Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-10-24
MURDERED GIRL
TO BE EXHUMED
Want to See If Missing Vial
Containing Poison Is in
Bath Robe.
WAS BURIED WITH HER
Grand Jury to Meet Thurs
day and Indictment Against
Minister is Expected.

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Boston, Oct. 24-Representative
from the district attorneys office
and from police headquarters leave
this afternoon for Hyannis to ex-
hume the body OF Miss Avis Linnell,
for whose murder the Rev. G. v. T.
Richeson, of the Emmanuel Baptist
church at Cambridge, Is held a
prisoner.
The police desire to secure from
the coffin OF the-dead girl the bath
robe she was wearing when she was
found dying in her bathroom in the
Y. w. G.. A. building. They wish to
ascertain If the pockets of this robe
contain the vial which contained the
poison that killed her. 1t Is admit
ted that in their hurried inyestiga-
tion at the time Of the girls death
the police overlooked this most I'M
portant fact. The bathrobe was
buried with the girl. If the poisoned
vial Is found In one of her pockets,
as the police believe, 1t will either
materially strengthen the case
against Richeson or will prove his
innocence. II poisoned vial con-
tanning cyanide of potassium Is
found in the girls bathrobe the
police declare their case against
Richeson to be complete.
Should the grand jury, called In
special session for Thursday, indict
Richeson, a speedy trial for him is
assured. This probably will be set
for January.
The regular sitting of the jury does
not come until the first Monday In
November This calling together of
the grand jury in special session is not
unusual, but indicates that the police
consider that they have sufficient evil
dence against the clergyman to bring
about bis indictment.
The special sitting is said to have
been prompted by q desire to prevent
the defense from getting line on all
the evidence which the state has. Be
cause of the taking up Of the case by
the grand jury Richeson will not be
arraigned In the lower court tomor-
row, and the police will therefore not
| be obliged TO show their hand. Had
the arraignment been allowed TO come
off on the last day Of the MONTH to
which date It was postponed by agree
ment on Richeson's counsel and the
police when the prisoner was taken
into tire municipaf cUurr roiiowfuas ssfe
arrest on Friday, 1t would have been
necessary for Chief Inspector Dugan
to put on enough witnesses to show
probable cause for holding the man
for the grand Jury. r would have
afforded counsel for the defense an
opportunity to cross examine the wit
nesses and perhaps drag out more
than the government would like them
to tell at that Time.
From Richeson's cell in the Charles
street jail comes this statement, II am
innocent and will prove It when the
time comes"
The Rev George Holt Of jamestown.
R. l., who Is engaged to be married to
Miss Rose Edmands, sister of the ac-
cused mans latest fancee. visited the
prisoner. When he emerged from the
jail he repeated the statement made to
him by Richeson and added, Those
were his words"
Miss L. " Richeson,~a sister of the
accused, who Is said to be trained
nurse at a sanitarium In SaraDac
Lake, N. Y. also visited the prisoner.