The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-19
LAST MOVE
FOR TUCKER
Counsel for Condemned Meet
Governor
HE REFERS NEW EVIDENCE
TO Trial Justices-Sheldon and Sherman
to Report to Build-Eo Further
Action Until Their Decision
Is Known
HE REFERS NEW EVIDENCE


law firm that has been defending Challes
/ 4. Tucker, met Governor Guild and At
torney General Alaloue ~ appointment
at the Executive Chamber yesterday
morning The conference was for the
purpose Of deciding as to the procedure
lila the matter Of petitioning for the com.
mutation of tire death sentence.
| Counsel Tor Tucker presented The GOV.
ernor with formal written request for
1.-THE communication Of the sentence to-
getlier with i statement that they have
I in their possession certain new evidence
which they desired TO submit To the gov
ernor at his convenience.
On this latter request the governor
| told the attorneys that he should ask
the two Judges who oifiehlted ut the
trial, justices sheldon and ShcrnoD. 10
give such evidence judicial leagng
and report on II TO him. The attorney
general was instructed To communicate
with the two justices and convey to
them the governors request
The large petition win be sent to the
executive department today. but until
the report by the Judges on such new
evidence ~ may be laid before them,
nothing further will be done ~.
\ despatch from Skownegan. Me,
states that a query was received there
Yesterday from fuckers COUNSEL as I'd
the evidence against Jerry Hayes wild
q under arerst there in connection with
The Mabel Page murder. The message
was; 'ls there evidence sufficient III
warrant sending i man to investigate NJ
Sheriff Smith says he win reply to
the telegram giving Che evidence whicl,
he possesses. and which. he said, should
be known 10 the attorneys, asshe had
understood thai they had been working
on the case for some days. He does not
intend however, 70 express an opinion
as TO the value OF the evidence.
The Telegram from the Boston law
yers was in reply TO one sent BY Sheriff
Smith Thursday, asking what they pro-
posed to do and also asking il the young
man. who has been known in the ease
as d law clerk and also al 4 reporter Tor
ia Boston newspaper Was authorized TO
represent fuckers counsel. This query
was not answered in the telegram from
Boston
II il believed that some disposition
OF the ease against Hayes viii be made
during the day
What many consider the most Inn
portant point In the favor of those vino
are working HI the behalf OF Tucker il
contained in Il statement issned yester.
day IN behaIf Of Dr. Frank a. Harris,
one Of the medical examiners OF Suffolk
County
Or Harris was 4 witness f0r the prose-
cution in the trial OF Tucker His belief
in the cause of the wounds has changed
since he testified, and Ike is so convinced
Of his new theories that lie makes public
his doubts
DR.. Harris i At present ont of town,
and viii remain away until Monday. His
partner, DR.. +. ". Brown, yesterday Isl
sued the following statement;
by reason OF much reading and ex-
pertinent. DR.. Harris is convinced that
the mounds in the back and chest Of
Mabel Page could not have been made
BY the knife exhibited at the trial, II
those wounds were carefully aud aecur-
atclv described; also that lis testimony
at tic trial was not warranted by the
facts. and wasf given that Is, testimony
as 10 the knife and those wounds i'm.
der partial misrepresentation OF the
enact site of affairs
Tie 3 tatemeRl regap9ing the ichangf
Of mind of Medical Examiner l1atncis .A.
Harris comes asa bic surprise 20 every.
one who has hal any connection with
the case. Friends OF the condemned
believe that il will 70 long way To-
ward convincing the governor that
fuckers sentence should be committed.
On the other hand there are many who
believe hat Il viii not affect the mind
of Governor Guild in The least. Some
30 80 ia, as to say that they cannot i'm.
derstand Medical Examiner Harris max
ing such statement at this time and
that in the future his evidence in all
trials will I've liseredited.
When eN-Attoirey General Herbert
Parker who prosecuted Tucker was ask.
ed what he thought Of the statement OF
Dr. lImris, he said:
~I'ntil | am certain that Dr. Harris
made these statements cannot talk
about them. They are certainly very
extraordinary statements TO come from
him al this timeH
James N. Nahcy senior counsel for
Tucker expressed himself as follows
IN DR.. Harris is correctly quoted
think that he has exhibited q rare de.
gree OF courage. a public officer IRE,
qucntly is mistaken, but seldom admits
10 Dr Harris has set ain example for
public men everywhere and rejoice
that such men still continue in our midst
ana everywhere in the Commonwealth
there win he great satisfaction at this
bravo mans stand.
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