New-York tribune., 1905-01-22
TUCKER TRIAL NEAR END.
Evidence IN Rebuttal Heard-Pris-
Oner'S Mother TeStifes Again.

Cambridge. Mass, jan n.-AH the evidence in
the trial OF Charles Louis Tucker. Of Auburndale
charged with numbering Miss Mabel Page by stab
bing her to death at her home in Weston March
81, 1904 had been introduced when court adjourned
at noon to-day. There remain. before the
case goes to the jury. The closing arguments Of
counsel. which 1t is expected. will consume all
OF Monday and possibly part of Tuesday. and
the charge of the court
Three full weeks have been occupied with the
taking of testimony. the prosecution having used
exactly two weeks for its side. and the last six
days have been occupied by the defence. In that
time scores Of witnesses called. including
many experts. both handwriting and medical. the
father and brother of the murdered woman. and
the brother. father and mother OF the accused
man.
When court opened to-day interest in the case
which at no time has waned and which yesterday
reached climax when Mrs. Tucker. the mother Of
the defendant. collapsed on the witness stand.
still intense. The report had been circulated that
the defendant would take the witness stand to
esablish an ahbi; to prove the ownership Of the
alleged Page" pin; to account for his knife and
to tell in his own words why 1t was broken 1t
was understood that Tucker wished 10 do this bat
after a consultation between the members Of the
Tucker family and counsel for the defence IT
finally decided to close the defence without call
ing him.
When the defence closed to-day evidence IN re-
buttal was put in by both sides. This took the
form Of questioning OF witnesses whose previous
statements in connection with the murder were
inconsistent inc with those made at the trial Among
the defence witnesses has been Daniel Connolly.
who had declared that he Tucker on the Ridg-
way Road at about 1880 o'clock the day of the
murder To dispose of this. ConnOlIy's employer.
Charies utter was called by the government to
testlfy that Connolly told him ne did not know
whether the man he saw that day was Tucker
or some one else. State Police Oficers NeiI and
hammond eontradicted Mrs Tucker. saving that
when her sons broken knife was shown to her she
sald she had never known him to own a hunting
knife. Yesterday and to-day Mrs Tucker said
AGGher IGr ,n naG USED the knife In cleaning game.
Mrs Tucker appeared the stand twice to-
DAY, once Just before the defence rested to answer
a question about her sons knife and the second
time in rebuttal with reference to the Page pin
SAID TO have been worn by Tucker on many Oc-
easons and which she failed to identify yesterday
IN connection with the question of the ownership
OF the pin photographs were introduced TODAY
showing cap belonging to Tucker with a shield
pin fastened TO IT, These photographs We're ex-
amlned by the jury under magnifyng glass and
When the derence asked the photographer whether
the pin in the picture and the pin exhibited in the
courtroom were the same, the said that the
jury could decide the question The taking OF estI
mony was ended before the usual hour for Satur-
DAY adjournment but at the request of counsel
court was adjourned until Monday morning