The Parker post., 1915-03-27
HUBBARD FUQUA SLAIN WHILE
ASLEEP BY GENEVIEVE SWEENY
After Committing Deed Young Woman Fires
Bullet Into Her Own ad---Tragedy Was
Premeditated, According to Farewell
Letters Left by the Woman.

Because her love for HubbardsF u
qua was greater than her courage to
live apart from him, Genevieve n H.
Sweeny successfully laid and exc
cuted her plans to take her own life
and that of the man she loved.
The tragedy, which has inexpress-
IDLY shocked the whole community,
occurred sometime last Saturday
night, in the old Smith house, loca-
ted on the mesa overlooking the
river.
The dead bodies of the two young
people were discovered Monday af-
ternoon, and from a number OF lette]
| left by the unfortunate woman 1t
is clear that she shot young Fuqua
and then killed herself.
! Genevieve Sweeny was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hall,
who reside six miles north of Parker,
on the California side of the river.
She was q years of age; was the
divorced wife of William Sweeny,
who operates a ferry at Needles,
and leaves two small children.
Hubbard Fuqua was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Fuqua, and was but
! II years OF age. He possessed All
unusually pleasant disposition and
was beloved by everybody in the com
munity. His tragic end is deeply
regretted by his friends, and has
Frustrated his parents with grief.
While the young people were
known to associate together at inter
walls, it was not thought that the
woman in the case was so desperate
ly in love with the boy. She arrived
in Parker from her home up the
river Saturday evening, after pre-
viously writing detailed account OF
what she intended to do, which she
.ddressed to her mother and hid in
. dresser drawer. Another note ad-
dressed to her mother and found by
the bedside in the old Smith house,
stated where her farewell letter
would be found.
Sometime Saturday evening the
young couple went to the Smith
house, all of which was evidently
planned by the woman, in pursuance
of the letter written her mother, in
which she stated that she intended
to kill herself and take Hubbard with
her
From the position OF young Fuqua's
body it was evident that he was shot
in the head from behind and while
he was asleep. After killing Fuqua,
Mrs. Sweeny sat on the edge of the
bed and put bullet into her own
head, the entrance and exit of the
bullet being practically the same as
that fired into Hubbard's head
Upon the discovery of the bodies
coroner's jury was at once impan-
eled, consisting of the following Ed
S. Osborne, Jack Snowden, Billy Will
liams, J. w. Martin, Clyde Stewart
and C. E. Day. After viewing the
remains, the jury adjourned until the
following morning, when Mrs. Hall
and her son, j. L. Hall, were inter
rogated.
Mrs. Hall testified to the letter
which her daughter left behind 1t
related that she was discouraged with
life, and that she loved young Fuqua
so much that she could not live
without him; it further stated among
other things, that she intended to
take Fuqua with her in the other life,
where they could be together.
The jury returned a verdict of sui
eide in the case of Mrs. Sweeny and
that Hubbard Fuqua was killed by
the woman.
Letters addressed to Mrs. May
Whipple of Needles, Cal, and to
Fl ank d. Blair of Rhyolite, New,
were found at the scene of the
| tragedy, in small camera case
which the woman was in the habit
of carrying.
With the letter addressed to her
mother, was one to her father, and in
addition note stating that it was
her dying wish that her two little
girls, Thelma and Florence, be placed
in the custody of her mother
The letter addressed to her father
contained the following:
March 19, 1915.
Dear Daddy must tell you
goodbye in this way. My last