The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-05
R|CHESONS HANCEE
WANTED AS WITNESS
Prosecutor viii Ask EXtradi-
ton If Mis-, EdmandS l.
Found Outside State.
OFFENCE TO ASK DELAY
Pastors Attorneys Say He Is Not
in Condition for Trial-State'S
Plans for the Hearing.

Bosro, Jan. At developed to-day
that vide search is being made by the
county authorities for Miss Violet Ed
mands, the wealthy young Brookline
woman who was to have married on
October 81 the Rev. Clarence V. +. Richie
son. now accused Of the murder Of Miss
Avis linnell
If her whereabouts can be- learned
the District Attorney proposes 10 extra
dte her if in another State as witness
What Mr.. P"lctier desires to learn from
Miss fdmand- is exactly what Richeson
told her about Miss l.innell and also
what he had to say to her during the
five ev enings and four days that he was
at her house prior to his arrest, when
the newspapers were crowded with stories
about his career.
II became known to-day that the prose-
cution Has summoned Miss Rose Edmands.
n sister of Violet. as witness. Miss
Rose lives with her parents in Brookline
and was there during the week that Richie
son sought secluSion in the house previous
to his arrest,
The prose c'ition i also seeking a ste
nographer who is said to have taken in
~ a''i'' ''l' N'iIilpll ny lt'H-
eson the day after Avis Linnell was muir
dered. He is reported to have made some
mention of the death of a young woman.
and the District Attorney wants to get
the exact language if possible. Mr..
Pelleticr issued the following statement
n regard to the case this afternoon:
The RichesOn case will he tried on the
fourth floor. Three court rooms and the
adjoining rooms and corridors have been
set aside for this trial.
Chief Justice Aiken. with his usual
soiCitude for the comfort of others. has
thus made it possible for witnesses to
have every comfort.
The assigned space will be entirely
for witnesses and those engaged in the
case, and not for the public.
The entire space within the bar en-.
closure will he occupied exclusively by
counsel for the defendant and Common
wealth and their assistants,
"The court will sit in the court room
nearest the rotunda; the present first
session will he used for witnesses and the
fifth session for stenographers,
The public will be admitted from the
rotunda only as seats are vacated in the
court l'b'Ill VIII I'l ItltD
the corridor leading from the rotunda
past the court rooms.
The witnesses for the Government
have already been summoned and will
report to Capts. Armstrong and Mc(iarr
on January Is before going to the court
! room.
The District Attorney is using every
effort to locate Miss Violet Edmand- who
l,,, 4 fro,
nut Hill for some weeks, He is confident
that she will be found. and if in an dioin-
ing State he will ask for her extradition
as "A witness He does not believe that
she is in Lakewood, but has some evi-
dcnce that she is in or near New York
city
When asked about the possibility Of
Miss Violet appearing as witness. lawyer
william A. Morse said: $50 far as know
don't see why Miss Edmands should
hide from the Government or anybody
else. Will the defence introduce her as
"A witness? Well that IL something we
! shall have to consider later"
There is "A well founded impression that
if the defence has its way Miss Edmands
will not figure at the trial AS a witness
or spectator. Should she he called by
the defence she could he used also az a
witness by the prosecution.
This afternooneR eRichesons lawyers de-
ClaNd that unless Richeson improv es
materially between now and the i2th of
! the month they will petition the court
with view of having physician appoint.
ed to examine the prisoner and decide
whether he is able to stand trial on the
date set.
MIR, Richeson is very weak" said Mr..
Morse, IF he does not improve we will
take action on the 18th of the month
to have the trial delayed"
Information has been received in Boston
to the effect that the Rev. Archibald A,
Mason of the Baptist Church ct Passump-
sic. VI, has been committed to the State
Hospital for the Insane at Waterbury
w., as result of mental trouble produced
hy the case of Richeson Mr. Mason
formerly WAS pastor Of Emmanuel Baptist
Church at Cambridge, of which Richeson
was pastor at the time of his arrest
and it il supposed that worry over the
ene't or the cas-" upon the fortunes of the
church led to mental deran2ement
meeting of the Superior Court Jud ges
TINS afternoon gave rise to the erroneous
report that they had been convened tc
discuss the Richeson case.