The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
MABEL PAGES
STTCKPIN WAS
FOUND ON TUCKER
At LEAST THAT IS WHAT THE
STATE WILL TRY TO
Any ROBERTS. A SERVANT
GIRL, POLISHED PIN TWO
DAYS BEFORE MURDER
.(By Publishers' Press.)

against Charles l.. Tucker, charged
with the murder of Mabel Page, in
Weston. on March 81, last, all three
declaring that the u. L. Morton.
CharIestown, Mass address and the
alleged Tucker sales slips from
Thorp and Martins were written by
the same hand. They also declared
that, in their opinion, certain ad-
). dresses on postal card alleged to
have been found in fuckers pocket,
were In the same handwriting as the
Morton address and sale slips.
Interest appears to grow in the
case. The crowds at the doors grow
larger each day, and yesterday nearly
i've hundred people struggled in a
vain attempt to gain admission.
The cross-examination of Expert
CaryaIho, will probably be concluded
today, and it is thought that Amy
Roberts, the maid of the Page family,
viii be called before the day is over.
BY Miss Roberts the government
VIII seek to prove one of the most i'm
portant and essential parts of their
case against Tucker. She was closet
ed with State detective Whitney and
assistant Attorney Hugh Bancroft at
the Bancroft house, for nearly two
hours
Her presence at the district attor-
ney's Office behind closed doors has
led some to the conclusion that she
was rehearsing portions of her story,
which the government expects will
partially show the motive which ac-
tuated the atrocious murder of her
mistress.
Amy Roberts, the shy, timid ser
want, is one of the most interesting
of the dramatis personae in the IA
NOUS trial, and the one by whom will
he sustained or crushed one of the
most damaging assertions of the pros
ecution. That is the identity of the
pin alleged to belong to Mabel Page
and found in fuckers coat after his
arrest. Amy Roberts had polished
but two days before the murder, the
little Canadian stick pin, along with
other pins. the property of Miss
Page These pins were placed in the
cushion on the bureau in MabeFs
room.
On the opening of court this morn
ing David N. Carvalho was recalled,
and. his cross-examination continued
by Mr.. Vahey. He said that up to
the time man is IS years of age his
handwriting is a matter of caprice
more than habit but after that age
has been reached the man generally
settles into stated habit of writing
of disputed writing where there has
been as little material as in this ?"
Hundreds of them
WAS it only the sign on a check"
YES; that or even the two words.
with interest. :,
you have been able to form an
opinion from the two words?"
Yes, sir; conclusfvely So
You stated, Mr.. Carvalho, that i;
is Impossible for man to write
hand better than he knows?"
q so stated
.You mean that man can't write
a disguised hand better than his nat
ural hand %
Not necessarily that. for man
can copy a signature in other than
his own
Then, it is possible for a man to
Hrite hand better than his own?"
By copying. yes sir
You assume the extra strokes on
the Morton note were made by the
writer of the note?"
Yes
.The marks were made with one
stroke of the pencil. you say?"
s.Yes"
How could that be2"
Il think can give you an illustra-
ton think l can cut my pencil so
IT wiz do it"
The witness then took his pencil
and cut it with his knife.
Mr. xahey asked him if the pencil
which made the double marks in the
Morton cast must have been cut to
resemble his own pencila as he had
cut it. Mr.. carvalho said he did not
know how the pencil which wrote the
mote was cut; he simply cut his pen
u so that it could form double
ARK
HIS pencil. now. he stated. was in
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