Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-21

Accuae0 OF udVlu8 ~Cohulu1btelk
Say He Trioksd 0Iri.
IN effect Rlcheson Is charged with
furnishing a nineteen-year-olG girl to
whom he is said TO have been engaged
to be married and who in the course
of six months time would have be-
come a mother with cyanide OF potas-
stun, and the inference is that he told
her that by taking the deadly drug
she would bring about n desired
change in her physical condition when
deceived the girl as to the nature of
It's effect for the express purpose OF
causing her death so that no ~entangle-
ment might exist which could possibly
prevent his marriage to Miss Violet
Edmands Of Brookline, whose father
is a millionaire.
1t is hard to conceive of a clergy
man of any faith committing a capital
crime, but 1t is more i~nconcefvabie to
imagine that q minister of the gospel
could go to a druggist and with the
purpose Of numbering a young girl up
permost In his mind say to the man
from whom he purchased the deadly
cyanide:
II want to kill a dog that is going to
have pups" and then with the trans
action concluded invite the druggist to
attend the wedding which was to be
made possible by the killing OF Miss
LinneIl. That was the remark Richie
son ts alleged to have made to Will
liam Hahn, a Newton Centre druggist
with whom he became acquainted
when a student at the Newton Theo-
logical seminary, on the night OF Oct.
10 when he visited the apothecary and
purchased the poison.
Engaged Three Years Age.
Miss Llnnell was living at her home
In Hyannis when Richeson became
pastor o. the Hyannis Baptist church
In 1908. Tt was his first passionate,
and, while he was eloquent, he was
not very popular with all the mem
bers. Among those who worshiped at
II ( church was Avis Linnell. She was
a pretty girl, a student at the normal
school In the town and had q good
voice. The youthful and good looking
clergy man paid her marked attention,
and 1T soon became understood" that
the couple were engaged to be mar
ried. Members of Miss LinnelIs fam
lily say that the engagement was
tered into nearly three years ago, and
the girls mother says that the wed
ding was to have been a year ago this
but was postponed. Avis
4 diamond ring which the
gave her, and 1t was said
the broken engagement was renewed.
Richeson became pastor of the Cam
bridge church In June, 1910, having
the pulpit for several weeks
md his eloquence winning the congre-
After Richeson left Hyannis to come
Cambridge the girl came to Boston
o study vocal and plano music at the
lew England conservatory. She room
d and boarded at the Young Women's
.hrisftan association. where the. min
ter frequently saw her. Last spring,
hen Richeson's engagement to Miss :
toilet Edrnands. daughter OF Moses :
rant. Edmands, a wealthy resident OF 4
Chestnut hill section Of Brookline. v
as announced, much establishment t
as expressed by Miss Lnneirs e
lends in Boston and at Hyannfs. Z
icy noticed tffaf sfe No fonger wore '
= engagement ring. but she explain
By saying tha Rieheson had taken I
to a jeweier to be cleaned and re !
1T. Mrs. Linnen says that Richeson
enied to her within a few daxs that
q was engaged to Miss Edmands, ex-
his love for Avis. and she be-
him.
Subject to Nervous Attacks.
2.tchSsol Tas subject 10 perious OF
healths when be was very nervous
and irritable. Els eccentrieity lost him
friends. but his manner with
women was dashinE and magnetic and
had many friends among the gentle
sex. Mrs Linnell speaks OF attacks
which made him seem strange" when
he was at the home of Avis, and when
he broke the engagement the mother
Thoughts 1t was because Of these ssat,
lacks Others describe Richeson's
ervou attacks as being In the nature
OF fits.
On Saturday Miss I.innell appeared
in a happy frame Of mind at her iodg-
ings. Her associates there say that
after supper early in the evening she
went to her roem. A short time after
ward deep breathing was heard In a
bath room. The door was forced by
some OF the young women and Miss
Linneil was found unconscious I'm a
chair. with her feet and ankles inn
mersed in hot water. Miss Juliet G.
Patterson, superintendent of the asso-
citation. had DR.. Mary Hobart sum-
moned. The latter took one look at
the unconscious girl and then said:
Where is her flance? Get him here
at once. This Is the place fer him."
Sent For Richeson.
Then Dir. Hobart called the city hos
pital and asked that an ambulance be
sent, but she eeuntermanded the re-
quest before 1t arrived upon finding
that Miss Linnell was dead. This was
twenty-five minutes after the girl had
| been found unconscious. Medical tx
aminer I.eary was notified and a dis
patch wa sent TO Miss LinneIl's father.
| Meantime, Miss Inez Hanscomb, at the
request OF Miss Patterson underworld
| to communicate with Mr.. Rfcheson,
knowing that he and Miss Lannell were
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