Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-03
RiCheSon Sends
 In Resignation
ACCUSED PASTOR PREREQUISITES
 CAMBRIDGE PULPIT.
LETTER NOT MADE PUBLIC
Will Be Read from Pulpit Next Sun- day-Attorney Lee Promises People of New England Big Surprise.

Boston, Nov. 2.-The finance com mIttee of the Immanuel Baptist formally at q meeting tonight the res- ignation of the pastor, Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, who is under indict- ment on a charge of murdering Miss Avis Linneli of Hyannis, but the rules of the church allow no decisive action to be taken for nearly fortnight.
 Will Be Read Sunday.
 The letter of resignation will have to be read from the pulpit of the church on two successive Sundays and then will have to be acted upon at special meeting of the congregation, called by petition. The letter was dat ed yesterday and was in the clergy mans charae teristfc hand and accord ing to church officials the writing gave no hint of any nervousness on the part of the prisoner.
 Resigned Because of Indictment.
 The resignation was in Keeping with the implied suggestion in a letter sent to the church shortly after his arrest that he would resign if the jury should return. a true EiH against him. In the church to suspend judgment in his case until the grand jury had reported.
 To Be Arraigned Monday.
 Next Monday morning Rev. MT. Rlcheson will be arraigned before Judge Sanderson in the superior cri1n- inaI court on the indictment charging him with murder. The minister will plead to the indictment and will then be remanded to jail without bail after the date for his trial has been fixed by the court.
 Case Withdrawn from Lower Court.
 As indictment has been returned by the grand jury. the municipal court loses its jurisdiction in the case Dis trict Attorney Pelletier today noIle pressed the complaint, which was to have come up for a hearing in the lower court November '.
 Lawyer Lee Promises Surprise.
 T can promise that the people of New England will be surprised when the facts come out.' said John l.. Lee, the Virginia attorney who is for the defense, in comment ing on the Richeson case today. "Clar- ence Richeson will be freed contin- ued MT. Lee. 'I have seen and talked over the evidence in the case l am confident of his innocence"
 Will Not Reveal 1t Now.
 This statement was made following an important conference of attorneys engaged in the defense of Rev. Mir. ice of ex-Judge James R. Dun3ar. Those present at the conference were MT. Lee, Congressman Robert O. Har- -is. ex-Judge tDunbar and Philip R. Dunbar. MT. Lee did not care to state what the evidence was that will sur prise the New England people. Ut will not be proper to reveal it now" 1e said.
 Another Druggist Sold Cyanide.
 Until Tuesday October 10, Eugene 4evitan. a registered pharmacist, kept | . drug store at No. 50 Roylston street, i tbout four years. A few weeks before | October 14, the date on which Avis 1 4innen died, Levitan, who now lives | n Roxbury. is said to have declared | le scld small quantity. of cyanide | If potassium to a girl whom he has | ince come to believe was none other | han the Hyannis girl.
 Man Wanted Cyanide. About two weeks efterward, or on | September 29. as closely as she can | epiember, Mrs. Levitan, wife of the | druggist, is said to have had a visit | rom a man who resemblcd the ac- used pa stor It is said that her visitor | vas in a highly nervous state and wanted to buy some cyanide of potas- ium.' The sale was not made, be- ause Mrs. Levitan did not know where he poisons were kept.
 Girl Purchaser of the Poison.
 The girl to whom MT. Levitan sold he poison is said to have entered his tore about noor and asked for five
  assium. The druggist at that time was an unusual request nd asked her if she was familiar with he deadly character Of the roison he girl, who appeared to be in ex- client spirits because she laughed and 0ked, replied:
 "Oh, yes. I know all about it. now how it acts and everything about :. I'm studying chemistry and want
 fol mechanical purposes. I'm not fraid of it."
 Sold Girl a Dram.
 Then Mir. Levitan Is quoted, 'I old her a couple of drans, first wrap ing the cyanide in tissue paper, and len in white paper. can't remember neither I placed the package in a box r not, but I do know that I made the irl sign the book used in such cases, ut I can't remember what signature he wrote. Monday I asked D. w. razer, who has assumed charge of le Cambridge store, to look through 1e book and find out what name was -ritten opposite the sale. and he said e would do so.'' Frazier later refused to say whether e had found the sale entered in the ook.