Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-04
TUCKER TRIAL
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was asleep.
'Ontnirg the door Of the room he saw
tn" body of his daughter on the ncor''
The conditions and the POSITION of the
body were G.scribtd by the district attor-
rt". particular stress being laid on the
| fact that ii had the appearance Of having
beeH laid down
Mr. Pa"v then went down stairs" con-
tinuCi Mr. SandrrNnr. to the living
room ana noticed that a log that has been
burning in III" fireplace had been pushed
| aside no PM the fire out. He also found
a note on tie table This note read:
"HaVe just heard that Harold is hurt
and is AT the Massachusetts General hos
| vital Have gone in at u O'Clock. VIII
leave key Of front side door with barn
key. Will telephone Mrs. Bennett"
The district attorney explained that
This rotc would have an important
bearing IN the case and that il would
be examined in detail later on. Next
h. described the Wounds on Miss
Pages body. saying that although az
first it was considered a case of sui
cido. later developments indicated that
y foul crime had been committed.
Death was caused. sail I'll, prosecutor
by wounds inflicted il the back. and
the breast. which penetrated to the
heart.
AN examination Of Miss Pages
clothinG. concluded M. Sanderson,
showed that htr waist had been
twisted t. the left When the stab
wound i'll the breast was inflicted The
cut III the front of tho waist is an inch
higher and 4 little TO TIL. left of the
wound niu,ip in the breast. showing
conclu.;ivcly. that Mis-. Pages clothing
was; twisted ny violence. The dead wo-
mans skirt. which was removed was
thrown behind tn" door and adharing
to this SNi:t We're traces Of straw mat
ting. Tn" commonwealth will show 10
you members of III" jury that Mabel
Page vas not killed i'll the room where
her body was found. bat that she was
murdered in another part Of the mouse
':ic htr body dragged into her bed
roo:n. The common wealth Will weave q
WEB oI circumstances hound this priS-
oneI that will make it difficult for You
l" avoid reaching bur one conclusion"
Mr.. Sanderson then referred to the
fact that April 4, four days after the
murder. Tucker was questioned by the
the heighborhood Of the Page house on
the day OF the murder and he was sub
jected to the same examination as all
other rScnS who We're in the vicinity
ut the time, although there was no sus-
picion attached to him.
Tucker told the officers that. March
81. he was in his own yard at 1850 or
1875 in the forenoon. He went over to
Weston bridge, arriving there about
noon. He then walked leisucly up
South aVerue, the street upon which
the Page house is situated to Cutters
Corner and then turned down East
Newton street. walking over the tracks
Of the Boston q Albany railroad. He
went down the railroad tracks Il short
distance and then went over to the
Boston Athletic Association grounds ut
RiN orsiiir. Here he crossed the tracks
again md proceeded to Riverside sta
ton. HC came under the tracks by the
tunnel ami then proceeded to his home
on Bourne street, arriving there about
O'Clock.
Later he @nd a man named Bourne
went over the Weston bridge and there
met Arthur Woodward driving Il fish
cart and with MIN was Miss Mabel
Walker Of pamaiisCotta. Me. who was
out for a drive with young Woodward.
The Woodward boy drove the wagon
IN The road a Snort distance and then
returned. Tucker then entered the
wagon ana was taken for q short drive.
Later he and Miss Walker went for a
walk together Up to this time, Nj.
s;andcrson declared, the officers had
nothing t. connect Tucker with the
tragedy ana they did not dctain him.
The raNt day fuckers l.ictur" was
printed in the papers a ID the Wood
ward boy. seeing il. informed his faith
er that he had found q knife sheath
ON the scat which had been occupied
~ Tucker during the drive. The police
were notified and Tucker was again
taken for examination. his second cx-
animation resulting in his arrest. Tuck
err denied that he had ever owned such
a ~neath or I, knife to 20 with it, bur
when the sheath was produced he said
that il belonged to him. The knife. he
told the officers he hai lost. two years
before. When asked why he did no:
tell about It at first. he said il was be
cause he did rot want 10 be suspected
of killing Miss Page.
Mr. Sander son sHid' that on the sheath |
were teeth marks which the common |
wealth would show We're made by Tuck |
"rS teeth. The government claims
said the district attorney. that when the |
prisoner drew that kEiic florn tht sheath |
h held The sheath III his teeth and thdt |
murder Was in MS heart.
All ewes in tn" court room were turned |
toward Tucker. but the prisoner s.tt quiet !
~ and did not appear 70 mlnd the scru |
tiny to which he was subjected
District Attorney Sander~"n then went |
on to tell that in the cellar of fuckers |
home a knife blade WAS found broker |
trtu three pieces each of which showed |
evidence oi having been recently filed |
secured. twisted and hammered Thi+ |
blade. the district attorney declared fit |
ted exactly the wounds made In ne back |
and breast of Mabel Page Tucker, ac-
curd;ng to hIr. Sand"rsonS accusation. adj |
nsittcd thar he mad broken the knife be- !
cause he did not want suspicion directed
to him
Mr. Sanderson then made 2 statement |
that explains why 80 many handwriting |
experts have been summoned 10 testify IN |
the case on the table in the sitting room |
of the Page house was found a shee. of |
paper apparently torn from III" same
tablet used by Mabel Pag" when she
wrote the note intended for her father. on
which were. written the wordS' u. L. |
Morton. Charlcstown, Mass; the state
h, prepared to prove" said Mr.. Sanderson