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Posted by (no name) on 1/30/2005, 7:00 pm, in reply to "Murder in Adair Co." --Previous Message--
: My gg-grandfather was Thomas J. Tucker. He was
: shot in the back at a Turkey Shoot in Adair
: Co. This occurred about August 1858.
:
: My source on the murder of Thomas J. Tucker
: was an elderly
: family member who had heard the story all
: her life. She lived with her grandmother
: who was the daughter of Thomas J. Tucker.
: She didn't know who did it; but the man's
: sister told people that he had loaded his
: gun at her house and threatened Thomas there
: at his sister's house. She didn'tknow what
: happened after that.
:
: She said that the Sheriff handled the estate
: of Thomas.
:
: I have searched for an account of this but
: have found nothing. Surely it was noted
: somewhere. Did the shooter go to prison?
: Who was he? Why did he shoot Thomas?
:
: I have not found a cemetery that lists his
: name.
:
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