The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Arrested FOR MURDER
lament Minister Arrested
~ Charge of Numbering
Pretty Girl

I'D E<F'
r-~aecd to Another Girl at the
- Il the Tragedy-Wili BE
Hearing on Day set for
HI Wedding,
Mass. oct. 20.-A narrow .
Charles Street jail tonight
.. .a. Carence Virgil Thomp- +
....oa. the young pastor OF
80 ---.n.cl Baptist Church, Cam
-. rEo VAS arrested to-day for
.-.yaf murder OF pretty Avis
.- IS Hyannis. Mass. TO whom
80 t.cn engaged. His commit
.9 faH this afternoon without
-.r os barge of first degree muir
-a.-ecd a temporary end TO
$50. M circumstances which police
.-....s,.- have followed assidiously
-. .tc death of Miss Linnell last
....,t.v By cyanide OF potassium
..rsrg Miss Linnell, who was 10
.,. old and a student at the Con-
-....rv Of Music, was found dead
80. bathroom OF the Young Wom-
..s CHRISTIAN Association Home
,.-. 1t first the police believed she
..5 committed suicide, but later de
..tcr.r.ts indicated that she had
rr.rea.ugIy taken cyanide of po-
.....u sent her By some other per-
.o, ire the belief that 1t would rem
adv her embarrassing physical condi-
ton
For several days the police in
ortrg made little progress, but infor-
nation received early to-day that
NJ Rtchcson had purchased cyanide
of potassium at drug store in New
ton led the officers to decide upon his
,rrest 4 dozen officers, headed by
DaDuty Superintendent Watts were
forced TO maintain an eight-houl
,igfI outside the fashionable home II
Brooklne, of Moses Grant Edmands
where the clergyman had been stay
ing during the past week, before the
minister was taken into custody
however
Mr.. Edmands is the father of Mis-
Violet Edmands, for whose marriag'
10 Mr.. RichesOn on October 81, card
had been issued. Those invitation
we're recalled to-day. The Edmand
family, however, maintain faith il
Mr. Richeson and the only announce
ment in connection with the with
drawal of the cards was that tn
marriage had been postponed.
The setting of October 31st as tn
date for a further hearing of Nj
RichesOn developed a coincidence i
the fact that that was the day O.
which he was to be married. Blu
neither the announcement of the dat
nor any other happening in connet
ton with his arrest seemed to dis
turb the prisoner.
Was Born in Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va, Oct. 2O.-Re'
Clarence V. T. Richeson, who was a.
rested to-day at Brookline, Mass, fo
completely in the murder OF his
legged fiance, Miss Avis Linnell, who's
death occurred in Cambridge, Mass
last Saturday, is a native Of Amber
County, twenty miles from this cit
where he was born "a years ag
His father is prominent man in tt
affairs of that county.
Mother of Dead Girl Glad of the
Arrest
Hyannis, Mass, Oct. 29.-"Thar
God. | believe no mistake has be-
made" 1t was with this exclam
ton that Mrs. Edgar Linnell, moth
of Avis Linnell, received the ne7
that the Rev. Clarence V. T. Rich
son had been arrested for the alleg
murder of her daughter. Mrs. Ii
nell later, however, voiced the bell
that Mr.. Richeson was not accou1
able.
He must have been out Of
mind" she said, and then told
certain peculiarities of DR.. Richese
which she noticed while he was
caller at her home.
Mr. RichesOn, whom L loved as
son even before he became forma
engaged to Avis, worried us often
attacks which he had at our hous
she said. Although they did
appear to be serious they left. him
highly nervous State, and he
was often forced to leave the ia
because of them. He worried abb
this trouble and once broke the
gagement with Avis, giving his ply
cal condition as the reason. Tn
engagement was renewed, howev
and Avis, ! firmly believe, was
gagged to him when she died"