The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-30
Prosecutor Says State Will be
Ready in January
POLICE TO TELL OF POISON
Lawyer for Alleged Poisoner Objects to
His Client Being Held While the
Government Builds Up
q Case"

Boston, Oct. 30.--Distriet Attorney
Pelletier is said to have several letters
which were written to Miss Avis Lin
nell, the New England Conservatory of
Music student, by the Rev. Clarence V,
T. Rieheson, who is under arrest on a
charge of numbering her.
Last Sunday when he was at the Lin
nell home in Hyannis, William Mclean,
brother-in-law Of the dead girl, went
over very carefully the correspondence
between Avis and the Clergyman and il
is believed he found a number of let
tiers which may prove the contention
OF the family and friends that Riehe-
son was engaged TO marry her. Some
Of the letters received by Miss Linnell
are said to contain references TO Miss
Violet Edmands, the pastors latest be.
trothed.
A speedy trial for Richeson was de-
manded Saturday by Congressman Rob
ert 0. Harris. who is temporarily active
as counsel for the accused man. The
congressman went before Chief Justice
Aiken Of the superior court in the fore,
noon and asked that an early date be
set in case the grand jury returns an
indictment. He objected to Mr. Richie
son being held in jail while the govern
ment, as he said took time TO bolster
up its case" lie informed Judge Aiken
that he understood that the government
has no case. was aware of that fact,
and therefore would seek TO prolong the
time, during which it would endeavor TO
seek more evidence.
The district attorney also called upon
Judge Aiken and expressed willingness
to try the clergyman at once. He said
Il would be agreeable to him to place
Richeson on trial in January, where
upon the Judge said he would leave the
date 20 the discretion Of Mr.. Pelletier.
Mrs. Linnell, who came to Boston
Thursday morning and testified before
the grand jury, is quite III at her home
in Hyannis and has required the serv-
ices of the family physician ever since
she returned
III is believed that Mrs. Linnell told
the grand jury her conversation with
Richeson, whom she met on the Wednes-
day before the death of her daughter
as she was coming out Of the South
station on her way from her home in
Hyannis TO spend few days with Avis
at the " w G. A. home.
At first it was thought that the meet
ing of Mrs. Linnell and Richeson was
accidental, but it would seem from what
members Of the family have said that
Rieheson had been told by Avis that her
mother was coming to visit her for a
few days and that the clergyman went
10 the South station TO see and talk
with the mother before she should see
her daughter, Members of the family
have refused to tell anything of the
conversation that passed between Mrs.
Linnell and Richeson.
Ii is reported that on Monday a young
woman whose whereabouts have been
the most closely guarded secret OF the
police will appear before the grand jury
and testify regarding what she was told
by Avis on Saturday, October Ia, few
hours before the deaf of the latter.
This young woman has told the au-
thorities that Avis met her late in the
afternoon and that the girl was bub-
bling with happiness and explained her
high spirits by saying that she had just
lunched with her friend" who had Civ.
en- her something for her headache This
witness has been kept ip seclusion, so
the defense could not trace her.
Detectives have succeeded, so it is said
now, in tracing the separate movements
of Richeson and the girl on the day
of the crime to within two hours time.
The gap made by the missing two hours
is regarded by the police as the only
missing link in their chain of evidence
that connects the accused clergyman
with the crime.