Expelled Ministerial Student Richeson From Jewell College
The Rev. C V T Richeson, once a ministerial student at William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri, was expelled in 1906 during his senior year for cheating. He later disappeared from public view after holding several country pastorates and a late night incident with a jilted woman that ended after fellow students intervened.
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Liberty
C. Vv. T. Richeson
William Jewell College
St. Louis
Virginia
Richeson arraigned after delay for warrant in Linell cyanide murder
The Rev Clarence V T Richeson was arrested hours before a warrant was issued. A Suffolk Municipal Court warrant accuses him of feloniously poisoning Avis Linnell with cyanide of potassium on October 14 1911 causing her death. The document was sworn by John F Mitchell with Albert R Brown as assistant clerk.
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Municipal Court
City of
Boston
Holden
County of
Suffolk
John F. Mitchell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Linnell
Richeson
Mitchell
Albert R. Brown
Girl Loses Action Against the B R T
Miss Nellie Hoare aged 16 and once a stenographer failed her suit for 10000 damages against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company after she left her calling following a street car fall. She later worked as a sculptor's model for Mrs Harry Payne Whitney.
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New York
Nellie Hoare
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Harry Payne Whitney
Watts Tell Story of Drug Purchase and Cyanide Gift
Deputy Superintendent Watts recounted how attorney Elisha B. Bishop arranged a visit with druggist William Hahn after a tip tied to the Avis Linnell case. Hahn testified Richeson asked for cyanide to kill a dog and pups, with Watts stating he supplied dangerous crystals and warned of their lethality before Richeson invited Hahn to a wedding.
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Watts
Richeson
Roxbury
Elisha B. Bishop
Devonshire Street
Hahn
Mr. Hahn
Revered Clergyman Richeson Seen at Cambridge Drug Store
The Rev Wv T Richeson visited the drug store of Charles L Nelson at Putnam avenue and Brookline street Cambridge on Friday morning. He cashed a $5 check at Mrs Nelson's counter and left after a brief, uneventful visit. Nelson described him as a quiet cultured man who showed no nervousness or unusual intent.
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Wv. T. Richeson
Charles L. Nelson
Putnam Avenue
Brookline Street
Cambridge
Linnell
Central Trust Company of
Richison
Mr. Nelson
Richeson Incident Tangles Rhode Island Convention
Providence October 2 Rev C V T Richeson arrested in Boston on murder charges in the Avis Linnell case. He spoke Friday at Pascoag RI during the Rhode Island Sunday School Association convention for Burrillville and Glocester. Witnesses place him in Pascoag at 2:13 pm and 5:30 pm, while a brakeman asserts seeing him in South Station at 4:38 pm.
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Providence
R. I
C. V. T. Richeson
Boston
Avis Linnell
Pascoag
Burrillville
Glocester
George Baker
Willard B. Wilson
Rhode Island Sunday School Association
Wilson
Witness claims Richeson seen with Avis Linnell at South Station
Freight brakeman George Baker testified last night that he saw Rev. Mr. Richeson with Avis Linnell at the South station in Hyannis last Friday afternoon about 4 40 to 5 o clock. He said Avis appeared pale and talked rapidly while Richeson looked down, and he recognized both from their hometown. Baker added he had known them and attended Richeson church services.
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Wilson
Richeson
Pascoag
George F. Harvey
Berean Baptist Church
2Risville
R. I
Newtonological School
George Baker
Miss Linnell
South Station
Rhode Island Sunday School Association
Baker
Hyannis
Doctor Denies He Treated Miss Linnell
Hyannis physician Dr. Charles H. Harwood visiting Dr. Walter Sherwood at 198 Huntington Avenue denied the report that Miss Linnell sought him for treatment. He said he knew the family but not the girl personally and doubted she sought medical care near home. He would not discuss Rev. Richeson.
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Charles H. Harwood
Hyannis
Walter Sherwood
Huntington Avenue
Miss .Linnell
Cape
Harwood
Richeson
Donovan on Boston Dock Co board rumors
Michael F. Donovan, superintendent of the Warren Steamship Company, is named as a possible member of a new Dock Co formed to study Boston port needs. Donovan, long involved in shipyard and dock work since youth, is well known to dock labor unions and the community who have endorsed his potential appointment.
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Michael F. Donovan
Warren Steamship Company
Posant
New Dock Co
Boston
Donovan
Mr. Dono
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Violet Edmands
Chief Watts
Edmonds
Chestnut Hill
Moses G. Edmands
Mr. Richeson
Miss Edmands
Long
Avis Liimmell
Dunbar
Chief Dugan
IL Salt Lakh
Utah
Patsey Felts
Independence
Felts
Miss Avis
New England
Liberty, Mo
Son
Cambridge Apothecary
Mn. Harvey
M. F. Donovan
America
Thomas A. Edison
Tomorrow’s Sunday Post
Europe
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