conviction_status death_place death_date birth_place cause conviction_penalty charge birth_date spouse article_title name
executed massachusetts 12 may 1912 amherst , va electrocution by electric chair death by electrocution murder 15 february 1876 violet edmands -lrb- fiance -rrb- clarence richeson
 clarence virgil thompson richeson
clarence richeson

reverend clarence virgil thompson richeson -lrb- february 15 , 1876 -- may 21 , 1912 -rrb- was executed for the murder of his fiancee avis willard linnell .
avis linnell died on october 14 , 1911 at the ywca in boston .
