These are a few "FACTS" about the TUCKER girl that was scalded to death.. "Tucker family form that had a note telling about an 8 yr old girl that fell in a vat of molasses. It did not give any other details." "Tucker family form that had a note telling about an 8 yr old girl that fell in a vat of molasses. It did not give any other details" "The girl, no name given, was 17 when she fell into a kettle of boiling syrup and figs which she was tending in the yard. " AND I REMEMBER ANOTHER ON That SAID IT WAS A VAT OF WATERMELON PRESERVES. There was another that said she was 10 years old. Lafe