Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-12
TUCKER ELECTROGUTED
PAID PENALTY FOR MURDER OF
MABEL PAGE EARLY TODAY.

Charles Louis Tucker was electrocuted at
1912 this morning for the murder of Mabel
Page. Tucker was officially pronounced
dead by the prison doctors at 1910. Three
applications Of the current were made.
When Tucker arrived in front OF the death
chair he drew from his trousers pocket a
brief statement, which he read. He DID
not assert his innocence. The statement
was:
II hope that God will forgive me for all
the wrongs I have ever done In my past
life. forgive everybody who has ever
wronged me. / am at peace with my
Maker. May God have mercy on my soul. :"
Tucker then sat down in the chair. and
after the guards had adjusted the straps,
the warden raised his hand as signal to
the electrician. After the first application
of the electricity, DIR. Joseph Mclaughlin,
the prison surgeon, made an examination
and announced that the pulse was still
beating. After the current had been ap-
piled second time, the surgeon detected
movement OF the heart, but when the cur
rent was applied a third time, Tucker was
pronounced dead. This announcement was
made at 1910. The surgeon stated that
Tucker was unconscious from the moment
the first shock was sustained.
Final Effort for Reprieve.
After baptizing Tucker In the afternoon
Church, Rev Mr.. Bishop. former pastor
OF the church at which Tucker was once
an attendant, convinced by his protesta-
lions of fuckers innocence. made final
appeal to the governor. James II. Vaney,
the prisoners counsel, also called upon the
governor, and said that the prisoner had. In
response to his own appeals 1or conies-
sion, If guilty, repeated his assertions OF m
nocence Mr.. Valley also showed the gov
ernor fuckers last letter to his counsel
which likewise asserted his innocence.
History of the Crime.
Mabel Page was murdered at her father
home In Weston on the morning of March
n. 1904 Her body was found several hours
later by her aged father. On a nearby table
was found a note. supposed to have been
written by Miss Page stating that she
had been called to Boston because of the
illness of her brother. 1t later developed
that her brother Harold was not Ill, ana
the handwriting on the note and postal
card which was also FOUND In the mouse
figured in the trial, the government con-
tending that the handwriting as shown
on the postal card was Identical with speci-
mems of fuckers handwriting.
The police authorities, about three weeks
after the crime searched fuckers home.
There. in an old coat. they found broken
knife blade, blood stained and SCARED, the
scars indicating that an effort had been
made to destroy 1t by means OF nile.
stickpin of peculiar design was also found.
1t was soon learned that Mabel Page
had owned a pin similar to that found
In fuckers coat. Tucker was arrested, and
indictment for murder in the first degree
followed.
Amy Roberts, the servant in the Page
house, identified stickpin-commonly
known during the trial as the Canadian
pin-as the property of Mabel Page. The
mother Of the prisoner testified that the
pin taken from her house by the state po-
lice had been the property of her SON for
several years, and that she had worn the
pin on several occasions.
The defense. however, produced two pins,
one, the Page pin, and the other pin pur.
chased in Canada by the defense. Both
were of the same general design, but they
differed radically in color. Holding the two
pins in his outstretched hand, Attorney
Valley walked up to Mrs. Tucker and re-
quested her to pick out her sons pin. With
a trembling hand she selected a pin, say
ing: THAT is Louis" The pale face of
the prisoners attorney indicated only too
plainly that Mrs. Tucker had picked out
the pin which had recently been purchased.