The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-26
NO VIAL FOUND IN
!. CASKET OF MISS
AVIS LINNELl
Examination of Remains Gives
No New Clue
RICHES0N SEES His FATHER
Confederate Veteran Visits Son
Charged With Murder of Young
Music Student

Boston, Oct. 26.-Col Thomas Var
land Richeson OF Amherst, Va, visit
ed in the Charles-street Jail, yester-
day, his youngest son, Rev Clarence
V. T. Richeson, who is accused OF the
murder of Avis Linnell, his one-time
fiancee. Since the young man left
his Virginia home seven years ago TO
enter the Baptist ministry, his father
had not seen him until yesterday and
the meeting between the two men
was dramatic In his first words of
greeting, even before he had clasped
hands with his father through the
bars of his cell door, the clergyman
exclaimed, Father, | am innocent"
The confederate veteran soldier, who
has all along expressed his belief in
his sons innocence, was visibly af-
fected. lie grasped the bars for sup
port while he answered only My
boy my boyl" For more than an
hour father and son conversed part
of the time with hands clasped af-
fectionately, but even to the jail as
sistant who stood in the corridor
most of what they said was maud
ible
Col. Richeson left the Jail as he
came in a closed carriage, in which
were Frank Ii. Carter. in whose resi-
dence in Cambridge Rev. Mr. Richie
son had made his home, and another
man whose identity is unknown. He
was driven. it is believed. TO the
Ia. n...afrls.,. rf B
Edmands, father of Miss Violet Ed
mands, to whom the clergyman was
TO be married. Il was reported that
family reunion was to be held at
the Edmands home last night at
which would be present also Miss
Lille V. Richeson of Saranac Lake,
N. Y, a sister. and Douglas Richeson
of Chicago, a brother of the minis.
ter All are in the city to aid by the
encouragement of their presence
their son and brothers fight for ac
Quittal II is understood that other
members OF the family, including
Miss Rusesell Richeson Of Chicago
a sister, will be in Boston within a
few days
The exhumation Tuesday of the
body OF Miss Linnell. which had rest
ed just one week in the little GENE
terry at Hyannisport, precipitated
the first court clash between attor
neys for the prosecution and for the
defense II was the government
which scored. for Judge Murray II
the municipal court yesterday ruled
adversely on the petition Of Attorne!
Philip X. Dunbar that the defense b.
present at a second autopsy.
The body of Miss Linnell was sub
jected to an examination-it is of
lcially stated that second aut0ps,
was not performed-at the city hos
pital morgue by Medical Examine
Timothy Leary early yesterday, il
connection with which District AZ
torney Pelletier later issued state
ment This statement, which de
clares that no poison receptacle wa
found buried with the body and sul
gests the possibility that anothe
poison as well as cyanide of potas
stun may have been used, follows
Medical Examiner Leary has repor
ed TO me that upon examination n
container was found in the caske
and that the bathrobe Or wrapper, /
which II had been regarded as POI
sible that II might have been place
and overlooked in the first examine
ton. had no pocket Some OF the o.
gnns have been retained by the med
cal examiner for the purpose Of elm
mating the possibility that any othe
poison could have been used in a
ISOLATION with the cyanide. The Q,
animation was made by Dr. Lear
and his staff at the morgue earl
this morning The time was chose
! In order to avoid the disturbanC
' likely to occur in the daytime by re
Y son Of the passing of large numb'
y OF persons and vehicles.
Y At the conclusion of the medio
D examiners investigation the colt
was forwarded to Hyannis. There
2 was again inferred in the cemetel
by the sea and covered again vii
!. earth and the flowers the members
. the dead girls family have Ike
4 fresh each day.
The Suffolk county grand jury
= q special sitting called by Dlstri
;, Attorney Pelletier will consider u
4 governments evidence In the ca
z today Summonses were issu
/ from the district attorneys Office y
L terday for the witnesses upon who
}, the government depends to secu
u. / a. a..