Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-01
GRAND JURY UNANIMOUS
IN FAVOR or INDICTMENT.
Haggard and Worn, Hardly Recognizable
lie Stands in Dock with Other Pris=
oners and Hears His Case Con-
timed to Tuesday, Nov 7.

RGston. Oct. 31-The Rev Clarence
Virgil Thomson Richeson nastor of
fmn1anueJ Pantist church can,hrf5e-o
was iadicted on five counts charging
murder in The first decree nv the Sur
fon, coyn+v GRAND inrv late mic .ftar-
noon for the noisonino, ON oct n M
his faprner Sweetheart Misc Ayis "
finrfn Of Hvannis The ora,d sn,,,
reror+ad it's fndipo ia Tndoo Gaorga
Sanaersan in the enna,faf criminal
count inter- haarine f,,a,.., t#.a,, ~ ,,.it
aessas d1rina faur-days eonsidera ION
&c tho govornf4e,,tts ,-.sa ,sairst +ho
minister # i nn[1sret,d tb,r ti,a
Grand {,frnrs we're ,3aa,,tn,aael, IN fo
,ser of Tho indictment
Rv the ratafnins af ii traa hin the
necessity of pnlfino tha scbs,II,Iar
bearioq i'm tEa ,nnnieinal court l. N
waited In connection VIM ttfs latter
nrocazfinr pay. Mr. Rioheeon annaar-
ID in tbf lover court todav mis- h.y-
inc, been the aata sat foIIaWino his ar
rect - 3,.aal= ago I7,idav To1a4, also
was The aafa announced several
monfl.e 400 fer tho rnarriaoa of Mr.
Richesan aud Miss Violet Fdmaads.
5fai,eb.ar of . wealthy Rroolslina fan-
liz. The Wedding has been osfnaned
INDEFINITELY.
Iagaard and worn h. his traitbles
and bv his II davs of Incarceration i'm
fhe Charles street fail fbe minister
stood in the dock with q score of other
prisoners and heard his case continued
"a Not. : 8asnitr +ba fart TINT he
wore tbe same ministerial garb in
which he made such a striking an
Dearancp in court previously. he was
scarcely recnanized by those in the
courtroom his clothes hung loosely.
-ai5out him ae= the prisoner had lost
considerable flesh. But the raven
black hair was comhed neatly. The
entire courf proceedings LASTED less
than two minutes. and inside of half
an hour the prisoner was back i'm
his cell at the Charles street Jail II
IL understood that the bin of indict-
8eni viii lee served upon him at the
f4n tomorrow His plea to the indiet-
mont probably will not be made before
Thursday. The Indictment which tn
grand jury returned is almost unique
IN the annals Of Massachusetts h0mi-
cides in which poisoning has figured
Il is of the sa-called blanket" type
me I'VE tbuItSt EttH tiliHtitt dllilS I'll ~
ferent WAYS and methods which might
have been employed by the defendant
to accomplish the alleged erimee. he
ing SO worded as to permit the intro
duction of evidence by the government
as to any of several methods by which
the poison may have been conveyed to
the dead girl. In addition. the iadiet
ment, in the fourth count details a
reason or argument which may nave
been USED To pfeVall upon ller 10 ae-
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