The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-27
He blames the State for failure to push the

he piames the state Tor failure to push the
"A month has passed." he says. "and no
one has been formally charged with the
commission OF the crime. Mrs. Richardson
band. No one believes that she did murder
HIM. 1t has never been suggested by even
her most pronounced enemies that she fred
the shot. or that she was anything more
than an accessory after the bact
why does not the State arrest some
body on the charge of having committed
fy an arrest. Why docs it insist upon leav-
ing the whole burden upon Mrs. Richard
son1 Why does II not try to md who COM
mitted the murderr These are important
ATTORNEY BREWSTER
MAKES A STATEMENT.
''As for Mrs. Richardson, she has nothing
to fear. The State has found that there
cessory after the fact but the important
question of who committed the murder has
not been pushed to the point OF arresting
a sii gle one OF several suspects.
las Tong as the case remains as II Is.
Mrs. Richardson need not worry, except
that she Is forced to remain under a cloud
Attorney David Rea. also OF COUNSEL for
defense. declares that he does not believe
Mrs Richardson was guilty of any COM
plicity whatever In the murder. and that he
does not believe she knows who committed
the deed. He also declares his disbelief in
the stories which affect her character.
since they came to Savannah" said Mr. Rea.
7 have held the closest possible relations
with Mr.. Richardson-such, I think, as
would make 1t certain that should know
Of any friction between himself and his
wife IL II had existed. And can say
in all truth that I never heard OF the least
wife had any motive for wishing his death:
and = certainly do not believe that she would
shield his murderer"
CLAIM OF THE DEFENSE
TTIEnnv rx-UIU- Su.s a
II will be remembered that Mrs. Rich
ardson claimed that her husband was shot
before he entered the darkened room in
which she claims to have been waiting for
had been decorating the Christmas tres
in the parlor until about twenty minutes
before O'Clock. then she had entered her
turned down the iamn she suI anrnad a. !, Ina ,nl
low. and II fiickered out. Just as she got
to the door leading into the hall she heard
leading to the house from the street. She
thought II was her husband and George
Crowley coming to take her to the opera
al the aSb op tns 70 ena al ns me us
herself against the end of 1t. intending to
jump at her husband and say "boor" as
e ne be door the he soa ne got
shct rang out. Her husband fell, and in a
moment she heard some one slam the
kitchen door at the rear Of the house. She
Of about six feet-and then went for help.
II Mrs. Richardson's claims are true. the
whole structure Of the States case is false
But there are weak spots In her statements
One Of them. which was mentioned before
the Coroner's jury. is that J. T. Ellis. the
nrst to enter the house after the murder
found the dead man lying with his head
on the doorsill. and his body inside the
room The clothing was not rumpled, as
Il would have been had the body beer
dragged into the room.
Since then II has come out that the
stump Of cigar was found about thres
feet inside of the room. Just where II
would most likely have been had II dropped
from the hand of the murdered man as
he fell In the position where the body was
found by Ellis. Mr.. Booher claims to have
PROOF that Richardson was smoking this
identical cigar before he left the store hall
an hour previous to his murder
HOW THE STATE THINKS
THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
The prosecution claims that these two
facts are sufficient to prove that Richard.
son was shot just after he had taken three
or four short steps into the room The pos.-
iton Of the wound. and the course that the
bullet took through the head, show thai
Richardson's assassin was behind him. and
that he shot upward. the bullet entertns
just beneath the base OF the skull behind