The daily sentinel., 1912-01-17
SPRINGS GIRL
ENGAGED To
R|CHES0N
Find Affidavit Made in 1911
ling of How Preacher Boz
ed Money From Hers ::
Springs AM ?
ed When Girl is FOunu
to be Missing.
SentlneI Snecial Serylce.

Sentinel Special Service.
Colorado Springs, Colo. Jan. IL
Among the papers in the office of a
Colorado Springs notary public is a
sworn affidavit by Miss Patsey Felts
OF Salt Lake. daughter of Kansas
City Baptist minister. that sheds more
light on the perfidy of the Rev. Clar-
ence V. T. Richeson, confessed MUIR
derer of his fiancee, Miss Avis Lin
nell OF Hyannis, Mass, who was also
engaged to Miss Violet Edmands at
the time that crime was committed.
The affidavit and circumstances
under which il was made indicate
that tbs handsome young man of the
cloth. who is under sentence of death,
lived ad ual life long before the light
of publicity penetrated his character.
The document also gives the lie di-
rect to published statements credited
to Miss Felts that she never was en-
gagged to Richeson.
A certified COPY of the affidavit
has been requested by the prosecut-
ing attorney at Boston for the pur-
pose, it Is believed here, of combat
ting any and all movements under
way or that may inaugurated. to
save the young minister from the
electric chair. The Boston authcri-
ties evidently wish to prove beyond
all question that Richeson always has
been trifler with young women and
that, instead of being insane he was
always a moral leper
Original Affidavit in Springs
The original affidavit of Miss Felts
which may do more than any one
thing outside of the murder of Miss
Linnell itself to send Richeson to his
death-is in the possession of r. p.
Lawton a well nown and respected
real estate and insurance man of Col
orado Springs The affidavit is in
the handwriting Of Miss Felts. and
her signature S sworn to. In addi-
tion to having the original document
in his possession. Mr. Lawton also
has a copy of the typewritten docu-
ment which was transcribed at Miss
Felts personal request
On February IS. 1910, Miss Felts
walked into Mr.. Lawton's office one
day and asked that a certain docu-
ment which she held in her hand be
transcribed on the typewriter She
wanted to swear to it she said Then
the circumstances recited in the fore
going took place.
Girl Refused to Satisfy His Curiosity
After Miss Felts swore to the affi-
davit. Lawton asked her its purpose.
but his curiosity was not rewarded.
81 Just want to show someone a
thing or two was her eyasiye reply.
Miss Felts' affidavit refers to GER
tain money transactions between her
self and Richeson dating as far back
as the fall of 1904 1t also states
that Miss Felts and Richeson became
engaged to be married on December
%, 1903, when Richeson was a stu
dent in William Jewell college at Lib
erty, Mo The affidavit also states
that these money transactions contin-
ued up to the time Miss Felts came
to Colorado Springs from Sheffield,
Mo-, in December. 1909.
II gives no record OF anything be-
tween them after that, and it is sup
posed the couple has some sort of
misunderstanding between the last
date mentioned in the affidavit-on
December s, 1909-and February Is,
1910. when Miss Felts appeared be-
fore the notary with request that
she be allowed to swear to the docu-
ment