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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
4
An advertisement proclaims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure chronic dyspepsia by resting the stomach and enabling digestion of food, even with a weak stomach. It argues against dieting and bitters and cites digestion of 1800 grains of meat at 98 degrees as proof and notes low cost and broad effectiveness.
The Attorney General’s cross examination rattled Tucker’s witness Harold Adams who contradicted himself over the pin identification. Despite the turbulence, Tucker’s alibi remains supported by Sarah Connolly Edgar Frost and neighbor Stella Wiggin. Crowds flocked to the East Cambridge court as women offered money for seats, and police kept order.
Brian Fish, 19, of Cambridge testified about a March theatre episode with Tucker at Music Hall Boston. He described meeting Tucker, the knife dropping from Tucker’s pocket, finger injury, coat placement, and a shield pin as Tucker’s. Fish offered a cautious identification of a similar pin and noted limited recollection of the event.
Witness describes a shield stickpin in colors with multiple possibilities. He recalls seeing Tucker wear a pin but cannot precisely identify its design or colors, noting no recollection of more than one pin or a definitive match to the specimen shown. The questioning covers timing and differences among pins.
Newton Lower Falls resident William Seaver testified summers 1902 and 1903 he saw Tucker wearing a yachting cap with a mixed design shield pin crowned at top. He noted three sightings and compared it to Exhibit 36 and Exhibit 33, concluding the pin resembled Tucker's.
Secret remedy claimed to cure drunkenness by adding to tea coffee or food. Endorsed by temperance groups and said to work silently with family observation. sends free trial of Golden Specific from Dr J W Haines Cincinnati to interested readers.
Tucker typically displayed the pin as he spoke, keeping the accessory visible during the description and presentation.
John Doyle of Weston testified in 1903 he observed a shield shaped pin with a crown and green center worn by Tucker on certain days. He noted variations and said the pin matched a Page pin but not exactly, and admitted he could not fix the sighting time on the murder day beyond his brother's lunch time.
Sarah J. Connolly testifies she knows Tucker for six to seven years and was en route with her father's dinner to Cutter's corner near Auburn street Weston bridge around noon on March 31, aiming to arrive at 12 o'clock. Her household includes father Daniel Connolly who works for Charles Cutter.
Edgar G Frost testifies about seeing Charles L Tucker that day near Weston bridge while Frost was fishing. He notes Tucker walked with a black derby hat and black overcoat, and places their movements around noon as he and Tucker passed by Frost’s boathouse and home near Auburndale.
Henry S. Adams of Boston, a civil engineer, points out locations from a map including the Page house and Emerson's boathouse to support the alibi. He details the distance Tucker allegedly traveled between the Tucker house and Cutter's corner and notes limited recollections of Tucker's movements on March 30 and April 1. He recalls a sighting on Weston bridge and a young woman on Auburndale’s side, with timing a few minutes apart.
Edward G. Thomas of New York a photographer was sworn in as the first witness of the afternoon session and identified photographs and bromide enlargements he had made of Weston scenes. The images were taken on December 17.
Harold W. Adams of Auburndale testifies he was casually acquainted with Tucker and had not dated him, acknowledging noticing a pin Tucker wore.
A minister from Albany Wisconsin praises Grape-Nuts for reversing nervous prostration in his daughter during music study. He cites rapid health gains from breakfasts of Grape-Nuts and cream and cites another eight year old girl who improved from chronic indigestion after using the product. He explains the sugar particles and Post Sugar aid digestion and the cereal supplies phosphate of potash and albumen for brain and nerve nourishment.
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