richesoncase

Probably The Richeson Case - death of Avis Linnell "In 1911, the 35-year-old Richeson was thisclose to marrying a wealthy heiress and daughter of a Boston Brahmin when he had the misfortune of impregnating one of his conquests, an 18-year-old choir singer named Avis Linnell. As a result of the difficult position he found himself in, like so many others, Richeson chose murder as the solution to his problems." markgribben.com/index.php?cat=13&paged=1

Probably The Richeson Case - death of Avis Linnell "In 1911, the 35-year-old Richeson was thisclose to marrying a wealthy heiress and daughter of a Boston Brahmin when he had the misfortune of impregnating one of his conquests, an 18-year-old choir singer named Avis Linnell. As a result of the difficult position he found himself in, like so many others, Richeson chose murder as the solution to his problems." markgribben.com/index.php?cat=13&paged=1

Probably The Richeson Case - death of Avis Linnell "In 1911, the 35-year-old Richeson was thisclose to marrying a wealthy heiress and daughter of a Boston Brahmin when he had the misfortune of impregnating one of his conquests, an 18-year-old choir singer named Avis Linnell. As a result of the difficult position he found himself in, like so many others, Richeson chose murder as the solution to his problems." markgribben.com/index.php?cat=13&paged=1 "George E. Cobb, an assistant clerk, and Edward Linnehan, an errand boy, at the drug store of William Hahn, in Newton Centre, where Richeson is said to have purchased a quantity of cyanide of potassium" - witness in the case query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9402E7DE1231E2... October 27, 1911

Reverend Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson (February 15, 1876 - May 21, 1912) was executed for the sensationalized murder of Avis Willard Linnell. Avis Linnell “committed suicide” October 14, 1911 at the YWCA in Boston. The story got the attention of Edwin Grozier, owner of the Boston Post, who assigned every available reporter to the story. It was the Post that called for police to investigate Avis Linell's suicide. It was the Post that found the druggist in Newton who had sold Clarence Richeson the cyanide. It was the Post that called for the Rev. Richeson's arrest, which occurred 10 days after Avis's death. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Richeson

Bill Hahn was a neighbor. When I was a little boy, he explained his bee hives to me. When our house had a fire, he refinished some of our furniture. All and all - a good man who, as I recall, gave up his drugstore as a result of Progressive era reforms and this scandal which he really had little to do with.....