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Eugene was the son of Rev. Francis Marion Huckleberry and Eugenia Alymra McCaulou Huckleberry. His siblings included: Myrtie Huckleberry, William G. Huckleberry, Francis M. Huckleberry, Jr., Alymra B. Huckleberry.
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MURDERED MAN
BODY OF LATE EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY BROUGHT TO FRANKLIN FOR BURIAL
The body of the late Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F. M. Huckleberry, was brought to Seymour, Saturday evening from Waco, Texas where he was murdered last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of his father, conducted by Rev. T.C. Smith, assisted by the pastors of the city. The body was brought to Franklin this morning on the 11:09 train for internment in the lot Mr. Huckleberry bought years ago while a pastor here, in Greenlawn cemetery.
Short services were conducted at the grave by Rev. C.H. Hall. There were a large number of Franklin friends at the depot to meet the funeral party. Among those who accompanied the remains were: Mr. F.M. Huckleberry, father and mother of the deceased, Wm. G. Huckleberry, Seymour; Frank H. Huckleberry, Dardanelle, Ark., brothers; Miss Myrtle Huckleberry, Miss Almyra Huckleberry, Seymour, sisters; Miss Adalee Huthmacher of Waco, Texas, to who Eugene Huckleberry was to have been married in the near future, and her sister, Miss Josephine Huthmacher, of Murphysboro, Ills., B.S. Huckleberry, Lebanon; I.T. Huckleberry, Zionsville, and M.B. Huckleberry of Boone county, uncles; Mrs. and Mrs. A.P. Carter, J. Robert Blair, E.A. Remy, Frank J. Voss, H.G. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Smith, Misses Grace Trotter and Anna E. Carter, Seymour.
A Waco paper gives the following account of the untimely and unfortunate death of this young man:
"Lying upon the ground face downward, cold in death, Eugene Huckleberry, age 27, a well known and popular young man of this city was found last night by friend who were searching for him in a pasture a mile west of the Huaco club house. He had a bullet hole in the breast and his own gun which he had been shooting birds having both charges intact, there was convincing evidence that a murder had been committed.
"It seems reasonable to suppose that Huckleberry was killed about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, but his death was not known positively until about 9 o'clock last night, when his body was discovered in a thicket on the J.G. Meyerhoefer place, about one mile west of the Huaco club house. Following the discovery, Harrison Vick, a white man, who claims to be 30 years old, was arrested and jailed.
"Notice of Huckleberry's disappearance was first made known about 7 o'clock in the evening.
"Messrs. Hatch and More then began a vigilant search and the dead man was found in a thicket, a quarter of a mile due west of the house by Deputy Hatch. The man was laying on the bank of a ravine, face downward. Mr. Moore had started in an opposite direction, but he soon joined the officer when the latter called to him and told him the body had been located.
"As indicative of the fact that the man had been dead quite a while, Deputy Hatch said leaves were frozen to his face, and the ground in that vicinity was hard and frozen, the mud being firm enough to bear a man's weight without crunching.
"The two men went back to the club house and called up the sheriff and justice, who came as soon as possible, and together they went back, stopping at Vick's house to take him with them.
"After the body had been turned over Justice Walker found that Huckleberry had been shot almost through the center of the breast, and the wound seems to have been made by a Winchester or an automatic pistol.
"After Deputy Hatch had conversed with Sheriff Tilley and told the latter the result of his investigation, he was instructed to take charge of Vick and bring him to jail. Vick stoutly denied that he killed Huckleberry or that he knew anyone who might have committed the murder.
"E.E. Horsfield, who accompanied Huckleberry on the hunting trip gives his version of the affair as follows:
"It was nearly one o'clock yesterday afternoon, he thought, when both were ordered from the place. The man who instructed them to vacate seemed to be about 75 or 100 yards from Horsfield and his companion, and Mr. Horsfield does not remember whether the party who ordered them to leave had a gun in his hand. Mr. Horsfield said he left, but that Huckleberry decided to remain. After he had waited until nearly 3 yesterday afternoon for Huckleberry to appear, Mr. Horsfield concluded the former had taken a car and he came back to town in his buggy. He never saw Huckleberry from the time they were ordered off the place until he viewed the dead body of his friend last evening.
"The killing of young Huckleberry is sincerely regretted. He came here about three years ago, and at the time of his death was engaged in selling stock for the Amicable Life Insurance Company"
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 8 Jan 1912, Page 3
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MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
A letter received from Waco, Texas, said that at the preliminary hearing of Harrison Vick last Saturday morning, charged with the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, a farm hand employed by Mr. Vick testified that after ordering the young man from the field, Mr. Vick took a Winchester rifle, laid it on the fence, taking deliberate aim at the thicket and fired. After the shot, he turned to the young man with the remark, "Now, I guess they'll leave the place." The young man could not see the object at which Mr. Vick fired, but testified that he fired in the direction which Mr. Huckleberry's body was found later in the thicket. Mr. Vick was bound over in the grand jury but his bond was fixed at the sum of $2,000.
The Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 24 Jan 1912, Page 1
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TEN YEARS IN PRISON
VERDICT OF SECOND DEGREE FOR MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
Messages received Saturday from Waco, Texas, stated that the trial of Harrison Vick for the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F.M. Huckleberry of Seymour, had resulted in the conviction of the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and Vick was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The punishment is light for a cold blooded murder, such as the killing of young Huckleberry is thought to have been, but there were no witnesses of the crime and as the evidence was circumstantial, it was feared Vick might be able to escape punishment. Frank Huckleberry, of Arkansas, a brother of the murdered man, attended the trial and after the jury came in he telephoned his father as to the result of the trial. Later, press dispatches brought the same information. The murder occurred January 5th while Eugene Huckleberry and a friend were hunting on a farm near Waco which Vick, the defendant, controlled.
Vick ordered the young men from the farm. They separated and later when the body of Huckleberry was found circumstances point to Vick as the murderer. He was arrested and placed in jail but later released on bond.
The body of Eugene Huckleberry was brought to Franklin for burial.
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 9 April 1912, Page 1
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Eugene was the son of Rev. Francis Marion Huckleberry and Eugenia Alymra McCaulou Huckleberry. His siblings included: Myrtie Huckleberry, William G. Huckleberry, Francis M. Huckleberry, Jr., Alymra B. Huckleberry.
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MURDERED MAN
BODY OF LATE EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY BROUGHT TO FRANKLIN FOR BURIAL
The body of the late Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F. M. Huckleberry, was brought to Seymour, Saturday evening from Waco, Texas where he was murdered last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of his father, conducted by Rev. T.C. Smith, assisted by the pastors of the city. The body was brought to Franklin this morning on the 11:09 train for internment in the lot Mr. Huckleberry bought years ago while a pastor here, in Greenlawn cemetery.
Short services were conducted at the grave by Rev. C.H. Hall. There were a large number of Franklin friends at the depot to meet the funeral party. Among those who accompanied the remains were: Mr. F.M. Huckleberry, father and mother of the deceased, Wm. G. Huckleberry, Seymour; Frank H. Huckleberry, Dardanelle, Ark., brothers; Miss Myrtle Huckleberry, Miss Almyra Huckleberry, Seymour, sisters; Miss Adalee Huthmacher of Waco, Texas, to who Eugene Huckleberry was to have been married in the near future, and her sister, Miss Josephine Huthmacher, of Murphysboro, Ills., B.S. Huckleberry, Lebanon; I.T. Huckleberry, Zionsville, and M.B. Huckleberry of Boone county, uncles; Mrs. and Mrs. A.P. Carter, J. Robert Blair, E.A. Remy, Frank J. Voss, H.G. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Smith, Misses Grace Trotter and Anna E. Carter, Seymour.
A Waco paper gives the following account of the untimely and unfortunate death of this young man:
"Lying upon the ground face downward, cold in death, Eugene Huckleberry, age 27, a well known and popular young man of this city was found last night by friend who were searching for him in a pasture a mile west of the Huaco club house. He had a bullet hole in the breast and his own gun which he had been shooting birds having both charges intact, there was convincing evidence that a murder had been committed.
"It seems reasonable to suppose that Huckleberry was killed about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, but his death was not known positively until about 9 o'clock last night, when his body was discovered in a thicket on the J.G. Meyerhoefer place, about one mile west of the Huaco club house. Following the discovery, Harrison Vick, a white man, who claims to be 30 years old, was arrested and jailed.
"Notice of Huckleberry's disappearance was first made known about 7 o'clock in the evening.
"Messrs. Hatch and More then began a vigilant search and the dead man was found in a thicket, a quarter of a mile due west of the house by Deputy Hatch. The man was laying on the bank of a ravine, face downward. Mr. Moore had started in an opposite direction, but he soon joined the officer when the latter called to him and told him the body had been located.
"As indicative of the fact that the man had been dead quite a while, Deputy Hatch said leaves were frozen to his face, and the ground in that vicinity was hard and frozen, the mud being firm enough to bear a man's weight without crunching.
"The two men went back to the club house and called up the sheriff and justice, who came as soon as possible, and together they went back, stopping at Vick's house to take him with them.
"After the body had been turned over Justice Walker found that Huckleberry had been shot almost through the center of the breast, and the wound seems to have been made by a Winchester or an automatic pistol.
"After Deputy Hatch had conversed with Sheriff Tilley and told the latter the result of his investigation, he was instructed to take charge of Vick and bring him to jail. Vick stoutly denied that he killed Huckleberry or that he knew anyone who might have committed the murder.
"E.E. Horsfield, who accompanied Huckleberry on the hunting trip gives his version of the affair as follows:
"It was nearly one o'clock yesterday afternoon, he thought, when both were ordered from the place. The man who instructed them to vacate seemed to be about 75 or 100 yards from Horsfield and his companion, and Mr. Horsfield does not remember whether the party who ordered them to leave had a gun in his hand. Mr. Horsfield said he left, but that Huckleberry decided to remain. After he had waited until nearly 3 yesterday afternoon for Huckleberry to appear, Mr. Horsfield concluded the former had taken a car and he came back to town in his buggy. He never saw Huckleberry from the time they were ordered off the place until he viewed the dead body of his friend last evening.
"The killing of young Huckleberry is sincerely regretted. He came here about three years ago, and at the time of his death was engaged in selling stock for the Amicable Life Insurance Company"
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 8 Jan 1912, Page 3
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MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
A letter received from Waco, Texas, said that at the preliminary hearing of Harrison Vick last Saturday morning, charged with the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, a farm hand employed by Mr. Vick testified that after ordering the young man from the field, Mr. Vick took a Winchester rifle, laid it on the fence, taking deliberate aim at the thicket and fired. After the shot, he turned to the young man with the remark, "Now, I guess they'll leave the place." The young man could not see the object at which Mr. Vick fired, but testified that he fired in the direction which Mr. Huckleberry's body was found later in the thicket. Mr. Vick was bound over in the grand jury but his bond was fixed at the sum of $2,000.
The Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 24 Jan 1912, Page 1
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TEN YEARS IN PRISON
VERDICT OF SECOND DEGREE FOR MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
Messages received Saturday from Waco, Texas, stated that the trial of Harrison Vick for the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F.M. Huckleberry of Seymour, had resulted in the conviction of the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and Vick was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The punishment is light for a cold blooded murder, such as the killing of young Huckleberry is thought to have been, but there were no witnesses of the crime and as the evidence was circumstantial, it was feared Vick might be able to escape punishment. Frank Huckleberry, of Arkansas, a brother of the murdered man, attended the trial and after the jury came in he telephoned his father as to the result of the trial. Later, press dispatches brought the same information. The murder occurred January 5th while Eugene Huckleberry and a friend were hunting on a farm near Waco which Vick, the defendant, controlled.
Vick ordered the young men from the farm. They separated and later when the body of Huckleberry was found circumstances point to Vick as the murderer. He was arrested and placed in jail but later released on bond.
The body of Eugene Huckleberry was brought to Franklin for burial.
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 9 April 1912, Page 1
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Eugene was the son of Rev. Francis Marion Huckleberry and Eugenia Alymra McCaulou Huckleberry. His siblings included: Myrtie Huckleberry, William G. Huckleberry, Francis M. Huckleberry, Jr., Alymra B. Huckleberry.
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MURDERED MAN
BODY OF LATE EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY BROUGHT TO FRANKLIN FOR BURIAL
The body of the late Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F. M. Huckleberry, was brought to Seymour, Saturday evening from Waco, Texas where he was murdered last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of his father, conducted by Rev. T.C. Smith, assisted by the pastors of the city. The body was brought to Franklin this morning on the 11:09 train for internment in the lot Mr. Huckleberry bought years ago while a pastor here, in Greenlawn cemetery.
Short services were conducted at the grave by Rev. C.H. Hall. There were a large number of Franklin friends at the depot to meet the funeral party. Among those who accompanied the remains were: Mr. F.M. Huckleberry, father and mother of the deceased, Wm. G. Huckleberry, Seymour; Frank H. Huckleberry, Dardanelle, Ark., brothers; Miss Myrtle Huckleberry, Miss Almyra Huckleberry, Seymour, sisters; Miss Adalee Huthmacher of Waco, Texas, to who Eugene Huckleberry was to have been married in the near future, and her sister, Miss Josephine Huthmacher, of Murphysboro, Ills., B.S. Huckleberry, Lebanon; I.T. Huckleberry, Zionsville, and M.B. Huckleberry of Boone county, uncles; Mrs. and Mrs. A.P. Carter, J. Robert Blair, E.A. Remy, Frank J. Voss, H.G. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Smith, Misses Grace Trotter and Anna E. Carter, Seymour.
A Waco paper gives the following account of the untimely and unfortunate death of this young man:
"Lying upon the ground face downward, cold in death, Eugene Huckleberry, age 27, a well known and popular young man of this city was found last night by friend who were searching for him in a pasture a mile west of the Huaco club house. He had a bullet hole in the breast and his own gun which he had been shooting birds having both charges intact, there was convincing evidence that a murder had been committed.
"It seems reasonable to suppose that Huckleberry was killed about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, but his death was not known positively until about 9 o'clock last night, when his body was discovered in a thicket on the J.G. Meyerhoefer place, about one mile west of the Huaco club house. Following the discovery, Harrison Vick, a white man, who claims to be 30 years old, was arrested and jailed.
"Notice of Huckleberry's disappearance was first made known about 7 o'clock in the evening.
"Messrs. Hatch and More then began a vigilant search and the dead man was found in a thicket, a quarter of a mile due west of the house by Deputy Hatch. The man was laying on the bank of a ravine, face downward. Mr. Moore had started in an opposite direction, but he soon joined the officer when the latter called to him and told him the body had been located.
"As indicative of the fact that the man had been dead quite a while, Deputy Hatch said leaves were frozen to his face, and the ground in that vicinity was hard and frozen, the mud being firm enough to bear a man's weight without crunching.
"The two men went back to the club house and called up the sheriff and justice, who came as soon as possible, and together they went back, stopping at Vick's house to take him with them.
"After the body had been turned over Justice Walker found that Huckleberry had been shot almost through the center of the breast, and the wound seems to have been made by a Winchester or an automatic pistol.
"After Deputy Hatch had conversed with Sheriff Tilley and told the latter the result of his investigation, he was instructed to take charge of Vick and bring him to jail. Vick stoutly denied that he killed Huckleberry or that he knew anyone who might have committed the murder.
"E.E. Horsfield, who accompanied Huckleberry on the hunting trip gives his version of the affair as follows:
"It was nearly one o'clock yesterday afternoon, he thought, when both were ordered from the place. The man who instructed them to vacate seemed to be about 75 or 100 yards from Horsfield and his companion, and Mr. Horsfield does not remember whether the party who ordered them to leave had a gun in his hand. Mr. Horsfield said he left, but that Huckleberry decided to remain. After he had waited until nearly 3 yesterday afternoon for Huckleberry to appear, Mr. Horsfield concluded the former had taken a car and he came back to town in his buggy. He never saw Huckleberry from the time they were ordered off the place until he viewed the dead body of his friend last evening.
"The killing of young Huckleberry is sincerely regretted. He came here about three years ago, and at the time of his death was engaged in selling stock for the Amicable Life Insurance Company"
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 8 Jan 1912, Page 3
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MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
A letter received from Waco, Texas, said that at the preliminary hearing of Harrison Vick last Saturday morning, charged with the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, a farm hand employed by Mr. Vick testified that after ordering the young man from the field, Mr. Vick took a Winchester rifle, laid it on the fence, taking deliberate aim at the thicket and fired. After the shot, he turned to the young man with the remark, "Now, I guess they'll leave the place." The young man could not see the object at which Mr. Vick fired, but testified that he fired in the direction which Mr. Huckleberry's body was found later in the thicket. Mr. Vick was bound over in the grand jury but his bond was fixed at the sum of $2,000.
The Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 24 Jan 1912, Page 1
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TEN YEARS IN PRISON
VERDICT OF SECOND DEGREE FOR MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
Messages received Saturday from Waco, Texas, stated that the trial of Harrison Vick for the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F.M. Huckleberry of Seymour, had resulted in the conviction of the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and Vick was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The punishment is light for a cold blooded murder, such as the killing of young Huckleberry is thought to have been, but there were no witnesses of the crime and as the evidence was circumstantial, it was feared Vick might be able to escape punishment. Frank Huckleberry, of Arkansas, a brother of the murdered man, attended the trial and after the jury came in he telephoned his father as to the result of the trial. Later, press dispatches brought the same information. The murder occurred January 5th while Eugene Huckleberry and a friend were hunting on a farm near Waco which Vick, the defendant, controlled.
Vick ordered the young men from the farm. They separated and later when the body of Huckleberry was found circumstances point to Vick as the murderer. He was arrested and placed in jail but later released on bond.
The body of Eugene Huckleberry was brought to Franklin for burial.
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 9 April 1912, Page 1
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Eugene was the son of Rev. Francis Marion Huckleberry and Eugenia Alymra McCaulou Huckleberry. His siblings included: Myrtie Huckleberry, William G. Huckleberry, Francis M. Huckleberry, Jr., Alymra B. Huckleberry.
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MURDERED MAN
BODY OF LATE EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY BROUGHT TO FRANKLIN FOR BURIAL
The body of the late Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F. M. Huckleberry, was brought to Seymour, Saturday evening from Waco, Texas where he was murdered last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of his father, conducted by Rev. T.C. Smith, assisted by the pastors of the city. The body was brought to Franklin this morning on the 11:09 train for internment in the lot Mr. Huckleberry bought years ago while a pastor here, in Greenlawn cemetery.
Short services were conducted at the grave by Rev. C.H. Hall. There were a large number of Franklin friends at the depot to meet the funeral party. Among those who accompanied the remains were: Mr. F.M. Huckleberry, father and mother of the deceased, Wm. G. Huckleberry, Seymour; Frank H. Huckleberry, Dardanelle, Ark., brothers; Miss Myrtle Huckleberry, Miss Almyra Huckleberry, Seymour, sisters; Miss Adalee Huthmacher of Waco, Texas, to who Eugene Huckleberry was to have been married in the near future, and her sister, Miss Josephine Huthmacher, of Murphysboro, Ills., B.S. Huckleberry, Lebanon; I.T. Huckleberry, Zionsville, and M.B. Huckleberry of Boone county, uncles; Mrs. and Mrs. A.P. Carter, J. Robert Blair, E.A. Remy, Frank J. Voss, H.G. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Smith, Misses Grace Trotter and Anna E. Carter, Seymour.
A Waco paper gives the following account of the untimely and unfortunate death of this young man:
"Lying upon the ground face downward, cold in death, Eugene Huckleberry, age 27, a well known and popular young man of this city was found last night by friend who were searching for him in a pasture a mile west of the Huaco club house. He had a bullet hole in the breast and his own gun which he had been shooting birds having both charges intact, there was convincing evidence that a murder had been committed.
"It seems reasonable to suppose that Huckleberry was killed about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, but his death was not known positively until about 9 o'clock last night, when his body was discovered in a thicket on the J.G. Meyerhoefer place, about one mile west of the Huaco club house. Following the discovery, Harrison Vick, a white man, who claims to be 30 years old, was arrested and jailed.
"Notice of Huckleberry's disappearance was first made known about 7 o'clock in the evening.
"Messrs. Hatch and More then began a vigilant search and the dead man was found in a thicket, a quarter of a mile due west of the house by Deputy Hatch. The man was laying on the bank of a ravine, face downward. Mr. Moore had started in an opposite direction, but he soon joined the officer when the latter called to him and told him the body had been located.
"As indicative of the fact that the man had been dead quite a while, Deputy Hatch said leaves were frozen to his face, and the ground in that vicinity was hard and frozen, the mud being firm enough to bear a man's weight without crunching.
"The two men went back to the club house and called up the sheriff and justice, who came as soon as possible, and together they went back, stopping at Vick's house to take him with them.
"After the body had been turned over Justice Walker found that Huckleberry had been shot almost through the center of the breast, and the wound seems to have been made by a Winchester or an automatic pistol.
"After Deputy Hatch had conversed with Sheriff Tilley and told the latter the result of his investigation, he was instructed to take charge of Vick and bring him to jail. Vick stoutly denied that he killed Huckleberry or that he knew anyone who might have committed the murder.
"E.E. Horsfield, who accompanied Huckleberry on the hunting trip gives his version of the affair as follows:
"It was nearly one o'clock yesterday afternoon, he thought, when both were ordered from the place. The man who instructed them to vacate seemed to be about 75 or 100 yards from Horsfield and his companion, and Mr. Horsfield does not remember whether the party who ordered them to leave had a gun in his hand. Mr. Horsfield said he left, but that Huckleberry decided to remain. After he had waited until nearly 3 yesterday afternoon for Huckleberry to appear, Mr. Horsfield concluded the former had taken a car and he came back to town in his buggy. He never saw Huckleberry from the time they were ordered off the place until he viewed the dead body of his friend last evening.
"The killing of young Huckleberry is sincerely regretted. He came here about three years ago, and at the time of his death was engaged in selling stock for the Amicable Life Insurance Company"
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 8 Jan 1912, Page 3
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MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
A letter received from Waco, Texas, said that at the preliminary hearing of Harrison Vick last Saturday morning, charged with the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, a farm hand employed by Mr. Vick testified that after ordering the young man from the field, Mr. Vick took a Winchester rifle, laid it on the fence, taking deliberate aim at the thicket and fired. After the shot, he turned to the young man with the remark, "Now, I guess they'll leave the place." The young man could not see the object at which Mr. Vick fired, but testified that he fired in the direction which Mr. Huckleberry's body was found later in the thicket. Mr. Vick was bound over in the grand jury but his bond was fixed at the sum of $2,000.
The Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 24 Jan 1912, Page 1
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TEN YEARS IN PRISON
VERDICT OF SECOND DEGREE FOR MURDER OF EUGENE HUCKLEBERRY
Messages received Saturday from Waco, Texas, stated that the trial of Harrison Vick for the murder of Eugene Huckleberry, son of Rev. F.M. Huckleberry of Seymour, had resulted in the conviction of the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and Vick was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The punishment is light for a cold blooded murder, such as the killing of young Huckleberry is thought to have been, but there were no witnesses of the crime and as the evidence was circumstantial, it was feared Vick might be able to escape punishment. Frank Huckleberry, of Arkansas, a brother of the murdered man, attended the trial and after the jury came in he telephoned his father as to the result of the trial. Later, press dispatches brought the same information. The murder occurred January 5th while Eugene Huckleberry and a friend were hunting on a farm near Waco which Vick, the defendant, controlled.
Vick ordered the young men from the farm. They separated and later when the body of Huckleberry was found circumstances point to Vick as the murderer. He was arrested and placed in jail but later released on bond.
The body of Eugene Huckleberry was brought to Franklin for burial.
The Franklin Evening Star - Franklin, Indiana - 9 April 1912, Page 1
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