New-York tribune., 1868-06-25
ANOTHER LIFE Insurance MURDER.

The trial of one of the most revolving cases
of murder recorded in the annals OF criminal iurspu.
dence concluded Last week in the Niagara N. -
Court of Oyer and Tcrmner, by the conviction Of oEe
Charles Mason Or Charles Tucker, who is sentenced TO
be hanged for killing his wife by slow poisoning. Mason
is about p years age His wife Lis senior by few
months The couple married about three years ago.
In Boston, where they remained till the Winter OF 1861
when they moved 70 Troy In March OF that year they
moved TO Rochester, whence they went to Buffalo in jelly
About this time he made application a the Office OF the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company for policy
OF 5000 upon the joint lives OF himself aud wife, payable
to the the death Of either The application
behalf Of his wife signed by Mason and the certificate
OF the examining physician shows hat she was IN good
physical condition, and weighing 1s0 pounds In the
middle OF July, Mason went to LOckpOrt, and there
opened Office for the sale Of certain works by sub
scIpuOn, ana on ms return 10 ms boarding house III bur
faO, few weeks subsequently his wifc taken with
frequent and severe paroXysms Of vomiting accompa-
Ded Dy dlarnea Mhch prevented hef from leatlng ner
room. The attending physicians were Informed by Ma
son that the illness was caused by pregnancy and they
treated her Accordingly On aug ~ alinOush unaDc 10
walk or sit up, she was removed from her comfortable
boardng-house and taken TO Lockport where she was
placed in third story attic-rOOm, which very
warm and had little ventilation. Here, for two days,
she had no attendant but Mason, aud was afterward
chiefly under the care OF his sister uhti her Geath'
which occurred on Sept IL. On her arrival at Lock.
port a homeopathic physician was called IN, aud
he told the old story OF pregnancy.
Mason saying that il the worst case OF CESSATION lie
had probably ever The physician perceiyng In the
vomiting manifestations OF arsenlcal action, prescribed
I'm the third decimal Alternative. drop OF
which contains lloo0th OF grain Of arsenic During
the ensuing three weeks the took 2O granucs Of
arsenicum pnt up the proportion Of l10OO0OOh Of
grain Of arsenic 10 the granue. second physician
called in, and he told Improbable story Of sup
posed intimacy between MasOn's sister ana the former
physician, and informed that he might have the case
he would procure abortion. few days before her
death Mrs. Mason seemed much improved, and able
be up This OF short duration. for the symptom.
returned with increased violence, and she soon sue
cumbcd, aud buried the day after her death septem
her 10. After waiting three months, Mason went 10
Rochester and called tho agent Of the insurance
pany. The agent lost no time 10 inform the
Dstrict-Attomey, who ordered the disinterment
In January last the remains having been dsinteucd
found 10 be in a remarkable state Of preservation
An analysis Of the stomach aud liver revealed condera
bic arsenic, and established the Of death. II
proved that the quantity prescribed by the physician did
not exceed G3 600 Of grain lt also shown that the
husband only could have any motive for taking tie
wOmans life. Further investigation revealed the fact
that in May June he had been intimate with
Nellie Williams that the day after the burial be had
told her mother that he had nothing TO do but to eloy
himself and make her daughter happy. The second day
after the burial Mason received from 1.-THE ply cas
n sworn affidavit of the pretended cause of his Vies
death, his representation that he wanted 10 send 70
the members OF his wfe's family. This sent 10 tue
insurance company. on the trial, every link the cham
Of evidence found perfect and Mason was sentenced
10 be executed on the 9th OF August