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Marlon Hubble and Freda Littleton
urn- pat*. girlhood chums who went
to »rtiuol togrlhrr, attended aorlal
I milt loti* togrther. Ill t«ct tllrrp wan
seldom i timr In the drat rlthtirn
|r«r* of their live* when they wrrr
•Intrt. r m i at night; and they had
been born Jitat aernaa a tall board
truce from one a not hr r They wrrr
called "til* Inarparablr chums." by
thoar who knrw Lhrm
H im inuai havr horn a »Iran«»
and domineering love that guided
I I tear gtrla safely through the early
part of their interesting llvea togeth*
er. iliat kept down Jealuuatea. hatred«,
envy, and all other alnlater emotion*
Uial lead to dralructton and tragedy
They never had any trouble until
they had reached twenty-two year»
of age Marlon waa Juat dvr day*
older than Freda, and waa prrhapa
llie brighter girl of the two. although
r io t * waa th* it
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latter waa a trtdr taller, allm and
willowy, and Marlon, on the other
hand, waa aolld of build, with deatiler
artn* anil leg. ‘ But ahe |»i**e«.ed a
|irr*onahty that stood out like a yel
low
lamp In a thick f o g , attracting
all thoar with whom *hr came In
contact with conaummatr raar
When It narrowed down to a mira
tion of popularity. there waani much
doubt about who waa the leader of
tlicae rhuma. A few pgoplg were of
the opinion that Marlon Hubble
"mfid** the bull*“ and r-- 11 f.uivton
"threw them
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.in im . I Utile team
The parent* of these two gtrla were
wenlthy and occupied excellent aoclal
poallloiu In the little town In whirl«
they lived Marlon'a father waa a
f irmer who lived In town, and Fre
da a father waa a porter In a bank,
but hr had Ini rated hi* earnings »tar
ty which rnab*ed * - » > ' - quite
a fortune
~oey realded In ala’.c.y UUKicimalic
hn.jie*. one while alone, the other
Colonial brick The latter waa the
luma, in which M irlon lived
Her
mother died whrn ahe was eighteen,
lint Fred»'* mother, father and one
other sister made the latter * home
konirwliat happier than waa Marlon*
home life "The Hubble girls aunt,
a spinster, who hated men and be
lieved tn going to lest eartv, made
her life Ulipleaaan'
.die waa not allowed to have com
pany, and for fhla reason she fitted
up the room above her garage for a
boudoir, where It I* said, she not In
frequently
entertained
maaculhie
company Of courar her aunt didn't
know anything about llila rumor, and
If word ever fell on her ears to the
effect that Marlon waa enjoying ro
mantic episodes In the back yard,
there la no record to ahow It
Anyway, the Hubble girl became
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TIIK ILLUSTRATICI) FKATURK KKCTION - January 17, 1931
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Unfortunate Marion Hubble, whose brilliant mind, but
wanton personality brought her to a life of crime and
untimately a tragic death.
vaauj ilffw iot
penaina, and prrha|M the above expe
rience canard It One of thoar prr-
aoiia waa a pleasant, milling girl, the
other a snarling ahe-wolf. who riatmed
the atreeta at night and promiscuous-
ly begged clgareta from men ahe en
countered When the time came for
her to find love. Iter dual prraonallty
led her to a iierullarly tingle end
Marlon Hobble and Freda l.lttlrton
fell lii love with the same young man,
Henderaon Stout, who rarrled special
delivery letter* and worked lit* way
through achool, hut who waa linnd-
aonic and who could write atlrrlng
poetry He flirted with both glrla, but The force of the blow felled her. but Marion Rot to her feet. When Freda rushed her back
toon made lit* preference known, airainat the wall, ahe broiitfht dtfcwn the hand holding the hnt pin and killed her old chum.
which caused the breach between the
Freda was dead when she hit the floor. . .
devoted chums
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th «tight
more of Freda
Notwlthatandlng Ilia ill-con . m i n e d
dlacloeure lie kept oil aeelng Million
In her garage boudoir, without Fre
da learning the facte. However, Fre
da watchrd him one night, and when
he had entered the garage room of
the pretty Marlon, ahe followed and
confronted the clandeatlne lover*
from the threshold.
"And no I've found you out," ahe
aald to Marlon. "You're the thief
who ha* been trying to rob me of
haiiptnean, trying to «teal the only
man I ever loved, trying. In fart, to
liktst my future prospect*.
and truatrd you. I've been a serf
to your least desires, Marlon Hub
ble, but I'll never do anything for
you again. I don't want you to speak
to me after this, never look at me;
I don't want, to meet you at all. And
as for him "
Here aliq^ paused, unable to con
tinue.
But he begged her to take him
bark
"I'll never havr anything more to
do with Marlon Hubble." he pro
claimed. “ I'm through with her.
"And all the*.- jvmr» I have loved Hlie's lmt tlie right kind She walks
111 dark streets and has promiscuous Marion Hubble a.
They found the body of the young
affairs with men. I've heard nil a-
bout her. Thnt's why I came here man under a huge tree a block bark
of Marlon Hubbles garage residence.
tonight, to tell her I waa done. You He had been stabbed In the throat
ran believe that or not, but I swear with a long hatpin, a steel Instru
to you. Freda, that you are (tie girt ment that made a dangerous weapon.
I love and the one I want.”
But the hatpin was not found.
She must have been favorably Im
Tlie crime completely baffled the
pressed with whst he said, and when authorities and there Is a possibility
Marlon Hubble stood with her head that the real killer would never have
bowed, not saying anything and pos been found out had not Freda taken
sessed of sn air of guilt. Freda agreed a hand In the matter In an effort to
to tnko Mm bark. They left the solve the mystery of her sweetheart's
building together, but thetr love af- murder.
fV r e -te 1 f »>•*♦ ntuht tust n* did
A week after the finding o f the
coipae under the cottonwood, ahe
sought out Marlon Hubble, who had
been vTCarlng mourning, and was
stricken apparently with great grief,
and pointing an accusing finger at
her. said:
"You killed him. and I've come here
to settle things with you for good and
all I loved him. He was more than
the world to me. I long for him even
now and I'll never be happy again
You've not only taken from me the
man I love, but you have driven me
Insane
"You'll pay for this, Marion Hub
ble. you'll pay this very night. I'm
going to beat you to death with my
own two hands and leave your poi
soned body here for the vultures to
pick You coward Why did you have
to kill the man I love?”
She threw off a fur coat that she
had been wearing, and putting her
rings and watch in one of the pockets,
advanced towards Marion who. In a
scarlet negligee, was watting to see
whether she meant her threat.
And when she found out that the
other girl was very much In earnest,
she ran to a fireplace and grabbed
down her hat off the mantel. From
this she extracted a long steel hat
pin JUst as Freda struck her tn the
face The force of the blow felled
her. but Marion got to her feet.
When Freda rushed her back
against the wall, she brought down
the hand holding the hat pin and
killed her old chum
Freda was dead when she hit the
floor, and after seeing what she had
done, Marion fled Into the night. She
was found In a fisherman's cabin on
the banks of the nearby river, but she
wasn't taken from this place alive.
She still had the hat pin. and whrn
the authorities came to get her, she
stabbed herself.
The fisherman had given her shel
ter from a vicious snow storm, he
said, but It was thought that because
he was a young bachelor, he had at
tempted to hide her after she had
admitted killing Freda Littleton.
This tragedy which cost three live#
happened ten years ago. but the col
ored folk residing in this section of
the state never tire of relating the
occurrences to every stranger who
cros-es the threshold of the com
munity. They speak In glowing terms
of the beauty of those girls, and then
when thev come to the point wlier#
the murder took place they lower
their voices as if afraid of being over
heard or discovered by the ghost of
the strange Marlon Hubble.
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Marion's dual personality is best
exemplified by her diary, excerpts of
which are quoted here
"Today Henderson kissed me a
thousand, times "
"Henderson says I'm like lava froyi
a volcano
"Last night Henderson and I erect
ed chateaus in the blue of the sky.
Hr talks like his poems read. Red
ashes from red roses—I love that
poem.
It speaks of warm lips of
Egyptian princesses upon the necks
of stalwart slaves."
“I shall don a gown (she refers to
night gown) and stop the first man
that passes our house tonight, a
transparent gown through which he
can see my alluring figure; and If he
stope— ”
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" I think Freda is waking up to my
influence over Henderson. But what
a costly Influence." (Here, she does
not make her meaning clear.»
“The sight of human blood fasci
nates me. Today I cut my finger Just
to see the blood flow, so richly crim
son." (This is fhe first hint we have
that she was capable of two mur
ders.!
"My aunt says I am immodest.
But have 1 not occasion to be? How
many women have my beauty of fig
ure? Not even Freda Her legs are
as thin as broom-sticks."
“ Oh, my Ood—I am afraid I'm go
ing to lose him.”
Those two women in one, made
Marlon Hubble a criminal who has
been studied and torn apart by stu
dents of criminology since the day
of her second murder. Such a char
acter has been often chronicled, but
seldom found in real life.
One moment Marion was a lovable
sweetly smiling creature, and as quick
as a flash she eould become a glower-
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