The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-16
herself and hurry ing away to her
THO Fatal Evening.

ing herself and hurry ing away TO her
rOnr..
Tho Fatal Evening.
hroafls were heard coming from a
hath room Of the association quarters
shortly after . o'clock that evening.
The door WAS broken in and Miss Lin
nell was found partially unconscious
and apparently in great agony. Halt
an hour later h died without recov-
erinS consciousness.
y belief that the girl had commit
ted suicide Was At first general, but
her family We're disposed to discredit
the report. aud Il thorough investiga.
ton Was made.
soon after the girl died, it was
earned. that someone had telephoned
to ftchtS"n. ~ the girls nearest
friend. and Informed him of the cir
rl!mstinccs. !Io coldlv denied at first
hat he knew the girl at all. Then
fnallN. admitting that she had been
Il member of his former parish In
l%iNhnnis. IL" suggested that her broth
rr-in-law III l5riIgcwHtcr be notified.
Before handing up the receiver he
asked: did she say ANYTHING before
she died."
The Theory of suicide was dispclled
when the real conditions surrounding
the death of Miss Linnrll were made
known. Tic girl had been sitting in
Il chair with her feet in a tub of hot
water while beside her vas a fresh
"hansr of clothing. The autopsy re-
Nr4l"d the fact that She had taken "a
dose of poison and no conclusion vas
drawn th2, she had done so in tho
innocon; hclicf tina, j, woul1 rcmcdv
:. condition THAT latcr wound he a
caiir" of crcn, ON hnrr,ssm,n
Suspended at Once.
ON Nh" DAY following the girls
death Rev. MIR. hirh,son preached
what w,s To u. his last sermon in tho
r,mhriJc, ,.hurr IL " ,nd in ' nis rr,u.r
rufnrr.d i,ri,lv i, tl,. death Of !, urar
friend. That afternoon dining With
n member of his IL irish i'm Son,,r,jl1o
h" Was ,l,in 4. cat L,it ;;,tl, ana s,1,nt
.murl, time ON ;, ,n,l.,b in Ynu,rcnt
mental nisorv IIc ,.nl,in,d th,t 1o
was ov,rrurln IL, fI,. recent dna1h of
. dear friend THAT night h. went
to IN" home of Moses Gran. Edn,nds
in Ero"klino. father of III. girl 10
whom he vas tn le married -, week. or
SO l,t"r. and there remained in So
: luaion through the ROY, few dags
preceding hi. arrest
scores ct ,,olir. and news,arer me ',
took VIZ the u,,.tr,r az me- death of
Avis I.inuell II encmed apparent AT
the outset that tho belief in - s,1jride
theory was ono vi,irh INC
ma manned th thS'rr Gwen tJ1S
crime and tho rog.nn for il tho nnyt
step was tn tn,l t!i., man rns,onsihle
fur th~ condition of Tho victim, Th,
police hY.l NOT far 10 .cci. and tho
r~..~-nol.crs mad. ma nrrrrnre M n,vs-
tory in tlircrti1c thnir SrSnirinns The
girl had i'm, ono svro.hnar and she
mad. no Vonccalm"nt rf her affection
for Ejchrson.
In a weeks +i,no material evidence
t-- =
rIarcd that Eichesun had elcnbono
from her home max inp AN nnnoint-
mon, for Nv. nft,rnonn of 0ctnh,r "a
With SOMEONE -, TN. Young N.on1an's
Christian ,.~mrio,;on roo,ne pir,a.
sons IandE,a,. ,dr,ittrd hor ho.rdcr
had returned a hn~., Il, nor with ti1e
renark that she had hct,rr wosl, II
thnruuunlv AS IL Iind hcrn uscd to
mix paste which had contained moi
SON. Tho most damaging ovidenre
however. came from William Hahn
a ~ucgi of cwtn Centre and :,
friend nf Eichcsnn. Arcordinr ia
Hahn. I,ich.son ,ame 10 him folr
la%a before the I.innoll yir, die, and
In ,rht a cnnsidorahl. ,,,,,,ti,r .f
cvariic of ootnssium cxnla in,,r thai
he wanted il go kill a dog which wa
about to have u]upnies" ( Can,bridgs
confc~tioncr told of Richnsnn canning
to his store on tho afternoon Miss I'm.
nell died and nurchasing q nec,,liar
shaped lar of nrndv identical with :,