Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-01-07
No. he Is DO more insane that you

No. he Is DO more insane that yon or |
 Then you dc not consider the de tSnse will take the confession as the rawlings 9f an Insane man and base It's defense on insanity?"
 T do not think reputable counsel iyl case of this importance would give out t statement that RiclHson had confessed he Is guilty f they considered him insane
 Attorney JoAn |. Lee, of counsel of tae confession today said:
 This confession was voluntary 1T was not the result of inducement or any expectation of clemency Th9 nlaa unbnraened him self as he did, because it did him godo. He has thrown h mselt upon the mercy of the court He feels sorry for what he E;as done Tn" confession was writ. teu by himself and in his own hand writing. He wrote it on a table in his cell Witb fountain pen during the visit of myself and Attorney Willwiam A. Mol se.
 The confession was inevitable. nave had more than 150 murder cases, but thiS cas- was different from any of them. It was snsu1ar htate of affairs. 1 think this the best solutioHs
 Mr Lee refused to say what fhrt l. CT steps might be taken to save the yonng eiergyn"n from the death pen atty. No crime iu a decade has at- tracted more 'ene ~al attention than shat of the Rev. Mir Richeson, who gave to the bea, tiful choir singer cyanide with wa oh lie ended fer life, going to her ath firm in the belief that what he Lad given to her was a remedy that would keep her secret rom the world.
 'fhe news of the confession flashed over Boston with electric swiftness. It came as a thrilling climax in this tae members of the Immanuel Baptist church of. Cambridge, of which R.che- son was pastor when he committed the hfdeous crime, it prov q stocking incredible Some of the women who had placed their faith iii the inno- cenee of the young preacher ani were steadfast Tn the belief that he would he freed by the courts. Wept when they heard the news, saying that they could nol believe it.
 Telegrams were seut to Richeson s father, varland R,cheson. at Amherst, Va. He had expressed his belief in t.he innocence of his SOIL based on the accused mans personal assur- ances. H. is an old man and the blog M is feared will shorten his life.
 T-e news of che confession was te!ephoned to the family of M. Graus Edmands, %. his home in Brooklne, by Richeson's counsel. Members or the family denied themselves to all v.sitors this evening.
 Miss Violet Edmands, to whom Ri oheson was to have been nal ried elev- en days after the death of Avis Lin- nell, is in hiding il another state. She left, 1t Is pre- sumed, to avoid be- ing called as witness al tae trial of Richeson, winch was 10 haze started week from Monday.
 It Is hinted tonight that Richesons s counsel plans to apply for a commits sion on lunacy to examine into the mental condition of the minister. This application will be based on his re- cent self mMilation in the cell in the Charles street jail and the word- ing of his confession in which he ao- serts that hc is suffering the tor- lures of the damned"
 If iunacy commission should find Ricaeson sane then the lawyers for the defense will put their hopes in Governor Foss and the executive council. X plea will be made for communication of the sentence to lie Imprisonment.