| Show MINISTER ACCUSED OF A FOUL CRIME Continued From Prom Page l One respected families of Brookline surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded b by tho the police At 7 o'clock Superintendent Watts and Chief Dugan again rang ranJ the door bell and this time their summons was answered by Mr lr Edmands himself lf clad in a bathrobe and slippers When the officers told him the they t had tried during the night to arou arouse e some somo one Mr 1111 Edmands Edmands Edmands Ed Ed- mands explained that he had heard th the bell and the knocking but had re remained re- re In bed believing the tho men mein out- out sido were lewers who had been seeking Mr Richeson since the death of Miss Linnell B By this time the servants In the neighborhood had heard of the strange proceedings and aroused tho the residents From tho the windows of a dozen aristo- aristo CI aUe mansions there Razed gazed the tho strained faces of or the householders who l looked hooked on discreetly from behind drawn and costly draperies Mr Edmands was informed bluntly of or the object of the visit and at once di directed directed directed di- di the policemen to a room on the tho second tJ lor where he said Mr Ir Richeson was n asleep They found him in bed but awake and pale and haggard haggard hag hag- gard s Xo No Emotion When told that he was un under cr arrest on a charge of ot causing the death of vis Linnell b by administering ng c cyanide of potassium ho lie showed no emotion and mode made no comment further than to say A All 11 right Ill I'll be with you presently Sit down while I dress Therewith he ho got out of bed and proceeded to dress In a neat nent blue business busl- busl ness nes suit He performed his toilet carefully and when ho turned to the policemen who acted as though thc they were his honored guests he said Hald I 1 Iam 1 am rend ready Ho lie pr presented the same game Immaculate al app appearance aranco that had gained for hl him the title ot of the tho gOO looking good minister rhe The minister and his captors capton went down stairs 11 1 and 1 w were re met In the li library 11 brar by Mr air Ir Edmands with whom Mr Ir Richeson was vas permitted to hold a brief conference The then retained a prominent Boston lawyer r over oyer th the te telephone rhone and asked thin that his fiancee be bo called into The library A pitiful Intensely dramatic dramatic scene followed The young woman attired Ina in ina ina a dressing gown her hair falling over her shoulders and her eyes dilated with witha a wondering startled look entered in advance of ot her father and rushed rushell straight Into tho the arms of the tho young clergyman For a moment the tho officers officers officers cers took their eyes ees from their pris pris- oner Two minutes later the minister between his captors captor left leCt the girl sobbing sobbing sobbing sob sob- bing h hysterically walked ed to the driveway drive drive- driveway wa way and took a seat In one of the waiting automobiles Tho Trio automobiles were driven to the true Boston police headquarters where herc a l great crowd had gathered News of ot otI 1 I I the arrest had spread to all parts part of ot otI the thc city and the tho chauffeurs had difficulty difficulty I culty in piloting their machines through the thron throng This crowd saw step tep from the automobile automobile auto- auto I mobile a tall handsome young man roan not yet thirty years ears old with thick black blackhair blackhair hair and impelling features feature Ills His head was bowed slightly but this was the only indication that ho felt tet any embarrassment em em- Insl Inside e the bar the prisoner was vas re re- re minded that he had certain rights and was asked If It he had an any statement to tomalee make malee He replied that he lie had hud not The hearing In the municipal court lasted three minutes whereupon he 1 was S c corn com ri- ri milted to Jail to await a ment October 31 As the magistrate pronounced the words October 31 the tho prisoners prisoner's lips curved In an nn almost Imperceptible Imperceptible im imperceptible Im- Im perceptible quiver er er and a n pallor over ocr spread his countenance only to vanish before the majority of ot those In the court room hn had seen It October 31 Is Js the date engraved on hundreds of In Invitations invitations In- In to attend the tho accused pastors pastor's wedding in the First Baptist church at Newton Center In full view of or the drugstore drug drugstore store from which came the poison polson that Is alleged to ha have Ve killed the girl who had expected to be his bride I |
