The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
CELL III. DEATH HOUSE.

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story OF her condence in the man who
had received her into the church.
So much for the clue afforded by tn G
clean clothes. Events were fast be-
| coming intolerable for the Rev Mr..
! Richcson. He fled from his lodgings
| III Cambridge. lie went direct To the
homo OF his prospective father law,
Moses Grant Edmands. OF Brookline
! Mr.. Edmands lives in the Chestnut
| liill section of Brookli.ie, not a great
distance from the horuc of the late
| Mrs. Eddy. a section of Boston's rich
est suburb. containing residences sit
rated deep within wooded estates. and
| altogether an ideal spot for seclusion
Richeson with Il fine counterfeit OF
candor told Mr.. Edmands that he was
being bounded by Tho newspapers
! merely because he had known n girl
who unfortunately had just committed
| suicide. He said the reporters were
dragging his name into the case: that
they knew of his approaching mar
| riaSc. and that they were attempting
| TO involve the Edmands family in the
sensation. MIR. Edmands at once Of
fcred the preacher. already IA fugitive,
Il haven in his own home. Thus IT hap
| Fcned that when it had been determine
ed to arrest Richcson he was taken
| from under the roof which sheltered
his iiancee. Under circumstances,
which by the way, may he easily I'M
derstood. when the actual arrest was
finally made, MIR. f.dmands accom-
panied Richeson to the all lie visit
ed the accused man several times pend
| ing arraiSnment, a fact which was re-
sponsiblc for Il widely circulated re-
| port that the belief of the Edmands
| family in the innocence Of Richeson
was such that no part Of the Edman ds
! wealth and influence would he spared
i'll supplying the best legal authority
to defend him.
However, as inc case wore on and
the circumstantial evidence began to
pile up againsf the accused Mr.. Ed
'nands's visits grew less frequent. and
II finally ceased entirely.
The actual arrest of Rcheson was
accomplished by / "a, smbarra=siments
The evidence against him was purely
circuinstantal: no one hid appea red
) to demand formally IL warrant foe his
arrest, the accused man was not a
fugitive in such strict sense thrt he
; could be taken on suspicion. and
l further. H. was under the protect 10 n
of Il resident of Norfolk county, out
side the city of Boston and the juris
: diciion ~ the SUFFOLK county authori
; ties.
House ls Surrounded.
: Efforts of :..e Boston police 10 inter
view Richeson in tho r,dmands home
were unavalling. No attention Vas
paid to calls over the telephone. and
no ono was admitted TO the house. ]:
was then that Chief Watts. oc Boston.
decided upon "a course unofficial but
effective. Driving out to Brookline
one biting cold midnight he threw a
solid wall of bluecoated men Ground
the Edmands home. When the house
hold awoke the next morning the cnl,'
thing visible from any wind ~ in tho
building was a policeman The .an-
sion began 10 tell ANA at tho instance
TOT Mr.. Edmands. Rich .soA sent for :rc
chief and announced thar he was quite
willing to surrender himself. mas
much as alt this excitement was bcir Z
caused. and that had he known in the
first place that such sensation was
to ne made over nothing he woult
have surrendered at once.
IT was with this defiant ncnner that
Eioheson allowed himself ~ he taker
TO prison, and few d.: IS later en..It d
his plea OF not guilty Ipor arraign-
ment.
1t is a question. according to The
Boston lawyers who havs followed the
case that had Rich sons remarkable
nerve. which asserted ts.if for the
FIRST two weeks after beng taken intc
custody. only stuck 10 him, whether
the Commonwealth could nave wp1
conviction Tho hest legal dcfensj
availab,s was engaged for the accuse.