Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-24
TUCKER
 T0.JURY.
Prisoner Makes An
 Address To-Day.
Court Allowed Him That Privilege After Prosecu- tor Finished-Has Been 8 Trying Day for Accused.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan 24.-When Charles l.. Tucker awoke in the Mid dlesex county jail at East Cambridge to-day he knew that before night his fate would lie in the hands of the jury which for more than three weeks has been listening to the evidence in his trial for the alleged murder of Mabel Page at Weston on March 21 last. The closing argument for the defense having been made yesterday by Attor- ney James IT. Vahey, and that for the government having been begun by Attorney General Herbert Parker, it only remained for the attorney gen eral to finish his address to-day and for Judge Sheldon to deliver his charge to the jury. It was believed Mir Parker would occupy the greater part of the forenoon and that the judges charge would occupy about two hours, so that the case probably would be in the hands of the jury by 4 o'clock this afternoon.
 Undeterred by the fact that they were unable to secure admittance yes terday. crowd numbering several hundred persons thronged the side walks and street in front of the court house this forenoon. The court room, however. was crowded with witnesses and friends of those connected with the trial and the general public was not permitted to enter. When Tucker came in at 9:25 the pallor of his cheeks was even more noticeable than upon his entrance yesterday, and there were dark circles under his eyes.
 The jury came in at 9:3O and At torney General Parker took up the thread Of his ar"rment where it was broken off by adjournment last ni"'' q trust that t"e night has brought you good counsel' began Mir Parker He then quickly plunged into his ar gument. Referring to the failure of Mrs Tucker. mother of the prisoner to identify the Page" stickpin as the property of her son. when she had pre- | viousIv told the officers who took the pin from Fuckers coat pocket t""t : belonged to him, the attorney general | said:
 "God will forgive if she has not told the truth. We must forgive, but wt cannot deny the revelation
 1 Mir Parker cOntinued: If you fint l inaccuracies in statements made bI the prisoner. do not forget that the, were made for the purpose of enabling his counsel to show that he could no have been at the Page home at tht time the murder was committed. The attorney then pointed out alleged l inconsistencies in the statements oI various witnesses for the defense. say l ing: "Falsehood has marked ever! footstep of the way of the evidence for the defense"
 Mr Parker finished just about I o'clock.
 After Attorney General Parker hat concluded his argument, Charles L i Tucker addressed the jury fin his owl behalf, having been told by Judg' Sherman that he had that privilege.
 Rowing and flushing deeply Tuck CT arose and said he would take ad vantage of the privilege allowed hin " tHt Nbult, tdi '' t''
 jury he began a rambling statement in part as follows: 'Gentlemen.
 hove only few words to say. On tn 31st of March. 1904 I was at my home On the 9th of April I had been rakin' m tha lawn. I took off my collar am tie and put the pin in my pocket. Jus after that I took the knife to m room and then went down cellar an, broke it up and put 1t in the sam pocket with the pin. Gentlemen.
 did not have i, my mind the Pae
 family and I did not have any harn ir ny mind to them in any way,
 also want to say. gentlemen. that O' the 31st of March went to walk t pass away the time. After that
 went to the theater and came ava, not tlinkin" any crime had takeI place fl Weston until renorters cam to me in regard to it. They came {
 me so much and nut things in the pa rer about me that I actually go
 f-iohtened and did things that
 should not
 Judge Sheldon then charged tn
 jury and the court officers turned owe
 to the jury the exhibits and they re
 tired to consider the case at 1:3S.