Mrs. Job WILCOX & Aaron HUBBARD

WILCOX, HUBBARD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/28/2013 at 12:25:05

Wilcox & Hubbard

Couldn’t Keep The Secret

Two Arrests for Infanticide at Eagle Grove, Iowa

Clarion, Ia., Oct. 12. — Mrs. Job Wilcox and her son-in-law, Aaron Hubbard, of Eagle Grove, have been indicted by the grand jury for infanticide alleged to have been committed over a year ago. The mother, Mrs. Aaron Hubbard, told a confidential friend, who informed the officers. A search was made in the basement of the house, and the decomposed remains of a babe unearthed. The accused were held by the district court without bail.

Minneapolis Journal - Minnesota
October 12, 1899