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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
2
The governor delivers a final ruling upholding execution for Richeson after alienists assess recurring hysterical insanity but find the crime not committed during an attack. The report recounts Richeson’s troubled background, inherited illness, and periods of unconsciousness, with remarks from Attorney Morse on the bitter outcome.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children. It claims a coated tongue signals digestive trouble and promises gentle, quick relief from constipation with no griping. The product is described as made from figs senna and aromatics with clear usage directions for all ages.
Rev Herbert Johnson, pastor of Warren Avenue Baptist Church, is to break the news to Clarence Richeson that he will die in the electric chair. Deputy Warden Allen said Richeson would likely be informed today, while Governor Foss declined to intervene. Johnson said he would attend the execution if Richeson requests it.
The Jump-Ups try another plan to join high society. Jim practices parlor magic as part of the scheme. See the result in next Sunday's Post.
Richeson faced his death in Charlestown prison with visits from counsel William A. Morse and Chaplain Rev. Stebbins and was said to be in good physical condition. The Governor's denial of a council submission ended his last hope for clemency, and guards noted his quiet, reserved mood as he awaited the fatal hour.
A report spread in Charlestown of a crank who tried to reach the death house at the State prison to shoot Richeson. An officer spotted a man near the wall at dawn and the offender fled when challenged, carrying a gleaming object.
William H. Hartnett of 17 Bowdoin Street was arraigned in Charlestown District Court on drunkenness and disorderly conduct on an elevated train. He found guilty on both counts and fined five dollars for drunkenness and ten dollars for disorder.
President Taft reportedly has 543 delegates for the Republican convention, per telegrams from C. D. Hilles and William E. McKinley. Five hundred forty three exceeds the needed majority. four Idaho delegates are included. Taft offered no new comment beyond his earlier statement on delegates.
Huntington W Va May 16 Instructed to vote for Colonel Roosevelt West Virginia tonight completed the selection of its 16 delegates to the Republican national convention and made good Governor W E Glasscock's prediction to Colonel Roosevelt and the only one of the seven Republican Governors who signed the appeal to Colonel Roosevelt to become a candidate for the presidential nomination to deliver a solid delegation for the colonel The convention also adopted a party platform favoring United States Senators by popular vote.
Francis Westley Muehfeldt, linked to a burglary career and open air evangelistic meetings, was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree. Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty described the prisoner as having a dual personality.
Muehlfeldt and William Lingley jointly indicted for the killing of Patrick Burns a Bronx saloon keeper on February 11 by masked highwaymen who fled in a taxicab. Detectives arrested Muehlfeldt in Vineland New Jersey where he worked as an attendant at a home for mentally challenged youths. Police found criminology books in his room. Muehlfeldt 23 recently married to a Bronx family-connected woman.
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