The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-11-09
PASTOR WITH @t
ON DAY OF DEATH

S Ssa: .csassAs HSannis.' G it g Seca% ss
known today.
Linnell on Saturday, afternoon, Octo-
Der 18th. the day CD which she died
OF cyanide OF potessiuft poisoning. on
Washington StA<et, Boston, in front
Tor Filen's department. store. Miss
Shase Is twen{y-three years old. She
went TO school with Avis LinnelI. Her
rather Is Grain dealer at Hyannis
and treasureT OF Barnstable county.
The girl vas not before the grand
Jury which' delivered an Indictment
on hve counts against Richeson yes
terday, and which was read to him
TO-DAY In the Charles Street Jail
MISS chase was in Boston upon the
1atal saturday She was walking
along Washington Street when she
met the lev. Mr.. Richeson and Avis
Linnell- She knew them both well.
she is Positive OF the identification,
the day and the time OF the day. IL
was between 2 and 4 O'Clock
The fact that Miss Chase had seen
the couple together was learned by
Ernest S. Bradford, of the state no
ice, ST tuoned at Hyannis. He imme-
dlately advised the District Attorneys
otticef Miss Chase will be a vital
witness GI1 at the trial OF Richeson.
The State believes that her story
mis- The last gap that stood between
chabs
Lee Studying Case.
BOSTON, MASS, Nov. 1.-The real
defense of Rev. Clarence V. T. Riehe-
son began today with the arrival in
Boston from Lynchburg, Va, of John
L. Lee, one of the most eminent GRIM
inal lawyers in the South, who will
lead the fight for the life OF the min
isfer indicted by the grand jury for
the murder of Avis Linnell.
Attorney Lee and Attorney Dunbar
VINO has been handling the case of
the accused pastor during the pre-
il, INN stages, agreed to hold their
hrst conference during the day and
plan the campaign to be waged for
the life of the accused clergyman.
Attorney Jack" Lee, as he is
known throughout the South, has
reputation in his chosen branch of the
law that places him with the first men
in his profession in the United States
He has remarkable record of ac-
quittals OF men whom he has defended
from capital charges. He comes to
the way to save the life OF Pastor
Rfcheson. through his friendship for
the father OF the accused.
Il have nothing but an outline OF
the case at present" Mr.. Lee said to-
day. Il have just been called into
IL and practically all I know about il
is what | have read in the newspa-
pers. 1 am here to fight for my clienf
for him. / want il distinctly under
stood that 1 am here on account of
Narland RichesOn, my old II lend. who
appealed 10 me 10 come TO b jston and
defend his boy"
Attorney Lee, soon after mis- ar
rival. met Douglas Richeson brother
OF the pastor, who came East from
Chicago few days after the arrest.
They had a short talk and .hen the
Southern lawyer plunged into Il study
OF the case.
Another Severe Blow TO Pastor.
y sensation was caused today by the
announcement that the Edmands fam
lily would soon withdraw their financial
support from Richeson, if they have
not already done so. Whether or not
this means that Miss Violet Edmands
hancee of the accused minister. and
the other members of her family have
turned agci"st Pastor Richeson, fol-
lowing the indictment yesterday. can
not be said.
Coincident with this announcement
came the declaration that the object
OF the detectives employed by Moses
Gran Edmands, father of Violet. who
searched the rooms of Pastor Richie
son before the police reached there.
was only to secure the letters written
by Miss Violet Edmands to Pastor
Richeson since their betrothal. These
letters, il * said. were the only things
taken from Pastor Richeson's rooms
The prosecution is satisfied that with
the testimony of three young women
who were taken before the grand jury,
almost at the last minute yesterday
the Governments case is clinched and
no trouble Will be found in proving
Pastor Richeson guilty OF the murder
of Avis Linnell.
The evidence of these young women
is said to be the most damaging to
Richeson in the hands of the prose
cution.
Their names are being kept a secret
and their evidence was given Volun-
tarily.
Fear of the noIoriety attending the
indictment pending against Richeson
kept the three young women from
coming forward and telling what they
knew until almost the hour of the in
dictment.
They first went to the office of Judge
Dunbar. There, il is said. they re-
ceived no satisfaction and went di-
rectly from Judge Dunbar's Office to
District Attorney Pelletier.
y druggist named Levitan has been
found who declares that about the
middle of September he sold cyanide
OF potassium to a girl now believed to
have been Avis Linnell. He declares
however, that the girl seemed 10 be in
excellent spirits and said she knew
the deadly character of the poison she
purchased. He sold her a couple Of
drains nrSts wrapping the cyanide in
tissue paper and then in white paper.
Il can't remember whether placed
the package in a box or not" he says.
Il know that 1 made the girl sign the
book used in such cases, but / can't
remember what signature she wrote"
Virginians Wed at s A. M.
HAGERSTOWN, MD, Special
Miss Grace Monger, of Elkton. Va
and Alfred G.. Lane, of Mount Pleas
ant, Va, came TO Hagerstown and
were married at o'clock yesterday
/ morning at ST. PauFs Methodist par
| sonage by the Rev. Robert Lee
| Wright. Deputy Court Clerk Worth
ington McCauley was routed out Of
! bed TO issue the license.