Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-19
ALBANY COUPLE ARE HELD
FOR KILLING OF CHILDREN


Early county, her story Of the muir
der of her two little boys, Robert
and Isiah Temple, ten and four years
old, at the Hudson home, south of
Albany, last Tuesday morning, lay
ing the crime at the door of Glenn
Moore Hudson, her husband and the
boys stepfa Their, according to Mr..
Blacks account, Mrs. Benny Hudson
is in Jail here under a warrant charg-
ing her with completely in the crime.
She has again become silent over her
knowledge of the tragedy and re-
fuses to talk to anyone about 1t.
"She refuses to see anyone" said
Sheriff Tarver today, except very
few she knows or who have gained
her confidence, and to these she does
not like to talk about the tragedy,
now that she has relieved her mind
of the confession, in which she says
she told all she knew about the
crime
Those who have talked with Mrs.
Hudson say she speaks deeply and
feelingly of her love for her little
boys, and her grief at their sudden
and tragic taking away. She still
shows signs of fear that revenge
will be wreaked upon her for accus-
ing her husband of the crime"
"a man who could so cruelty, and
in cold blood kill two such innocent
children as he did, would not hesi-
tate to carry out his threats to kill
me If he could, or to have me killed
if he could possibly arrange to have
it DONE" she is reported to have said.
With these fears still haunting her
mind, she sits quietly in her cell all
day. busying herself with little tasks
that fall to her hands. or looking
pensively out of the window.
Great Interest In Prisoner
Her cell is located on the ground
county jail, where she can
see the rear entrance Of the court
house and the numerous persons
passing between that building and
the jail or taking short cuts across
the courthouse lawn.
aroused in the crime, that scores of
people, many of them from distans
towns and cities. have begged the
sheriff or his deputies to permit
them to enter the Jail and talk to
Mrs. Hudson, or just to be given an
to see her Hudson was
included in these requests before he
was removed Friday to the Bibb =
county Jail in Macon for safekeep-
ing.
Crowds of curious persons gather
ed at the corner of the jail where
Mrs. Hudson's cell is located, at
tempting to catch glimpses of her or
until the sheriff ordered this part of
the Jail premises kept clear of Gu
riosity seekers.
Mrs. Hudson had another talk with
Mr.. Black today, but after the con-
versation was over. the former
known the prisoner since she was a
child. stated that she had added
nothing to her alleged confessions
earlier in the day.
When she requested another inter-
view with Mr.. Black it had been
hoped she would make a further
disclosure that would have an I'M
poA
however, the officers were disap.-
pointed.
Signs of grief are plainly apparent
in her features. Her eyes and cheeks
are swollen from weeping and her
eyes stare with a look like that Of
a hunted animal, as though, in her
ignorance, she did not feel safe from
her enemies even behind the bars Of
the Jail.
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Deputy Sheriff A. j. benson, on
his return to Albany from Macon,
where he took Hudson for safekeep-
ing, declared that his prisoner made
no statement whatever about the
crime on the trip. The report that
he had transferred his prisoner from
the train to an automobile at point
near Americas was mistake, he
said, as he made the entire trip from
Albany to Americas by the Contra!
1925 Friday, arriving in Macon late
iA the afternoon and rushing his
prisoner in a taXicab to the Bibb
county Jail
The prisoner was taken from the
Albany Jail to the Terminal station
in an automobile and handouts were
not placed on his wrists until officer
and prisoner had boarded the train
from the side away from the station,
so that no one could see them. Tick.
SO they would not have to go into
The entire trip was made in the
smoking car, and when passengers
would come into that apartment.
Deputy Sheriff benson said, they
would leave again as soon as they
were told who the prisoner was
That there was intense feeling even
so far away from the scene of the
crime as Macon against Hudson was
Mr.. benson was not in Macon more
than fifteen minutes, he said, re-
turning to Albany on the first train.
Before leaving his prisoner in the
care of the Bbb county sheriff, Mr..
benson says he was asked by Huc-
son to request the people of ALBANY
to pray for him. Ever since he was
placed in Jail here, and up to the
time of his departure, he kept
Bible in his cell, and spent many
hours reading it.
Hudson Home Deserted
Proof of the marriage of Hudson
was found in trunk at the Hud-
SON home in the form Of a marriage
license and certificate. The license
was issued by c. c. Lane, of Blakely.
ordinary of Early county, December
II, 1920. and the certificate at the
bottom of the license stated the
was performed bX the same
came to Albany that sans
month. when Hudson contracted
with w. C. Holman. of Albany, to
operate the latters farm on which
stands the house in which last Tues
days tragedy was enacted
The Hudson home now has de-
serted appearance. The wooden
blinds of the windows are closed
and barred fast. The doors are So
cured locked and nailed to their
frames. The chickens, half-grown
bull, several pigs and the COW have
been taken away. all but the cow
being sold to provide money to
make the lot of the woman a little.
easier to bear, while the COW is be-