The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-11

April 8, 18O5-MOtion for new
trial denied.
Sentenced to de IN the electric
chair the week Of June 10th, 1895.
1oeciA 10 the Gweainx Exnes.
Boston, Mass, June 9.-His counsel
having unavailingly exhausted every
twist and turn known to the law,
Charles L. Tucker, at an age when
most young men still have the pleas
ures OF life before them, lies in the
death cell at the Charlestown state
prison facing the prospect OF an
ignoble death in the electric chair
within the next forty-eight hours. His
Last hours will be spent in company
with his spiritual adviser and his aged
parents. whose unflinching loyalty and
devotion to their son has been one of
the pathetic features of the celebrated
case.
The crime for which Tucker is to
pay death penalty. was one of the most
sensational as we'll as the most in
applicable homicides Massachusetts,
has seen In many years. The murder
OF Mabel Page, for atrocity, delibera-
ton, malice and strangeness, ranks
among the remarkable crimes of rural
New England. For more than two
years it's details have excited inter-
est, wonder. and Imagination, while
the public has discussed the possibili-
ties with widely divergent views. But
the government held from the start
that the explanation of this remark
able homicide lies with Charles L.
Tucker. The young mamie is but
rs years old now-was arrested for
the crime, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to the electric chair. He has
had the benefit of able counsel, who
for two years have practically aband-
ed all other bushes in their efforts to
save their client from his fate. The
case was carried to the highest courts
in the land without avail. A petition
for clemency. said to be the largest
petition of the kind ever formed in
this country, was presented to Gov
ernor Guild. The chief executive,
however, after consultation with his
council and with the judges who had
presided at the trial, failed to see his
way clear to interfere with the deci-
sion of the courts.
The murder Of Mabel Page occurred
at the suburban town of Weston on
March 81, 1904. 1t was a crime that
might at any time occur in subur-
ban community. There was no more
apparent motive. for any one to kill
her than there would be for the assas-
sinatfon of any modest. retiring, in
tellectual woman who never gave Of
fence and who might be found any day
in her home. She was 40 years old,
the daughter Of Edward Page, re-
tired dealer in steel and iron, whom
business reverses had reduced to COM
paratively poor circumstances. Mr..
Page passed away but few months
ago, dragged to his grave by the over
whelming sorrow of his daughter's
violent death.
On the day Of the crime. Miss Page
was left alone in the house. Her
father returned shortly after 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. On writing tape
in the living room he found note
In Miss Pages hand writing, and evil
IDENTIFY left for him. It stated that she
had just received word that her broth
er had met with an accident and was
in Boston hospital and that she had
left for the city to see him. Going
upstairs. Mr.. Page found the body of
his daughter, extended on the floor of
her bedroom. She was dressed ap-
parently to 60 out. An examination
revealed the fact that she had been
stabbed to death. For several days
the investigation brought forward no
person with possible motive and OPP
.portunity.
The theory of the detectives was
that the murderer must have told Miss
Page her brother had been injured
and was in the hospital. She must
have left him down stairs while she
went up to dress. after writing the
note for her father, He undoubtedly
steadily crept upstairs, entered the
room while she was standing before
the mirror adjusting her hat and
stabbed her to death, before she had
an opportunity to resist. The theory
was advanced that the murderer must
have been some one whom Miss Page
recognized, else, being timid woman,
she would not have left him down
stairs while she went to her. room to
dress.
For three days the state detectives
! worked day and night trying to find
everyone who was In the vicinity of
the Page house on the day Of the
murder. Finally, on the fourth day.
u It was ascertained that young man
who had not been previously described
Y had been seen In the neighborhoOd
about noon on the day Of the crime.
Late that night the identity Of the man
was established as Charles L. Tucker,