New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-12
TUCKER SAYS NOT GUILTY
Committed Without Bml-Casc Con.
tinuef Till April 81.

wsitham. Mass, April 1f.-ChsrIes Z. T,cs.,
charged with the murder OF Miss Mabel Paga AZ
Weston. on March 81, is in the Middlesex Cou,,,
jail. at East Cambridge. having been Committee
without bail to that institution by Judge Luce a,
the waltham court. after brief hearing TO-DAY
Tucker. who was arrested on Saturday night a,
Auburndale. and had been held at West Newton h,
State police officers. was brought here this fore.
noon for arraignment- He pleaded not guilty TO
charge of having murdered Miss Page by stabbinx.
and his continued until April 2 at the re-
quest OF counsel for the prisoner
State Detective J. II. Whitney and Orrcer Dun
ham came here from Newton this forenoon ana
made formal complaint before the clerk Of N.
district court. who made out a warrant CHARGING
Charles L. Tucker with the murder OF Miss Mabel
Page. The warrant signed By judge Luc.
Before the prisoner was brought here nom IVES.
Newton the minor cases before the district cour.
were disposed OF. the two officers returning 10
Newton for Tucker after the warrant had been oh
tanned
The prisoner, IN charge Of Detective whitney
reached the courthouse Just before 10 o'clock and
a moment later Tucker In the dock IN ths
courtroom. At one side the prisoners IN
closure sat his father and mother and brother. An
Tucker passed them he nodded IN recognition He
gave no evidence OF being disturbed In the court.
room were James IT. and Thomas H. vahey coup
sci for Tucker.
The court proceedings occupied less than av,
minutes When the judge had taken hts plac.
Thomas II. Valley. addressing the court asked Il
an arraignment desired to-day The Judge -
piled IN the affirmative, and ordered the complain,
against Tucker to be read. The prisoner aros,
without apparent hesitation AS he did 50 h,
seemed to be hardly than youth with
smoothly shaver face, bright eyes and heaIthn,f
color. He wore blue serge suit. and IN spits a,
rather low stature appeared to be Of athletic build
The complaint charged Tucker with having MR.
dered Mabel Page. by cutting and stabbins" A.
Weston March 81 While the complaint rax
being read Tucker apparently paid little attertfo,
to the proceedings. Occasionally he looked AZ IN,
clerk, but most OF the time his eye was roaming
about the room. As soon the reading was ru-
ished in a clear voice Tucker pleaded not guilty
Counsel then asked for a continuance Of ten dav,
and April q was named for the further hearing
The clerk formally announced the continuance ~
turning TO the prisoner and saying: The eour.
holds you without bail. and you are committed q,
the county Jail at East Csmbridge until April n I.
Tucker then led from the courtroom bv D.
tective Whitney. In ante-rOom the prisoos-
was permitted to hold a conference with his coun-
sci
While the conferences was IN progress Nr ana
Mrs Tucker. the parents OF the accused man 81
tered the room. and later they spent some time m
conversing with their Shortly before noon
while State Of1cers Durham and Fletcher wsrs
tract the crowd which surrounded the entrance
DETECTIVES Whitney slipped out at rear door with
the prisoner and took a carriage for East Cam
bridge