Show v IJU v U a 30 SEEN WITH t. t Of 1 Avis Linnell Dined With the Rev Clarence Richeson on Day She Swallowed Fatal Dose of Cyanide of Potassium I I ft ACCUSED CLERGYMAN I MAINTAINS SILENCE Ij His is Fia Fiancee cee Prostrated by Shock of His Arrest While Her Mother Is Busy Returning Returning Return Return- I ing Wedding edding Gifts Sent Her Her- I ENGAGED TO MANY GIRLS GIRLS' By Jl- International Nez eA S r O OSTON lON Oct 21 rh The Rev Re- Clarence B Y V. V I T. n a modern Arthur VI dale of The Scarlet Let Lct- ler ter who II IK is of the murder of ofIN Avis AIN lInnel the pretty young joung choir eholt inger In 10 giving gt her a n deadly doNe doe of of of und under r the time gul of a 0 medicine which would spare them both hoth n a publication of ur their U Is held tonight ht In a u remark remark- zilie chain of evidence c illicit the time police pollee hoc have for forced ell link by ij- I 1111 link i mm l k The fact that limit the thc wished to tu hide h Iii hit cloth the thc letter which he hc wear Cor with Uh the time young wo inn u he hc hail had long courted and who believed herself soon oun to be he Leis his wife would wool fur fur- a n or ur the he crime hut the he unexpected t d of hii hll en- en to tu 1111 8 Violet Edmond Edmands nit an anti wealthy young joun git CM a further and more immure ln moving ren- ren Ron Non h h the lie only person who ho between and nud nod nel riches should be he removed ed The Time cruel and tragic death of or Avis which nf treated Sf so lightly has been laid at his door and the time following facts have havo been Richeson a quantity of cyanide cyanide cyan cyan- ide hIe of potassium and enjoined secrecy upon the druggist who sold him the poison Following the purchase of or the poison Olson ho he telephoned to MIss Linnell at the Y W. W V c. c A. A In Boston where she had bd A a. room while here as a a. student of or a a. music and u x choir choir- singer This was wag on Fr FrK da day October 13 12 Over the telephone ha be wa was heard tl to tomake tomake make an appointment to meet Miss the following alloWing day and she ahe waa ws happy over the opportunity to meet her hor preacher sweetheart and perhaps hoped to hear near from his lips III's that the report of ot his engagement to an heiress was wasl eat untrue rue Miss liss Linnell told a number of her hep friends that she had an appointment for tor luncheon the hb next J y with her friend whom all knew as the Rev Mr r. r Richeson Today foda a a. witness was found round who i ii I. 4 not a member of or the Y W. W C. C A A A. and knew nothing nothing- about Miss Linnell's ap appointment ap- ap but who met the time young youn woman late Saturday afternoon and anti andIss Miss Iss Linnell told her that she he ha had hac lunched that day with the Baptist t clergyman I Lunched To Together ether I 1 Another witness a girl whose tRy tHy the tho police are guarding with zeal zoal-i owl oua care declares that she site saw Richeson Riche Riche- son aon and A Avis vis Linnell at luncheon in a restaurant together r on Saturday Tile Tho police have even Co found they say any th thIS tha restaurant in which this last st and luncheon occurred Saturday ay e Miss Linnell wa was wa found round dying in the bathroom of or the Y Y W TV C. C A. A She died whispering that she aha had lunched with Richeson and an In In- in-i in sh that she aho had takena taken a n. quantity of cyanide of pO potassium Mute Il te evidence made It clear hat that th young woman n had not riot taken the do dose dose- with suicidal Intent Richeson was called on the telephone and told of Miss death Ho He appeared to be annoyed and wished to know why he wa was notified d He was told that he was known as the fiance o oi of Miss Linnell and her friends at the 3 Y W. W C C. A A. understood that she sho had had- lunched with him that day The mInIster minister min mm- ister denied stoutly that ho had seen soen Miss Is Linnell Thursday the tho druggist drugs who sold Richeson the cyanide of potassium told toti tho the police of the ministers minister's purchase and admonition of or secrecy The minIster minister min rain ister was found at the home of his hla fiancee ee MI Miss s Edmands s where he be spent spent- tho the night The rue police who called were denied admission but the followings morning ho lie was placed under arrest He lIe ma made c no statement This Is the time evidence against Riche Rich Richeson son which was completed today Fro From the basic facts the police are we weaving together a net 0 of circumstantial evidence evi l evi- evi deuce dence of or veil like fineness from the will which they believe prisoner not be able to escape and at the same time buU building ln up a tragic romance oven en more moro absorbing and sad than Hawthorne's Hawthorne's Haw Haw- thorne's themes tale of old Salem town and the the fate tate of Arthur and Hester Pry n no lo From rom his cell today Richeson anticipated anticipated antici antici- patel tho the action of ot tho the church authorities authorities author author- ties b by resign resigning Ins Ins- his pastorate of ot the Immanuel Baptist church in Cambridge O It Is said that he lie has p prepared a a. statement statement state state- ment merit to bo too road read In the tho church tomorrow tomor tomor- row If Ir so it will bo bu tho the first statement statement state state- ment meat he ho has bias made to to the de death deth h. h of oC Avis Linnell since his telephone cOn n- n i notified that aho- aho v when he was hind had died lied suddenly i Miss Edmands who was waR to married to the young minister ou on O October Oc- Oc 5 tober 31 31 31 Is JO loyal al to thi accused mart man and today ada ner father Moses Grant Edmands Ed- Ed mands the Brookline millionaire en- en Philip r K H. Dunbar a prominent Mr Dunbar Dunbar Dun Dun- attorney to lo dc defend Richeson bar will bo he assisted h by his father former for rumor mer Judge James J J. J Dunbar Mr Ir l d mands called upon Richeson Jn In his ce celli ceU and told him p of pf his own anti and nd his hisS anti and pl pledged t vs v's belief belief- In his innocence nd a Continued d don on Page Four |