blind man June
- that she first met Hubbard.
"0n that date he entered the store
ND. telling the children that it was pay
dag. said that he was going to treat all
the girls. The girls asked for peanuts
aid he bought them each a package
she asked for ice cream and. after an ar
garment. he gave her 10 cents and told
ier 70 get some He returned later and
gave her another l0-ccnt piece.
After the Son Also
June u Hubbard came TO the house
here and inquired for my boy. Arthur,
:vho is IL years Of age. Hubbard. who
had told the children that his name was
MI Paul. said that he had some horses
he wanted Arthur TO attend to My wifo
had Sono TO the city and county building
10 pay the water taxes and there were
o7ly Ella and Bessie at home. Hubbard
gave the youngest Bessie. 10 cents, He
then began TO fondle Ella and after kiss
Ing her pushed her over on the bed and
hurt her back against the bed post, Bess
sic told about this when we came
home. He nlso told Ella to run away
and 10 leave tho country with him. He
0ss seen In the middle OF the week II
tic neighborhood. but lie did not CONT
ir'o tho house.
June II and Ella asked her mother If she
rouid not attend with the children In the
nclghhorhood who were going Her
mother forbade her going, md then went
out TO the store 10 purchase something
When she got home ella was gone. and
my wife supposed that thc temptation
was too great and that she had gone to
the picnic with the children across the
street. ] thought the same, and when
the child did not return later. in the night
I supposed that she was sleeping With
aoIne Of the neiEhbor children.
How He Found Daughter,
alarmed. We searched tho neighborhood
but Ella had mott been seen. I am en-
poyed at the Pacific lumber yards as
foreman and had TO be there Sunday to
Ny wife mentioned that Ella might have
gone TO the blind mans store. and went
there early The blind man told me that
he had heard Ella, playing around the
store Saturday evening with the children,
and he said that she was with her uncle
later OH. That made me suspicious. for
Inquiries Of the children and one little
girl told me that she would show me
where Ella was The blind mans store is
in the east side of the house. and the
west side Is used by persons who rent
rooms. The little girl led mo to Hubbard
room, and there I found Ella
Retired With Hubbard.
when we arrived home she told me of
going TO the store Saturday. night and OF
meeting the smith girl. whom she had
FIRST met when lived at 404 Post street
two years ago. She also told me OF Hub
/lnrd and the Smith girl taking her to
Saltnir and of Hubbard buying her ice
cream and candy at the resort. When
they came home Hubbard and the Smith
Girl insisted on Elias going 10 Hubbards
room, 30 Ella said. and Hubbard left the
room and said that he was going to the
restaurant When Hubbard left the room
Ella said she again insisted on going
home, but the Smith girl told her that
the last car had left and 10 take off her
clothing and 20 10 bod. The Smith girl
according 10 ELLA. promised TO take her
homo the next morning and 10 the Salt
Palacn Sunday night. Both girls then
went 10 bed and shortly afterward Hub
bard entered the rooH,s and also went to
bed.
Actions of Smith Girl
ELLA then told OF the actions OF the
Smith Slrl and of being awakened by
Hubbard. whose mustache was scra tching
icr face, She said that she cried for her
mother and that Hubbard told her not
To ciy. J1c then told her that she must
ncvcr tell any one his name. where he
worked. that she had ever been In
his Ioom He told her to tell nothing.
no matter how much whipped her. or
20 matter what we said. He told her
that II she told she would be sent to the