The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-07

his intention to make cleaa breast of the crime. He plainly was under great mental stress and his condition was such that his counsel would not accept his suggestion. They urged him to think the matter over more calmly and left him. On Wednesday the attorneys again visited his cell and the confession made public today was written by the prisoner n spite of efforts of counsel to dissuade him, as they feared the mental strain had weakened his reasoning power. Rich eson insisted, however and prepared and signed the confession in the presence of lawyers without a tre- nor. As ne handed the document to his counsel, he exclaimed:
 "Thank God. have eased my con- science of that loadp
 A second copy of the confession was drawn up and signed by Richeson yesterday and this copy, date Jan. , was turned over to District Attorney Pelletier last yesterday A conference followed but whether it had any bear. ing on what is in store for RichesC.n was not made known Everything that seemed to hint at a compromise was discredited by the district attorney today.
 Mir. Pelletier informed Richeson's counsel that they should make the confession public and at one o'clock today in Mir. Morce's office the type wTivlen confession was handed to newspaper men.
 District Attorney Pelletier pointed out today that the confession is not plea of guilty to the indictment, al hough it is available as evidence in q trial and to jury 1t would mean only conviction.
 As first degree verdict is the worst outcome that the defense could ex- pect, astute lawyers tonight remarked that counsel would rarely permit a confession to go forth without hope of something less than the death penalty and 1t is the general beliei that some understanding must have preceded the giving out of the docu. ment.
 One possibility suggested is a plea of insanity. Still another course ma, be calling the jury and reading tho ccsfession which would be followed by formal verdict of guilty in the first degree.
 After that an effort could be made to obtain communication from the death sentence by executive action.
 The crime alleged against Richeson is the murder of Avis Linnell on the aight of October IA Miss Linnell a girl of 19, was native of Hyannis. where Richeson formerly preached, anu WdS SluugltiH dl tHC 4NC0 GhHttthh Conservatory of Music here.
 Miss Lnnell was found dying in a bath room in the Young Woman's Christian Association building where she lodged At first it was believed she had taken poison, but a day or two later it became generally known that she had taken cyanide of potas- sium in the belief that 1t would rem edy her embarrassing physical con dition.
 On the day following Miss Linnells death Richeson went to the home of Moses Grant Edmsads, father of Miss Violet Edmands to whom Richeson was to have been married October 31 last.
 It was reported to the police that the young pastor had been engaged to Miss LInnelI It also was q police theory that the minister was the per son to whom Miss Iinnelrs physical condition would cause the greatest worry.
 On the night of October 19 William Hahn. druggist at Newton Centre reported to the police that a few days before the death of Miss Linnell, Mir Richeson had purchased cyaanide o potassium from him. The next day Richeson was arrested at the Ed mands home in Brookline. The wed. ding invitations were recalled
 A special grand jury on octobei 31 returned an indictment againsi Richeson who pleaded not guilty HI trial was fixed for January Is.
 Later he resigned his pastorate,
 Richeson is about S5 years of ag' and was born at Rosehill, Va. Raved Over Girls Picture