The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-12
TUCKER EXP|ATtS
HIS CRIME IN
The CHAIR
MASSACHUSETTS MAN ELECTRO
CUTED FOR KILLING
MABEL PAGE.
STORY OF TIE CRIME
Convicted On Purely Circumstantial
Evidence--Case Had Many
Legal WindinDs But Was
Sustained.

Suctained
! BOSTON. Mas juno II Charles r.
/ Tucker was eleciiocuted a l2:l2 this
morning CruesdayD for he murder Of
Mabel Page
/ Tucker wa officially pronounced
ldead at 12;l9
/ When Tucker arrived in front Of The
death chair he read br.ef statement
as follows:
u hope that Cod VIII forgive me for
all tha w.oass have don in ny past
life forgive everybody who has
wroneed me am at peace with my
maker God have ml cy on my soul,
Tucker then sat down in the chair
anl after the guards hal adjusted ,he
IHtraps the warden IA his hand as
Ia sirnal tc re electrician.
A,ol lne fir application OF eiec.
, tdcjty. the pr sol ugc5n aaie 40
examination ana announced tbat the
pulse wa san bcaing After the ca
|len hal been appliai second time
taa Surgeon detected q movement Of
Tie htart but the cd n was apalie
Jhird timc ana Ticker W. pro
noancod dead rl8 announcemeat
was made at l2I9 lhe surge
stated that Tucker was pncon cious
from the moment the first sh K wa
gstaincl
The elactrocutioa q Charles l.
| Fucker marGea Fac anal eaanser 10
tae tory of tac mG Ter Of Mate
/ Page at her home in Weston. March
! 81, 1891 and also mariiel the Gloss q
.fls3s mesf 4 q pes tegal hastle essr
waged u Nasaanbasetts fer aa life4rt
cnnvic u murderer fucker ca
was taken through the legal wIa1ilg
Iunti Il received Il hearing in the su-
prama urt Of the nited States a
decision by The highe court IN the
land su tanning the ruling Of tie
lower courts did no liscoHlg
fuckers lawyers. A PET ton to Gov
Guild was prepared ana ci- late
throughout tae state ; n shori time
II ne were over 1l605o names at
taehed 70 H.
The attorneys for .he prisoner went
befcge GOV. Guild not only with new
evidence, hut with a general plea for
ex cutlvo clcnency and with affidavit
but thcy were not uocossful.
Mabel Page was murdered at he'
faihors home In Weston on Mach 81
1905. Her body was found several
hours aft arward by her aged father
on q nearby table was found a note.
supposed q have baru written by Miss
Pace. stating that sne nal been called
10 roston because OF me illr of he
hr-ire-. 10 later dcyc' onol that a ;
brother Harold, was not III and the
han Inviting on the aoIe aad a postal
cad which was also found in the.
hov GgWel in th trial, The govern
mcnt conen ling that the handwriting
as shown on the postal card wa ident-
cal with specimens Of Truckers hand
writing
The police learned hat Charles l.
Tucker. an Auburnlal young man C.
rowing habits. had been seen near th
Page house on tha day OF tlc murder
They found Tucker and on tax ng him
10 q police station, cue toned him bu
released him. Aobut hree weeks aftes.
ward tlo officers searched Tucker
home. Their in an old coat they laun
broken laife blade stained an
CARED. the scare in icat.ng that m
effort hal been made to de tr.y it bs
nj aaus OF a file. A s'icl, pin OF peculiar
design was also found % VA sCof
found that Mabel Page had owned
pin miaf to thar found In Tucker
coat. This. tag. ther with The fact tla-
stains on tha knife blade wee r
Deaiol of b-ine ihOse 3f blood as wei
ths eau Of fuckers at ig break
ing The blaIo into three pieces cause
his arrest In icimcnt for murie- in
the first degree followed. The Fl5u@
at the trial was largely Of a circum
st5utial nature and counsel tor tho d.
Itn.c PRODUCED Witnrs-es and maps
20 prove az al bi hui f1e pin and tHe
lni.e played more pr0m.nt 1t pa
hsl did aut witness q oiucel D.
either tae Or. ecu' Jon .- ihs 3feu
s.nce Tucto-'. trial ani convicfi3-
Eiwin pa-s. tle father oi .aa mr'
1e.oI clr. has died. as ha Prof zfa-
E. S. Wood. OF Harvard t'uiye-siiE
ata was tla csu rf analyst for th