The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-28
WARRANT FOR
REV. R|CHESON
IS UNIQUE
Document Charging Minister
with Murder Is Precise
In VaTblage

Special TO the Daily Leader.
/ Boston, Oct 2S-JuGge Dun Of the
municipal court personally drew the
warrant charging the Rev. Clarence
Virgil Thompson Rieheson with the
murder of Miss Avis Linneil, the
! Av4nnis girl student OF the New Eng.
( land Conservatory Of music. who died
/ in the Y. ". G. A. in Warrenton
street from cyanide or potassium
poisoning
4 The warrant is q unique document
in that ii yerbiage is so precise ana
carefully executed as to guarantee no
question in the future OF its validity
The complainant is John f. Mitchell
OF the bureau OF criminal inyestiga-
ton, as the death of Miss Linnell oc-
Cured upon his district. Albert X.
Brown. assistant clerk of the munic-
ipal court, also signed the warrant,
which bears the signature OF Judge
Dun.
Although Ricaeson was arrested at
1855 Friday morning and was brought
70 police headquarters at $40 that
morning. he remained in the city pris-
On. FIVE long weary hours before the
legal document was issued BY the
court and handed over 10 Chief In
lspector Joseph Dugan The warrant
is as follows.
ITO the justices OF the municipal
court OF the city OF Boston. holden
at said city Of Boston for the transac-
tion OF criminal business. witlin the
county OF suffolk, John +. Mitchell Of
the city of Boston. in the county OF
Suffolk. in behalf of the common
wealth of Massachusetts, on oath
complains that Clarence v. 7. Rich
eson, of said city of Boston. on the
14th day OF October, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eleven, at the city OF Boston
and within the judicial dis
trict of said court, with force and
arms. in and upon one Avis Linnell
Ifeloniously, wiifully and OF his malice
Iaforethought, did make; m assault
and that the said Richeson a large
quantity, to-wit, fifteen grains of
certain deadly poison called cyanide
of potassium, feloniously, wilfully
and of his malice aforethought, dlu
give and administer to said Linneil,
with intent then and there that said
LinneIl should and would swallow the
same down into her body The the sail
Richeson then and there well know
ing the said cyanide of potassium TO
be a deadly poison) and the said Lin
nell the said cyanide of potassium SO
given and administered unto her by
the said Richeson, as aforesaid, did
take ana swallow down into her body;
by reason and By means Of which
said taking and swallowing down into
her body as aforesaid, the said Lin
nell became and was mortaliy sick,
distempered in her body, OF which
said mortal sickness and distemper
she, the said Linnell, then and there
died.
And 50 the said Mitchell upon
his oath aforesaid, complains and
says that the said Richeson, in man
ner and form aforesaid, her the said
Iinnell feloniousiy, wilfully and OF
his malice aforethought, did poison, I
A:ll and murder. against the peace OF 4
said commonwealth and the form OF
the statute in such case made and /
provided
JOHN F. MITCHELL.
Suffolk. to-wit: Taken and sworn
10. this 9TH day OF October in the 4
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eleven, before said
court f.
ALBERT r. BROWN.
Assistant Clerk.