The Washington times., 1911-10-23

hc assiissd athatl the announcefhents OF
his engagement to Miss Edmands was wa.
learned that at least three times he
was with the girl, once at least dining
at her home and making her family
believe they were to be married. even
another girl had been virtually set.
Remember that we have him defi-
nitely located at Hyannis and spend
ing much time with. the girl. Then re-
member that Miss Linnell would have
become mother in. about six months
from the day OF her death. There you
have the motive for his regarding her
as Q stumblings Block to the success OF
his plan to marry the heiress. Miss
SThe girl ,did not take even her
mother into her confidence. but we do
know that when the formal announce
, ments OF his marriage to Miss s Edmands
two weeks ago, Miss Linnelrs con-
cition was desperate.
That was the situation. all Of the
na faots Of bsT which S ars subject s to sgs
Hahn. tho, Newton Center druggist, for
poison to-ktll dog that he said was
annoying him. We have the druggists s
sss whsn a.fsS
thing stronger and was given enough
cyanide of potassium to kill ten dogs.
We know that his last words to the
snys srsfss so,t rsaqss. ass ts
The Telephone Episode.
1.-THE next step in the case We have
proved, not by surmise but by witnesses
against Richeson. is his calling the
number of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association, where Avis Linnell
nm, "a hn
Of a neighbor Of his In Cambridge. who
was made sufficiently curious by the
conversation she overheard to look up
the number and find that II was the
Y. w. c. A. This witness heard him
make an appointment to, meet somebody
"At that same hour we have the
Women's Christian Association that
and As sbs taa bs to the
pride, that she had been talking with
her friend--by which they recognized
Richeson. who had several times called
on er there ;th ahd Sa was known to be the
acquainted-and that she was to see
INV with ii these facts in our possession
or nj the brakeman was mistaken
In II statement that he saw her and
the minister together in the South
station FRIDAY afternoon. We know
that he bought poison the previous
Tuesday, and 1t Is tmmaterial at what
particular minute he give II to her.
telling her that 1t would get her out
of her trouble. -,
I'VE have not got any witness ex-
cept the brakeman that they were to-
gether between Tuesday and Satur-
day, but We have almost the last
words Of the poor girl, told to the
friend she met on her way home, that
she had just left her. friend! and that
he had given her medicine. 1t is rea-
sonable- to y assume that she would
take the stuff as soon as possible
after receiving 1T.
when she got home to the Young
woman's Christian Association, Just
before 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon
we know from the testimony of sew
though at supper that night she did
not have her usually good appetite.
THE final step in the tragedy came
at o'clock, when one of the girls heard
groarfs in the bathroom, and after the
door had been broken down the girl
was found dying and already beyond
the power of speech. Her feet were in
the tub in hot water, and beside the
chair she had prepared the medicine to
take the effect she had been led to be-
lieve 1t would have. '-. =
1.-THE motive is there, as plain as ever
was disclosed In the history Of crime.
Only one man could have such a motive
In the case OF Avis Linnell.