Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-21
Richeson Found In Bed.

room, he was in bed and awake, but looked much disturbed. He trembled as he dressed himself I told Riche- son he would have to go to police headquarters and be charged with the murder eof Miss Avis Dinnel He looked perturbed and asked that he might be allowed to drink a glass of hot milk He had the hot milk. His Fiancee CIuns To Him. He asked to talk privately with Mir. Edmands. He did so. He then went downstairs with us and into the room where Miss Violet Edmands lay i'll and unnerved by the shock. Her mother stood by the bedside as we entered, Richeson having asked the privilege of saying farewell. Riclle- son walked slowly to the bedside and as soon as he bent over to caress Miss EGmands the girl burst into tears, even as she partly raised herself up and threw her arms about his neck. She said nothing but clung to him convulsively-
 Was Not Handeuffed.
 Don't cry dear" said Richeson in a low, soothing voice as he. gently stroked her hair. Don't cry. Every thing will be all right
 The police took the clergyman to headquarters without handcuffng him.
 Circumstances of Girls Death.
 Had Avis Linnell taken the poison under other circumstances her death might have been dismissed as sui eide. The fatal powder which the police believe she accepted trusting ly from a friend as a corrective for the condition which she was trying to remedy, was taken while the young woman was seated in a chair in her bathroom at the lodging house of the Young Women's Christian association. she in a 6y-il1pr dition her feet were in tub of hot water and by her side was change of clothing. Consideration of the cir eumstancesNi induced Medical Examiner Timothy J. Leary to change his verdict ta one of murder, as he thought the indications were all against the your~ woman's having taken the poison to kill herself.
 Showed Little Interest In Girls Death.
 Police investigation of the incidents following the finding of the young wo- mans body on Saturday afternoon de- veloped the statement from young woman attacher to the '. w. c. A. home that when MT. Richeson was called to the telephone he showed little interest in the announcement of Miss Linnelrs death. even saying that he did not see why he should be mo- tihed. But before leaving the tele phone. he asked, according to the statement of the young woman as giv- en to the police, Did Miss Linnen say anything before she died?" The answer was that she did not.
 At the Y. w. c. A. home, Miss Lin- nelrs friends had understoon that she was engaged to be married to the clergyman and they expressed much surprise at the announcement of his coming marriage to the wealthy Miss Edmands.
 The Linnell girls family and friends in Hyannis said that they also had regarded the clergyman as her finance.
 Wore An Engagement Ring.
 Her mother said today that the girl had worr an 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 mar ried Since the death of Miss Lin nell and since his arrest today Rich eson has steadily refused to make any statement.
 Had Date" Last Saturday.
 According to some of the friends of Miss Linnel1 at the Y. w. c. A. home, she had dinner appointment with a man friend on Saturday the day of her death The police have worked on the theory that the paper containin~ the poison was handed to her at that time, but they have not definitely deter mined that her companion at dinner was the clergyman as far as is known.
 Richeson's Rooms Searched.
 While the accused man was being taken to Charles street jail from the Tombs this afternoon, his rooms in Cambridge were being searched by po- lice inspectors with the object they said of finding the remainder of the cyanide of potassium which Druggist Jah is-tca q him. The result of their search is un- known.
 Rev. Clarence Virgil Thompson Rich eson is B years of age and is a nativn of Rose Hill. Va. He attended the high school at Amherst Court, Va the Carrolton Preparatory school, and was graduated from William Jewell col legt. Mo, in 1896. Later he took the ministerial course and was graduated from Newton Theological institution. Baptist seminary at Newton, Mass. He vas ordained to the ministry in the Third Baptist church of St. Louis.
 His pastorate at Hyannis, was his first regular charge, and after two years in that little Cape Cod town he accepted call to the nastorate of the Immanuel Baptist church, Cambridge
 Has Nervous Temperament.
 MT Rioheson, according to those who know him. is of nervous temper ament and has been troubled with Il health throughout his ministerial career. It became known here today that while Richeson was a student at William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo-, he was aided financially to the extent of S70O by one of the woman teachers there. This woman is now suffering from tuberculosis at Utah. Upon en-~ tering the ministry, it is said, Riche- SC ms first efforts were to repay the loan from his benefactor, and all of the principal has been returned by him.