The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-25
TO HOLD AUTOPSY
. FOR SECOND TIM
BEFORE OAY[|6'H||
District Attorney Decides q
Act to Prevent An In A
junction s s.sl
HURRY TO DEFEAT @
DEFENSE COUNSEI
State Realizes That Cas-
Against Pastor is Weak ]
and Works to Boil
ster 1t UP

! BOSTON. MASS, Oct. GA -
ond autopsy will be held on tho body
iof Avs i1nileil before uayiigiat. I61m
unusual proceeding IL the result NGS
a demand nlaus, by Philip II. ntxan9qhs
counsel Tor itex. fAiChesOn, 10 pcx1
% texicoloSist employed ny the OefuaH
+, to participate. district AtlOrIscy -
lctler refused the request, alsR f3
| forest,il the granting Oh I'm tn1tzs
tion sent hurry calls for the 49,
chemists retained BY the state 70 -
gin the work of scrutlnizinx the gtHeg
remains for further evidence.
Mystery Is added to this amazing
crime by the admission OF DlsrTtckss
iAttorney feiletier that the ca1Hs
tagainst the young Cam uridg9~clefgYN
man, although strong in circuue@s
stances, is not AS complete a. hao
been asserted by Chief Dugan and
Deputy Watts, OF the Boston Bur0a0
of Criminal 1nvestiga ton
The dog--a little Mongre1 PUPPY
which Rev. Richeson said he destEo1
to put out of the way in giving Drug
gist William Hahn an excuse for the
sale OF fifteen grains of cyanide 0Ess
potassium October 10, has diH9N-
peared from the home of Mrs Cakx@
ter, with whom the Clergyman bOA10&s
ed. The story that Richeson te1e~
phoned Avis Linnei from the hofmo
of John r. Dansky and made an en-
gagement with Avis to have luncheon
with her on Saturday, October "a, thu
days he is believed to have given
her the deadly drug. is no Longer
competent evidence. Mrs. Dansky to-
day informed the International News
Service correspondent and the DIS
trict Attorney that she had not tl1O
slightest idea to whom Rev. Riche10n
ltelephoned. and that no member o.
+ hpr thti hc2 ri ha mi
.ealied.
Miss Violet Edmands, the Cambridge
heiress, whose prospective marriages
to Rev. Richeson is alleged to supply
a double motive for thc crime charged
against the young minister has deflcd
the wishes of har millionaire father
Moses G.. Edmands, to leave the yicin@
ity of boston until the present exctto-s
nlent has quieted down.
Father Arrives.
Thomas V. RicheSon, the grizxle0
Confederate veteran and father OF thAs
young clergyman reached Boston ~
three O'Clock from his Virginia hOzne.S
/ The aged Southerner. whose face pre-
| scented "a pathetic picture OF 0lstrGS
and sorrol, as he stepped from thAg
federal express, admitted he had hAM
no direct word OF comfort from h1ns
! son since the hour of the latter's 9r@@
! rest. ss;ss
Rev. Richeson spent the day In haMs
| Cell reading the newspapers, while uoe
| engaged with his counsel Phillip H.
Dunbar. He received his sister. Mis-
l.. V. Richeson, and two members -
the Edmands family and with the a16s
of his attorney prepared statemenes
| for the trustees of the Cambr1Q11
| church, of which he is pastor. whtCM,
WAS refusal to voluntarily resign NJ
Accused Keeps Composurs.
The fact that the body OF his for
mer sweetheart was to be brouIh&s
back to Boston made no change tlas
the self satisfied demeanor Of th0a
clergyman prisoner in Charles stEAaxs
jail. sss
/ When Miss l.. V. Richeson. the rio
ter of the accused man. visited haDs
/ cell. he again greeted her with srllto3
! al d tried To laugh away the tears thAks
! filled her eyes. The keeper who stUo9s
nearby during this interview QuotA9
! The minister as saying;
It's all right. now don't cry; evcryAa
one is taking this more seriously tnn1Gs
! l. Just let ME and my lawyers hANNIS
time. and l will be indicated, fQx IN
am innocent
Miss Richeson left the prison by III
rear gate, and hurried away to 61Ns
, Edmands home in Brookline. carrytNMsS
it is believe, a message from 49,
/ brother to his fiancee. S
Thomas Y. Richeson, the aGe4s
father, begseS 10 K permitted 10 60
direct 10 the Jail to see his son before
securing lodging place, bat was iIt%A
formed that no more visitors FwOuAd
be ,uermiiteSbto enter until to-m0frQNSs
Not In The Blood. Sss as
Il am in Boston to save my boy
the old gentleman declared az d4a
walked back to the taxicah With M1E
unsteady step. lie cannot be gui1S1ssl
II does not run in the Richcson btc&Ma
to take human life. He could M0&I
have killed this innocent trusting E.S&z
no matter what the circumstanQ~S
were But added the aged man W1Ms
falterng voice, ,if my SON is guSlX
of this crime | want to 90 to 01yk3
grave too. sssSs8
While these dramatic incidentS W@o(f
happening in the city. solemn 01N
party of men were opening tina gsX&
into which the body of Avis sLa44
was laid to rest just a week aG0. 4s T.
The little party OF officials, neWuno
men and three grave diGgefN 1N
hled about the newly made NA0s
when the bells in the little e.
were striking the noon hour u
flowers on the grave were sfil4 ft
No relative of the dead girl 49,
4 emit. her parents had reiuctanfH
permission for the exhumation ~
body, but they could not seA10
strain Of seeing It dug up aaaln4 a
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