Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-17

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NcWbrr O, after a stormy meeting ge-
fused a. accept a. Later second let
tor of resignation Was sent ana ae-
copied on November -.
Tho police had even an MI. time TAR
ffom satisfactory case against Rich
cson. Tho cuutaIurr of the poison
which Miss Llunrll had taken could
not Doe found n rs believed some Wal
or boz might have been lrft IN the
pocket of Miss lluur'IF haihrohr,
which had been buried with hor The
body was disintnrred iu lAaupis On
October q ana brought to Boston
Tor post mortrm examination hy
five prominent phWlriuut The cause
of death was confirmed hut no nddl-
tlnnal evidence was found.
Al the same time the police began
nn investigation into thr 'ile of ". D.
cson. Every important a.t ~ his IRE
from the date of hls birth nt Rose
I'M, Va 3a years ago uuul nus adj
vent in Cambridge Was gone into, u
was found that no went Goo school early
Ht Amherst Courthouse, Aaa hirh
school then wont tu ClrroIlton Mo"
90 work for 20 brother ana attend "a
local academy Three Nenrs later hC
went 10 Liberty Mo. and entered
William jewell College to study for
the ministry While student he
supplied pIlpls IN Kansas CITY, Mo-
StrWdrisIllc. Miss; 30 Paso, TcN.;
Louisville. Ky, ana other places
Hirhosoua lifc had not been an
uudl-turhrd our II was learned, and
many tales were rotated of his en-
tang Icmrnts with young society Wom-
en- AT Liberty Mo- while I'm VIII
Liam Jewell college, he had been en-
gagged 10 the daughter of professor
Tho young woman lent Richoaon
money o. pursue his studios and up
90 tho time ut his coming To Hyannis
believed she Was TO Doc his wife in the
meantime she developed tuberculosis,
which stlll ueccssitatcs her remaining
in Salt Lake City ltah. The one
bright ray of Aght in ltichcson's ca
rrcr appeared 10 be- that he repaid
the money loaned him AS fast as pos
siblc. The final amounts were sent
from Ilyannis shortly before he came
to Cambridge,
Rlchcsou was expelled from william
Jewell college for cheating In eNaml-
nations shortly after hr had been or
daIncd at the First Baptist church in
st. Louis For tinc he worked as
a conductor ON street car Of the lat
ter city and was prominent in II strike
of street car men, his fiery eloquence
making him a natural leader
While at Bud Park Baptist church
In Kansas city RichesOn became in
volved with widow one sunday
she appeared unexpectedly during tho
church service. Richcson, upon see
ing her fell in faint. brother Cf
the woman called at Rlcheson's room
and tho young minister left town sud-
denly A note to the deacons eX-
planned that he had been driven away
by jealous women,
At another church three young Wo-
men interrupted the service one sun
day. simultaneously rising each in
quired Of the minister II he intended
to carry out his promise to marry
her. The sensation led the deacons of
the church to write for the pastors
resignation.
Richeson entered Newton Theologi-
cal Seminary in the fall Of 1906 and
graduated in 1909. During his course
he earned money by working In res
taurauts and shoe stores He was
called to the Hyannis church in 1909
and remained there until June, 1910,
when he resigned to accept the
pastorate Of the Emmanuel Baptist
church I'm Cambridge. Kumors OF his
interest in women while preacher
in Massachusetts have been current.
Miss Edmands, upon the arrest Of her
nance left Cambridge to escape the
publicity and it is said, has engaged
in charity.
Interest in the case was intensified
on December 20 when 1t became
known that Richeson had mutilated
| himself in his cell at the Charles
street Jail Tie public apparently lost
an sympathy for the prisoner follow
ing his strange act which was inter
preted as a confession of guilt. At
! Hyanns, the home Of Avis Linnell
| the minister was hung in effigy, with
| a placard on the dummy reading;
! Guilty. Read Luke 17:2." In Boston
a conference of Baptist ministers was
called and Richeson was formally de-
prived of his title Of Reverend.
Richeson confessed his guilt In a
statement written by himself on Jan
uary and given out by his counsel
on January 6. The confession was ad
dressed to his counsel and read:
Deeply penitcnt before my sins,
and earnestly desiring as far as IN my
power, lies, to make atonement, /
hereby confess that | am guilty of the
offense of which l stand Indicted. |
am moved to this course by no induce
ment Of self benefit or leniency. Helm
Gus as is my crime, God has not Who'll |
ly abandoned me, and my conscience
and manhood, however depravcd and
blighted, will not admit of my still
further fronting a public trial, her
whose pure young life | have estray-
ed.
Under the lashlngs Of remorse
have suffered and am suffering the
tortures of the damned. In this ]
/ find tr pApnfprt In N