Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-15
THE PAGE CASE.
Special Session of Grand l,,,v
May Be Called.
Great Endeavor to Avsnge Murde, a
Weston, Mass.
Police Believe That Tucker Is a..
Guilty Party.

Boston, April 14-Attorney Gena,.,
Parker stated, today, to a represent
tive of The Associated Press that =.
was seriously considering the calling
early next week, of a special session /,
| the MicdleseX county grand iurv q,
an investigation of Charles l.. Tucke,,,
connection with the murder of uis.
| Mable Page in Weston, on March d
This action, the attorney general said
was being considered for two reasons.
First, in order to bring before ,ba
grand jury the evidence in the c,,,
while it is new and while the yarionc
incidents are fresh and clear in III.
minds of such witnesses as the dis,ric,
attorney may call; and, secondly. that
the government need not disclose AT =
| lower court hearing the main features
of the evidence against Tucker.
Under the regular course of proceed.
ure Tucker would be given a hearing
before Judge Luce at Waltham. some
time within Il month, and then if proba
BILE cause was found, the court would
mold him for the regular session of the
grand jury at Cambridge. in June. The
present MiddleseX grand jury was
drawn in January for year and being
a part of the superior court of the state
the calling of the members to a special
session will be made by Chief Justjca
Mason at the request Of the attorney
general. No district court judge would
care 70 take up a case that is unce-
consideration by the grand Jury and il
is unlikely, therefore, that Judge Luce
will hear any of the evidence against
Tucker and that the hearing, next
Thursday, will be barren of result.
While the attorney general said. to-
day. that he could not under the circum-
stances discuss evidence in the case. he
did expect that the right man was un-
Ter arrest.
Chief Shaw of the Massachusetts
state police, in q statement to The As
ISOLATED Press, said, today. that he felt
more confident than ever that the au-
thorities were working in the right d.
recticn when they had arrested Charles
l.. Tucker on the charge of numbering
Miss Mabel Page at Weston. He added
that it had been decided that all the Of
ficers at work upon the case should be
reticent as to the nature of the evidence
which would be presented against
Tucker, at least until the state was
called upon to disclose it when Tuck
er was brought into court for trial.
The state police have practically
ceased work upon the case at Weston.
All investigation as to the possibility of
others being connected with the muir
der has apparently been stopped.
Anticipating the effort of the prosecu-
ton to withhold it's evidence until later
in the case, the counsel for Tucker has
required Attorney General Parker 10
permit one of their chemists to work
with Prof. Wood in examining the
stomach of the victim and the alleged
stain on a knife and on fuckers cloth
ipg.
fuckers counsel has also required
au4 opportunity to examine the Page
house. All of these requests have been
refused and James H. Valley. one Of
fuckers lawyers, has announced that
he will apply to Judge Luce in the
Waltham court. tomorrow. for an or
der compelling the government to grant
the various demands.
If such an application is made Dis
trict Attorney Sanderson will oppose it.
Tucker was visited by his parents at
East Cambridge Jail. today. They had
a Commute interview with the prisoner
in the sheriff's office.