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Show l p:iijkszr or- a wcpiapi home in Weston on March II. ISO. Ier body waa found eeverel hours later by her aged father. . On a nearby table was' found a note, supposed to havs ben written by Miss Pace, stating that she had been called to Boston because of the Illness of her brother. It later developed that her brother Harold was not 111 and the handwriting on the note and. a postal which was i also found In the house figured in the trial, the Government contending contend-ing that the handwriting as shown on the postal card was identical with specimens of Tucker's handwriting. . Found Knife Blood-Stain ed. The. police learned that Charles I Tucker, an Auburndale young man of roving habits; had been seen near the Page house on the day of the murder. They found Tucker and on taking him to a police station auestloned htm, but released him. About three weeks afterward the officers searched Tucker home. There, In an old coat, they found a broken knife blade stained and scarred, the scars In-dice In-dice ting that an effort had been made . to deetroy It by means of a file. Circumstantial Evidence. A stick pin of peculiar design . was also found, which was similar to one that Mabel Page had owned. Indictment for murder In the first degree followed. The evidence at the trial was largely of a eiroumstantlal nature, and counsel for the defense produced wit-nesses wit-nesses and maps to prove an alibi. Since Tucker's trial and conviction Edwin Page, the father of the murdered girl, has died, as has Prof. EL S. Wood of Harvard university, who . was an expert analyist for the prosecution. 0BO8TON. June 12.-lcharle L. Tucker was electrocuted at 12:13 this morning for the murder of -Mabel Page. . s '.Tucker was officially pronounced dead by the prison doctor at 12:19. Three applications ap-plications 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. T,h statement was: Asks God for Mercy. . '' hope; that God will forgive me for all . tjie wrongs I have ever done In my past life. I forgive everybody who ha wronged ' me. I am at peace with my ntaken 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 band a a signal to the electrician. First Shock' Not Enough. After the first application of the electricity elec-tricity Dr. Joseph McLaughlin, the prison surgeon, , mad an, examination and announced an-nounced ' that the pulse was still . beating. beat-ing. After the current had been applied a second time the surgeon detected a movement of the heart, but when' the current was applied a . third time Tucker was pronounced dead. ' The surgeon stated that Tucker was unconscious un-conscious from the moment the first shock wa applied. ' 'One more effort was made today to-day to prolong the life of Charles IL. -Tucker through executive clemency, but after hearing the appeal of his clergyman cler-gyman as well as his counsel. Governor '.Guild tonight again decUned to Interfere ;wlth the execution of the sentence. Baptized Into Church. After baptising Tucker In the faith of :the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. "Thomas W. Bishop, a former pastor of :the church at which Tucker was once an attendant, and his spiritual adviser, convinced by his protestations of innocence, inno-cence, sought an Interview with Governor Gover-nor Guild and obtained an appointment late this afternoon. He was closeted with the Governor for an hour, but the executive ex-ecutive declined to Interfere in any way. One of the incidents of the day was a telegram received at the State house by . Governor Guild from President Roosevelt Roose-velt In relation to the Tucker case, in "which he declined to interfere. It appeared ap-peared that some of those who participated partici-pated in the Faneull hall meeting on Saturday Sat-urday night wrote the President, asking him to interfere in Tuckers behalf. Desperate Battle for life. The electrocution of Charles L. Tucker marked the final chapter in the history of the murder of Mabel Page at her home in Weston. March 31. 1904. and also marked the close of the most desperate legal battle ever, waged in Massachusetts for the life of a convicted murderer. Tucker's case was taken through the legal windings until it received a hearing In the Supreme court of the United States. A dwlsion by the highest court in the land sustaining the ruling of the lower courts di-1 not discourage Tucker's lawyers. A petition to Gov. Guild was prepared and circulated throughout the State. In a short time there were over 116.000 names attached to tt. The attorneys for the prisoner went before Gov. Guild not only with new evidence, but with a general plea for executive clemency and with affidavits, but they were not successful., suc-cessful., Killed in Father's House. Mabel Psge was murdered at Tier father's |