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TTTT MWmo OltronxTAX. TITCRSPAY, 3IAY 10. 1913. PASTOR'S FRIENDS !E SILL HOPE Belief Prevails Insanity Richeson Will Not Be Corv vincingly Proved. of LIFE FULL OF TURMOIL Affair With Ml Unnell. "htch I-d to tier Murder, Only One of Many Social Ambit Ion Final Cium of rail. BOSTON. Mar Thow who have rlunr to tho belief that evidence of the Insanity of Rev. Clarence V. T. r.Ichowon. while presenting no features of Ira-al Innnitr. Mill, because of a certain unique abnormality, warranted commute IK.o of the dealll sentence, are bettered to nave srlven P hope. The rommlnlon of epert appointed by the GoTcrnor made a thorough esam Ination and subjected Klcheson to an exhaustive series of teats, but the, K fa amid n directed to the ascer tainment of the mental condition of the prisoner from the legal point of view. The attitude of the Commission t said to haee left little room for the belef that It will take sentimental rounds Inu- consideration. Htcheson'a crime was the murder of Ms former sweetheart. Art Unnell. of Hyannls. 1 years old. and a pupil of the New Kna-iand Conservatory of Mnslc. In Boston. As pastor of a small church In the t ape Cod tswn f Hyannls Iwn years before, the handsome and elo'ienl minister, thai J3 rears old. had been attracted to Avis Unnell. who mas an exceptionally pretty arirl of H years. She lived with her parents, her father. f dar Unrell. beln a contractor and buKder. r was her ambition to be come a teacher, and she was attend ing the Mate Normal School at Hyan nls. Miss Unnell Joined Richeson' church. ws ba piled by htm and became a member o' the church choir. In a short time, ear y In 1. Jllsa LJnnell was llsplarln a diamond rinc and confid ed In he- Ctrl friends that slie was to he marred to the minister the follow ins ictber. tmm mf Mrr snplcaaa. Krl-t on developed between Richeson nd hi deacons In June. IMrt. over the youns; minister's impetuous manner and b.e volent Undllir There was also 'luestlon as to the loss of j in mon f ahlch had been left by a parishioner I i :he pa. tor ' study. The minister ,sc arrd he had been robbed of the Iwikt. Shortly afterward It was 1 1 earned he had sent a similar sum tjti i unman tn bait 1-alt City. Ctah. Mis resignation followed and he accepted a t-att to the Inimanuel Haptlst Church of I'amhridae. When Kteheson went to Cambridge lts l.lnneil went to the Conservatory of Music In Boston. She was Induced to attend the conservatory by the min ister In the Idea that by the cultivation of her voice, which had srlven slams of much promise In the Hyannls church choir, she would better fit herself to become his wife im the minister's recommendation the ulrl took a room at the Yours; Woman's Cbrlstlaai As-i-nratlon quarters on Warrenton street. Uo-ton. She proved a diligent student an.l rnntinued her church work by teachlna In the Sunday school of Tre mont Temple. the leadlns; Baptist hiin-h of the city. There were fre quent meetings between Miss Llnnell arid Richeson. Hartal rTM Klre Assbltlaa. The successes which the young; jreacher attained In his larger sphere of usefulness matie a marked Impres sion upon him. Surrounded by In ilut ntial friends and associate hi ambitions widened. He began to pay court to Miss Violet Kdmaiul. of Hrookline. the tlauahter of Moses Grant Ktlmamla. a prominent Baptist layman and trustee of the Newton Theological Seminary, from m-hlch Richeson had been graduated. Miss blmiiKl was prominent socially and waa wealthy In hr own right, as well a entitled to share In the estate of some ISi.UOO left by her grandfather. Entrance to the exclusive home of the Kdmands had been easy to the minister aa the pastor of the church the family at tended, and In a short time he was ac cepted aa suitor for the daughter' hand. At the same time Richeson was meet Ins Miss l.innell as formerly. But one day he borrowed the diamond, ring he had given her. on the pretext that the stone needed rrsetttn. He did nut re turn It. Kventtially the newspapers an. nouncd the engagement of Rev. Mr. Richeson and Miss Violet Kdmands. The l.innell family demanded an ex planation. The minister promptly de clared the story a "newspaper fake" and mas believed. The Invitations to the wedd!ng of Richeson and Miss Kdmands were sent out the afternoon of Saturday. October 11. That same afternoon Klcheson dined with Avis Unnell at a little restaurant In the Back Bay. While there the girl appeared depressed. At times tears rolled down her checks. When she returred to her lodging place, aewever. she seemed cheerful, al though quickly excusina; herself and h irrytnr away to her room. rlasi Tiara laaaeeatly. Groans were heard coming from a 1st I room of the association quarters tiortly after 7 o'clock that evening. I he door ma broken In and Miss l.ln .ll waa found partially unconscious d apparently tn great agony. Half an n.oir later she died without recovering x-nsc loudness. V belief that the girl had committed ovicide was at first general, but her fa nily were disposed to discredit the report, and a thorough Investigation was ma1e. The theory of suicide was dispelled when the real conditions surrounding the death of Mta Unnell were made knom-n. The autopsy revealed the fact that she had taken a dose of poison and the conclusion was drawn that she had lone so In the innocent belief that It wouVd remedy a condition that later would be a cause of great embarrass- tuent In a meek material evidence began . accumulate A woman declared that Klcheson had telephoned from her home naking an appointment for the after won of tictober 14 with someone at he Youn- Woman's Christian Asso ciation rooms. Rn-heson landlady ad mired her boarder bad returned a bowl t her with the remark that he had b tter wash It thoroughly, as It bad ben used to mix past mhich had con- I I ned poison. The most damaging ct dence. however, came from William JUia. a druBKlst of Newton Center am; a friend of Richeson. According to 5ahn. Richeson came to him four lt- before the l.innell girl died and Ix'ttht a considerable quanttty of ri.ma of potassium, explaining that 1 BRIDE WHOSE MILLIONAIRE RESIDENCE IN -J K M K.H. HAKIJ.- li. tiATfcS, rORMtlRLx' MIS ILORKME HOfWOOD. he wanted It "to kill a dog which waa about to have puppies." I aadr Jar la Kvldeaee. A Cambridge confectioner told of Rlchesnn's coming to his store on the afternoon Miss l.innell died and buying a peculiar shaped Jar of candy. Identi cal with a Jar found In Miss Llnnell' room. The minister had taken a Boston-bound ear In front of the candy store. A woman came to the police and told of seeing the pastor and the wecplns girl rating together In a a result of this Information the police frit warranted In taking definite action. The night of October 1 Chief In spector liugan and members of hi force went to the home of Mr. Kd mands on Devon street. In Brookllne, to arrest Rev. Mr. Richeson on the suspicion that he was guilty of mur der. Admission to the house wa denied, although the hour was early. The police had no search warrant and did not feci Justified In breaking Into the magnlnrent residence upon the un certainty of Richeson being Inside. They therefore remained on guard through the night, frequently knocking upon door and windows and calling uion the occupants to open and admit the officers. The weary vigil waa kept up nntll daylight, a hen a maid who appeared 111 the kitchen wa prevailed upon to notify Mr. Edmand that the officer were outside and would break In If the door wna not opened at once. At 7 o'clock tho pollen were admitted. Riche son wa found In bed. He wa ordered to dress and accompany the officers. Richeson had early written to hi church asking that Judgment be u pended until after the grand Jury alt ting. On November 1 he forwarded hi resignation, but the church on Novem ber . after a stormy meeting, refused to accept It. I-ater a second letter of resignation wa sent and accepted on November SI. Kvldraee Develop Slowly. The police had even at this time far from a satisfactory case against Riche son. The container of the poison which Mis Unnell had taken could not be found. It waa believed some vtul or box might have been left In the pocket of Miss Unnell'a bathrobe, which had been burled with her. The body wa disinterred In Hyannl on October 24 and brought to Boston for a post mor tem examination by five prominent physicians. The cause of death wa confirmed but no additional evidence waa found. At the snme time the police began an Investigation into the life of Riche son. Ibvery Important act of his life from the date or hi birth at Hose Hill. Va 35 years ago. until hi advent In Cambridge was gone Into. It wa found that he went to ch'ol early at Amherst Courthouse. Va high school, then went to Carrollton. Mo., to work for m brother and attend a local .acad emy. Three years later he went to Uberty. SI", and entered William Jewell College to study for the minis try. While a student he supplied pul pits In Kansas City, Mo.: Stewsrtsville, Miss,; Kl I'bso. Tex.: Louisville, Ky arid other places. Richeson s life had not been an un disturbed one. It was learned, and many tales were related of his entan glements with young women. At Lib erty. Mi. while In William Jewell Col lege, he had been engaged to the daughter of a professor. The young woman lent Richeson money to pursue his tudles and up to the time of his coming to Hyannls believed she wa to be his mlfe. In the meantime she de veloped tuberculosis, m-hlch still neces sitates her remaining In Salt Lake City. Utah. Lean Frews Vt asasa Repaid. The one bright ray of light In Riche son s career appeared to be that he repaid the money lent him as fast as possible. The final amounts were sent from Hyannls shortly before be cams to Cambridge. Richeson was expelled from William Jewell College for cheating in examina tions shortly after he had been ordained at the First Baptist Church In St. Louis. Kor a time he m-orked as a conductor on the streetcar of the latter city and wa prominent In a trlke of streetcar men. hi fiery eloquence making him a natural leader. While at Budd I'ark Baptist Church in Kansas City. Richeson became In volved with a widow. On Sunday she arpeared unexpectedly during the church service. Richeson. upon seeing her. fell In a faint. A brother of the woman called at Richeson's rooms and the young minister left tom-n suddenly. A note to the deacons explained that be had been driven away by Jealous women. Richeson confessed his guilt In a statement written by himself on Janu ary i and given out by his counsel on January ft. Richeson wa taken Into court on January 9. pleaded guilty of the mur der of Avis Llnnell. and was sentenced to be electrocuted at the Charlestown state Prison In the week beginning May 19. HUSBAND GIVES HER $175,000 HER HOME CITY. f 'V t ' PRETTY GIRLS STRIKE Factory Misses Demand That No Favors Be Shown. AID GIVEN HOMELY WORKER Foreman (lives Lighter Taaka to Cmrrller Employ, but 'Wliem Owner Is Appealed to Trouble Is Quickly Settled. NEW TtRK. May IB. 6peclaL) It masn't the homely girls In the factory mho struck because of favora being shown the pretty girls, but the pretty girls themselves who decided to coma to the rescue of their less fortunate sisters. But strike they did and won It. quickly. The trouble all arose In the B. Apoth eker white goods factory at Grand ave nue and Kldridge street, where the homely girls noticed that the foreman waa giving all the lighter and best paying tasks to the prettier ones and they called the attention of the pretty ones to the discrimination. It didn't take long for the pretty girls to Jump to the rescue. Promptly 120 of the sweet-faced maidens declared a strike and when the omner heard It was all about, he adjusted conditions. The girls were out only a short time. In fact, the strike waa one of the shortest on record. A member of the executive board of the White Goods Makers' Union said: "All of the girls in the factory are members of the union and union condi tions prevail. It was noticed that ona of the foremen who has a partiality for pretty girls, gave them the highest priced work to do, with the result that the homely girls, who were Just as good worker aa the pretty one, made less money. "The pretty girls got the iO-cent work and the homely girls the lS-cent wcrk. The pretty girls did nt have much to ssy about this, but when the homely girls complained to the pretty girls the pretty girls sympathized with them. The homely girls and the pretty glrla decided they would stand by each other. They took the case to the union and a strike was ordered. Ths pretty girls quickly won the strike for their less good looking sis ters." IDAHO FIGHT IS OV TODAY Taft and Roosevelt Men Confident on Eve of Convention. Lewlston. Idaho, May IS. Delegate from all parts of the state arrived to day for the State Republican conven tion, mhoch meets here at noon to morrow, to name eight delegates to the .National Republican convention. Roosevelt leadera claim thelrv forces will control the convention and the state that the Issue tonight seems to lj wanner an Instructed Roosevelt delryatlon will bo sent to the National convention or Roosevelt men named-as delegate and sent unlnstructed. The division will flive delegates from the southern part of the state and five from the north. Taft supporters announced tonight that they are gaining atrength hourly and have a chance of an even break in the convention unless their forces scarier during the night. The attempt of the .State Central Committee to work out a harmony plan has been blocked by the Roosevelt fol lov er, who re urging- the fight to a finish. Taft adherents. It Is said, are milling to bury the hatchet for the sake of the party In Idaho and It Is claimed their position Is taking strength from the Roosevelt camp. Brooks Pioneer. 8. Celebrates. GERVAia Or, May 15. (SpeclaL) Grandma Moisan, who makes her home m-lth her son. F. X. Moisan. at Brooks, Or, celebrated her Slth birthday Sun day. Mrs. Moisan Is quite feeble, but in good health for one of her age. On this occasion two other octogenarians were present, Mrs. George Manning, of Portland, and Mrs. Bolter.- mother of the lste F. J. Bolter, of Brooks. Be sides Mrs. Molsan'a two sons. F. X. and Alex Moisan. her only daughter. Mrs. F. J. Bolter, and a host of grandchil dren and great-grandchildren - were present. GATES WILL BUILD PALACE FOR BRIDE Young Millionaire Follows Princely Gift to Parents . With New Plans. WEDDING IS RECALLED Broker's Second Wife Retains Warm Affection for Minneapolis, Her GirUsood Home, and De sires to Return There. MINNEAPOLIS. May 15. (Special.) After giving hi parents-in-law a $50,000 home In this city. Charles G. Gates, millionaire son of the late John W. Gates, financier, through the Influ ence of his wife, who was the beautiful Miss Florence Hopwood. of this city, has Just decided to build for her a home near that of her parents. Mr. Gates has Just bought at a cost of $100,000 a tract with long frontage on Lake of the Isles boulevard. The resi dence he will build will cost $75,000. ac cording to the plans announced here to day. The story of this latest move by young Gates recalls the wedding of the millionaire last September, when he re fused to be marr'cd In the home of his wife's parents and built for them a $30, 000 house on property worth $20,000. It wss expected that Miss Hopwood would become a bride in the new home, but at the last moment there was a disagree ment In the wedding proceedings and trouble over the maid of honor and bridesmaids and young Gates ordered a special train and took his bride-to-be. her parents, the wedding party and friends to the home of Miss Hopwood's uncle in Pennsylvania, where the wed ding took place. jaeeae of Romance Visited. Since the wedding young Gates and his bride have made several trips here and visited at the home of Mrs. Gates' parents. Mrs. Gates has always been an admirer of her native city and her many friends expected that sooner or later she would make her home here. Recently the Gates spent a few weeks at West Baden. Ind., where Mrs. Gates nrst met the millionaire. Mr. Gates' first wife, who divorced Mm several years ago. is now living in St. Louis. In her last year at Smith College Miss Hopwood became engaged to Robert H. farter, of Brooklyn. N. Y-. and the wed ding was to have taken place here last June, but In the course of a visit to West Baden for her health last year she met Mr. Gates and a month later Min neapolis roeiety was surprised by the snnouncement that Miss Hopm-ood hsd broken off her engagement to Mr. Car ter and was en (raffed to Mr. Gates, who had only recently passed the allotted time to re-wed. Mrs. Galea Popular la Society. Mrs. Gates was long one of the most popular young women in Minneapolis society, and It Is expected that she will now pass her Summers here and Win ters in New York, where Mr. Gates i still engsged In business. Mr. Gates has been Impressed with Minneapolis since he came here after his wedding Journey. Although making his temporary resi dence In Minneapolis, Mr. Gates will conduct his business, which is mainly in stocks and bonds. In Minneapolis, but will maintain his headquarters in the Whitehall building. New York. He may deride to build a gallery here for his private art collection adjoining his house. Plans for the house or the land scape work are not drawn, nor the ar chltects selected, but work will start soon. Mr. Gates is expected to make other Investments In Minneapolis. DARROW TRIAL ON TODAY (Continued from First Page.) terrogating for the defense. Darrow has expressed his Intention of belng entered as an attorney of record In his own behalf, and probably will take a leading part In the later phase of the trial. District Attorney Fredericks said to day: "The evidence against Darrow is as strong as it was against the McNasi aras." aira. Mc.Mamara to Testify. Among the witnesses to be called, at torneys for the prosecution declared. would be Mrs. Ortle E. McManlgal. wife of the star witness in the McNamara case, provided she was willing to come from Chicago. It was agreed by both sides that Mrs. McManlgal could not be compelled to come hero and testify, but It was pointed out that since the cli max In the McNamara trial, during which she had become estranged from her husband, she had shown a disposi tion to become reconciled with him, and It was believed she would be a willing witness for the state. Other witnesses to be called Include Bert H. Franklin, former chief Investi gator for Darrow and who was recent ly fined $1000 for having attempted to bribe one of the McNamara Jurors. Another indictment still Is pending against him. During bis trial Frank lin testified that Darrow had directed him to brlbs the Jurors and had given him the necessary money to do It. The $4000 found on his person when be was arrested, ha testified, was part of the funds Darrow had given him. Telephonic Device Mar Plar Part. To corroborate Franklin's testimony. It was said the state would introduce evidence secured through the use of a telephonic device placed In Darrow's room, which Is alleged to have recorded portions of the attorney's conversation during the time Franklin waa on trial. Detective Guy Blddinger, of Chicago, who, the prosecution claimed, waa of fered a bribe by Darrow to make re ports on the prosecution's work, and Attorney John R. Harrington, former ly of the McNamara defense, to whom the state declared, Darrow admitted his guilt, will also be called as witnesses for the prosecution. Secret Societies In Persia. The American finance administrators who went to Persia in May, 1911. to reorganise the fiscal system of that country, were fortunate enough to win the confidence of the National Assem bly, or Medjlis. a body which fairly represented the hopes and aspirations of the great mass of the Persian peo ple. 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