Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-21

none so dead as those within the house
where life was most desired.
Fifteen minutes after the signal that
the arrest had been made, Chief Du-
gan and Deputy Watts came from the
house with the Rev. Mr.. Richeson
walking between them. The clergyman
stopped an instant on the Threshold
of the home to adjust his black Fedora
hat, then without outward sign or
trace of excitement. emotion or worry,
he walked easily down the path to the
street. \ battery of cameras snapped
as he approached, but this caused the
man no confusion. He was every bit
the minister, attired in black frock
coat and dark tie, and wearing spec
tacles.
The police party stepped into a
waiting tlxicab. There was a scram-
BILE of newspaper men for like vehicles
and in a moment a procession was
Whirling off towards Boston, to police
headquarters in Pemberton square.
The news of Mr.. Richeson's arrest
spread quickly through the city and
soon after the clergyman had been
taken TO police headquarters in Penn
berton square, the square was filed
with so great crowd of the curious
that a large detail of police was call
cd ont to keep the crowd at a respect
ful distance from the entrance to head
quarters and from the entrance to the
Suffolk county court house, opposite
headquarters.
Mr.. Rieheson was eleseted in Chief
Dugans office with the chief and Po-
lice Inspector Lynch. Occasionally
Deputy superintendent Watts enter
ed the room. 1t was understood that
the pastor maintained an unbroken ST
lence and refused to discuss the case
with the officers.
About 1890 o'clock. Moses G. Ed
mands, at whose home Mr.. Richeson
was arrested appeared at headluar-
tiers and was admitted to Chief Du-
CANS office. At about the same time
Hahn the druggist. and his attorney.
Elias b. Bishop, appeared at head
quarters for a conference with Chief
Dugan There was considerable delay
in obtaining warrant, inasmuch as
the justice of the municipal court.
who. usually issues such documents
was holding a session of the poor
debtors court
The accusations upon which the po-
lice have acted, result from the death
of Avis Linnell. a 19-year-old girl.
whose home was at Hyannis, Mass, in
this city last Saturday night. The girl
was found dead in the bathroom of the
Young Women's Christian Association
homo, Warren street. At first it was
believed that she had committed sui
i rf,yD igF
ments indicated that she had unknow
ingly taken cyanide of potassium CIV
en- or sent to her by some other per
son, and which she used in the belief
that it would remedy unsatisfactory
physical conditions. Miss Linnell had
previously been a close friend of Mr.
Richeson, when the latter was pastor
of the Baptist church at Hyannis, and
It was believed by many that an en-
gagement existed between the two.
Later, however, the friendship was
broken and the clergyman became en-
gagged to Miss Edmands, whose father
is a trustee of the Newton Theological
Institution, where Mr.. Rtcheson
studied for the ministry.
The man under arrest is 33 years OF
age and is a native of Rose Hill, Va.
He attended the High school at Am
herst Court Va, the Carrolton pre-
paratory school, and was graduated
from William Jewell College, Missouri,
in 1906 Later he took the ministerial
course and was graduated from the
Newton Theological Institution, Bap-
fist seminary at Newton. Mass tie
was ordained to the ministry in tie
Third Baptist church at st. Louis, and
for a time studied at the Southern
Raptist Seminary, Louisville. Ky. HIS
pastorate at Hyannis was his first
regular charge. and after two years IN
that little Cape Cod town he accept
ed a call to the pastorate of the I'M
manuel Baptist church, Cambridge.
Mr.. Richeson according to those who
know him. is of a nervous tempera-
ment and has been troubled with III
health throughout his ministerial ca
reer.
II became known here, today. that
while Richeson was student at Will
,iam Jewell College, Liberty, Mo-, he
was aided financially to the extent OF
s70o nv one of the woman teachers
tbere This woman is now suffering
from tuberculosis at Utah. Upon en-
tarino the ministry. it is said, Richie
| son.s first efforts We're to repay tho
! loan from his benefactor and all of tho
princinal has been returned by him.
| Liberty. Mo. Oct. 2o.-The Rev. c
r V. Richeson was for several years
a student at William Jewell College
here and was expelled in 1906 in his
Senior year when he was detected
| cheating i'm his examinations. At tina
time he was ministerial student ant
so far as known had no other dis
credits against him. At the college N
registered from st. Louis, but his par
entsi address was given as Virginia
| While in college he held several coun
try pastorates, but after his disnissa