The Washington herald., 1911-10-24
RICHESON ISSUES
BRIEF STATEMENT
Continued from Page One.

rearrested. The prosecution will, by this
clever move not be compelled to show
its strength On that occasion.
| The body of Avis Linnen will be ex
humed tomorrow by the authorities II
search of further evidence. 1t is believed
possible that she may have put the via
OF paper containing the poison in tn,
pocket of a robe which she wore in the
bathroom and which WAS buried in he
CaSket.
Late tonight the police learned that
Nj. RiCheson had in his possession sew
eral prescriptions written by a Cam
! bridge physician. and all Of which were
| nIied in a drug store near his home.
The prescriptions had a direct bearing
OF the conditions revealed by the au-
tOpsy on Avis Linnell. It is said 10
| have been established by the police that
Miss Linnell received at least a portion
of this medicine
Miss Edmands Departs.
The mysterious movements about the
Edmands mansion on Chestnut Hill this
afternoon indicated that Miss Edmands,
the at7anced bride of Mr.. Richeson, was
being hurried away from Boston. Friends
Of the family state that she was in &
critical state of mind, and it could not
be established definitely that she has
gone.
Early in the day a telegraph messenger
were summoned to the Hotel Bellevue
by a man whom he believed to be Moses
G. Edmands and given an envelope con-
tanning two railroad tickets from Boston
to Chicago, with Instructions to deliver
them at the Edmands residence. He did
so, taking the receipt of Miss Robinson,
a maid. Through the windows of the
mansion uniformed nurse could be seen
about the room.
Later in the day a closed carriage drove
up From 1t alighted a veiled young
woman. attiTed in black. She carried a
leather suit case.
At 4:25 o'clock this afternoon the fam
lily Coachman drove to the door again.
Two women, botn heavily veiled and with
suit cases. left the house and entered
the coach. which was driven in the drec-
ton of the Boston and Albany station at
NewtonvilIe. One of the young women is
believed to have been Miss Edmands.
Discuss Plans of Defense.
Phillip R. Dunbar, the attorney en-
gagged in preparing the defense, was
with Mr.. Richeson more than three hours
just before the close of the day. After
leaving the jail he refused to outline
the plan of defense. From an individual
closely associated with those interested
IN the case. however, it was learned
that the following temporary plan has
been formulated: Mrs. II. Grant Ed
mands and other members of her family
will make affidavit that Mr.. Richeson
was at their house all of the Saturday
afternoon, part Of which the police assert
he was with Avis Linnell, the Hyannis
girl.
Another man will probably be brought
into the case. 1t may be alleged that
this man had more reason and an oppor-
tunity to give Miss Linnell the poison
than Mr.. RiChesOn.
Detectives are securing Hyannis in
search of evidence that Avis Linnell's
character was other than 1t has been
reputed. 1t will he alleged that Mr
RiChesOn's engagement with Miss Lin
nell was broken off and that he met her
as friend because she was in trouble
for which he was not responsible
The Herald informant asserted that
under certain contingencies insanity
might be alleged.