The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-19
TWO BOYS FOUND
DEAD NEAR ALBANY
MOTHER SAYS THEY WERE
SHOT TO DEATH BY THEIR
STEP-FATHER.

ALBANY, Ga.-Two little boys,
Robert and Isaiah Temple, 10 and =
years, respectively, were found dead
with bullet wounds in their bodies, by
their stepfather G. NJ. Hudson.
The stepfather said he found the
boys dead on the veranda OF the Hud-
son home, three miles south OF Al
bany, on the river road. He said he
found his own pistol beside the bodies.
Hudson is under suspicion, and is
held in jail without bond, and his wife
is also held pending further develop
ments.
Their father was Gary Temple, Of
Columbia, Ala. He was killed in
France while fighting with the Amer
lean expeditionary force. His widow
married Hudson last December, and
they have been living near Albany
since early in the year.
Hudson reported the murder be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning,
another white man and a negro being
on the place of the time.
Both the victims had been shot
through the head with Hudson's pis-
toll, which, he said, he had left under
the mattress of his bed. They were in
the act of cutting watermelon when
killed. Each had knife, and the older
boys body fell across the melon when
it crumpled to the floor. The other
body lay but few feet away.
An examination Of the body of Rob
ert Temple revealed many welts and
abrasions of the skin, showing that he
had been severely beaten.
A warrant was sworn out against
Hudson, charging murder, after cor
oner's jury recommended that both he
and his wife be held.
Mother Makes Confession.
The boys were murdered by their
step-father, Glen Moore Hudson, after
he had severely beaten them early
Tuesday morning according to a state
ment made in the Jail here Friday by
their mother.
Following the womans alleged state
ment and before it was made public
by the officers Hudson was spirited
away from Albany to Macon for safe
keeping, officers fearing an attempt
would be made to lynch them when
the mothers story became known.
Mrs. Hudson's story was told to
former Sheriff E. L. Black, of Early
county, WHO ndQ kllOWH ltI Ill DldRG-
ly, and who now lives here According
to Sheriff Black Mrs Hudson told
how, after she and her husband had
left the house to drive to town, where
she was to accept a newly secured po-
sition, Hudson ordered her to go across
the street to the barn lot and wait for
him, as he had to go back into the
house She asked why it was necessary
for her to go to the lot, she said, and
he replied with an oath that it was
none of her business and if she didn't
go he would kill her.
From the lot she said she heard her
boys screaming and as she rushed to-
wards the house she heard three pistol
shots. Her husband then came out,
she said and shut the door When she
accused him OF killing the boys he
threatened to Kill her if she told what
she knew and forced her to get into
the wagon and drive to town with him.
Mrs. Hudsontsaid according to Mr.
Black, that she was afraid to tell her
story even after Hudson had been
placed in jail, for he had told her that
if he was not able to kill her he would
see to it that some one else did So
Hudson strenuously denies that he is
guilty OF the crime.