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The Washington times., 1912-06-22

cI.as To Baltimore and Return Satur"
days and Sundays via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Tickets good to return until
q. m. Monday. All regular trains except
the CONGRESSIONAL Limited."-Advt
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RICHESON NOT INSANE, ONLY
SHREWD CRIMINAL FTEND
So Says the Famous Aienist Dr. Macdonald the
Preachers Confession Merely Cunning Avoid
Death in the Electric Chair

the lashings OF his conscience. but /.
! ms last desperate resort to escape the
electric chair.
"Richeson, so far as I can Judge by
his acts, characteristics and history
published in the press, is Of the type
that has two powerful motives which
at all times inspire and direct his
every act-the desire to live as lone
as possible, and the impulse TO satisfy
his own desires and appetites. This
is supreme selishness.
His mind, naturally a keen one
has been trained by his study for the
ministry, and his work as a pastor
afterward, to a high capacity for fine
discrimination between right and
wrong.
He did not wrong Avis Linneu i'm
pulsively, but deliberately. He did
not WOO the Edmands girl through
sudden impulse. but through a motive
and after a well deliberated plan.
This was cupidity, i'm the first instance.
at least.
He did not Stay the Linneu girl
through sudden impulse. but as a part
of well-laid plan. He did not mutt
late himself through a frenzy, but
with the intention Oi creating the
foundation for n defense which would
save him from the chair.
He did not write the confession
made public Saturday under a sudden
impulse. The confession shows calcu-
i"NiNIl' me QellDefatlOn, and its
position indicates an effort to produce
the best impression. Cleverly il as
Serts that ItichesOn has no hope Of saw
ing himself through it, vet IL was
written Tor no other purpose than that
If Richeson had been outside a cell
instead of behind bars; If he had faced
a future with the heiress, rather than
almost sure exposure and punishment
ne would never have confessed, and his
lashingS OF conscience would never
nave manifested themselves.
Yes, my opinion is that Richeson is
more guilty than the ordinary man
would be under the same circum-
stances, for he is capable Of a fine dis
crlnlnaton, possessed of a keen mind
ana his training should have taken
hlm from the farthest mental point
from such crime. Hence he realized
at all times more keenly than the ordi-
nary man the enormity of his acts
The one driving thing, the one
great impulse in the case of Richeson.
was his egotism. He could not resist
himself. What he desired he must
nave. He got what he desired He
TOOK II as a wolf takes his prev. He
denied himself nothing. He had no
While the man. of course. suffers
somewhat from remorse, that rcmorse
is the snowy kind and Of doubtful sin
cerltX- lie expects people TO pity him
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NEW YORK, Special. DR.. Carlos F
Macdonald, one of the foremost alien
lists of the land and a man who has
figured in connection with the trial
Of several notorious criminals is 81
the opinion that the Rev. Clarence V
T. Richeson is undoubtedly sane. He
thinks, too, that Richeson's confession
was made solely for the cunning pur-
pose of saving the prisoners life
In a statement just given out Dr.
Macdonald says:
1T has ever been ME, ME, ME, with
that man RichesOn. l have Just read
his confession, and from il draw the
conclusion that it is as insincere as
have been all his actions. l consider
the man sane, hut a cunning fiend.
whose present purpose is to save his
lie, despite his prOteStatiOns TO NE
contrary. If RichesOn had not been
found out in his hideOus crime l be-
lieve he would be leading a prayer
meeting somewhere tonight, with a
long solemn face. He is that sort of
a man. and deserves no pity"
DR.. Macdonald, who was called to
Bunalo to pass upon the mental states
of CzolgosZ, McKinleys slayer; Nyhu
was medical counsel to the district at
torney during the Thaw trial, and is
ogy and mental diseases. has made a
study of the RichesOn case from the
published reports and history of the
man While he has never seen the
selt-confessed minister-Slayer, nc bases
his deductions and opinions on the
chief characteristics and acts of AVIS
Linnells slayer.
In his opinion, given December 2Ist.
following Richeson's act of self-muti-
lation, DR.. Macdonald said Richeson
was not insane at that time nor, in his
opinion, at the time he poisoned the
girl The alienist further said Richie
son was not a man to be actuated bv
a high sense Of duty, but, on the cor
trary. his motives were the satisfac-
ton of desire and the preservation OF
his life and reputation.
In his interview. DIR. Macdonald
said:
The confession of Richeson proves
that my first deductions were correct.
He is not insane, but quite to the
contrary, is a man of keen. calcu-
latinS mentality, of high reasoning
power, and, in my opinion, is and has
always been perfectly deliberate in
his acts.
His confession was not forced by
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
SCHOLAR, TRAMPING IN
COLD, is FOUND DYING

NEW YORK Special-Exposure
to the cold through tramping the
streets lily clad caused a remarkable
character to be taken to Bellevue
Hospital in dying condition Sunday
night
The man is John Peterson, sixty
p eight years old, who had a room at
the Mills Hotel, No. 1, at 16S Blocker
Street. He was semi-conscious, and
only after great difficulty managed to
whisper his name and to say that he
was an author and a friend of Pro-
lessor Allen Marquand, Of Princeton
University.
In an interview over the long dis
lance telephone Professor Marquand
said he knew Peterson very well and
that his claims to authorship are well
founded.
Many years ago, Professor Mar
Quand said, the man was working in
a tack factory in a New England
town. He wrote several letters to the
late Professor William James, of Har-
ward, telling of his studies in phil
osophy and asking Professor James
to suggest a course of reading His
letter so interested the famous scholar
that he sent for the man and for a
long time he directed Peterson's
studies, although the factory worker
did not become a regularly entered
student at Harvard.
Peterson also won the friendship
and regard for his intellectual abili-
ties OF President Gilman, Of Johns
Hopkins University; Richard Watson
Glider and Professor MarQuand as
we'll. These men contributed Jointly
for a long time for his support He
wrote many articles on philosophy |
and contributed frequently to the |
Critic, the philosophical Journal and |
the Nation. In the last few years Pro-
fcssor Marquand had practically sup
oo7fo6 Peterson alone.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Miss Bryan to Wed

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA.-Special
Mrs John Milton Bryan, of DANA,
fla.' announces the engagement of
her daughter, Margaret Hawthorne
TO Mr.. Robert Marshall Price, a grad
uate of the law school of the Uni
versity of Virginia, and for four years
connected with the administrative life
OF the University. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Robert Price, of
Harrisonburg, Va.
Miss Bryan is a member of a fam
lily prominent for several generations
in the history of her State Her faith
er, the late Hon. John Milton Bryan
enjoyed the unique distinction of
sending two sons to represent their
State in the United States Senate
the late Senator William James BRYAN
and the present Junior Senator from
FIorida, Hon. Nathan 2. BRYAN
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
House of Editors srrge1

-, CHEHE NNE, -Special.-Wil-
nam =. Deming, editor of the Wvo-
nIhe trloune, sent the following tele-
gram to President Taft MONDAY nis,bt.
me greatest world problem TODAY
is the prevention Of war. The masses
are with you in your efforts to bring
9oout arbitration OF all international
oiHerences, but public sentiment needs
10 be crystallized into effective form.
resident Roosevelt's house of gov
ernorS was a unique and worthy move
heht- YOU can go the eX-President
one better by assembling the men who
make the sentiment that makes and
unmakes governors.
L hope you will call a meeting of
tne Representatives of the press of
the nation, to be held in Washington
AT an early date, to discuss the uues-
tlon OF world peace and how to OBJ
tam 1T. Arbitration Of all differences
oetween capital and labor should oc-
cupy an important place on the nro-
gram"
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THOUGHT She WAS
RICHESON'S Wife

BOSTON, MASS, Special avis
Llnnell, before her God, believed she
was the lawful wife of the Rev. Clar-
ence V. T. Richeson."
rms is the statement of an assist
ant district attorney attached to Dis
ulct Attorney Pelletier's office, ac-
cording to the Boston Herald.
When the body of the little Hyannis
music student was eXhumed that the
government might secure further evil
dence against the clergyman there
was found a wedding ring on the
hand.
There is no doubt in my mind that
Klcheson performed some weird cere-
mony and made the child believe she
was welded to him." said this Off
cial. She was a beautiful girl Of
she was his wife. And before God
she was. She was as innocent as any
girl that ever lived"
While their client under sentence
or death during the week beginning
May 18th, for the murder of Avis
I1nnell, lies on his cot In the Charles
street Jail on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. attorneys for the Rev.
Clarence " 7. Richeson are planning
their fight TO save him from the cleo
trio chair.
After preserving a steadfast de-
the sentence of death, Richeson was
taken back to his cell There. re-
heVed perhaps at the ending of the
long suspense, he ordered a hearty
meal, the first for weeks His meal
precipitated an attack of Indigestion
The nerves. so long strung taut by
suspense. were shattered, and his
guards found Richeson writhing in
agony in his cell
Richeson's senior counsel, Attorney
John l.. Lee, will leave tonight for
his home in Virginia. On his return
in three weeks the real fight to free
the minister will commence
1t will be the most bitter fight in
the criminal history of New England.
Scores already have stated their atti-
tude on the question of committing
the pastors sentence to life imprison-
ment. Some take one side; some an
other.
The execution. even of a muir
derer, is crime. Let him expiate
his sins by a life in prison." is the
opinion of many.
All New England is taking a per-
sonal interest in the fate of the young
minister.
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FREIGHT HANDLERS
JOIN LONGSHOREMEN

BOSTON. MASS.-Special.- Thirty
nve hundred freight handlers and
clerks today awaited an order to quit
their jobs and join the striking long
shoremen upon the order of District
AsSe mbly, No. 30, knights of Labor.
rms order will bring the number
of strikers up to 5000 and handican
the railroads seriously.
Action by the District Assembly an
proving of a sympathetic strike was
endorsed by the local bodies Of rail-
road freight clerks, steamship clerks.
roundhouse men and ship carpenters
assemblies early this morning, making
only the formal order from the as
sembly necessary to inaugurate a gen
eral strike.
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Mother Suicide Like Son.

INV IOININ-- OpeClaI.- BrOOding
p9ruculariy over the recent suicide
of her twenty SON Sido
ney. and because of family troubles
Mrs. Lottie Hyde Burlington. a hand,
some woman of fifty. wife of Orr Ruf-
hnEton, philadelphia lawyer. COM
ihltteu suicide yesterday by shooting
herself in the mouth.
by the bed on which she was found
was photograph of her dead son
ana clipping from a newspaper tell
ing or his suicide. II was generally
Iet that the young mans suicide was
Iue 10 the separation of his parents
Judge Burlington. the vounP nansS
uncle mentioned. is a United States
judge at Pittsburg.
"A note addressed to "AIl Nv Dear
Dear Friends" was also found. For
$40 II forgiveness is needed" il
Iea1. There is nothing else for me
10 DO. L only surrender to a God vbo
is more just than man" --0
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
CLUBNIEN GUST GAY
SWIMMING TEACHER

PITTSBURG,- Special The an
nOuncement of the appointment of a
new swimming instructor. posted Sat
urday IN the marble halls of the ST.
100000 clubhouse of the Pittsburg
Athletic Association. brought balm to
the society women among it's mem
Ders who are inclined to stoutness
and who have been wont to paddle in
It's magnificent pool while Richard
CaNill, according to their allegations.
taught more comely matrons and deb
utantes TO pass from the porpoise to
the mermaid class.
The chairman Of the house commit
tee, +. r. Babcock, wealthy lumber
dealer and president of the Pittsburg
chamber of Commerce, said Cavill.
who was brought here from the iii
nOiS Athletic Association. of Chica 90
was dismissed summarily last week
primarily because he lacked refine
ment" James r. Taylor, manager
and instructor of the Oakland Aquatic
Club, who taught women Of the Sc
wickley Young WOmens Christian As
sOciation to swim, has been EMPLOYED
as his successor.
Cavill, it was charged, soon became
a favorite, and several women refused
to wear the regulation bloomer suits.
but donned creations in silk and laces.
The comeliest of these, it is said. be-
came particular objects of CavilTs at
tention while others, less attrac tive
mad to teach each other to swim
These told the directors that the in
structor was diving under some of
the women and shooting them out of
ne water, and that they had reason
to believe that male friends of the in
were tipped off when there
would be particularly interesting gy-
rations, with the result that they
posted themselves in places of van
tage where they could see without
being noticed.
CaVlll said nothing had been done
tnat was not in a spirit of fun, and
characterized those who accused him
rs prudes.
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On one occasion his friends sought
TO have him entered in an old mans
home at POughkeepsie. where they
knew he could exist in comfort and
pursue his philosophical writings But
a rule OF the institute required that
those who entered must sign awav
whatever property which they might
possess. At that Peterson rebeIled.
his precious property being a monu-
mental work on philosophy.
At one time he had succeeded in
interesting the Carnegie Institute to
the extent of backing the publication
of his great work, but for some rea-
son the project was abandoned
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Bride. ~; bridegroom. %

NEW YORK Special.
ment was made yesterday of the mar
riage of Miss NJ. A. Gordon, million
aire owner of Brooklyn real estate.
seVenty-seVen years old, and p. Bar
ringtOn Jennings. a real estate broker
twenty eight years old. The wedding
was celebrated in Washington several
days ago. but the matter only became
public today
Mrs. Jennings. in confirming the
news To-Day, said she first met her
youthful husband when he came TO
her 10 bargain for a plot she owned
Ihe couple spent their honeymoon in
Washington.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
COIIides With LiEhtship.

NORFOLK. VA. Special. The schoon-
er J9hn BoSsert collided with the Dia-
moi. ,Shoal lightship at 5 80 O'Clock
meager advices received here last nieht
practleaily put the latter vessel out OF
wireless mast riggings and Ufeboats
TORN away, and was unable to display
waning n,ls lights to passing ships last
lightship is leaking, and the revenue
cutter Onondaga is preparing to go to
known. The weather was clear yester-
day afternoon, and 4narine men cannot
account for the afeHent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Suspend Deliveries.

NEW IOtLh--OpeClaI.- q Spe
cial meeting OF the board of governors
OF the New York Stock Exchange to-
day 1t was decided to suspend deliv-
cries for another twenty-four hours
as a result of securities being tied up
by the Equitable fire This is the
first time that deliveries have heen
suspended for two days.
The Stock Exchange governors also
passed resolution giving the law
committee full power to act on all
matters directly or indirectly connect
ed with the deliveries of stocks that
may be interrupted or interfered with
as result Of the Equitable fire.
Deliveries may still be made by mu-
tual consent. Later, action will be
governed by the rulings Of the law
comm ittee
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
BATTALION PREPARES
TO SAIL FOR CHINA

MANILA, P. .-Special-Prepara
lions for actual warfare were made
today by soldiers of the first battalion
OF the FIFTEENTH Regiment of Infan-
try, L. 5. A, which has been ordered
TO proceed at once to China
Major James \. Marrasmith will
be in command OF the men. There
Will be rank officers in the detach-
Hleht- fleld service wagons, hospital
corps and a platoon Of machine Funs
Will also be taken along. Arrange
ments are in charge of Brigadier Cen
eral Frederick Funston, of the De
partment of Luzon.
Each soldier is being supplied with
a generous quantity of ammunition.
1t IL expected that another battalion
Will be ordered to China soon.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Three BURNED TO
DEATH in BARN
Human Chain Saves Other Lives
From Destruction in Burn
ing Building.

BOSTON MASS.-Special.- wo-
men and a man were burned to deatS
az least ten others had narrow escapes
from similar fate, and daring rescues
marked a fire in the four-story build
ing at 10 Willard Street early today.
human life chain from the roof Of
an auJolninS building saved the lives
OF woman and her son.
The dead: AZara Mariana, Resale
mariana, unidentified woman
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
WILL ATTEMPT TO 81
ASCEND MT. M'KINLEY

NEW YORK Special.-Professor
Herschel G. Parker. OF Columbia Uni
versity, who is to lead the Parker
Brown Mt. Kinley expedition Of 1912,
is about to depart for Alaska, on his
third attempt to scale the lofty peak.
with the knowledge gained by the
lirst expedition with DR.. Cook in 1906,
when DR.. Cooke cut himself off from
the rest or the party, later proclaim
ing that he had scaled the peak. and
with the experience OF the Parker
Brown expedition of 1910, Professor
Parker believes he has solved the
worst problems
From the north he thinks 1t is pos
slDie 10 reach all of the three sum-
mits of Mount Mckinley. and homes
before the ice breaks up in the sum-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
ENGLAND FEARS
GREAT LABOR WAR
CONDITIONS ADMITTED BY HOME
SECRETARY TO BE ALARM
ING-A FUEL SHORTAGE

LONDON Special Officials of
Home Secretary McKenna's office to-
day admitted genuine fear that a
great labor war is at hand in Eng
land. Balloting among the miners on
the question of minimum wage be-
gan today, and it at once became ap-
parent that the vote would be nearly
unanimous in favor of that. principle
The mine owners declare that they
while the miners th2eaten to strike
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18

NEW YORK, Special IL Is
the prevailing opinion here among
financiers, many OF whom arc
connected with the Equitable In
surance Company, that the plan
started four years ago by the
company To erect n sixty-two
story building, the tallest I'm the
world, TO take the place of the
building burned yesterday will DO
Immediately put into effect. Of
ficialS of the company would
neither affirm nor deny the report
that such step will be taken.
j. PierpOnt Morgan, now i'm Paris,
is said to have favored the plan.
He today wired his approval OF
rebuilding ut once.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
FLAMES PLAY HAVOC
AT BERKELEY SPRINGS
BERKELEY SPRINGS Wy ".

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. VA.-sne
clal.IF1re which wiped out four bust
n mes olocks' I'VE residences and a
ehed TO destroy the entire town of
Berkley Springs today. The fire orig-
mated in bake shop.
me Hagerstown. Md. fire depart-
neht was appealed to for aid hnt
OWING 10 the distance none WIS sent
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
FIRE DESTROYS BLOCK
AND CHURCH EDIFICE

BRAINTREE. MASS Special
The Lyceum block. a two and q half
story wooden structure at Elm and
Washington Streets. North Braintree
ana the North Congregational Church
duJolnlng' were destroyed by fire early
today. Loss $4,000 >
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before they will give up their fight.
feallzinS that tie-up of the coal
industry is inevitable, operators of
the CardlH collieries have already
suspended deliveries because of the
demands of the navy for fuel
There isn't enough coal mind OF
present to last a month sbouid Tho
stIiAe go into effect.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
TO ADJUST FREIGHTS
OF MANY RAILROADS
WASHINGTON N 9

For the purpose of adjusting freight
rates on cotton seed products over
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
and ten other railroads.. operating
from oklahoma points to points in
Texas and other States in the South.
a hearing was given today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
representatives OF the roads and OF
thirty-two corporations engaged in
manufacturing these products In Ok
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
WASHINGTON d e. cnoo,o,

M - = ~ d y OpGCIaI.-
ueship Kansas and the cruisers prat
RE and Salem to reach Hamntop
LOADS today with the torpedo boat
Roe in tow.
Ihese vessels were sent out from
norfolk last night to render anv aid
.nat might be necessary to the small
er Nessel which had been calling for
help The dispatches TO the de1art
5nent indicate that the Roe has ex-
hausted its fuel supply, but is not
oterwise crippled
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Edmands Family Faithful.

BOSTON, MASS.-Special.-- The
family of Violet Edmands, fiancee of
the Rev. Clarence ". It. Rfcheson.
confessed slayer of Avis Linnell. join-
ed the pastors lawyers today in the
hight to save him from death in the
electric chair.
Moses Grant Edmands, wealthy
rather OF Miss Edmands, had a
lengthy conference with Richeson's
attorneys, at which plans were laid 70
secure communication of sentence.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Sustains Armour Objections.

CfICAGO, I'LL SpeC1M.-Judge
Carpenter in the United States Dis
trict Court today sustained the OBJ
jections to the Armour notations, in
troduced by the Government in the
prosecution of the ten millionaire
packers. This is considered a most
important victory for the packers.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Justice Conan Dead.

UTICA, N. peciaI.-Supreme
Court Justice Henry Il. Conan died
at his home in Oneida today, victim
Of typhoid. He was a native of Madf-
son county, fifty-siX years old. and
had been in Supreme Court since 1895.
He was a Republican
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18
Second FIRE Causes Alarm.

NEW YORK Special.-Fire only a
short distance from the ruined EGui-
table building today alarmed the
financial district. IT broke out at go
O'Clock at So Broadway and at 11:45 a
second alarm was turned IN.