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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1904
Page
5
Plaster impressions of Tucker's teeth were taken last night and sent to a local dentist for rubber casts. The dentist noted impressions of both upper and lower teeth with emphasis on the four front teeth. Rumors spread of tooth imprints on Mabel Page's neck and on a knife sheath from the Woodward wagon.
Auburndale April 10 State police questioned C L Tucker about a plan with Lester Fletcher to go to the World's Fair in St Louis. Fletcher’s mother says her son left for the West Friday and has no connection with Tucker. Neighbors recall seeing Fletcher near the Riverside boathouses after Tucker and Mabel Walker, but Mrs Fletcher denies any intimate tie and cannot name the employer Fletcher joined in the West.
Attorney General Herbert Parker praised his rapid handling of the Mabel Page murder in Weston on March 1, after directing police work, reviewing Tucker's interrogation, and guiding a theory that led to the Auburndale youth's arrest on the murder charge. He said the case was solved by his investigation and orders to withhold details to avoid alarming the suspect.
West Newton April 10. The father of Charles Tucker visits his son in jail and insists on his innocence. He cites grandmother's testimony that Tucker was at home at 11:45, questions evidence, praises Chief Tarbox, and says he will spend his last cent for his boy as he battles illness and unemployment.
Auburndale April 10 Mrs Jeremiah Woodward confirms a police witness in Arthur J Woodward of West Quincey found a leather knife sheath in a fish wagon after Charley Tucker rode the team on the Thursday of the murder. The grandson told his father then General Whitney on Saturday morning. Teeth marks on the sheath are suspected to belong to Tucker.
In Auburndale on April 10 Walter Tucker, a real estate man from Boston, said his brother Charley is the victim of a theory pushed by Attorney General Parker and the State police. He claims there is no evidence, the arrest was driven by public pressure, and vows support for Charley until his release. He describes the action as cruel and ruinous to a young man.
Charles L. Tucker spent the day in a cell in the Newton police station women’s section. Chief Shaw ordered that only officers, his family, and his counsel be allowed to see him. His father visited around 3 p.m. and returned later with counsel Vahey & Vahey of Watertown to oversee his interests. He will be kept at the station until morning.
State Officer Dunham claimed the murder case against Tucker is the strongest the state has handled. He cited blood stains on trousers, a mouth impression, and fascination with a Robertson knife blade. Police planned to visit Lester Fletcher’s Auburndale home for more evidence.
Auburndale April 10. Mrs Jeremiah Woodward denies Mabel Walker was with Charley Tucker on the murder Thursday. She cites Mabel with her grandson March 31 in a fish wagon and later meetings. Mrs Etta Knowles also denies seeing Mabel that Thursday. Walker returns to Damariscotta, Missouri, before Tucker's arrest.
West Newton April 10 After Messrs Vahey and Innes the counsel engaged to defend Charles L Tucker left him tonight after an hour conference stating they could nothing beyond expressing belief police arrested the wrong man and that they could prove their client innocent The elder Tucker refused tonight to discuss the case It was learned that counsel for the government and for the defence agreed to a continuance of about 10 days as the government will not be prepared to present its case when Tucker is arraigned tomorrow morning.
Hundreds of visitors gathered at Forest Hills cemetery to honor Mabel Page on her burial day. Fresh flowers replaced the tributes left by friends, while none of the Page family appeared among the mourners. Groups of three or four lingered at the grave from morning until sunset.
Newton April 10. Charles I Tucker’s life is described as marked by moral weakness and repeated wrongdoing beginning with a bank robbery forgery and a later canoe accident that killed his wife Louisa Osborne Tucker. Neighbors and police doubted his story, and many believe he murdered his spouse. Tucker evaded arrest yet carried a lasting shadow over Auburndale residents.
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