New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-21
Deputy Superintendent of Ponce "e-
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four dogs Re very careful OF tnlS. Ion
throw the bottle around loose wheh you
7Richeson took the vial and looked ut us
contents and then said TO Hahn; IMt IN
three or four more ehunEs' p %,it son tbor
Hahn did as requested. Richeson tlSn
took the bottle and said This may seem
mysterious. Can you keep secret. .,
haven't bought this. It's dangerous sun
Can YOU keep secret ,.,,
Hahn agreed TO keep the secret. Inen
picbeson said. Re sure TO come to my
wedding" After which he left the STORE.
The next day Hahn got an an, lh' tSiee ed
the wedding of Hcheson ana MISS ~
mands.
II was this story. related early this
morning 10 chief Inspector Joseph Du-
gan of the Boston police by an attorhe!
whom Hahn had retained, that sent 'he
notice of with the purpose OF inme-
diately arresting Mr.. Richeson.
AS told by Superintendent Watts III an
official statement, the story of the arrest
was as follows:
when we went up to Richeson room
he was IN bed and awake, but iooheo
much disturbed He tremoled as he
dressed himself. told Richeson he
uo,,d have Ia 20 TO Police Headquarters
and he charged with the murder oil MISS
Avis Linner. He looked perturDed' anu
asked That he might be allowed to drink
glass OF hot milk. lie hau inc ho'
milk
Bids Farewell 10 Sweetheart.
He asked to talk privately with Mr.
Edmands. lie did 50. lie then went
downstairs with US and into the room
whore Miss Violet Edmands lay Ill ana
unnerved by the shock. Her mother
stood by the bedside as we entered
Ricbeson having asked the privilege OF
saving farewell. Richeson walked
SLOWLY to the bedside, and as soon as he
bent over to caress Miss Edmands the
Girl burst into tears, even as she parity
raised herself up and threw her arms
about his neck. She said nothing pu'
chung TO him convulsively.
"'Dont cry, dear said Richeson In
low, soothing voice as he gently stroked
her hair. Don't cry. Everything VIII De
ell right
Tho notice took the clergyman TO head
quarters without handouts.
Had Avis Linnell taken the poison un-
asr other circumstances her death might
have been dismissed as suicide. Inc
fatal powder, which the police oelleVe
she accepted trustingly from a frienu
as a corrective for the condition WHICH
she was trying to remedy. was taken
while the young woman was seated III
q chair in a bathroom at the lodging
Association. when she was found In
diving condition her feet were in tub
of hot water and by her side was
change of clothing. Consideration OF the
circumstances induced Medical Exam
iner Timothy J. Leary TO change MS
FIRST verdict Of suicide to one OF MURDER
as he thought the indications were all
against the young woman's having taken
the poison to kill herself.
Police investigation OF the incidents
following the finding Of the young
vomans body Saturday afternoon, de-
vclopcd the statement from a young
woman attached to the Y. w. c. A. home
that when Mr.. Richeson was called to
tho teiephohe he showed little interest
IN the announcement of Miss Linnells
death. even saying mat he did not see
why he should be notified But before
leaving the telephone, he asked accord
iAs to the statement of the young woman
as given 20 the police:
Silent Before Death.
Did Miss Linnell say anything before
she died :'
The answer was that she did not.
At tho Y W. c. \. home, Miss Lin
nelrs friends had understood that she
was engaged to be married to the cler-
gyman. and they expressed much sur
prise at the announcement Of his coming
marriage to the wealthy Miss Edmands.
Tie Linnell girls family and friends in
Hyannis said that they had also regard
ed the clergyman as her fance.
Her mother said to-day that the girl
had worn ar engagement ring given her
by Richeson and that as late as last
week he had told her that he and her
daughter were engaged to be married
Since the death Of Miss Linnel and
since his arrest to-day Richeson has
According to some of the friends of
Miss Linnell at the Young WOmen's
Christian Association home she had a
dinner appointment with a man friend
on Saturday, the day Of her death. The
police have worked on the theory that
the paper containing the poison pow der
mas handed to her at that time but they
have not definitely determined that her
Companion at dinner was the clergyman
30 far az is known.
While Richeson was being taken to the
Charles street Jail from the Tombs this
afternoon his rooms in Cambridge were
being searched by police inspectors, with
the object they said, of finding the re-
nander Of the cyanide Of potassium
Which Hahn says the minister purchased
or him. The result Of their search is
unknown.
After the regular prayer meeting to-
night at the Emmanuel Baptist Church
in Cambridge. OF which the Rev. Clar-
enee Virgil Thompson Richeson is pas
tor, twenty-five prominent members of
the church remained in the vestry and
had an informal executive session, at
which the arrest Of the clergyman was
discussed. No statement Of their action
was given out but Thomas II. Rumsey,
chairman Of the finance committee Of
The church, said after the meeting that
he will advise Mr. Richeson to tender
his resignation as pastor.
1t is hardly to he expected that a