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Show HEED RECI1G Murderer of Hubbcll Family I Executed for Crime at MUryville, Mo. MAJRYVlLbE. Mo., March 20. Her. Jiasco, murderer oi! tlio Jlubboll family of four, wus hanged in the yurd of Uiu county .iivil here arf the clock was striking strik-ing 0" this morning. J?asoo protested Ids jiinoeouce on the scaffold and recited the twenty-third p.salm. Ho mot. death calmly. Tho crime for which Raaco was hanged was the jnurdor of Mr. and Mrs. Oda JIubhcll and their two small children at their homo near Guilford, Mo., on tho night of November 120, IfilO, and the liring of the house to cover t.ho murders. ! Bloodhound talung the scent at the scene of the crime lollowcd a trail to Rasco's room in his father's home and halted, baying at a closet in -which was found a blood stained pair of his overalls. over-alls. 3tji0o was spirited to St. Joseph to prevent a lynching An oddly shaped print of a shoe heel found near the Hubbell home was seen to correspond corres-pond with tho heel of a pair of shoes worn by Pasco. Tho motive- assigned by the state was Itaseo's desire to recover monoy won from htm by HubboH in a poker game. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence evi-dence alunc, his alibi having been torn fo pieces by introduction in court of a sLrauge hunter, whom he accused. The supreme court upheld the conviction, the bloodhound evidence being the prin-eipal prin-eipal point at issue. Governor Jladley refused to interfero with the death sentence, .llasco, when J6 years old, was convicted of killing a Woman with a stove hearth and served ten years. He confessed. Later ho stolo'a horse and served two years. A letter written by Jlasco to his spiritual spir-itual advisers, to be opened after the execution, and which was believed to be a confession, simply thanks them for the comfort they had. given him and for "showing him the way to everlasting everlast-ing life.'-' It closes with a warninq to young men to abstain from gambling, especially with cards, to shun bad company com-pany and to leave liquor alone. |