Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-20

LUCK. ceeond, was II MS intention 70 have
carnal knowledge of her? The question Of
whether the prisoner intended to kill Mrs.
Tuck does not enter into this case. II is
whether he intended to ravish the woman. II,
after taking all the evidence into considers
ton, you are satisfied that the prisoner at the
bar did kill Mrs Tuck and did attempt to
commit rape. then you are entitled to bring
IN verdict of murder in the first degree
Mr.. Newell g. Tuck sworn, testified:
reside In Albion and was the husband Of the
murdered woman; have lived in Albion since
was ten years old on the place where had
always resided; am 40 years of age; last
saw my second wife alive on the fifth day of
September, at home. e, about 80 o'clock
IN the morning: she was at the head of the
lane that led from the main road
TO my house; there was no on al the
house with her when left in the morning:
there WAS no one else in the family; went
on1o the road to work, that morning; my
vile accompanied me TO the head of the lane {:
left her in her usual condition Of health
while working on the road that forenoon,
went to Mr.. Bakers to get drink of water.
asked the prisoner at the bar, John. have
you got some good water there 2" saw he was
much frustrated. and took the dipper myself,
and got drink; on going home at noon
could not tind my wife, and called to her /;
kept searching until found her in the pri-
Wy; she was sitting down by the side
Of the seat, with her hair caught on
a projecting box; spoke to her sew
eral times; found she did not an
swer and took hold of her hands, finding
them cold did not think she was dead then :;
without disturbing her, got Andrew Robinson
and carried the body into the house; Robinson
went after DR.. Wilson, who arrived in about
three-quarters of an hour. Baker lives
about tbree-quarters Of mile away from my
house; prior to the 9Th Of September, Baker
was not frequent visitor at my house and
had not been there for some two years; had
been married TO nv wife about a year and a
half at the time of her DEATH two other
doctors came TO my house with DIR. Wilson /;
noticed scars upon Julia's throat before she
was taken into the house; there were distinct
scars Of q IRers, mostly on one side; there
was heavy scar one side, and three or
four on the other. so that the blood settled /;
placed my hand upon my wife's stomach
TO see If she was cold when taking her into
the house never have had anv children have
had two wives my wifss first name before |
married her was Julia Worthing, and she
resided in Palermo.
Cross-e1amtnation--I lived about twenty
years with my first wife; went directly to
work on the road after leaving home on the
morning of the murder; went out with my
team; went by the Baker house and saw no
one there in passing by; it was few rods
beyond the Baker house where | was to work
that day should say it was about ii o'clock
when went after the water; after going into
the house John tried to fetch the dish to ha nd
me some water; he appeared nervous in his
movements and demeanor; while | was
/ oil ina RaE atnoH in ha with m
aud left him there; on going home found
no preparations for dinner had been made
| that could discover; in another room found
| the irons upon the table where julia had
| been ironing; there were several articles
which had been ironed; the privy is
| between the wood-sh and shop, connect
ing with the former; the door To the priyy
was open when | found my wife; the door
was so arranged that it could not be entirely
shut should say the dimensions Of the privy
were 5x8 feet; person standing in
the woodshed could not see into the
privy; the door Of the privy swung
to the right of person entering; the
bench passed clear across the back side of
the PRIV my wife when went in was partly
sitting, partly reclining, in the extreme cor
ner and against the lower part of the seat,
on the floor TO the left her head was against
!
Tucks clothing; saw a spot on her right arm.
where the blood had settled.
At IL. 80 p. NJ. the court adjourned until
o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
At2 o'clock p. NJ, DR. Geo. II. Wilson OF
! Albion was placed upon the stand. He tes-
tilted was called to Mr. Tucks the first
time about o'clock 7. NJ. on the day of the
murder; found the body of Mrs. Tuck on II
| bed with the eyes wide open, mouth and face
black saw a spot where the skin was ruptured
on the right side of the throat.
| was struck with the appearance of the
BODY; examined it. The muscles were set
took her clothes off; there were no bruises
on the body; examined the body, together
with attending physicians, at o'clock in the
evening; we all came to the conclusion that
such strong evidences of violence were
to be seen, that an autopsy was
necessary; we made the autopsy at 9
o'clock the next morning; found
all of the vital organs in a healthy condition
| in my judgment strangulstion at the wind
pipe caused the death of this woman; APP
piled my hand 10 the throat facing the body.
and NV fingers and thumb fitted the marks
perfectly; the effect of putting the hand in
| this position with force, where the prints OF
the hand were found, would be to eau e
instant death
| c. oss Examination. When | made my
| first examination of the body in the afternoon
two women were present; confined my exam
! ination then to the limbs and neck found that
the clothing was not disturbed in the least
the second examination, made later in the sf-
ternoon by the physicians, was superficial
| [Dr. Wilson placed his hand on Attorney
| Heath's throat at the same point where he
found the marks on Mrs. Tucks neck |
found but very little venous blood in the
brain: gradual strangulstion would tend to
produce more venous blood in the brain
than sudden choking; the symptoms
about the head and face were those of very
sudden death; the body indicated almost sud-
den death, as the surface was not spotted !;
we found the lining of the windppe highly
cougested, extending above and below the
marks on the throat; this was an indication
of sudden death also we examined the lungs
and found them partially congested; the
heart appeared perfectly healthy; we should
expect the condition of the heart to be as We
found it If death had been caused instantly !;
found the bladder empty; the marks on the
right side of the throat indicated that the
force had been applied inward as well as
downward: hand applied st the point where
the marks were found would be much more
likely to cause death than further
up: there is a congregation of nerves and