Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-11
TUCKER JOKES.
Seems to Have Fully Re.
covered His Spirits.
Handwriting Experts Quickly
Disposed Of tuesday.
The Correctness Of the Page Clock an
Important Feature.

Cambridge. Mass, Jan. 1o.-ENpect-
ing that Amy Roberts. the servant in
the Page family. would be called to
the witness stand. today. hundreds %:
men and women bcseigei the East
Cambridge court house. today. and an
attempt To gain admission to the room
in which Charles l.. Tucker of Auburn
dale is being tried for the murder Of
Miss Nab Page. who Mas stabbed to
death ~ her fathers home in Weston
March 81. 1901. Those who were for
tunatc enough to gain atI,nittancc were
disappointed because Miss Roberts was
not called. but all brcathcd a SIGH Of
relief when the last handwriting cX-
pert for the prosecution finished his
testimony Il short Time before tie noon
adjournment.
The feature Of todayS proceedings
was the ent!caNor Of District Attorney
George y. SandrrSun to learn all the
facts concerning Il tail old Fashioned
clock that stood in the corner OF the
living rooi.I Of the Pr"" houSn All per-
sons who testified that they were in
the house after t." murder were uucs-
ti"ne H. rcc.''d to ;hr time indicated
~ ti'' td.i ','h0'. - Vas III out
that >nu:i ;i:;.r : o'clock on the after
noon OF the mur,ir! persons III the
nous" n":iC"l tl.'i ~" clock had stop
pei. NJ. Page 'hcn set tho clock. II
was also h'"u::lrt "Ht Ina; on the day
of the ;t:!.er;;l the clock WIS several
minutes slow.
Edward plgt. tin. father Of the 'mur-
lore: w"nn.r. testified. last week. that
the clock LOST enc or two mi,:utrS every
day. aH" t''Ht on account Of some de-
feet in tie .ncchanisn. the weights fire.
gu M, ga; tangled. thus CRUISING III.
tim"ni"Ce IL stop II is believed tho
pr"::p' ALTON Intends to show that the
Muu;e.cr # Mss Page lad more time
il which To do his work than is gen
orally cnncc,lnd
Another feature. ur tp1a.'e testimony
Vas til" lnDi it, win which disDosi-
ton W:t< made - III .iatri ,-riti,rr ex-
ror:s for the ;i:r4r,r:ioN IA, i'll Car
valhn. the New York "%utr. who wa;
ON the stand W,.r' ,.,"i, adjourned
yesterday. a;nis',", =; - :fronv. to-
d2v. He was "rNnt y :,v William ].
Is iIiSl"E. .l'nth-,. -, Tr', t:nert. Mr.
i<inSl~|. rne ..l tu" stand INT a Few
moments ana IN a2l~.n,rtnt between
'"fil So h :"r: npt :-uh,r,.tnd TO a
I. 'sS-cTa;l.inl,i ~. He agreed with the
other EXPERTS that tn" aUthor of the
disputed J. =. Mortnn'' address. which
vas found near Miss PAGES bodr. WAS
The Saire person. who ill 1 ont certain
sales slips. whi"h. tn" lrCectutir!l con-
tends. were made on; by Tucker.
hthsl witnesses we're Itrry : May
,ard, the laun:irH,rnn. \ 10 is the las,
person XII" Nn to have >ecl- Miss Page
alive: Samuel G. EcuuGt' ANA his wife
nci"hhors of III" P;,%r: Miss Susie Cut
OF. another nti2hhor. and Il number of
persons who ,,e"" IN The vicinity of the
Page house ut on ahrut loon time on
IT," dny Of the lHIrltr.
Tucker Was in better spirits. today
than OH any day sine rhe trial began
II" ioked With the deputies who guard
I'd him. winli"d At The newspaper ,ncu
Hh" S;t near him and S,.rrIc'l amused
At many portions of III" t. Stimouy
1t is expected that Amy Roberts will
be called to the stand. tomorrow.