The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
RicheSOn a Man Whose Behavior Had
PcrSistPutIy Excited DiStruSt.

The career OF the prca cher wIp hrS
,aure~s"a 20 ~. poisoning Of Avs lLuu"t
contained episodes that had secured ;r"
hlm n" di-irust. suspicion or pu- 1--WE
silk" Of peopl" that knew u.m well.
He cheated IN Collrg" eHamInati ions Hls
manner with women was cons ,d":"i
decidedly unhecoming on tn" par. ot
a 'nluIste or of the Gospel He was accused
o. ooncealIng sporting prorlivItl"s under
a ministers habit
With such stories following him Eiche-
son went 10 oNassaChuscttsnnd entered the
Newton Th"nloglcil Seminary for post
gradual" corIrs" in tn" Old Testament
II rl- while h" was a student there that
ne met Avis I.iunell. tn" pretty daughter
# Eigrr Lrn"il, contractor e liyauuis
49," preacher was tall handsome and of
-IuElnL p"r~Oualrv Miss linnell's
friends found ont very quickly that she
Wa. IN love with RichesOu. ~ 1863.
th-u he was graduated from he thco-
Iogicdl seminary. II was common talk
that Richeson and Miss l.inncll were en-
gagged There was NO formal announce
tucut but Miss Lnnel was wearing an
enEa cement ring and her girl acquaint-
auces We're told that II was tn" token of
h"r h"trothpl to Richesou.
Mrcr leaving the seminary the young
preacher accepted a call t. the pulpit
pf tn" Hyannis Baptisr Church II was
about this time that the rImor was cir
c'Illl"d that the engagement between
RiCheSpn and Miss linn"ll had been
broken. The story was prompted III part
10y the preachers attentions TO Miss
I hI,Iat T. lflDn..phS tItn "A nt.r ,y N,la-
Grant tdmands a wealthy resident Of the
Chestnut Hill section of Brookline. Mass
IN June. 1910. Richeson CAV" up the
pastoral" Of the HyanniS church T. he
come pastor "E the Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Cambridge Mass.
After Richeson left Hya nnis Miss
{ llnnrl went to Boston to study vocal
and piano music at the New England
Conservatory.
/ In the summer Of 1911 Miss Linnal re-
turned to her home in Hyannis, and Richie
son took a vacation, part of which was
/ spent at Moses Grant Edmands' r summer
| home in company with Miss Violet Ed
| mandS He returned to cambridge in
| Sept cmber and resumed his pul lpit duties
| Miss Innell resumed her studies M the
! G observatory Richeson began to call
on her again and often took her to lunch
, ih" last time he was seen with her was
AZ lNlltll Dn NV 'ldN Sllt tllfl III tNHlllut
poisoning in her room al the Young
WOm"n'~ Christian Association. That
was on October II, 1911
ON that evening Miss Linnell seemed
Ia be- IN a happy frame of mind She
had supper early and retired at once to
her room Her friends heard sounds
later tina, caused them 10 force the door
Miss Linnell was found unconscious in a
chair with her feet and ankles immersed
IN hot water Miss Julia &. Patterson.
superintendent OF the Young Women =
Christian Association. summoned DIR
Mary Hobart, who after IA glance az the
unconscious girl said
Where is her ianCG; Get him here
at once This il tina place for him
Dr Hobart called for an ambulance
from the City Hospital but before it
arrived Miss Iinnel was dead Miss lnez
Hanscomb finally got the Rev Mr. Richie
son on the phone
This is Miss Hanscomb, she said. at