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- [S1] Newspaper Clipping, 5 Aug 1911, The Cecil Whig.
Ellis Tucker, a well known resident of the Stafford section of Harford county, left his home on Jly 18 and his family think he has put an end to his life. He offered some produce for sale at S.A. Smith's store, at Lapidum, and said he was going to Baltimore, where he arrived later in the day, and bought a ticket for a trip on the Norfolk steamer. He wrote to his wife, telling her he was leaving for Norfolk, but would never reach there. A man jumped overboard off the Norfolk steamer, and Tucker's description corresponds to that of the suicide. It is thought that worry over financial troubles prompted Tucker's suicide. He leaves a wife, a son and a married daughter.
- [S1] Newspaper Clipping, 21 Jul 1911, The Baltimore Sun.
Aged Farmer Missing
Mr. ELlis TUcker, 80, Believed to Have Jumped Into Bay.
Note Said He Would End Life
A Man was Seen To Have Leaped From The Steamer Virginia Off Mouth of Wicomico River.
Mr. Ellis Tucker, a farmer of Havre de Grace, is believed to have drowned himself in the Chesapeake Bay by jumping from one of the Old Bay Line steamers on its way to or from Norfolk.
Tucker brought several bushels of corn to Havre de Grace from his farm Tuesday morning and sold them, after which he boarded to 10.42 train for Baltimore. He sent his team home by a colored man and also a note to his wife, in which he said he was going to Baltimore and she would hear form him in a few days. The next day a letter was received by Mrs. Tucker stating that her husband was going to take a boat for Norfolk, but would never reach there, as he intended to drown himself in the Chesapeake Bay.
A search was made and Tucker was traced to the Norfolk pierby his son-in-law, Price Hoopes. His family believe that he drowned himself.
Mr. Tucker was 80 years old and owned and lived on a 150-acre farm. His neighbors thought him to be of independent means, but he is said to have been heavily involved financially and that this preyed on his mind.
For some time it was noticed that he acted peculiarly. He is described as tall and slightly built, with white beard, and wearing his working clothes and a brown hat.
The report reached Baltimore yesterday morning that a man was seen to jump from the steamer Virginia on her way to Baltimore by Mr. Philip J. Trichter, one of the passengers. The man is said to have jumped from the steamer about 11.30 o'clock Wednesday night when off the mouth of the Wicomico River.
Mr. Trichter reported the occurrence to Capt. R. H. Smulen and when the steamer arrived in Baltimore the police were notified. It was reported that none of the passengers on the steamer's list was missing.
Mr. Tucker's wife is desperately ill as the result of her husband's actions. He has one daughter, Mrs. Hoopes, and a son, Mr. Ellis Tucker, Jr., who worked on the farm with his father. About 12 years ago, another son committed suicide by hanging.
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East Coast Roots
1831 - 1911 (79 years)
