The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-04
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE
IN MURDER CASE
So Declares District Attorney in Tucker
Case Now on Trial in Massa-
chusetts--Prisoner Sits
Impassive.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. District
Attorney Sanderson made vigorous ar.
raignment when be outlined the case Of
the government against Chas. L. Tucker,
who IS charged with the murder Of Miss
Mabel Page at Weston on March 81,
1904. when trial was resumed yesterday
afternoon. After reeounting what he
said was the story Of the crime, the dis.
trict attorney declared that the motive
was robbery and that the commonwealth
would prove hat, in addition to com.
mitting murder, Tucker had stolen money
and jeWelry from the Page house. He
also declared hat the girl was slain in
the hall and her body dragged to her
room. Throughout the district attor.
lney's address Tucker sat, an impassiye
figure, looking straight ahead On ei-
/ ther side of his cage stood Deputy Sher-
liifs Eyeleth and Wardwell. Not far
from him sat his mother and father, both
shrinking from the denunciatory words
of the district attorney. A. Edward
lPage. father of the murdered GIRL and
her brother Harold, with the maid, Amy
Roberts, the only other member Of the
1 AGS IONcCn1lu III AhlE ttiAAE u lfiE Al4Air
der on March 81 last, were also present
Throughout.
The opening Of court was delayed,
lowing to the prolonged visit of the
jury, accompanied by lawyers for both
sides, to the scene Of the Page murder
/ in Weston, and the surrouding territory
Of Auburndale, where Tucker lived. In
la special car the members of the jury,
accompanied by Sheriff Fairburn and six
deputy sherifTs, left Cambridge early in
the forenoon for Auburndale, where they
inspected fuckers home and the sur
rounding country. Thence they went to
Weston, where Miss Page lived, and made
q thorough survey Of the premises and
lof nearby points. The attorneys for
the government and for the defense we're
mot allowed to speak TO the Jurors, ex-
eept to point out places likely to be
mentioned during the trial; they were
mot permitted to make any comment or
explanation regarding these places or
anything else.
Tucker entered The court room 1T
3;22 o'clock, between Deputy Sheriffs
Wardwell and Eyeleth. The jury filed
into their seats at almost the same mo-
ment, and court was opened at 1926
o'clock
AS soon as quiet was secured District
Attorney Sanderson began his address
ito the jury
| He spoke in loud, clear voice that
was easily heard all over the court
Tucker sat in the cake, looking straight
ahead Of him, as the district attorney
declared that brutal murder had beer
d6Ms s.3 eoWnaly hand
'.It Is not revenge for crime that tht
Commonwealth wants. Was one Of tbs
striking sentences ii the earlier parts ol
1.-The district attorneys remarks. II i
protection for ouf women IN theil
Ihomes.n
There was absolute silence throughout
1.-The court room as the district attorney
went on with his story. Mrs. Tucker, thi
. mother of the prisoner. listened intently
The father sat with his head bent for
/ ward. The words that told Of the trag
! edy from the prosecutors lips seemed
| to fall like blows on his grey head
j The motive OF the crime was foreshad
lowed when District Attorney Sandersoi
told baout Miss Page having saved mon
, ley to erect tombstone over her moth
Iers grave.
aThe money was kept locked in
desk Ia her mothers room, said MI
Sanderson. Before Miss Roberts lei
Miss Page opened the wallet In whic
t she kept her sayiBgsand from them CAV
Miss Roberts ST. There was a ten-do
! lar bill and two one-dollar bills LEFT
They were put back into the desk"
The inference from this statement
! that the government will claim that thl
money was stolen BY the murderer
: Mabel Page, as Amy Roberts testife
at the preliminary hearing that @
money had never been found.