HUBBARD, John - Hanging
Source:
Muncie Star Press Sun 23 Dec 1906 p 26
An
article published in The Sunday Star regarding the hanging of John Hubbard at
Wabash in November 1854, has aroused the memory of Mr. LR Hetfield of
Hillsboro, Ind who recalls an execution at Covington, the county seat of
Fountain County which preceded that at Wabash by 24 years. Mr. Hetfield writes
that a man by the name of Richison murdered his wife in Fountain County in the fall
of 1829. He was tried and convicted of the crime. A desperate legal fight was
made to save Richison but he was finally hung at Covington in the fall of 1830,
about a year after he committed the murder. The execution was a public affair
and attracted a great crowd. Mr.
Hetfield remembers the incident very distinctly, as his uncle Robert Hetfield
was sheriff of Fountain County at the time and had charge of the
execution. Mr. L.R. Hetfield settled in
Fountain County in 1824, two years before the county was organized in November,
1826. He is still hale and hearty at 82.