Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-25
IN DOUBT!
What Caused Death
OF Miss Linnen?
Government Officials Have
The Remains Exhumed.
Looking Alter Conclusive EW-
dence Against The Accused.
A Great Array Of Experts Ex-
peCied al The Hearing. |
Rev. Richeson Asks His Old Churc
To Suspend Sentence.
Rev. Richeson Asks His Old Churc
To Suspend Sentence.

Boston, Oct 24.-The elimination. to-
day, of the body of Miss Avis Linnell,
the 19-year-old- music student, for
whose death by poison, Rev. 2. 7. V.
Richeson of Cambridge is under ar
rest at the Charles Street Jail, from
| the little cemetery at Hyannis, where
| it has rested for the past week, anG
| the subsequent transportation to this
| city, tonight, was the basis for re-
port that the government, as repre-
scented by District Attorney JOS {.
| Pelletier, is uncertain as to the eX-
act manner in which the singer met
| her death. The announcement by the
| district attorneys Office that the gov
! eminent had enlisted the service for
professional advice and assistance OF
five medico-legal experts, gave added
| strength to this report.
| Incidental to the examination of the
body the officials will also make
careful search of Miss Linnelfs bath
robe, which was buried in the casket
| with the body, for anything which
might have been used as a receptacle
for the fatal powder. Such a contain
er has not yet been found. The police
say the absence of this receptacle Is
one of the few gaps in the chain or
evidence which they have secured
against MIR. Rieheson.
| It is understood that the eXamina-
ton of the body to develop the latest
theory in the case will be made, at
6 o'clock tomorrow morning, at the
City hospital morgue. At this eXamina-
ton ii is probable that the defence
will not be represented, those present
including only the experts called in
by District Attorney Pelletier. Attor-
ney Phillip r. Dunbar .of counsel for
MIR. Richeson, petitioned the court,
this afternoon for permission to have
experts for the defence present at the
. | time This move was opposed by the
government, and the court decided to
delay a decision on the matter until
tomorrow morning. Court will open too
late to allow any representation by
| the defence at the examination planned
for the early morning.
The experts engaged by the govern
ment to advise preparations of it's
case which will be presented to a
special session of the Suffolk county
grand jury called to meet on Thurs
examiner for Suffolk county and pro-
fessor of pathology and legal medicine
at Tufts Medical School; DR.. William
2. Whitney, medieo-leg expert chem
, list of Harvard Medical School; DR.
Charles Sedgewick Minot, professor of
embryology at Harvard Medical
School, DR.. Alfred w. Balch. profess
sor of chemical pathology at Tufts
Medical School AMI DR.. r. L. Emer
son, chemist and author of book on
legal medicine. DIR. Leary has had
lcharge of the matter since the discov-
Iery of the body n his capacity OF
medical examiner. DIR. Whitney has
been at work for nearly week on the
organs of the dead girl preparing an
lanalysiS of their contents for presenta
ton in court.
| Without expressing a word as to his
innocence or guilt asking only that
the question as to his resignation as
pastor be held in allegiance. Mr.. Richie
son. today, addressed from his cell III
Charles Street Jail q letter to his con-
lgregation at the Immanuel Bapus'
tchurch Cambridge. The letter, which
lis sent in care of Charles +. Cummings
one of the Pensioners, follows
To the Emmanuel Baptist church
Cambridge Dear Brethen:
Il appreciate the position in Whicf
the church is now placed, but l ask its
J consideration until after the prelimi
nary hearing, or, if the grand jury
= previously meets. then until that time
Most fraternally,
CLARENCE V r. RICHESON
Boston Oct. "a, 1911
! The next regular meeting of tn
church will come on FRIDAY night, tn
; lday after the grand jury is expected
l Ito begin it's deliberations The lette
l. probably will be read at that time
) II is possible that the grand jury ma
U have reached a verdict and that tn
1 church will be able to act on its re
port The fact that Mr.. Richeso
lasked consideration only until afte
: the grand jury meets was taken b
e his friends tonight as strong iEdica
i ton of his hopes that the government
Twill fail to make out a case agains
him.
The prisoner was in conference wit
his counsel most of the day. Mr.. Dun
bar being seated just outside the ce
: door and there going over the event
in the case, preparing outlines for tn
early campaign of defence. 1t wa
2 with the advice of counsel that tn
y nastor wrote the letter to his church
r The expectation that the accuse
= clergyman would be visited by hi
father. col. Thomas Varland Richie
= son. of Amherst, Va. was not rea
NOTICE.