The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-14
BLOOD STAINS
AGAINST TUCKER
EVIDENCE OF PROFESSOR WOOD
WAS VERY DAMAGING TO
ACCUSED MURDERER.
lny Puhlishera. press.l

BOSTON. Mass, Jan. l4-The ell
max of the governments case against
Charles l.. Tucker. charged with the
murder OF Mabel Page, came yester.
day afternoon when Professor Ed
ward s. Wood. who has testified In
more murder trials than any other
man IN Massachusetts, declared that
he had found blood on the overcoat
End trousers worn by Tucker on the
knife found in fuckers home,
Professor Wood testified that the
| hioodstains he found were consistent
| with human blood stains. Holding
the broken knife blade In his hand,
Professor Wood declared that such a
Knife could have caused every wound
on Mabel Pages body
To-day will see the completion OF
| The case of the prosecution and II is
probable that the defense will begin
| us side.
AS to-day is "a one-session court
day. there will not be more chan
enough time for fuckers counsel to
L
testimony will not begin until the
opening of court Monday morning.
George Dunham, OF the State POI
lice. testified that he had the GUS
tody OF the clothing of Miss Page
and that he took II to Professor Ed
ward Wood, chemist of Harvard He
had also glass par which contained
lihe stomach of Miss Page and he de-
livered that to Prof. Wood, Profes.
| sor Wood was called. He said he hid
| examined the clothing In an effort to
End blood stains and he had also exz
amined the contents of the stomach
of the murdered woman.
He described in detail the food
found in the stomach, and said 1t
showed that digestion had but inst
begun.
The witness said he received from
Chief Shaw broken knife blade
The cutting edge had been broken
by hammer, file or wise. The ham
die part showed the marks OF file.
On the back edge of the knife he
found blood stains. He said that his
analysis proved that the blood was
| human blood He described the
blood stains and cuts found on the
various articles OF apparel worn by
Miss Page on the day of the murder.
The corset cover was practically COW
cred with blood and had several cuts
in it. The waist OF the union suit
Of Undertaking was In the same con-
dilIon. The corsets were also cut but
there was very little blood on them.
Professor Wood said he had exam
med twenty-one pieces of clothing
of Tucker and on eighteen Of them
he found nothing. but on three he
found blood stains. On the oyercoat
he found blood stains on the collar,
ON the lower front and on the right
lapel These stains were from hui
man blood He had also found hui
man blood stain on the top button.
George c. Neal. deputy chief of
Massachusetts State police. was the
searched fuckers room after Tucker
had been arrested, and found pieces
of knife there. also stick pin
which was in the pocket OF fuckers
coat.
The witness said that after deliver
ing the broken blade to Chief Shaw
he went back to the Tucker house to
search for the handle belonging to
the broken blade. He talked with
Tucker in his cell and asked him
where he broke the knife.
"He said he broke it in the cellar
said the witness.
81 asked him when he broke it. He
said it was that noon. asked him
why he broke it. He said because he
was afraid the police would connect
him with the Page murder
Neal told Of taking the clothing Of
Tucker to Professor Wood for exam
nation.
with some additional testimony
by doctors regarding the wounds the
State closed its case.
Court adjourned until Monday
morning when Counsellor Thomas F.
VaJley win give an 1ilfIine f,f the de-