Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-10-22

luncheQ With MT. R1cneSOn ana all Ill., yestigation showed that she had talk en a quantity of poison. Mute evil dence made it clear that the young woman had not taken the dose with suicidal intent Mr. Richeson was called on the telephone and told of Miss Linnell's death. He appeared to be annoyed and wished to know why he was notified. He was told that he was known as the sweetheart~of Miss Linnell and her friends at the Y. w, C. A. understood that she had lunch- ed with him on that day. The min- ister denied stoutly that he had even seen Miss Linnell.
 Thursday the druggist who sold MT, Richeson the poison told the police of the minister's purchase. The min- ister was located at the home of Miss Edmands, where he had spent the night The police wEo ca.ied were denied admittance, Du: ne fol.oWine morning he was found and placed under arrest He made no state ment.
 This is the eidence against Rev. Richeson, which was completed to- day.
 From a cell todat Rieheson antici pated the action of the church auth critics by resigning his pastorate of the Baptist church in Cambridge. Ri cheson said that he had prepared a statement to be read to the church tomorrow. Frank s. Carter, with whom Richeson roomed in Cambridge, has come forward with the story that two weeks ago Richeson threatened to poison their dog This statement was put forward by Mr. Carter with the purpose of showing that when Riche- son bought the poison he may have intended killing dog with it, as he explained to the druggist, William Hahn. When Mr. Carter was asked about this statement today he said
 q never knew Richeson owned a dog. I hold a male dog myself. I had him while Richeson was here and the dog is still in my possession
 It will be seen by this that if Riche- son purchased the poison for the puf- pose of killing t'le dog. he did not car ry out his plans.
 John Smith, sexton ot the Baptist church in Cambridge, declared that Picheson did not have dog, Dr. Gardner, Rieheson's physician, when asked about the dog said: T never saw dog with him at any time called on him.
 At the home of Miss Linnell, the residents are greatly incensed at Ri cheson. He was hanged in effigy here today The figure of man dressed in a frock coat and made up to represent the clergyman, was sus- pended from limb of tree iii the yard of the Baptist church, where Richeson formerly lived. Hacked against the tree was a card that read "Guilty-Read Luke 17-2.'
 Those who looked up this quota ton found it to be as follows: Tt were, better for him that millstone were hanged about his neck and that he be cast into the sea than he should offend one of these little ones.'
 The effigy was cu5 down this after noon by member of the church. The police of Boston are tracing Richeson's previous cal ger and have found that in some ways ne was q real prototype of the famous Dr Hyde.
 Rcheson is tall, slender, dark ant Apollo-like in appearance. He IS the fascinating suavity of the sypica Southerner. He has the voice of { we'll trained actor. He is of poetic mood and reflects the tender senti With the sacred garb of his profes : son, it is little wonder that his caree mas been one OI COulluuou UGuilull' admiration.
 How many other girls he knev other than Miss Linnell and Allie Ed mands will be discovered before h. is tried in a court of law. When tn Monday morning papers printed tn story of the death of Miss Linnel as suicide they gave as motiv for it that she had read in a Cam bridge newspaper the. story that Rev Richeson was about to be married t Miss Edmands. She was said to hay . read this in a paper few minute !" before taking the fatal drug. Blu ' William Mclean, her brotherinlaw
 was not satisfied. He knew that Mis- >. Continued on Page Four.) !" UMBRELLAS RECOVERED AND RI
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