Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-20
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the witness did not confuse nltn ne
said that he thought he could identity
! without trouble pins worn by several
| of his friends.
Witness admitted that it was as
result of talk with Mr.. Fahey that
he remembered the instance of Tucker
cutting his finger.
did you realize" asked the attorney
general. "when questioned by Mr.
Vahey that it was with a view to ac-
counting for the blood on fuckers
| coat"
| Witness said he did.
did you see Tucker cut his hnSer?
mo sir.'
did YOU see the knife drop from his
pocket?"
Il heard it drop"
Witness said the coat rested on Tuck
er's lap when he cut his finger.
| Charles J. Phelps who worked with
| Thicker in a Boston store in 1904 testi-
fed that he saw Tucker wear a colored
shield pin. When shown the pin alleged
| by the prosecution to have belonged to
Miss Page witness said that in color it
| was very much like the one he had seen
| Tucker wear.
Cross-examined witness said he could
not describe accurately the size and
color cs fuckers pin. Another pin was
shown him and he said that as he re-
membered fuckers pin this one looked
very much like t. H, lid not remem-
Der pins worn ny his other friends and
did not attempt to identity any of them.
VIM. p. Seavrr. who testified that he
knew Tucker. said that during the
years 1902 and 1903 h saw Kim wear a
shield pin. viii in he described as hav-
| ing crown on top. Shown the pin in
troduced by the government as Miss
Pages witness said It resembled the
one he had seen Tucker wear.
John p Doyle of Weston who said he
worked with Tucker during 1908. said
he saw him wear hin which he MOTTO
ed particularly. Although the Page"
pin looked like Tuc ller's, he did not
think it was the same.
Miss Sarah J. Connolly of Auburn
dale, who said that she knew Tucker,
said that on March 81 while she was
carrying her fathers dinner to Cutters
| Corner where he was at work, she met
! Tucker on Weston bridge. He was
walking slowly. She reached home at
! 12.15 after having stopped about five
minutes on the way. RetWeen five and
ten minutes of l she again san Tucker.
! He was walking along Charles street
| and was dressed the same us when she
saw him on the bridge
| Witness toly Atty. Gen. Parker on
cross-examination that the clock in the
| Connolly house was always set be her
| self and she went by the whistle on the
boathouse. She was asked if she heard
! Harry Bourne say anything the other
| after he testified. She replied that she
| did
"What did he say?" was the next
question.
Mr.. Valley promptly objected and
was sustained by the court.
81 will not discuss the matter if your
honors rule it incompetent" said Mr.
Parker, "as you have knowledge to
what l refer"
The judges thereupon invited Mr.
| Valley to discuss the matter with the
court and Mr.. Parker, and recess
was declared.
| An hours time was devoted to the
presentation of plans, made at the re-
quest of the defence, by Henry ;.
Adams, civil engineer. These plans
| contained some points and distances
not given ny those previously displayed
| by the government.
Mr.. Adams was followed by Edward
c. Frost the proprietor of a boathouse
on the Charles river. He said that he
saw Tucker standing on the Weston
bridge on March 81 at noon. He said
| that Tucker stood between the third
ana fourth arches and he fixed the time
because as he was rowing up the river
to dinner ne heard the whistle of the
Waltham watch factory and saw Ia
borers on the bank stop work. He SAID
| that Tucker was leaning against the
rail and looking intently into the
water.
Mr.. Frost dined at house In Au-
| burndale After the meal Mrs. Stand
| iSh who also was there said that she
had seen Tucker pass the house Few
minutes before. That was about 12.1O
p. NJ.
| Questioned by the attorney general the
witness said that it was not his habit to
take particular notice of Tucker and his
movements. and he would say that he
could not rocollect the movements of any
other person he knew. With reference to
the 3lst day of March, he could not say
what had called his attention to the exact
time at which he said he had seen lucker.
Mr. Tucker asked the witness if he re
memhered saying at the office of the at
torney general that he had not seen
| Tucker again on March 81 after he had
seen him on the bridge. The witness re
sponded that he believed he had answer
ed: 81 am not positive.
| Then Mr. Parker read from what he
said We're stenographiC notes of Frost
| enswers at the attorney generals office.
| According to these. witness answer had
been: Il did not see Tucker again that
day
When the witness had stated that he
had rcckoned time on March 81 only by
the events and happenings of the day,
with the exception of having looked al
his watch at l2.J, the noon recess was
declared.
Edward c. Thompson. n photographer,
of New York, the first witness at the af-
ternoon session. identified large number
of photographs as those of scenes at tho
Page house and Of portions of the route
said to have been taken by Tucker on the
day Of the murder. These Were entered
as exhibits and shown 70 the jury.
Harold W. Adams ~ Auhurndale. testi
fed that nc had known Tucker for seven
| or eight years in a casual way.
| Witness said he had seen Tucker wear
stickpin of peculiar Canadian design.
When he was shown the Page pin. he
said:
no the hest Of my knowledge and judg-