Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-27
rErnm the Troy Times
From the Troy Times
The Career Of a Former Troy Editor
Preacher, Maniac, Murderer-he
Dies In n Warehouse.

We had mis- sed sight Of him Tor seVerai
wears. and now learn through cores
pondent of the Syracuse Courier that he
has been dead for nearly two years, dying
i, a warehouse in Toledo, Ohio, after hav-
ING been refused admittance to the house
of relative to whom he had applied for
sbelter. fuckers career was one of great
v;c;ssitude. Born in Marion, Wayne
county, of respectable Baptist parents, he
learned the printing trade and assisted in
setting the type of the first Mormon bible
that was issued from the Palmyra SENT
mel. He soon after embraced religion, and
received license from the Congregation
alists to preach. Tucker was always
most unstable creature. In little while
he left the Congregationalists and became
Baptist, SAYING that the Baptists needed
to be reformed and he intended to reform
them. He was settled as clergyman IN
Pulaski, Oswego county, and subsequently
in Clockville, Madison county but fail
ing to reform the Baptists he left them
and Joined the "church of Peterboro,"
under the egis of Gerrit Smith, and soon
afterwards left the pulpit to become the
editor Of the Syracuse Star. Mr.. Tucker
was a man of real ability, and under his
management the Star grew to be a lead
ing journal. He next became a lecturer
for the Masons and Odd Fellows, and
then in 1S4S the editor Of the Wing in
this city. He remained in Troy about
one year, when he was appointed Assist
ant Clerk in the State Senate, and took
up his residence in Albany, In the course
of his travels and changes he became ad.
dicted to the use of opium and liquor, and
embracing infdel sentiments lost hi;
standing in all the churches with which
he had been connected. The celebrated
reyivalist, Rev. Jabez Swan, who was
then preaching in Albany. reconverted
the erratio preacher, and he was sent tt
minister in the oolored Baptist church a.
the capital.
He next went toVincent, Penn, where
compelled to leave the place on account o
his intemperance. He struck out TO
New York, where he was at once arrested
on the charge of stealing a trunk-th'
porter having by mistake removed the
wrong trunk, which was very similar t.
Mr.. fuckers, to the hotel. R. D. Thomp
son, formerly of this city, was then pub
fishing the Brooklyn Advertiser, ant
quite accidently stumbled upon Mr.
Tucker in the Tombs. They bad know
each other in Troy, and Mr.. Thompson
engaged Tucker to become the editor o
his paper in Brooklyn. This was in tn
uow-Nothing, Angel Gabriel-riot times
The Advertiser was a Know Nothing
organ, and fuckers denunciation o
Catholics and foreigners was so wild and
inhsmmatory as only to be accounted fol
upon the supposition that he was insane
He had the most extravagant notions o
, the power of the paper, and believed tina
, all the Irish people of Brooklyn, led BY
! the priest, were plotting to destroy hi
life. 1t was while connected with the
! Asgertiser that the most eventful incident
in his career occurred. The saaaaic be
came a Observation-Disclosures his hands II
the blood Ct his own child and nearl,
killed his wife, faithful, excellen
woman The murder was a most heart
rending aft ,ir and the correspondent o
the Syracuse Courier SO faithfully recall
the particulars of the tragedy that VI
copy bis account below;
? That very night, on his way to hi
boarding place, he bought parasol tol
his wife and a toy for his little boy
: After tea he invited his wife to walk will
him, giving IS q reason that he was sfrait
r to walk the streets alone. She consented
and every Irishman they met he cursed
in an uudertone, yet loud e2ough TO o.
heard by several persons. Ills wife re
: monstrated. She told him that if he die
T not stop swearing at people she woul'
Q not walk with him. He then drew
4 revolver from bis pocket she screamed
and ran from him. The demon then tool
possession of him. His own wife he be
y lieved to be in league with the Irish. ii
!. FASTENED to drug store, took out his re
yolyer. and pointing 1t at the druggist ex
claimed, GIVE me drop of that" In
druggist lodged, and wanted to know
what it meant He replied, 81 ask you
pardon, I thought it was bottle" Ill
+, then took a small bottle from his pocket
and ordered the trembling druggist to I'll
= it with brandy. The druggist complied
D and when the bottle or phial was hal fill
ed, Tucker sustched it from his hand ant
ran ont. Going to his room, he foun'
- that bis wife h d not returned. Thi
strengthened his suspicions against her
j His little boy, three years old, was asleel
d in bed his little girl, twelve years old
= was reading. Soon bis wife came in, ant
he locked the door and put the key in hi
pocket Then falling on his knees bef0r
her, wildly be sought her to cave him
With cl.sped hands, he cried over ant
over, "Savs mel oh save me" She die
not seem to comprehend the state of hi
D mind or the nature of the request, ant
g answered, II cannot save you"
2 He then drew his revolver and strucl
her, the revolver fell from his hand ant
his little daughter seized it and threw
out of the window. He Il en took rszo
e from trunk. seized his little boy Vincent
!, named after the place of his birth. wit
O still slept, carried him to the middle o
the room, aud knelt on one knee. Th,
little sleeping child awoke, saw his fathel
= and gently closed his eyes. In this con
d dition his wife caught the CLEAN of tn,
& razor in bis right hand, while the child
neck hung over his left arm. With
loud scream she rushed on him to saw,
: her darling boy. o horror! it was too
late. He threw the body on the floor ane
made an attack on the little girl. Throw
ing herself on her back in corner of the
q room, so swift were the motions of hel
hands and feet that he could not get al
her throat. Her hands and feet were cut
but not seriously. He then made dash
at bis wife All this time Mrs. T. and
, the little girl were screaming for help
and three men living below burst open
the door. Like a demon covered with