ALEX. TUCKER, OF CRAIG COUNTY, STRUCK BY A TRAIN HE WAS A DEADLY MARKSMAN The Silent Nimrod Did Not Believe in Hunting Dogs and Slew Many
Once Convicted of Murder- NEWCASTLE, VA, July 11 - (Special.) Alexander Tucker, - a deaf mute known here as ''Deaf Tucker," was struck by an engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway track at Barber's Creek station, five miles '"east of this place, on Wednesday evening and instantly killed. He was quite a unique character in his way. He was about 55 years old and was born and reared on upper Barber's Creek, an isolated, wild, and weird section of this county. Tucker was an expert marks man, and could use his old "mountain-rifle with an unerring and deadly precision that was not only remarkable, but almost incredible.' He"- was "a rioted arid had probably -killed more wild game than any other man in this part of Virginia. He was an inveterate foe of the popular, sport of chasing; game with hounds, and as a result of this antipathy in which he indulged, to the fullest extent possible, many highly prized canines fell victims to his deadly rifle, and no owner thereof who knew Tucker's reputation ever dared or attempted to resent his loss. A considerable part of his locally eventful life was spent within the walls of the county jail, and more than one crime was charged to his account. ONCE CONVICTED OF MURDER. About fifteen years "ago an inoffensive citizen of the county was most foully murdered in an orchard in Tucker's neighborhood. Suspicion at once strongly pointed to the mute as the murderer. He was arrested, indicted and tried by a jury of the county. He was convicted and sentenced by the court to serve a term of ten years in the State penitentiary his deaf and dumb condition alone saving him from the death penalty at the hands of the jury. His counsel, however, appealed his case to the Supreme Court, and, pending the hearing of the appeal, Tucker broke jail. He was subsequently rearrested, his appeal heard and the Supreme Court held that the circumstantial evidence, on which he was convicted, did not make a case free from reasonable doubt, and he was released. Notwithstanding his moral and physical infirmities, he had been thrice married.
Once Convicted of Murder- NEWCASTLE, VA, July 11 - (Special.) Alexander Tucker, - a deaf mute known here as ''Deaf Tucker," was struck by an engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway track at Barber's Creek station, five miles '"east of this place, on Wednesday evening and instantly killed. He was quite a unique character in his way. He was about 55 years old and was born and reared on upper Barber's Creek, an isolated, wild, and weird section of this county. Tucker was an expert marks man, and could use his old "mountain-rifle with an unerring and deadly precision that was not only remarkable, but almost incredible.' He"- was "a rioted arid had probably -killed more wild game than any other man in this part of Virginia. He was an inveterate foe of the popular, sport of chasing; game with hounds, and as a result of this antipathy in which he indulged, to the fullest extent possible, many highly prized canines fell victims to his deadly rifle, and no owner thereof who knew Tucker's reputation ever dared or attempted to resent his loss. A considerable part of his locally eventful life was spent within the walls of the county jail, and more than one crime was charged to his account. ONCE CONVICTED OF MURDER. About fifteen years "ago an inoffensive citizen of the county was most foully murdered in an orchard in Tucker's neighborhood. Suspicion at once strongly pointed to the mute as the murderer. He was arrested, indicted and tried by a jury of the county. He was convicted and sentenced by the court to serve a term of ten years in the State penitentiary his deaf and dumb condition alone saving him from the death penalty at the hands of the jury. His counsel, however, appealed his case to the Supreme Court, and, pending the hearing of the appeal, Tucker broke jail. He was subsequently rearrested, his appeal heard and the Supreme Court held that the circumstantial evidence, on which he was convicted, did not make a case free from reasonable doubt, and he was released. Notwithstanding his moral and physical infirmities, he had been thrice married.
ALEX. TUCKER, OF CRAIG COUNTY, STRUCK BY A TRAIN HE WAS A DEADLY MARKSMAN The Silent Nimrod Did Not Believe in Hunting Dogs and Slew Many
Once Convicted of Murder- NEWCASTLE, VA, July 11 - (Special.) Alexander Tucker, - a deaf mute known here as ''Deaf Tucker," was struck by an engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway track at Barber's Creek station, five miles '"east of this place, on Wednesday evening and instantly killed. He was quite a unique character in his way. He was about 55 years old and was born and reared on upper Barber's Creek, an isolated, wild, and weird section of this county. Tucker was an expert marks man, and could use his old "mountain-rifle with an unerring and deadly precision that was not only remarkable, but almost incredible.' He"- was "a rioted arid had probably -killed more wild game than any other man in this part of Virginia. He was an inveterate foe of the popular, sport of chasing; game with hounds, and as a result of this antipathy in which he indulged, to the fullest extent possible, many highly prized canines fell victims to his deadly rifle, and no owner thereof who knew Tucker's reputation ever dared or attempted to resent his loss. A considerable part of his locally eventful life was spent within the walls of the county jail, and more than one crime was charged to his account. ONCE CONVICTED OF MURDER. About fifteen years "ago an inoffensive citizen of the county was most foully murdered in an orchard in Tucker's neighborhood. Suspicion at once strongly pointed to the mute as the murderer. He was arrested, indicted and tried by a jury of the county. He was convicted and sentenced by the court to serve a term of ten years in the State penitentiary his deaf and dumb condition alone saving him from the death penalty at the hands of the jury. His counsel, however, appealed his case to the Supreme Court, and, pending the hearing of the appeal, Tucker broke jail. He was subsequently rearrested, his appeal heard and the Supreme Court held that the circumstantial evidence, on which he was convicted, did not make a case free from reasonable doubt, and he was released. Notwithstanding his moral and physical infirmities, he had been thrice married.
Once Convicted of Murder- NEWCASTLE, VA, July 11 - (Special.) Alexander Tucker, - a deaf mute known here as ''Deaf Tucker," was struck by an engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway track at Barber's Creek station, five miles '"east of this place, on Wednesday evening and instantly killed. He was quite a unique character in his way. He was about 55 years old and was born and reared on upper Barber's Creek, an isolated, wild, and weird section of this county. Tucker was an expert marks man, and could use his old "mountain-rifle with an unerring and deadly precision that was not only remarkable, but almost incredible.' He"- was "a rioted arid had probably -killed more wild game than any other man in this part of Virginia. He was an inveterate foe of the popular, sport of chasing; game with hounds, and as a result of this antipathy in which he indulged, to the fullest extent possible, many highly prized canines fell victims to his deadly rifle, and no owner thereof who knew Tucker's reputation ever dared or attempted to resent his loss. A considerable part of his locally eventful life was spent within the walls of the county jail, and more than one crime was charged to his account. ONCE CONVICTED OF MURDER. About fifteen years "ago an inoffensive citizen of the county was most foully murdered in an orchard in Tucker's neighborhood. Suspicion at once strongly pointed to the mute as the murderer. He was arrested, indicted and tried by a jury of the county. He was convicted and sentenced by the court to serve a term of ten years in the State penitentiary his deaf and dumb condition alone saving him from the death penalty at the hands of the jury. His counsel, however, appealed his case to the Supreme Court, and, pending the hearing of the appeal, Tucker broke jail. He was subsequently rearrested, his appeal heard and the Supreme Court held that the circumstantial evidence, on which he was convicted, did not make a case free from reasonable doubt, and he was released. Notwithstanding his moral and physical infirmities, he had been thrice married.
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