The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 11, 1912, Image 5

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'% "' . . ) \ AUMUS CKiMh ? Freachsr Coat.(set Tut He Cnid the Death ef Yeeag Weaaa. THEY HAD BEW LOVERS Rev. O. T, V. Richeeon Murdered Avis Liuacll, to Whom He Had lieoit Eugugod for Some Time, and Whom He Had Wronged, Bo as He Could Harry Another. The Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson, the young Baptist preacher confined in jail at Boston on the charge of murdering hl? former sweetheart, Avis Linnell, a music teacher, and at one time organist of his church, confessed his guilt on Saturday in a document made public by his lawyers. The confession declares that the accused is guilty "of the offense of which ho is indicted," which is murder in the first degdee. Here is his confession: "Boston, January 5, 1911. "John D. Bee, Esq.; William A. LWorse, Esq.; Philip It. Dunbar, Esq. "Gentlemen: Deeply penitent for my sin and earnestly desiring, as far as in my power lies to make atonement, I hereby confess that I am guilty of the offense of which I stand indicted. "1 am moved to this course by no inducement of self-benefit or leniency. Heinous as i? my crime, God has not wholly abandoned me, and my conscience and manhood, however depraved and blighted, will not admit of my still further wronging by a public trial her whoso puro young life I have destroyed. Under ' ? Inatilncra r\ f ranirtran T t)9VA Hllf tiiU 1 UIDU i XI IV V/ i. A V**' W * WV/ a w *? W* fered and am Buffering the tortures of the damned. In this I find a measure of comfort. In my mental anguish I recognize that there is still, by tho mercy of the Master, some remnant of tho divine spark of goodness still lingering within me. "I could wish to live only because within some prison's walls I might in some small measure redeem my sinful past and help some other despairing soul,, and at last find favor with my God. "You are instructed to deliver this to the district attorney or to the fudge of tho court. "Sincerely yours, "Clarence V. T. Richeson." Ab will bo noticed Rlcheson's confession Is bare of details, but It la understood, however, that he enlarged on It In conversation and possibly In writing, to his counsel, and that the district attorney is now In possession of most of the information. While no peraon can be quoted as responsible for it, the statement is made on high authority that Rlcheson's amplified confession to counsel was on the following lines: After purchasing a quantity of cyanide of potassium from William Hahn, a Newton Centre druggist, on October 10 ,the minister took the poison to his rooms in Cambridge. A few days later he borrowed from Mrs. Frank H. Carter, in whose house he was a lodger, an earthenware L mixing bowl "to make some book paste." Returning the bowl of Mrs. Carter an hour or two later ho warned her to be sure and wash It out thor 1_1_ 1 (IT 1. OUgniy, Buying, x navu uwu ujiaiu^ * poison in it." It was in this bowl, and at this time, it is said, that the minister, by mixing tho cyanide of potassium with flour and water, made the capsule which ultimately caused Miss IJnneH'fl death. This was Thursday, October 12. On Saturday, October 14, Rioheson met by appointment his one-time ( fiancee, who still believed herself his intended wife. Following their custom, the couple had a short walk and then went into a Boylston street cafe. ( ^ Hero they had luncheon, after which they took another walk, this time to tho Fenway. It was while seated in ( a secluded bench in tho park, after j tho girl had again told htm of her \ worry over her physical condition, ? saying she feared it was becoming , apparent to her friends, and had once more entreated him to procure some 5 remedy for her, that the minister is < naid to have handed the girl the cap- \ eulo, declaring it was a medicine ] which would certaJnly act in the manner desired. i He directed her as to the menner of taking it and then the pair walked to the car lino. Miss Linnell went to her room in the Young Women's Christian Association house, whilo ( Iticheson boarded a trolley car for < Brookline, going to tho home of Miss < Violet Edmunds, tha wealthy heiress, * whom he was to havo married a few i weeks later. * Meeting her chum. Miss Lucille 1 Elegler, Avis said she had been walk- ^ tug with her "friend" (by which 8 Miss Zlegler understood she meant Richeson) and complained of a headache as her excuse for harrying to tier room. A dew hours later she 1 was found unconseioas In the bifth 1 rom and died without regaining con- c sciousneee. 2 The indictment against Rlcheson s charged that he ' feloniously, wil- < tally and of his malice aforethought," t gars Miss Umaell jgial4s ef fotas-ji 5LA>tt> Bi HtUtS SEVEN HUNDRED MANCHUS KILLED OR WOUNDED. i ? Rebels Attack Impeiiul Forces While Latter Attempting to Return to City, Jut ?xoATated. Advice* from Peking. China, la to effect that seven hundred Imperial troops are roprted to hare been killed and wounded Thursday, in a battle with revolutionists near Hankow, province of Hu Peh. The linyerial forces were excavating the city when two of their trains were destroyed. From tlieee trains one thousand troops, independent of their commanders, were making an effort to return to Hankow. The revolutionists, however, attacked them vigorously, inflicting heavy losses. This information reached Peking Friday in a consular report from Hankow. The report added that there was a confeience In Hankow Friday between imperials and revolutionists, but no agreement was reached. The three thousand imperial Government troops ordered from Pao Ting and Shih Kalwang, to assist in suppressing tho mutiny of Chinese troops at Hankow, arrived there late Thursday. Considerable fighting occurred in the city during tho night. Telegraph wires were cut and the mall trains suspended. Government troops are now concentrating at Hanchow to maintain order ad make preparations to meet a possible landing of revolutionists from Canton. Revolutionary commanders have issued a warning to Cantonese Officials at Peking that they must leave the Government service of their homes will be destroyed. Many of them are resigning and departing from Peking. There is marked uneasiness in northern China. The Imperial Government is circulating full reports of the negotiations with the rebels at Shanghai, showing that the revolutionists resent the premier's determination not to accept Tang Shao Yi's arrangements for a National Convention to decide the future form of Government. Premier Yuan Shi Kai and Dr. ,JVu Ting Fang, realizing that telegraphic negotiations are unsatisfactory, are now trying to persuade each other to visit the rival headquarters and conclude an agreement. Consular telegrams received from Chung King say that at Cheng Tu the greatest disorder prevails. According to these telegrams, the viceroy of the province, Choa Erh Feng, who was reported to have recaptured Chc^ig Tu, took refuge In kis official residence on December 20, but the revolutionaries seized and executed him, as well as the general of the Imperial troops. slum with deadly intent, and that because of her death he is guilty of murder In the first degree. Miss Dinnel was found dying In a bath room in the Young Woman's Christian Association building at Boston, where she lodged. At first it was believed she had taken poison, but a day or two later it became generally known that she had taken cyanide of postassium In the belief that it would remedy her embarrassing physical condition. On the day following Miss Linnell's death, RIcheson went to the home of Moses Grant Edmands, father of Miss Violet Edmands, to whom Itlcheson was to have been married October 31 last. It was reported to the police that the young pastor had been engaged to Miss Llnnell. It was also a police theory that the minister was the person to whom Miss Linnell's physical condition would causo the greatest worry. On the night of October 14 William IIahn, a druggist at Newton Center, reported to the police that a few days before the death of Miss Llnnell, Richeson had purchased cyanide of potassium from him. The next day Richeson waa arrested at tlio Edmands home in Brookllne. rhe wedding invitations were recalled. A special grand Jury on October 31 returned an lndictmont against Richs?on, who pleaded not guilty. Tils Lrial was fixed for January 15. Later 1 ie resigned his pastorate. Richeson is about 3 5 yea.ra old, *nd was born at Rose Hill, Va. 1 . 1 i Woman Starved to Death. 1 Miss Anna Thornton was found , lead from starvation in her luxurl- j mih hnnift In Ttnv S'd#v L. T.. Thnrs lay. Coroner Amber gave his verdict is death by starvation. Tho woman ,vas 65 years old. She was wealthy ind lived alone. Tho police found 10 food in her house. Her house Is valued at $10,000 and she had an iccount at a local bank. Mbther Killed, Babe Safe. Walking along the tracks of the heading Railroad at Bustleton, Pa. Friday, with her elghteen-months-old hlld in her arms, Mrs. Polta Prlfolla, 10 years old, was struck by a train ind killed almost Instantly. The ;hlld was torn from her arms and ossed Into a field, but except for a >? alight bruleea was uninjured. UKKaW iAUi> ? Thinks Ibe P?aple Shtild Cbaose the Presideslial Candidate FAEQR OPEN CAUCUSES ? Endorse* Brother's Action la Protesting Against Unauthorized Use of Ills Name in Nebraska as Preferential Candidate and Discusses Others Matters of Public Interest. While In Charleston on Friday Hon. W. J. Bryaja was Interviewed by a representative of The News and Courier, and, as on all occasions, he discussed public Questions openly and frankly. "My brother did the proper thing in entering a protest," said Mr. Bryan when he had read the dispatch from Lincoln, Nob., stating that his name had been brought forward as a candidate and that his brother would take steps to bring about a withdrawal of the petition. "They have no business to put a man in as a candidate unless he wishes to be one." Asked for a direct expression as to whether or not he would be a candidate, 'Mr. Bryan replied: "As to that I have already expressed myself sufficiently." "What is your attitude towards Presidential primaries?" Mr. Bryan was asked. "I believe in them. We have them now in Nebraska. They are in line with die Democratic idea of deriving authority from the people themselves. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, then the members of the party are the source of all legitimate power In the party." "Will you urge the Democratic national committee at its meeting in Washington next week to compel tho holding of Presidential primaries in ajl States?" "I do not wish to announce a line of action for the committee at this time," replied Mr. Bryan. T n rr??\l tt + o r% 11 n a i I r\ r> nAtionmino All 1 cpi/ IU U V| UOD11WU WilV/^1 UlUg the men mentioned as Presidential possibilities, he said: "I do not care to discuss the relative availability of candidates at this time." Concerning Col. Roosevelt as a possible candidate, however, Mr. Bryan said: "I would not want to estimate his strength, but I feel sure that the third-term objection would detract from any strength that he might otherwise have. I think his attitude has been stated?namely, that he does not desire to be a candidate and will not try to secure the nomination, but will accept it if it it tendered him." Discussing the proposal* to make the Democratic Congreejfcional caucuses open sessions, Mr. Bryan expressed himself at being "very much in favor of the open caucus. I would not insist that everything said in the caucus should be reported, but I think that every action taken by the caueus ought to be taken on rollcall, so that the constituent would know how his representative voted. A secret ballot can only bo justified whero the individual acts for himself alone. Wherever he acts in a representative capacity a secret ballot is intolerable. It invites the betrayal of constituents. Most of the States require the roll call on all measures and the same reasoning 1 applies to the action of legislators In 1 caucus. I havo very much hope that tho Democratic caucus will relievo tho party of any suspicion that its 1 programme is adopted by dark lan- ' tern methods." 1 Mr. Bryan outlined some of tho tlilmm flint hft Pnnprnftfl 1 ought to do in the way of new legislation. "In the Commoner, just before tho session opened," ho said, "I called attention to several things. I don't know that I would care to go into detail now, but I think that the most important thing before Congress is tho election of Senators by the people. It was tho first thing on tho programme adopted by this Congress, and I think it is tho most fundamental reform that wo have to deal with in national politics. Tho hitch just now is over tho question of control of elections. Tho resolution as it passed tho House gives tho control to tho States and tho resolution as it passed the Senate reserves tho control, or is construed to rio so, to tho general Government. I think that tho question of control Bliould bo eliminated by making the form of tho election optional with ^ the State. This gives the popular j alection where tho people want it ( without raising tho partisan question c 3f control. "Tho tariff question is, of coarse, J, Ein important one and I have no j loubt Congress will deal with it. The trust question is also important, and [ think legislation on the subject la imperatively needed. The Democratic platform of 1908 outlines a plan crhlch I regard as effective and suf- s Sclent. 1 "I think Congress ought also to V jerry out the platlorm declaration p m Imperialism and announce the na- ( tion's Intention to give Independence t to the Filipinos as soon as a stable r government has been established. a , 9 > , if it) 11ltdi / ? ? ' GOVERNOR DEFIES THE CHIEF JUSTICE Of STATE. TJie Governor Threatens to Call Out the Militia to Carry Out His Orders. A dispatch from Oklahoma City, Okla., says Governor Leo Cruco Friday defied the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, threatened to call out the militia, of which he pointed out he is Commander-in-Chief, and sardonically told the high tribunal of his State, if it wanted to measure swords with him, "it had bettor send a force right away." The muddle arose through the re moral of the county seat of Delaware County from Grove to Jay. The records were started from Grove Tuesday, but instead of reaching the old town site of Jay, designated in the Governor's proclamation, were stopped at a recently established addition to the town, known as New Jay. Thursday when it was reported armed men were on guard at New Jay to prevent tho further removal of the books and papers, Governor Cruce ordered a company of State militia at Tulsa under arms, and instructed the Adjutant General to proceed to the scene of the conllict. After the arrival of the Adjutant General it was stated that no further effort would bo made to impede the removal of the records, but Friday citizens of New Jay applied to Chief Justice Turner for a restraining order, and it was granted. The Governor was informed of the Court's action, and in a telegram to the Adjutant General said: "As Comamnder-in-Chief of the Oklahoma militia, and as Governor of the State, I direct you to proceed with the enforcement of my proclamation and order, as delivered to you Thursday. Whatever force is necessary for you to employ to enforce th? order will be called for bv you." Calling tho Chief Justice on the telephone a short time later, the Governor is reported to have said: "If tho Supreme Court means to have its order enforced, it had better send a force right away." In the meantime, however, Adjt. Gen. Canton had removed the records to Old Jay, where a fresh start was made in the governmental machinery of the county. "The publicity bill that is now a law was a great step in advance. I think it should be further enlarged so that we can have publicity as to newspaper ownership, as to funds raised to nominate Presidential candidates, and as to recommendations on which Presidential appointments are based. Thes* are some of the prob ems that Congress has before it. "What is your attitude towards the arbitration treaties now before the Senate?" Mr. Bryan was asked. "I am in favor of the treaties, although if I had the wording of them I would make some changes. The principal one would be to make investigation imperativo instead of optional. It is a great step in advance to have it optional; but wan. nro often declaied when people are mad and when both sides mav be too excited to ask for an Investigation. Investigation should be made compulsory so that hostilities could not be commenced until the world was made acquainted with the differences between the parties. If investigation wero made compulsory, the question of submitting tho matter to arbltration would bo of less Importance becauso it would rarely bo necessary to submit any question to arbitration?investigation would settle it and lead to recommendation." Mr. I3ryan stated that ho had ravored the abrogation of the Russian treaty. In reply to a query, ho said that ho j was not ready yet to announce the subjects that ho would discuss In his , speech at tho Jackson Day dinner In ( \Tew York. 'Mr. Bryan said that he lad been watching with the greatest l nterest tho revolution In China and ' hat ho was much gratified to see tho i progress that is being made towards ? .he establishment of a republic thero. i Mr. Bryan apears to bo in the best )f health. Ho has enjoyed thoroughy his recent trip to Cuba and his our through tho South. He recalled isrit.h pleasure his visit to Charleston t some years ago, when he addressed m immense audionc? at the Thomson Auditorium, now the Charleston Muleum. , ? ( Starts on Bad Bond Soon. A Greenville dispatch says the 1 oungest prisoner ever confined in * ho county jail is now an inmate of c hat institution. He is nine years J na, nis name ib rone Mcuuliough, nd ho is charged with larceny of a . icycle. Previous to being jailed he lad served thirty days on the chain- c ;ang for a like offense. I , Henry Damage Done. i At Dodge City, Kan., the mercury 1 tood at four below zero Frfday. The c ongeet period of cold and deep snow [nown in many years has caused i jreat loss of lire stock. West of c Jreat Bend Kan., train service on 1 ranch lines has boen blocked for 1 nore than a week and Isolated towns t re sailing for aid* i 1 ' V * * I iiUliikii liiijlUiuR Shocking {rine Ibe East SideSeclien of Ntwiik City VICTIMS OF FOUL PLAY An Aged Man and His Aged Wife Fearfully Mutilated in Their Home by Fiends Who Have Well Covered Up Their Tracks and Their I dentity. A case of double murder found In an East Sido house in New York Sunday is one of the most shocking in details of any since the Guidonsuppe dismemberment and the "Jackthe-Ripper" series of crimes.. Isaac Futterman, 80 years, and his wife, Raeliael, 72 years old, were found dead in their room, their bodies terribly mutilated. The police believed the aged couple was practically tortured to death and in the absence of any well-established motive for such a crime think the Futtermans were victims of a religious maniac. Futterman was a retired manufacturer, who had accumulated a small ( fortune, but always had refused to leave the East Si'de neighborhood whore he settled when ho came from Russia many years ago. lie was a zealous church worker and aided in founding the synagogue in his district, which he and his wife attended. i The couple lived alone. Their three children dwelt in other parts of the city. One of these Aaron Futter- , man, superintendent of a brass facx ? 41. a x l. _ ? t iuiy? uiKcuTerea me crime on nia weekly visit to his parents. The father's body lay on a sofa, , and the mother's on a bed. Each was , only partially dressed. There were deep gashes across both faces and , bodies and the eyes of both were ter- , ribly mutilated, one of the man's being torn out from Its socket. , The man's abdomen was terribly slashed, and thero were cuts running lengthwise from head to foot. The nature of the mutilation led the polico to believe that it had been be- , gun while the Futtermans were alive , and that death had been actually , caused by blows over the head, whioh , fractured both skulls. The bodies bore finger prints, which the police experts took photographs of. A small neck bag,^ In which Mrs. Futterman Is said to have . carried money and jewelry, could not be found. The police, however, scout robbery as the motive for the crime. Aaron Futterman said he did not know that his father had an enemy,. His father kept practically all his money in a hank. The police believe that he murder occurred several days ago, as decomposition had sot it. Neighbors do not remember having seen the aged couple since January 3. MEANEST KIND OF THIEVES. Robs Man of Money They Demanded for Stolen Rings. George W. Culver, of Ogden, Utah, now has an opportunity to offer a reward for a reward. Culver and hit f wife were held up two weeks ago In t their home, and $5,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry taken from them. ' Culver at once tnaerted advertise- t ments In local papers, offering a re- g ward of $3 00 for the return of the ( purse. A reply was received and. Culver answered with a second advertisement. By telephone an agreement was made whorehy Culver was J to meet the man who answered the ^ first advertisement., give him $3 00 j and receive his diamonds. Culver passed a deserted building near the j, designated meeting place and as ho did so a window was raised and Culver looked into the muzzle of a carbino in the hands of a masked man. ^ rwo others relieved him of tho $3 00 ^ reward and presented him with a c small package containing some ball . bearings for an automobile. FOUR FATATjLY 11 CRT. > ? + o Cincinnati Street Car Drops R5 Foot ' n From Bridge. n Four persons were fatally Injured, " tvhilo another was seriously hurt at v Cincinnati Friday night, when a ( South Ilelt Avenuo car jumped from ho central bridge, which connects * :hat city with Newport, Ky. The 0 ^ar landed on Front street, after 1 urning a somersault in its drop of Ifty-flve feet to the pavement below. g The fatally injured are: Harry ATesslying, Newport, Ky., conductor ?n tho car; Benton Schroll, secretary >f the Central Bridge Company, Now- 11 )ort, Ky.; Edward Hahfel, Cincin- ? lati; Harry Finnan, Covington, Ky., a notorman on tho car, and Samuel b -lollowell, Newport, Ky., tho only c >ther passenger. 'h The car left the track after cross- n ng the Ohio River, with a sharp ;urve in the bridge. It was making ts first trip of the night from the )arns in Newport, which accounts li or the small number of pinn^njirs d i board. ? ' . ,, ? > I 1 " OjuOiLU * js OFFICIALS EXONERATED IN LON. NIB HALL CASE. Tho Court of Enquiry Finds that He Was a Bad Prisoner and Had to he Punished. The board of directors of the Penitentiary, after investigating the alleged mistreatment of Lonnie Hall, the white prisoner whom Governor 11 lease some time ago paroled, and at which time charges of ill-treatment of Hall by the Penitentiary officials were made, issued the following statement Friday night: "After reading aji account of the alleged mistreatment of Lonnie Hall, serving sentence for manslaughter, which was published in the newspapers some time ago, the board of directors of the penitentiary, at a recent meeting, investigated the same. Each and every officer and guard that had any connection with the case was duly sworn and their evidence is now a matter of record at the penitentiary. "From evidence obtained, the board of directors feel sutisfied that the said T.onnio Halt brought all of the trouble on himself, lie came to the penitentiary with a bad record and his conduct while in prison fully confirmed that record. lie was regarded as an obstreperous and dangerous prisoner and had frequently given the oflleera trouble. "In regard to this particular case, th? hoard found from the evidence that the said Ixmnie Hall was the aggressor and that the officers acted Bolely on the defensive and with a great deal of forbeai ance. To maintain discipline in the prison it is absolutely necessary to inflict punishment. "After careful consideration, the .1: a it. i?i ucitiu ui uneuiuiB tire ui tue opinion that the punishment inflicted on the t>uid Lonnie Hall was not cruel or unmerciful; 011 tlie contrary, they io not regard it is commensurate for the offence committed." M. W. Ttarailkill, the Saluda County man Bent to the penitentiary for manslaughter, and whom Governor Blease paroled, wrote a letter to the brother of Lonnie Hall, in Chester, giving an account of the alleged mistreatment of Lonnie Hall. The matter was taken up to Governor Blease with the final result that Lonnie Hall was paroled. "WORST SINCE SHERMAN. A. Rig Blaze Sweeps Columbia Wholesale District. The worst fire since Sherman 4 burned Columbia was experienced thers Friday morning when flames rlefctroyed practically an entire block In the wholesale district and inflicted & loss estimated at not over $260,00 0. For a time the whole section was threatened. For over three hours the firemen made desperate 9lTort8 to check the raging flames, but this was not accomplished until the greater part of the buildings in the block had been consumed. A steady wind from the west, blowing low on the ground, sent the lames and sparks in every direction uid for a time overcame the desperate attempts the fire fighters were unking to confine the conflagration. Hie steady galo from the west carded tho sparks in every direction md many tenant houses and stables, ts well as warehouses and lesser nilldings, In the rear of the wholelalo district, were ignited and some >f them were burned. The fire originated in the baselient of the Gibbes Machinery Coui>any, just under the oiliee room, and iaa gained considerable headway vhen discovered, in the main buildng of tho Gibbe8 Machinery Com>any, which was two Btories in leight and faced on West Gervais itreet. Just in tho rear was loafed a largo warehouse, where tho utomobiles were housed. This was 0011 consumed and nineteen automobiles were lost in the fire, four nly being saved. Several other uildings were burned. ? Year Slipping Away. The days, weeks and years slip way like water in a running stream. Mine's great clock never loses a moment. Relentlessly, surely the molents pass, and our eager hands are ot able to detain them. We cannot cop hack the flying years, but we an and should keep tho blessings hey bring. Hold fast to tho lessons hey havo taught. Keep tho memory f their joys. Enrich every day of ifo with the garnered wealth of tho ays behind. This year of grace la oing like the others. I Jlall Stuck in Ills MoutYi. to prove tnat no naa tno mgprosi 11011th of any boy In tho crowd, Robrt Wilson, of Philadelphia, stuffed pool hall Into the openinr. Tho all filled tho mouth completely and ould not be removed until physicians ad pulled five teetb from the lad's louth. ? The Lorimer Case Bids Fair* The Lorlmer case bids fair to rival r; length the famous lawsuit of Jarnyc# vs. Jarndyee in Dlcken's "Bleak [ease." ^