The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-16

cIoch tnt ponce were a' 4.
%Itichcson was found in bed. He was
officers. Before leaving the house he
took in his arms Miss Violet Edmands.
who Was weeping historically. DO
not worry" he said. everything will
come out all right" The minister
came out Of the house in the m'irky
dawn. passing between two rows Of
police. newspaper men. and curious
neishhors n was taken to police
headquarters in Boston in Il taNicab
to be a~rrtiSncd.
The case was set for October 81 for
a hearing and Richeson was commit
ted to the Charles street Jail without
bail. Within a few days the wedding
invitations of the minister and Miss
Edmands. s'rmnaonins the guests to
the Edmands nome on october 81.
were recalled.
Before the d;lv of the hearing ar
rived II special session nf the grand
! jury was called and an indictment
charging murder in five counts Was
found. Itichcson Was taken into court
to plead to the charge of murder on
The day he was to have been mar
the case was set for January Is.
RichcSon had carly written to his
church asking hat Judgment be sua-
pended until after the grand jury sit
ting. On November ! he forward. i
his resignation. but the church on
November Is. after a stormy meeting.
refused to accept ii. Later a second
| letter of resignation was sent n &C.
ccptcd on November -,
The police had even at this time
!ir from n satisfactory case against
lNicheSon. The c%ontainer of tho poison
which Miss Linnell had taken could
nov be found IT was believed some
Wal or box might have been left i'm
the pocket of Miss Linnelrs bathrobc.
which had been buried with her. The
nodN VAS disint"rrcd in Hvannis on
october "a and brought to Boston for
Il pest mortem examination by fNc
prominent physicians. The cause OF
acatn was confirmed bat no additional
evidence was found.
Searched His Life.
Al tn" sam" time tho police hesnn
AN investigation into the life OF Rich, e.
son. Evcry Important act of - .
rom IN" dat" of his birth at So
mn, Va. 10 Years ago. r~.'' his adj
Nchf IN Cambridge was one into. It
was found that he went to school carl,
az Amherst Courthouse, Va. high
S'ho"'. fh"n went To Tarrollton. Mo.
10 work for r brother and attend n
local academy. Three wears later he
went to Liberty. Mo-. and entered Will
nam Jewell college to study for the
mlr'lsfrN. While n student he supplied
rillits in Kansas City. NO.: Stewards
Vile. Miss: FL Pnso. Tcv.. Louisville,
ky. n other places.
klcheson's lii. had not been an I'M
disturbed ono. it was learned. and
many tales We're related of his ~
Engagements with Young women. AZ
Liberty. Mo. while in William Jewnll
college. he had been engaged to the
daughter of q profess ar. THO youn-
Woman lent Richeson money to pursu,
MS studies and up to The time of his
coming to Hyannis believed sh"
to- he his wife. In the meantime she
developed tuberculosis. which still ne
csssitates her remaining in salt Lat,
City. Utah. The one bright ray of
light in Richeson's career appeared
to be that ne repaid the money loaned
nm as fast as possible. Tho final
amounts were sent from Hyannis
shortly before he came to Camhridge.
RicheSon was expelled from viii.
liam Jewell college for cheating in ex
aminations shortly after he had beer
ordained at tho First Baptist church
in st. Louis. For a time he worked
as Il conductor on the street cars OF
the latter city and was prominent in
a strike of street car men. his fiery
o%loqucnce making him a natural
leader.
While at Budd Park Baptist church
in Kansas City. Richeson became in
Nolved With Il widow. One Sunday she
appeared unexpectedly during the
church service. Richeson. upon SEQ
ing her. fell in Il faint. a brother of
the woman called at Richeson's rooms
and the young minister left town sud-
denly. a note to the deacons en-
planned that h.. had been driven away
by Jealous
At another church three youns
women interrupted the service on Sum
dar. Simultaneously rising each in
4uired of the minister if he intended
to carry out his promise to marry her
The sensation led the deacons of the
church to write for the pastors resis-
nation.
Richeson entered Newton theolosi-
cal e""'inary in the fall of 1906 and
graduated i'll 1909. Durir- his course
he earned money by corning in res
taurants and shoe stores. He was
called tn the Hyannis church in 1908
and remained there until June, 1910.
when he resigned to accept the pas
%torate in Cambridge. Rumors of his
interest in ONE while a preacher
in Massachusetts have beer current.
Miss Edmands. upon The arrest Of her
fiance. left Cambridge To escape pub
Lefty and. it is said, has been engaged
in charit" work.
Interest in the case vas intensified
ON December 30 when it became
known that Riclleson had, mutilatel
himself in his cell at the Charles
street Jail. Tho public apparently lost
all sympathy for the prisoner follow
ing his strange act. which was inter-
preted as A confession of guilt. At
Hyannis. tho homo of Avis Linnell.
the minister was hung in efisy, With
a placard on the dummy reading.
Guilty. Read Luke l7:3." In Bos-