Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-21

City, Utah. His resignation followed
and he accepted a call to the Imman-
uel Baptist church of Cambridge.
The invitations to the wedding OF
Richeson and Miss Edmands were
sent out the afternoon of Saturday.
October IA. That same afternoon
Richeson dined with Avis Linnell at
little restaurant in the Back Bay.
While there the girl appeared de-
pressed. At times tears rolled down
her cheeks. When she returned to her
lodging place, however, she seemed
cheerful, although quickly excusing
herself and hurrying away to her
room.
Groans were heard coming from a
bathroom of the association quarters
shortely after o'clock that evening.
The door was broken in and Miss Lin.
nell was found partially unconscious
and apparently in great agony. Halt
an hour later she died without recov-
ering consciousness.
Richeson was arrested for the crime
on October 10 and the case was set
for October 81 for a hearing, and
Richeson was committed to the
Charles street Jail without bail. With
In a few days the wedding invitations
of the minister and Miss Edmands,
summoning the guests to the Edmands
home on October 81, were recalled.
The grand jury was called and he
was indicted for murder on five
counts.
Interest in the case was intensified
on December 20 when 1t became
known that Richeson had mutilated
himself in his cell at the Charles
street Jail. The public apparently lost
all sympathy for the prisoner follow
| ing his strange act, which was in
terpreted as a confession OF guilt AT
Hyannis, the home of Avis Linnell,
the minister was hung in effigy, with
placard on the dummy reading:
"Guilty. Read Luke 17:2." In Boston
conference of Baptist ministers was
called and Richeson was formally de.
prived of his title of reverend.
Richeson confessed his guilt in a
statement written by himself on Jan.
uary and given out by his counsel
| on January 6. The confession was
addressed to his counsel and read;
deeply penitent before my sins
and earnestly desiring as far as in
my power lies, to make atonement,
here confess that / am guilty Of the
offense of which l stand indicted.
am moved to this course by no induce.
ment of self benefit of leniency. Helm.
Gus as is my crime, God has not wholly
abandoned me-. and my conscience and
manhood, however, depraved and
-blighted, will. not admit Of my still
further wronging by public trial her
whose pure young life l have, de-
stroyed. ...
Under the lashings of remorse l
have suffered and am suffering the
tortures of the damned. In this find
measure of comfort. In my mental
anguish recognize there is STILL by
the mercy of the Master SOME rem
nant of the divine spark ofTgoodness
still lingering with me. | could wish
to live only because within some pris-
ons walls ! might. in some small
measure, redeem my sinful past, help
some despairing soul, and at last find
favor with my God
you are instructed to deliver this
to the district attorney or to the Judge
of the court. Sincerely yours,
Clarence V. T. Richeson."
Richeson was taken into court on
January 8, pleaded guilty of the muir.
der of Avis Linnell and was sentenced
TO be electrocuted at the Charlestown
state prison in the week beginning