The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-11-02

an indictment for the murder OF
Miss Avis LinneIl' the pretty
turned against the dashinS young
Cambridge clergyman.
BOSTON. MASS, Special.--A sen.
sation was caused today in church and
society circles when it became known
| that the Boston police were ON the
| trail of a large number of love let
ters and photographs which have
been surreptitiously removed from the
apartments of the Rev. Dr.. Clarence
| V. L. Rfcheson by private detective
since the Cambridge clergyman's ar
rest on the charge of having murdered
Avis Linnell, the pretty choir singer.
The private detective has been drilled
by the District Attorney.
1t is understood that the. detective
visited the room of Richeson and
| found bundles of letters and scores of
| photos from the admirers. of the
| handsome and fashionable young Cler-
gyman, many of them from women
nigh in church affairs and prominent
IN the exclusive Back Bay society.
| This was one of the DEVELOPMENTS
/ or the great murder mystery today.
ana fully dozen young women and
as many men waited at the county
| courthouse in Pemberton SQUARE 70
be called before the special session of
the grand Jury that is considering the
murder OF Avis Linnen.
Church Considering Dismissal
| IL was learned that the finance COM
mlttee and other members OF the Gam
| bridge Baptist Emmanuel Church will
meet tonight after prayer meeting and
consider what is best for the church
in view of the arrest or the pastor for
murder.
Some of the members favor dis
charging RichesOn at once. while 9TH
| ers want to suspend Judgment.
II was Enally agreed that no action
would be taken until after the finding
or the grand jury is made known
II the grand jury indicts Richeson
and ne has not resigned by that time
| he will be discharged. If the grand
jury fails to indict him no action will
he taken for the present
This decision of the church, was
communicated to the Dunbars. attor-
neys for the clergyman. and il is be-
heVed that within forty-eight, hours
l<icheson will resign
The church sent MIN no letter i'm
reply To his short one. asking, that
had faith in him.
Police Clean Out RicheSon's Rooms.
Another important feature of the
hearing today is the long list of ex-
hlbits secured by the police i'm Pastor
ltcheson's rooms i'm Cambridge.
These exhibits are stored i'm the
courthouse under guard and consti-
tute what articles were found in the
minister's apartments after the visit
OF private detectives
Twenty packing cases comprising
tao wagon loads. were used to trans
port the articles from the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter. at 147 Magazine
street. Cambridge, to the courthouse
Most OF the cases were filed with
books. but the packages contain pa
pers, manuscripts and personal be-
longings.
Two police captains were sent to
the house in Cambridge to clean
out the pastors rooms Just after Mr..
and Mrs. Carter stepped from the
stand i'm the grand jury room.
RichesOn Mixed Poison.
The police visit to the Carter home
was the result of startling informa-
ton to the effect that the clergyman
mixed paste and used poison in
connection with il aIssthe home of
Carter on Thursday. October 18th
two days before the Hyannis choir
singer was poisoned with cyanide of
potassium.
The story of the new evidence is
that Richeson. when Mrs. Carter was
busy with her housework asked her
for some flour and water paste. say
ing that he wanted it to repair the
bindings on some of his theological
books.
Mrs. Carter is said to have made
the paste and Richeson took it to his
room. short time afterward he re-
turned to the kitchen and held out
TO her the bowl in which the paste
had been mixed, and ii is said that
he said%
Mrs. Carter. 1 have an engagement
1 must keep. and l have no time to
wash this bowl thoroughly. Be sure
you wash it well, for there has been
poison in it,"
The significance of this incident is
shown by the fact that il would not
be impossible for any one To make
pills out of flour and water, place
cyanide or other crystallized posons
in them, and give them to another as
medicine furnished by a physician or
druggist.
Furnishes New Theory.
When Mrs. Carter was asked
whether the story was true she re-
piled:
1--WE have been ordered not to dis
cuss this case with you"
The story, If true, puts an entirely
new light on the method that might
( have been used to give the poison to
Miss Linnell, and also may mean that
there was no necessity of exhuming
the body of the girl to search for the
vessel in which it was assumed the
deadly crystals had been given to her.
This theory would explain why Miss
Linnell lived so long after taking the
poison. Had she swallowed the fatal
crystals after taking a drink of wa
ter she would have died almost in
stantly, physicians say, but il the poi
son was contained in a pill or a cap
sule the latter would have taken some
time to dissolve before liberating the
cyanide.
Prosecution Seeking Vallse.
1t is understood that a dress suit
case and its contents, secured by
Burns, the private detective, at the
pastors rooms, was turned over to
former Judge Robert o. Harris. who
is said to have issued a receipt for the
effects of the minister, which the
prosecution is seeking.
Judge Harris admits he is at present
acting as advisory attorney for the
defense, with Judge James r. Dun
bar, but strenuously denies that he
| will appear as counsel or in any other
capacity at the trial OF zSicheson.
PRESIDENT OF BANK
SENTENCED TO PRISON