Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-19
A LIFE INSURANCE MURDER.
s Husband IasHres His WtGe's LIle
ana Makes Way with Her.

The Lockport N. " correspondent Of
the Buffalo Erprs, in writing up the ca
TeeT of Charles Tucker, dlios Mason. Inst
convicted of the murder of has wife, gives
the following. The girl Nellie referred TO
was Nellie Williams, who published the
Penfeld Extra:
While Of Rochester, Mrs. Mason began
to suGer with the painful illness, which,
from that time forward, never ceased until
il terminated her life at LockpoTt on the
18th of September 1867, and was confined
to the house. Her husband at this time
began 10 conceive a feeling of interest in,
OF attachment to a girl of less than twenty,
a young lady well known 10 the editorial
and typographical fraternity of Western
New 4 ork as the former editor and propF:-
etoT Of little sheet published near ROch-
ester, aud who was at this time q compost
toT in printing establishment there It
is quite evident TO those that heard the
trial aad saw this young lady Gu the stand
that she was guilty OF nothing more than
indiscretion with Mason in allowing any
attention al all from him, and il viii
answer the purposes VI THIS narrative
quite az we'll &C. suppress her patronym-
ie, calling her simply Nellie Mason
called al the printing room several
times, Shere she was employed, during the
a kness Of his wife, under the preteKt Of
having work fer her to DO and wishing 10
learn the printers art himself He wrote
notes 10 her, one Of which she was seen 10
teaf in pieces aud throw GA the floor Upon
one occasion Mason asked her to take
walk with han 10 see his wife at her Te-
quest, which she agreed 10 do; but after
walking some distance on the street with
him she discovered that they we're going
IA a direction opposite "a Mason's boarding
house and called his attention 10 the fact.
lie returned some ey4siye answer and lie
sired 10 proceed; bat the girl insiaied On
returning, which they did. After this
episode Nellie's mother became alarmed and
chided her for impradeuce, which, Mason
learning, he wrote note 10 the girl, ask
ing her pardon, saying that If he had com
mitted any ernor Il was Of the head rather
than the heart, aud that he knew Of no One
whom he would 80 greatly desire a. a COM
paniOn for his dear wife a her. After this
Macon and his wife icil Rochester and
came 90 Baiialo IN May, 1867 and for
time the curtain falls on his warnings
afer a companion for bis dear vile
While al Rochester, he procured an in
suranOs in a Connecticut company for
$500 Hpou the joint liyes Of himself and
wife, payable 10 the survivor. u il re
marked by the prosecution ss algui6cant
thar the amount was large, that the insn-
rance should have covered the life OF his
gifs and that she died four months after
wards. lie told The agent that bis wife
Wa suffering from gaslrilis, a disease OF
the stomach. The defense ccntsnds that
this policy was taken after repeated solicit
iaiions by the agents OF the company, they
giving Mason half their fees. This iusu-
rance policy plays aE important part daring
the time, being relied on by tie prosecu
ton A. the chief inducements e. the crime,