The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-10-25
PLEADS INNOCENCE.
Pastor RiCheson Will Face Jury
In January.

District Attorney of Suffolk County
Has Issued a Call For a Special
Session Of the Grand Jury to Con-
slider Evidence Against the Pastor.
Miss Edmands Leaves For Chicago.
Miss Linnell's Grave Guarded Night
and Day.
Boston, Oct 24.-A special session
of the Suffolk county grand Jury has
been called for next Thursday to con
slider the case of the Rev. Clarence V.
4. Richeson, accused of the murder
Of Miss Avis Linnell, the music stu
dent from Hyannis.
1 This means, if an indictment is
found, that the clergyman will have a
speedy trial and probably he will face
a jury some time in January. Dis
trict Attorney Pelletier has assumed
charge of the prosecuting end and he
issued call for the meeting of the
grand jury, at which the evidence
gathered by the police will be submit
ted.
The regular sitting does not come
until the first Monday in November.
This calling together of the grand
jury in special session is not unusual,
but indicates that the police consider
that they have sufficient evidence
against the clergyman to bring about
this indictments, otherwise they would
not go ahead so suddenly with the
prosecution of the accused man.
Says He Is Innocent.
From Richeson's cell in the Charles
street Jail today came his cry: 81 am
innocent, and will prove it when the
time comes"
The Rev. George Holt of James.
town, r. l., who is engaged to be mar
ried to Miss Rose Edmands, sister of
the accused mans latest fiancee, visit
ed the prisoner. When he emerged
from the gloomy structure he repeat
ed the statement made to him by
Richeson and added: "Those were his
words"
Miss L. V. Richeson, sister of the
accused, who is said to be a trained
nurse at a sanitarium in Saranac
Lake, N. y. also visited the prisoner
Philip r. Dunbar of the accused's
counsel had a short talk with the cler-
gyman. His other visitors were A.
s. Watson, treasurer of the Emmanuel
Baptist Church of Cambridge, and N.
+. Hughes, a member of the church.
They called to see Richeson on a mat
ter of business, they said, and re-
ported that he seemed to be in
cheerful mood and talked as if he had
no fears of the outcome of his case.
Movements at the Edmands house
in Brookline gave indications that
Miss Violet Edmands, Richeson's
fiancee, had gone away to seek
change of scene and to recover from
the strain she has been under during
the past week
A messenger boy went to the house
with an envelope containing two tick.
cts for Chicago, so 1t is said He re-
ceived the envelope at the Hotel
Bellevue in Boston, from man be-
lieved to be Moses Grant Edmands,
the girls father.
Miss Edmands Leaves Brookline.
Later a young woman dressed in
black alighted from a carriage in
front of the house and at 4:25 the
family coachman drove up to the door.
Two young women, heavily veiled
each with suit case, entered the
vehicle hurriedly and were driven in
the direction OF the Boston & Albany
station at Chestnut Hill.
While 1t is not believed by the fami-
ly of Avis Linnell that her body will
be exhumed, it was made known this
that her grave has been
guarded day and night and a watch
will be kept over her last resting
place until the question of exhuming
the remains is definitely settled By
the authorities.
Some Of the colored people that at
tended service occasionally in the I'M
manuel Baptist church, of which Rich
eson is pastor received invitations to
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