 George Dewey Cope and Theresa Loretta Tucker, age mid 20s. They were married in 1921 when they were both 23. George died in 1926, age 27. |
 Cope family about
1918 probably in Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri. From the left are: Josephine Cope (nee Keathley), Amon Jefferson Cope, Amon's wife Necie (nee Keith), George Dewey Cope, and Nota Cansas Cope. |
 George Dewey Cope about
1902. Location is probably Bloomfield in Stoddard County, Missouri
where he was born. |
 George Dewey Cope
around 1920. The woman in the back is Lessia Tucker, Theresa Tucker's sister.
Photo possibly taken in the backyard in Herculaneum, MO. |
 George Dewey Cope with
a hat and a smile about 1920. |
 Street in Herculaneum about 1920. Note horse. Anyone know what
street this is? |
 Church of the Assumption in Herculaneum, Missouri about 1920. This
church is at the foot of the street where Thomas & Martina Tucker lived. |
 Church of the Assumption in Herculaneum, Missouri in June 1998. This photo
was taken in front of the house where Thomas & Martina Tucker lived. |
| Articles on Theresa Cope's death and subsequent
trial & conviction of Raymond Underwood Office Nurse Shot to Death in Arcade Building -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 15 June 1938, Front Page A Girls Tell of Slayer's Threats -- St. Louis Globe Democrat, several articles June 1938 Alienist to Take Witness Stand in Underwood Trial -- St. Louis Star-Times, 14 December 1938, page 3 Life Term Given Underwood for Nurse's Murder -- St. Louis Star-Times, 15 December 1938, page 22 |
 Gay
Heitlinger (nee Cope) in front of the house where she lived as a
little girl from 1926-1930 with her grandparents, Thomas Tucker & Martina Tucker (nee
Hayden) in Herculaneum, MO. |