The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
alo Ono Put In Claim for Body Up to 3 P. M.
 Today
9ev. Madison Q. Peters Sar- castically Refers to Form of Questions Put to Con- demned By Prison Chap lain.

Boston. May 21.-Unless friends of nev. Clarence V. T. Richeson inter vene and take charge of the body of the murderer of Avis LinneIl. who died In the electric chair at Charles town carly today, there ds strong urobabSEty that the state may have to arrange for the burial.
 Up to noon. today, the body of Clnronce V. T. Richeson lay on slab n fhe North Grove street morgue. un- claimed by his brother. Douglas. who kept . lonely vigil at his rooms in a local hotel during the final hours of the murderer of Avis Linnell and when the ex-pastor went to his death fn the electric chair at Charlestown Prison-
 Noon was the hour set for the autopey on the body by Medical Hznmlner McGrath who was one of fho phSsicfans representing the state at ths execution at 11:17. this morn 1n4- ,.
 Iusmediately after the autopsy. Douglas Richeson planned to claim hls brothers body and ship it to Qg1ehbwK. where it will be buried on fha sunny slopes of Virginia hills, 116Dde tAe exave of his mother.
 * Dr. 1[cGrath will make public the @ign1t of the autopsy
 Up to o'clock. this afternoon, 1[eo1oe1 Examiner McGrath had not ianaaDIsfed the autopsy on Richeson's h61S Ga tho North Grove street mor-
 ns- 1l4 announced that no claim <Sna been made fer tho Body at that lnA Q6n6las. Richeson. the dead.
 fS Mdlh her. 1ho vhs stopping At d I11l 1t6l uJSf1 laf6 lest n4Ght. *had: e11tn Tor tHs bdiy. At the
 1 <llf6z DouglRs 14ichsSefl was t1k51ja1g t &S6 cid he had left
 7lfH 1d5k 7f1y zl-s-Tlse solemnity nn1 n1Ck 16llGlons atmosphere that 6Iln11$ GuftUQnded the electrocu- H e E1hfenco v. T. Rtchesqn sure n 14(11161 even the most hardened .Qx{4 tha Mey- Herbert s. Johnson
 ,s 40 you ready to die for Jesus mnE H was the worst travesty on TT G6urch and religion that ever A8D = today declared Rev. Madison q feesrA. p.ster of Pilgrim consresa-
 a5u1t ouch naaudlin and sacrilegious 4k3nos lis6ust all sensible people with fho church and make them despise
 .:RisS1son did not die for Jesus o111a That is mockery- He did not even do for the sake of Avis Lin- 16aI Be aied to satisfy the demands of 1uGecoe because the state of Massa- Syhr6etts declared that he had to.
 ssDuch th1nGB only tend to glorify mnr0sr and attract sentiment to mur- d6tefs and if we persist in making Wo onnnot expect to check crime.
 ssof course, I believe that condemn Aa non Ghouad have spiritual adv1s- 0S and should have their chance for fepenfanee and am not saving that roDent of his sins,. but to ask if he wSs ready to die for Jesus sake is only disgusting."
 Boston, May 31-ty Rev. Madison g. Petsrs whom ..k kpow ,sa well' \ knew ess. iaSt question put to Mfr. Richeson as 10 vhether he was willing to live or fo tfe for Jesus sake, he would re- Donf of his folly in making such a 1tafememt and would ask pardon of Hod for speaking tnadvisedly concern. IF . matter which had the utmost 1uiportance to the spiritual state of IF Richeson's mind as he went in- fo eternity.'
 In this way. pr. Johnson, Richeson's npiritual adviser, answered the New York minister's criticism, Continuing he said:
 s.3ieheson, up to the last day, had -0poen unwilling to die. He was afraid f0 Ale and it was this fear which onowed he had not given his soul to hfk Maker It was this last unfin- 3lhed sentence of Richeson's cut ehort by death which made him die na a man should die. Without this 4eelinx that he could express before wftneSses with his last breath the rnct that he had brought himself in- fo m attitude where he was willing ao de as well as to live for Christ. nrfs Master. he could never have gone