The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
TUCKER LONG
FIGHT IS ENDED
Alleged Murderer of Mabel
Page Meets Death in the
Electric Chair.
NO DYING CONFESSION
NO SIGN IN THE SPEECH FROM
THE SCAFFOLD.

Boston. June 12-Charles L. Tucker was
eiectrocuted at 12:12 this morning for the
murder Of Mabel Page.
Tucker was officially pronounced dead
by the prison doctor at 1919. Three ap-
plications of the current were made
When Tucker arrived in front Of the
death chair he drew from his trousers
pocI,et a brief statement which he read
The statement was ,7 .,-o
wrongs I have ever done IN my past NJ
I forgive everybody who mas WIuiistu C LIZ
I an. at peace with my maker Ndg HoN
have mercy on my soul 81 -
TT,TrI-er then sat down in the chair. ana
after the guards had adjusted the SlIap9
The warden raised his hand as d sishdi
10 the electrician. +1,, o1o.-
tricitv Dr. Joseph Mclaughlin. the pr
son surgeon. made an eNanllhd l!13 -, o,,oi
announced that the pulse was sun 80
mo After the current nad DeeH dpplll0I
. seror5 time the SuTNOn detected d
r,oy-en7eut of the heart. but when the CuI-
rent Vas qDulied a third time tucker was
pronounced dead This announcement
Tbo ,'' surgeon stated that Tucker was
,,nronscious from the moment the IHsI
shock was applied
History Of Crime.
The eIectroc,Ition Of Charles L. Tucker
MARKED the final chapter in the history On
the murder of Mabel Page at ner noLL L5-l ~
Weston March 81 1904 ana atSo nc ~, ~
mo close of the most desperate ieSti % % =
~ c,--- v,-aea5 i'm Massachusetts Tor the
life If a convicted murderer luchtI >
case was taken through Jhe leedl " iLLu
71ss until il reached a hearing l8 inc gu
r,~su1n court of the United states a N'
-ieio1 nv the highest court IN the laHH
sustaining the ruling OF the lo"tI Co-''
did not discourage fucker : id" - > =
and circulated throughout the Slate- IL.
a short time there were over uoVo names
-rhe ATTORNEYS for the prisoner went pc
fore Governor Guild not only win new
evidence. but with a genera le sg1 10
executive CIemenCy and with dlLiud'ill
bur they were not successLu Ill Ell
Mabel Page was murdered az ~ q, 106s
rs home in Weston on March OIL I5lt-
IIer bOdy was found several hours ldtgI
Inv her aged father On a neaI-pN Jao. -
v-as found a note supposed 10 nay 'l
,,-~i+raD ny Miss PaCe- stating lhdl SlLS
- 49, 'rg11ed 10 Boston because OF the
illness of her brother. IL later dtNStoplgl
MAI her brother Harold. was NOT ilt 80 n
The handwriting on the hote anu q ll,7Isr
nd which was also found IN the NOUS
-.r,----o5 i'm the trial. the government cpli-
-eT55nrr that the handwriting as shoNl
on, the DostaI card was idenucal WIN SpSo-
linens of fuckers handWrlIiHE-
First Clues Found.
Tine notice learned that Charles L
Tucker an Auburndale young man OF
rowing habits, had been seen near iIe
Page house on the day OF me HlGIugl -
mo round Tucker and on taking him 10
o. -,5Iire Station questioned him. but re-
leased him. About three weeks after
49,, rTbara i'm an old coat. they found
u broken knife blade stained and SCARED;
rba scars indicating that an effort nau
haeu made to destroy II by means OF d
ffTe 4 stick pin of peculiar design was
10 found which was similar 10 one that
IJgbaT page had owned. Indictment for
T1II~4er i'm the first degree followed ne
V,---ts,7+iaI nature and counsel for the
defense produced witnesses and maps 10
nrove an alibi -
since fuckers trial and convlcUoh Ed
y,-i1 Page. the father of the murderer
TfrI has died as has Professor h ,
Wood. of Harvard university. VINO was
the expert anaIysist for the prosecution