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Show RIGHESDN HAS BUT PEW DAYS GFOFE LEFT Governor Foss of Massachusetts Massachu-setts Refuses to Recommend Clemency in Case of Murderer Mur-derer of Avis Linnell. WILL PROBABLY GO TO CHAIR MONDAY Doomed Man Not Normal, According Ac-cording to Report of Alienists, Alien-ists, but Responsible for Crime. By International News Services BOSTON, May G. Clarence V. T. Richosou must die in the electric chair at the Charlestown street prison next week for the murder of Avis Linnell of llvannis. His last hope expired today when Governor Foe stated that he would not refer Rich son 's petition for commutation to the executive council. The governor's declaration namo after af-ter rending the reports received todn' from six alienists who had been chosen to examine the condemned man. The roport of the alienists was practical!' to thc effect that Richeson is sane. The Governor ?s statement follows:' '' Executive cleraencj' will not be extended ex-tended in thc case of Clarence V. T. Richeson. Thc prisoner wns sentenced upon his own confession and without a trial for a crime which it appears impossible im-possible that any normal man could commit. Sanity Tested. "Aft4er bis confession and sentence a plea of insanity was set up by his counsel and stroncly supported by affidavits af-fidavits extending oyf.r his life. The character of these affidavits left no other course for the governor than to submit these and tho prisoner himself to an examination by our leading alien, ists. in order to protect tho commonwealth common-wealth from the charge that thc man was actually insano when tho deed was committed, as well as the present time. The service shows that Richeson ' famil' is heavily afflicted with insanity, that he himself is neurotic, a somnambulist somnam-bulist and a neurasthenic; that ho. is subject to extreme emotional disturbances, distur-bances, marked by loss of memory which two alienists have diagnosed ns hysterical insanity, one physician adding ad-ding tho alternative term of hysterical dolirium, and the majority opinion indicating in-dicating that these attucks are hysterical hysteri-cal attacks marked by extreme emotional emo-tional disturbances of "brief duration with loss of memory during the attack and for a varying period following it. Accountable for Crime. "Tho evidence, howovcr, while clearly clear-ly revealing theso nttacks, indicates that his crime was not committed by him during suc-h an attack; thercforo, while there is pome divergence of optu-ion optu-ion among the alionists as to whether those attacks indicate actual insanity, there is sufficient ground for the conclusion con-clusion that he Is accountable for his erimo and that tho oxorciso of executive execu-tive clemency in thiF instance would be contrary to the public good. "Tbo affidavits and medical evidence evi-dence m to Richeson 'a unfortunate bercditj', hiB lapsos of consciousness, and his attacks of delirium are too serious to Include in this statement and aro not suited to publication." Witli probably only three more days of life ahead of bim, Richeson wslb still cheerful in the death coll at Chnrlos-town Chnrlos-town toda3'. Ho passed a very rest-lesu rest-lesu night, but tod.-iy was much more comfortable. He ato a very hearty dinner thiB noon, consisting of two chops, potatoes, toaBt, strawberries and smoked a cigar afterward. During his dinuer "Dr. McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, the prison plrygician, called on him and declared that his condition condi-tion was verj" much improved. Richeson chatted at considerable length Una morning and again in the aftornoou with Rev. H. IT. Stcbbins, chaplain of tho prison. Ho spent thc greater part of the afternoon roading tho bible and the religious books which Chaplain Stcbbins took to him. The prisoner will not bo given thc fateful news until tomorrow. The execution exe-cution will probably tako placo Monday Mon-day morning. |