Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02

b attempt, to the distant reader an
= exact reproduction of the things
described; impossible to convey the
j subtle and altogether psychic emana-
! tons that 90 far toward influencing
the mind of the jury. The bare re-
cital OF a bit of testimony is not all
of its value. The person who sees
J and hears the witness. observes his
voice and manner, is a better judge OF
the weight TO be attached TO it than
those who read OF il through the eyes
/. of others. The manner of a witness
often betrays him. This the news
lip tpers cannot comment upon, 1or
obvious reasons.
In fuckers case, it will not be de-
MED that a strong chain of cireum-
stances connected him with this mys-
FERROUS crime. The defence practical
I y admitted this. He was proved TO
be not far distant from the scene of the
murder at the hour il was committed
While no witness saw him at or in the
immediate vicinity OF the house when
the woman was killed, yet no one else
WAS seen there either, and it would |
have been as easy for him to have |
been there unseen as for anybody else
1t was shown that Tucker had twice |
visited the premises previously and /
knew the ground. Tucker knew what
whoever told Miss Page knew, that
she had brother, that he worked in
Boston, that ne was away on the day
OF the murder, and he was in posses
sion OF all the knowledge that the per
son had who misled Miss Page By tell
ing her that her brother was injured.
What his motive was is not clear, but
neither does it appear what the motive
OF whoever killed her was. Tucker
had knife that it was pretty we'll es-
tabhshed could have made the wounds
that were found on Miss Pages body.
This knife he tried to destroy just be- :
tore his arrest, knowing that he was I
suspected. Its pieces were found in /
his possession and he lied about the {
weapon. lie also lied about the knife
sheath, which was picked up in wag- i
IN in which he had ridden the very d
,tternoon OF the crime, and which he a
alter admitted he must have dropped
hen-a circumstance tending to show
hat he had the weapon with him "
When he went to Weston that day. ,,
ome human blood stains were found y
n his clothing and on the knife blade /.
self A slip OF paper on the floor "
ear Miss Pages body bore fictitious St
idress in handwriting that at least ~
.rongly resembled that OF Tucker. n
stick-pin was found in his posses pl
on after arrest that Miss Pages maid W
tentiied as one belonging to Miss ~
age and kept on a cushion in her h,
BON. Other witnesses Tor the &C. gr
nee testified that the pin was Tuck an
RS, but his own mother failed to iden- III
fly 1t as her sons. just what relative IN
eight to give these witnesses The iury RI
as certainly better qualhen to deter. an
Inc than mere readers. 1t was at
Town that Tucker was pressed for ~ ~
nds, so that his motive might have m,
zen robbery, and some evidence pa
ndei to show that he did actually WI
Ike money from the Page home. a nS
ough this did not seem To be fully on
tablished. re-
The fact that Tucker himself did ste
It go on the stand, while it is a rule n.
law that it should not be taken to NC
hurt, may have had its influence on or,
e jury, as it did on all outsiders. If no
was innocent, he could have no no
heightened his case by telling his re'
'n story, with all the impress of ha
lth behind it.
Yet, with all these evidences of sp'
lekers guilt before it, the jury is do,
ing condemned tor its verdict. We she
Ink unjustly. If all the cireum- 7
'nces that pointed toward Tucker "a
ire more easily applicable by assum- R,,
his guilt than the same circum- tina
Inees could be reconciled with his mis-
locence, it was the inry's duty to OF
d him guilty. We DO not think the NJ, M,
y erred. We think Miss Page met
death at fuckers hands. We D
NIX most people think So. even p ,gi
'ugh they assume that the evidence 5 OF
IS insufficient to convict. While our
Inion, based solely on what we have III
3D. may not be strong enough to
tity fixing the awful penalty OF
nth upon him, yet we are willing to
lcede that this jury. with all the evil