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Richeson Suspected Murderer Attacks Self in Jail Cell
Clarence W. T. Richeson awaiting trial for Avis Linnell murder attacked himself with a tin knife fashioned from a marmalade jar top at the Charles Street jail just before 4 am. He was rushed to the hospital wing for an operation. doctors say his condition is not dangerous and trial remains set for January 15. District Attorney Pelletier said the case will proceed, though a sanity commission may be requested.
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Clarence W. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Charles Street
Richeson
Pelletier
Sargent
George A. Sargent
Howard A. Lothrop
David D. Brough
John L. Ames
Lavelle
William A. Morse
Seavey
Philip R. Dunbar
John L. Lee
Beverly R. Harrison
Virginia
Messrs. Morse
Dunbar
Moses Grant Edmands
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Edmands
Clarence
Sanderson
Aiken
Bridgewater
Springfield
Bertram G. Spencer
Poe
Boston
Immanuel Church
Cambridge
Linnell
New England Conservatory
Warrenton Street
Violet Edmands
Edgar Linnell
Avis
William H. Hahn
Miss Linnell