Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-30

lderstood that Dist. Atty. Pelletier wa
equally DESTROYS of a speedy trial.
: Lieut.. Hugh Lee and Chief Inspeeto
II Patrick ]. Hurley of the Cambridge pc
. llice were busy, Saturday, in the vicinit,
of Magazine street, Putnam avenue, Pear
, land Brooklne streets, apparently sum
moning witnesses to appear before tn,
grand Jury at Mondays session.
During the day Richeson was visited
: by his counsel Philip r. Dunbar, and his
, brother Douglas. The former spent near
" three hours with the accused, saying
Iwhen he came out that Richeson seemed
TO be in good physical health. Mr.. Dun
bar refused to discuss the case.
William J. Mclean of Brockton,
brother in-Iaw of Avis Linnell, Satur-
day night declared that it was his be-
lief that Dist. Atty. Peletier and Chief
Inspector Dugan have withheld from
the grand Jury investigation several
limportant points bearing upon the re-
lations between the murdered girl and
| the Rev c. V. r. Richeson. Il do not
| believe thew will disclose these points
to the grand jury unless absolutely
necessary to clinch the governments
case" he declared.
| MacLean left Saturday night for
Hvannis where he will join Mrs. Mac
| Lean and their two children, at the
home OF her mother.
The suggestion that the defence VIII
deny that Mr.. Richeson purchased eya-
hide Of potassium from Druggist Hahn
Of Newton caused amusement TO the
authorities yesterday. 1t is certain thar
nothing would please the district attor-
news forces more than an attempt by |
by the defence to contest this point
Druggist Hahn was not alone in his
store when the poison was sold. Tile
government does not depend upon his
testimony alone to clinch the proof
OF the sale His clerk, George f. Cobb,
and Edward w Linehan, a 13-year-old |
Newton Center boy, have already |
been heard by the grand jurors on
this point.
',rhe defence must be desperate in |
deed if it will deny the purchase of |
the poison" said one of the leading |
figures in the case yesterday.
If % former theological students of |
the Newton Seminary are to be called |
upon by the defence to prove that i'll
will existed between MIR. Richeson and
Druggist Hahn, as is stated by a mai
connected with the defence the gov
eminent will show that long after
such former students had any knowl-
edge of the relations between the men
Mr.. Richeson was frequently in the
Hahn drug store and apparently in
on the friendliest terms with the pro-
prietor.
The district attorney has not yet
AZ ~.
who will defend Mr. Richeson. Thorn
as W. Proctor, whose name has been
mentioned in that connection, yester-
day denied that he is associated with
the case or that he Will become con-
nectec Herewith. Congressman Harris
viii continue as advisory counsel until
his congressional duties call him to
Washington. Former Judge James r.
Dunbar and his son. Philip r. Dun
bar, who were retained by Moses Grant
Edmands, father of the minister's fl
ancee, will conduct all the prelimi-
nary work in behalf of Mr.. Richeson.
1t is recognized by the prosecuting
officials that their chief difficulty in
securing a conviction If an indictment
is returned, as they confidently expect,
will not lie in demolishing an alibi nor
in proving motive and opportunity, but
in getting the case to the jury.
Unquestionably the defence will de-
mand that the case he taken from the
jury as soon as the government rests,
on the ground that no physical meet
ing of the minister and the murdered
girl has been shown. They will con-
tend that no one saw Mr.. Richeson
in the girls company, that no transfer
of the poison was seen to take place
and that the purchase of the poison
and its subsequent use by Miss Lin
nell have not been connected in such
way as to make a case for the jurys
consideration.
The testimony of the girl witness to
the effect that Avis told her she had
just left the minister on Saturday,
Oct. Ii, will be fought on the ground
that it relates to a conversation oc-
curing in the absence of the accused
with a person now deceased On this
point the government prosecutors
are seeking cases ~ show the admis-
stability of such testimony in criminal
cases. 1t is settled that similar test-
money is not necessarily inadmissible
in civil cases, but closely have been
unable to find an instance of the ad
mission of such a statement in
criminal case.
The grand jurors will reassemble
Monday morning at $50 o'clock. 1t is
possible that the hearings will be con-
cluded Monday evening, although they
will probably extend into Tuesday. A
report is expected to follow close upon
the governments conclusion If it is
in the form of an Indictment a copy
lwill be sent at once to Charles street
Jail and delivered in hand to the pris-
Toner. His arraignment in the superior
criminal court and the setting of
date for trial will follow within day.
THE RED HAT.