Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-08
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der the sheriff 70 produce him at the
regular sentencing hour, p. m After
he regular docket has been disposed
4. a matter of d few minutes, RICHIE
son's case viii be called and either he
2 his counsel viii ask TO be allowed to
hanEe his plea.
Court May or May Not Accept New
Plea.
Judge Sanderscn was interviewed to-
6ay as to what action would probably
follow. but refused to make any pre-
election OF comment upon the case in
any way. Neither would District At
torney Pelletier add to his statements
q Yesterday. while the three lawyers
FOR the defense. William A. Morse and
Philip r. Dunbar OF Boston and John
!. Lee OF Lynchburg, Va, were also
retieent Il lies wholly with the court
20 accent or reject the expected plea
81 the suggestion OF the district attor-
ney. and the decision is awaited with
much interest
Attorney Lee Still in Boston.
Attorney Lee, who returned tonight
70 his hotel after spending the day in
New HsBpshire. said that BiCheson
would be brought into court tomorrow
but beyond that he could predict moth
ing There viii be a conference TO-
morrow between the district attorney,
NJ. Morse and myself he added.
Asked about the probability Of
motion FOR a lunaCy commission. Mr..
Lee said; Honestly, / don't know.
Probably Jury May Be Drawn
II the plea Of guilty is accepted,
sentence may be imposed Immediately
or Eicheson may be remandcd TO jail
80 await sentence later. Or both court
and district attorney may refuse TO ac-
Ccpt tho change OF plea and may send
the prisoner back TO jail 10 await trial
g week rom tomorrow In that case
regular jury viii be drawn from the
800 names OF the panel and after the
hox is full and the district attorney
makes d brief opening the confession
WI Be read Whether any more evil
Geuce will'be produced does not as yet
appear. but IN the ordinary course OF
vents the jury would then he asked
10 render a verdict OF murder in the
trst degree. after which Richeson
would be- sentenced 20 death. Such
procedure would fulfill the prediction
~ the district attorney that Richeson
would surely be tried Jan. 10.
Plea Can Be Accepted Without Jury.
il has been pointed out however,
tnat q case well known in Msssachu-
Ectts legal annals permitted the &C
Septance Of a confession as plea Of
guilty without the assistance OF a jury.
Richeson learned today from the papers
that his confession was known
throughout the land. but while he read
the various accounts he made no
comment upon them. He passed
ruiet dsy. FOR ever his counsel did not
visit him
Not Mentioned at Emmanuel Church.
While the confession was known to-
ray 90 every member OF the Emmanuel
baptist church IN Cambridge, over
which he was presiding as pastor when
arrested, il received no mention in any
AZ the services. Mr. Richeson's resig-
nation as pastor was accepted several
weeks sgo. although his statement that
BE was then strong in the thought Of
Innocence" caused many Of his
Ftauuchest supporters at that time to
vote against acceptance.
Confession 70 His Counsel.
Richsson's confession. as made pub
lic yesterday. was hare OF detail. 1t is
understood. however, that he enlarged
on u in conversation. and possibly in
writing TO his counsel and that the dis
trict attorney is now IN possession Of
most OF the Information which has
come % the defense While no person
can be quoted as responsible for it,, the
statement Is made on high authority
hat Richesep' ampiihed confession 20
his counsel was On the following lines
Made Deadly Capsule Himself.
After purchssins "a quantity Of eva
ride lf potassium trem William Hahn,
Newton Center druggist. On Oct 10,
the minister took the poison to his
rooms iu Cambridge. A few days later
h- borrowed rom Mrs. Frank H. Car
tlr iu whose home he was 4 lodger,
aL llrtlenWarc mixing bowl ''to make
come book PASTE Returning the bowl
90 1frs. Carter an hour or two later.
ie warned her TO be sure and wash II
alt Thoroughly. saving. Il have been
missing poison il DO" II was In this
bowl and at this time. il is said that
fne minis -r by mixing the cyani 7e Of
potassium With flour and water made
che .-lsl-c which Ultimately caused
'iiss Liuneils death. This was Thurs
clT oct. -.
Gave Fer Capsule in the Fsnwsy.
On saturday. oct. H. Richeson met
lis cle-Lme laucec. VINO stiil believed
herself lls Intended wife in front OF
me E9-l. Iourzine, by appointment
o-loFluE their custom, the couple
N-ikea fsr sAoTt time ana then went
into nOJ-zton street cafe. Here they
had lI1-nE4n. after which they took
another WALL this time 20 the conway
10 ives willie seated On "a secluded be1cf
ar tie park AFTER Tho Girl had q. 'ir
tcil OF E-r worry over her physica
cuncitinn, saying she feared il was be-
coming apparent to her friends. auC
Ea1 once more eu treated him 10 pro.
cure some remedy for her. that tn,
minister is said 10 have handed tn,
sri tue capsule, declaring that it wa.
b D 4
ir The manner desired. He directed
l.cr ~ 10 The manner OF taking IL anC
then the pair walked to the car line
Miss LlnnaI vent to her room in tn,
Young Woman's Christian association
house. while kicneson boarded o troll
lfy car for Brookiine, going 10 til,
home Of Miss Violet Edmauds. Id,