The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-07
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sion was handed him ny Attorney Ice
this atinrnocn.
That Rlchc7pn confessed In the hope
that u" might r"car" tho death he had
metcd out to the girl he betrayed is
tho belief of tho iailcrs who have
guarded him ni-ht and day. It is ad-
n'icd that Eichoson had heard Of tie
confession "f The MrNamnras aud OF
The life Imprisonment that IL had won
tor aim" MoNamnra. instead az death
But If lHch"son escapes tho death
chair it viii Toe because Governor ros,
itiorvcncH to say" him. Sinvs his in.
durtion into office Governor FcgE has
shown himself the most icnient Of
! Executives. y deep student Of crmi-
no!ogE and the passions that sway mon
ana !mpcl them 10 crime, Governor Foas
| mas declared orten that crime was not
always committed by criminals but H..
unforlnnatcs. In 1911 lie i'ardoncd
With tho sanction Of his l:Necutive
council, SovCnty-siN men whom the law
| hdd branded as criminals This is tho
! largest uumhev OF criminals ever par
dom2d in omc year by Massachusetts
Governor.
Executive Action No. Unlikely.
| Under the Law OF Massachusetts The
! 49, - Nv. Ii'''sl i'dN . iIt iIpThN.l OIL
| his Executive Council OF FIVE members
| before he can free q man whose viola
| tons of the law have resulted in pun
| ishmcnt That Governor Eoss will so
| TO any extreme when he believes the
| law Will be conserved by sentence
| less than death Is shown in the case
of S!in$ NJ Phelps. Phelps stabbed II
man who had discharged him Then
| he nairicadcd himself IN his home sd
iiilod in cold blood tho sheriff who
| sought to arrest him He was sem
! fenced 10 death. The Executive Coun-
| ell declined to permit Governor Foss
! TO coinmut his sentence to life impris-
| onment. But tho Chief Magistrate held
| out so firmly that the Executive C-oun-
| eli agreed TO hold back the imposition
of the death sentence until the terms
| OF three of its members had expired
| and three others had heen elected in
their places In this way ross hopes
! 10 save Phelps from the chair.
And there are thousands in Boston
! tonight. who. knowing Foss's desire
to save men from the death chair. be-
| lleve he Will intervene TO save the
pastor from the extreme penalty.
! Attaches of the district attorneys
Office point tonight 10 a precedent
upon which however, they believe
| Richcson will die a fclon's death
:
/ Green, in this state, after stoutly deny
! ing his crime, rosa in open court and
! changed his plea from that of not
/ guilty to that of guilty OF murder in
/ the first dcGrcc-thc same plea MIR.
| Pellcticr declares. he will demand
| from Richeson. y Judge of the State
! Supreme Court which at that time
| had charge of criminal cases. took
| Green's case from the hands of the
( jury, and without securing Il iury's
. verdict, sentenced the slayer to be
/ hanged. Governor Andrews declined
TO sign q death warrant The case
was remanded 10 the Supreme Court
where all The justices ruled that Il
( trial judge might sentence man to
die on plea of guilty even without
J jury trial. Governor Andrews still
! declined to sign the death warrant,
but his successor signed tho paper and
| Green was hanged.
! Attorneys declare this is the only
precedent to guide Judge Sandcrson in
| his disposition Of the Baptist preach
| err 1t is believed this case will be
cited by District Attorney Pellctier In
| hig demand for rigid fulnlment of
/ tic ancient law of death for murder.
/ Always Seeking escape.
That Richeson. wracked night and
! day by tho shadow of the electric
/ chair sought ever TO devise some plan
ffor escape, is the declaration tonight
OF his Keepers in the Charles Street
/ iail They say his act Of mutIla ting
himself vas not tho act of an Insane
man, hut rather that Of crafty Grim
NAL who sought either to show tina,
he was incapa hia of causing Avn,
Linnell.5 downfall. or to set up the
/ groundwork for an insanity plea.
That the insanity plea was tho on.
upon which Richason based his main
hope OF escape from death is almost
sure Though for days at time hs
has been normal and perfectly ra
tional. there is no longer any effort
being made to deny that, al other
times. after he mutilated himself
!! Rtcheeon raved in his cell. sirnulatins
the acts nf q mailman. hut carrying
his acts to excess His wild screams
have haen heard NIL over TIE fail
oanri- term prisoners who have been
released recently say they ncard tbs
pastor-murderer shrieking With ma
tiacal fury by day and n:gnv
! There IL much apeculation to.nt.3,