It was just an event that people were just curious about. People just wanted to see what was going on, but there was a lot of people there. Tucker said that there wasn't a lack of creativity back in the 1930s. Some were on top of buildings, sitting on cars, climbing up on telephone poles. There were just people everywhere.
Tucker remembers it like it was yesterday.
He was only 10 years old in 1936, but was old enough to be amazed by the spectacle. Tucker said that things got crazy after Bethea fell through the trap. Everyone was trying to get at him because they wanted souvenirs. As a result, state government banned such executions. The Daviess County jail building is expected to be up for auction soon.