The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-20
Wishes to go to His Death
as Soon as Possible
He Declares.
WILL PROBABLY MEET HIS
FATE SOMETIME TONIGHT
Body Will he Taken to Virginia to he
Buried Beside His Mothcr-WIl be
Accompanied by his Spiritual Adj
wiser and His Counsel.

Boston. May 20.-The desire that
his execution might come speedily.
apparently was the dominating
thought in the mind of Clarence
Richeson as he rose from his prison
bed today. The young Virginian.
who shortly after midnight tonight
will probably pay the penalty for the
murder of Avis Linnell. has become
reconciled to his fate.
Il will be ready when you want me
warden" he said to General Burgess.
DO not worry" he added. II shall
not break down."
Following the execution. the medi-
cal examiner of the county, DIR. G. B.
NfcGrath. will perform an autopsy in
Richeson's family sent word they
would not allow it. Rev. Herbert s..
johnson. Richeson's spiritual adviser.
and Counsel w. A.. Morse will prob.
ably accompany the body to Virginia,
where it will be buried beside that
of his mother at Amherst Court
House.
Il have made my peace with God;
am resigned to my fate. ] wish
no VITO go to my death as soon as
These words We're spoken by Clar-
ence v. T. Richeson. former Baptist
minister and confessed slayer of Avis
Linnell to the Rev. Herbert s. John
son. his spiritual adviser. today.
There is reason to believe that
Richeson will go to his death in the
electric chair shortly after midnight
tonight.
Reclining on a cot in his death CELL
To NJ
Johnson and the prison chaplain. the
Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins. II do not
want to sleep. 1 have so little time
to live and so much I want to say
that must talk, talk" he said.
Part of the conversation was of
meditative and religious nature and
part was reminiscent. The prisoner
reviewed countless incidents of his
boyhood in Virginia and of his COL
lege days at Liberty. Mo.
When the hour of execution ar
rives. Mr.. Johnson. as his spiritual
adviser will precede him in the short
walk to the electric chair. Three
physicians, the prison doctor. the
county medical examiner and the
surgeon general of the common
wealth will attend as the legal wit
nesses. The prison chaplain, also is
entitled to attend.
witnesses designated by the warden
An appeal having been made to Gov
ernor Foss by press associations for
representation, the warden decided
to accde to the wishes of the gov
ernor and will probably name as the
three other witnesses, representatives
OF three press associations. Late
yesterday it was learned that Richie
SON had requested that his counsel,
William A. Morse, be present, but
the warden was compelled to deny
the request as all the witnesses per-
miteed by law had been arranged for.
Surgeons and medical societies,
eager to gain some knowledge from
the post mortem examination of the
unusual subject. have applied for the
brain and spinal cord of the victim
Of the death chair, but these will all
be refused.
Richeson was deeply pleased when
told today that his father had prom
ised that his body should lie beside
that of his mother in the family lot
in Virginia.
Between Chaplain Stebbens and the
Rev. Mr.. Johnson, Richeson has not
been without religious adviser at
any time since he received on Friday
the announcement that there was no
hope of his escaping the electric
chair. Today Mr.. johnson and Riche-
son had a long and earnest talk on
religious matters. When asked what
passage of the bible pleased him most
Richeson recited the twenty-third
psalm.
After reciting the PSALM" said Mr..
Johnson. "Richeson gave most
beautiful exposition Of it. applying