1912.
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BOSTON. Jan. f. (Special.) Rev. C
V. T. Richeson today mads a full writ
tan confession of ths murder ef bis
former sweetheart. Arls T. Linnell. of
Hyaonla, Mass. Broken In spirit, ths
former pastor of ths Immanuel Baptist
Cborch of Cambridge, declares that his
confession Is mads without any Idea
of self-benefit or with any Idea of ob
tain Ins leniency, but that ths Btlrl
whom bs poisoned might not be further
wronged by having her name bandied
about In a trial.
Ths confession was dated three days
a so. but was not given out until this
afternoon. Counsel refused to com
ment upon this, however.
Trial te O On.
That ths trial sill go on. despite ths
confession. Is the statement of IMstrlct
Attorney Pellltler. He sdmltted. how
ever, that Kirheson might be brought
Into court before the date set for trial.
January 17. but Instated that no plea
other than on a charge of murder In
ths first dea-ree would be entertained.
That poisoning la and can be nothing
except first-degree murder la his con
tention. The confession, signed by Richeson.
follows:
-Boston. Jan. S. 1913. John L. Lee,
Ksq.: William A. Morse. Ksq.; Thlllp
R. Dunbar. Esq.. Gentlemen: teeply
penitent tor my sin and earnestly de
siring, as far as In my power lies, to
make atonement. I hereby confrss that
I am guilty of the offense of which I
stand Indicted.
I am moved to this course by no
Inducement of self-benefit or leniency.
Heinous as Is my crime, tiod has not
wholly abandoned - me, and mv con
science; and manhood, however de
praved and blighted, will not admit of
my still further wronging by a public
trial her whoso purs life I have des
troyed. Mental To rt m resj Told.
"fader the lashings of remorse I
have suffered and am suffering the tor
tares of the damned. In this 1 find a
aneasurs of comfort. In my mental
anguish I recognise that there Is still,
by ths mercy of ths Master, some rem
nant of the divine spark of goodness
still lingering with me.
I could wish to live only because
Within some prison walla I might. In
some small measure, redeem My sinful
past, belp some other despairing soul,
and at last find favor with my God.
-Tou are Instructed to deliver this
t ths District Attorney or to Ihs Judge
ef ths court. Sincerely yours, Clar
ence V. T. Richeson."
Service over the tlegrsph wires be
tween Portland and Sin Francisco was
continued until early In the evening,
when a break came In the middle of
a message passing between The Ore
gonlan office and ths office of a San
Francisco newspaper.
Miss Violet Edmands. ths rich young
woman to whom Rlcheeon was engaged
to be married and on whose account
he poisoned the young choir singer. Is re
ported to bs doing settlement work In
New Tork. but her parents refused to
day either to give her address com
ment on Richeson a confession. Miss
Edmands left for New Tork Immediate
ly after Rlcheson's self-mutllatlon with
a lagged piece of tin In Jail. Prior to
that lime she had remained loyal to ths
man sh was engaged to marry.
Tlctloa Waa Jilted.
Rlcheson's crlms was brutal In the
extreme. Ills victim was M'ss Avis
Llnnell. a pretty young singer In the
rhotr of the church where he was
pastor. She wss a student at the Con
servatory of Music, and was both tal
ented and popular. She fell in love
with the pastor and became engaged to
marry him. He betrayed her. and soon
after met. wooed and won the love of
alias Violet Kdmanda, daughter of Moses
Grant Edmands. a rich man. Kor the
wealthy girl he threw over the little
choir singer and finely, as the wed
ding day approached, sent her poison
winch resulted in her death on Oc
tober 14. 111.
The girl n found dead In the bath
room at the Y. W. C. A. building, and It
was at first believed that ehs bad
committed suicide throtign grief at
having been Jilted for Miss Edmands.
RU-nesnn was arreste.l soon after on
evidence which pointed toward him as
the girl's murderer. The arrest on Oc
tober 20 came directly as the result of
testimony by a druggist that the pastor
had purchased cyanide of potassium
from him a fow days before, having
asked first for something which "sroold
kill the puppies, but not the dog." and
on being told there was no such poison,
asked lor something "which would kill
the dog."
Fiancee Leec Level.
Richeson protested his innocence,
and the family of .Miss Edmands of
fered to pav (or his d tense, expressing
entire confidence In htm. The wedding
invitations mere recalled, however, and
Richeson mas asked by his church to
resign, which he did Immediately after
bis Indictment by the grand Jury.
He has been morose In JalL and. since
Ills self mutilation, has been violent at
times and has given evidences of In
sanity. It had about been decided that
he should be examined as to his sanity
by a board of physicians, when the con
fession w-as made public today.
The penalty for the crime in Massa
chusetts Is death by electrocution.
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Bitter Fight Over Direct Legis
lation Predicted in Ohio.
LIQUOR ISSUE SECONDARY
OPIUM FOUND ON STEAMER
Captain of Freighter Throws Contra
band Overboard.
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SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Jan. . When the 1
American-Hawaiian freighter Nebras- '
Van arrived this morning from Sallna
Crux, the master. Captain O. B. Knight. ,
reported to the Collector of Customa '
ths discovery by him of M tins of
opium, valued at I7i each. In a store
room on the shin, when one day out
from the Mexican port. The captain
reports that only the steward and the
cook have keys to this room. The :
opium was thrown overboard. j
It Is said that a confession has been ,
secured by Captain Knight from two
members of th.crew. Involving mem
bers of the a.leed opium ring In an
lanclsco. where It Is said ti.ey mere
taking the drug, and that arrests will
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Preponderance of "Progressive'
Element and Determination of
Opponents Foreshadows Note
worthy Contest.
COLUMBUS. O., Jan. . Ohio will be
gin on Tuesday next the reconstruction
of the constitution. On that day a con
stitutional convention, recognised by
all factlona aa preponderantly "progrea
stve." If not radical, will convene In this
city for a struggle In which hotly de
bated questions of the Initiative and
referendum, the recall of public offi
cials. Including the Judiciary, and the
liquor question will overshadow all oth
er proposals.
The fact that a majority perhaps as
large as 70 per cent of the delegates
chosen to this convention are classed
as "progressives." while the more con
servative element makes up in deter
mination what It may lack in numbers,
foreshadow a bitter and protracted
struggle. Whatever Its outcome, the
people will have thereafter their "say"
about It In the ensuing general elec
tion. Oeteosae Watrbed Wltk Interest.
Ohio Is ths first state east of the
Mississippi to attempt the revision of
its organic law since direct legislation
and direct control of public officials by
the electorate came Into vofrue in sev
eral Kar Western states, and the out
come in Ohio wlil be watched with
keenest Interest by the people of every
other state.
Analysis of the statements regarding
the mental attitude of the delegates
elected, discloses the fact that all of the
"progressives" 'are for the initiative
and referendum and many of them want
provisions for the recall of the Judi
ciary. Virtually every labor delegate
stands for the recall of all officers.
Many of the farmer delegates, however,
while favoring the Initiative and refer,
end urn, refuse to Include the recall of
Judges In tlelr programme, at the same
time supporting this idea for other of
ficials. Interviews and representative dele
gates throughout the state warrant the
statement that sentiment Is more con
cerned with the proposed modltlcaion of
representative government than with
any other matter likely to come before
the convention. They prefer placing
the liquor license question In a Secon
dary position. The initiative and ref
erendum, they assert, is paramount to
all issues.
Oldest Member te Preside.
When the 11 delegates to the con
vention sre railed to order In the House
of Representatives at the state capital
here, it wlil be the most noteworthy
representative of all classes of the peo.
pie of this state of any gathering in
Ohio's history. Included in the person
nel of the convention will be former
members of Congress and former Lieutenant-Governor,
two members of the
present Legislature, many former leg
islators, many former Judges, several
ministers, a large number of farmers
and representatives from commercial
and industrial walks of life. The Dem.
ocrats have the majority, with S dele
gates. The Republicans have 41 dele
gates, the Independents 1 and ths So
cialists i.
L'nder the law providing for the con
vention the oMest member present will
preside for the purpose of temporary
organisation.
GLASS PAVING BLOCKS
Those Tried for Heavy Traffic Xot
Successful After Slight Use.
By Consul Carl Bailey Hurst, Lyons.
France.
Investigations have been made In
response to Inquiries regarding; the
supposed use in this city of . glass
bricks or blocks manufactured here for
pavements, with the following result:
Seven or eight years ago a plant was
established at La Demi Luna, a suburb
about four miles from Lyon, for mak
ing glass paving material under the
name of "plerre de verre Garchey." Af
ter many experiments carried out at
the factory the manufacturer applied to
the Lyon municipality for the right to
make a trial on one of the chief thor
oughfares. The necessary authorisa
tion waa granted, provided that the
Inventor would bear the expense of the
undertaking. The place chosen for
laying the glass pavement was a sec
tion of the Place de la Republlque,
where traffic of cabs, automobiles and
wagons of all kinds is very heavy.
The glass bricks remained In place for
less than two years and were taken
out. as they were in very poor condi
tion, the edges were all broken and In
many cases the blocks were split
through and through.
The opinion of officials here at that
time was to the effect that this glass
pavement could be used under favor
able circumstances for sidewalks, but
not for the middle of streets.
The manufacturer, after the failure
of his experiment, closed or dismantled
his small factory, left Lyons and his
address la not ascertainable. At pres
ent only stone and wood are employed
for pavements In this city.
GAIV1EPL0TGHARGED
State Senator Selling Ques
tions Methods of Warden.
VENISON SELLER IS HELD
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CUPID SCORNS DISTANCE
Bridegroom Travels 9000 Miles,
Bride 1000, Father, 1400.
DENVER, Jan. 6. In order to attend
the wedding of his youngest daughter,
Miss Louise Kayser, Charles Kayser, a
miner, traveled by horseback 1400 miles
from Candelarla. Nev., to Denver.
Adolph Kurtx traveled 8000 miles from
Brazil to meet Miss Kayssr, his bride-to-be,
and Mis Kayser traveled from
Nevada to Denver, over 1000 miles by
rail.
Miss Kayser and Kurts arrived here
today. The father of Miss Kayser com
pleted his long horseback ride to Den
ver last Thursday.
The wedding, which will take place
next Sunday, wlil be the culmination of
a college romance.
DANGEROUS SHELLS SUNK
French Cruiser Goes to Sea to Get
Rid of Condemned Melenlte.
BREST. France. Jan. . One of the
cruisers attached to this port sailed
out to sea today and threw overboard
Into deep water 67 tons of melenlte
shells.
The shells were condemned after the
explosion on the battleship Libert at
Toulon last September, when 235 men
were klllei
Germany Presses Guatemalan Claim.
BERLIN. Jan. f. Dr. R. Scheller
Stelnwaerts. German Minister to Abys
sinia, has been appointed to represent
Germany in Guatemala In the absence
of Minister K. Von Bucn. The special
object of Dr. Scheller Stelnwaerts' ap
pointment Is to press the clal..s of
Germans against the Republic.
Fifteenth Regiment Is Ready.
MANILA. Jon. . The Fifteenth ' in
fantry Regiment, stationed at Fort
ilcKinley. where it arrived December
5. is bein? held in readiness to pro
ceed to China. It was brought up to
ax strns. tu on Its arrival.
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State Senator Selling- took a part In
the controversy over the charge that
State Game Warden Finley "planted"
deer meat in prominent hotels and res
taurants, when, from his seat In the
lurv hn in .Inntlre Rpll'a rnnrt veater-
day, he demanded, "as a citizen and I DT
taxpayer," that Finley should arrest
J. F. Gay. the alleged decoy In the
case. The Senator made the demand
with considerable show of warmth and
denounced the conduct of the warden
in allowing the confessed miscreant his
liberty.
Charges against the Louvre restau
rant and Walter Hall, an employe, last
of the cases growing out of Flnley's
Christmas raid, wherein six arrests
were made, was on trial, and as on
former occasions, the manner.ln which
arrests followed within a few minutes
of the delivery of venison In all the
rases was made the principal conten
tion, i
Gay's Tarries Told.
Each of the defendants In the for
mer cases was called as a witness and
told of alleged tricks by which Gay, the
market-hunter, led them to accept the
meat, and of Flnley's appearance within
a lew minutes, armed with knowledge
of the contents of the unopened pack
age, and made arrests.
Finley was called by the defense to
explain why Gay, after confessing that
he had killed the deer, shipped them
here and peddled portions to all the
defendants, waa at full liberty. "I am
keeping watch on him." said the
Warden.
What's to hinder him from skipping
over to Vancouver tonight?" asked
Selling.
Well nothing, I guess," replied the
witness.
"Well. I demand that you place him
under arrest and put him under ball."
said the Juror.
"And I demand." said Attorney
Kraemer. "that you place a charge
against him for every -crime he has
confessed here." I
I will do so." said Finley. I
Hall admitted that he bought the
venison, but hs said he thought It was
dried. Before he had time to settle
the matter, the wardens, "a brigade of
them," said the witness,
placed him under arrest. The Jury
found him guilty.
Attack on Warden Finley was
launched from another source, by Cap
tain E. W Spencer, who killed an elk
in Montana recently, which was cong
ested by Finley whl'e on exhibition. No
arrest accompanied the confiscation,
but the carcass was held pending de
termination of the facts surrounding
Its killing. The plaintiff demands the re
turn of the carcass or the alternative
judgment of Its value. S200, and dam
ages In the sum of laO.
I know this looks queer," said
Warden Finley last night, "but the
whole truth Is that there was no plot
hich we rouowea uj i
places. We knew ne im -..-w-tattir
here and we were close on his
frail when he made his deliveries. That
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POWERS MOVE CAUTIOUSLY
Bankers, However, Might Submit
Plan to Settle Difflcultr.
PARIS. Jan. 6. The possibility of an
eventual Intervention by the Powers
. i mnmt, form Is an absoro-
tnnic of discussion In diplomatic
-2.1 h.r The feeling, however,
fht nothing of a concrete nature
.nrid or can be carried
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Priteis" pointed out in authoritative
circles that the powers, as such, are not
able to Intervene unless foreign prop
erty in China should be. endangered or
attacked and the legations should re
port that the time has arrived for the
powers to act.
Banking groups, however, are in a
different position, for they are free
from political considerations. The
Idea Is that the banking combinations
of Russia and Japan might Join the
banking groups of America. England.
France and Germany in arranging a
concrete plan for the settlement of the
Chinese difficulty, which. If China her
self should be unable to solve her own
destiny might be submitted to the con
flicting elements and backed by the
offer of substantial loans to help place
China on her feet.
BERLIN'. ' Jan. 6. No inquiry con
cerning the dispatch of troops to China
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cle used has tires at least three and a quar
ter Inches wide.
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