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Forecast.
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Rsin and colder Sunday, cold wavi in
northwest portion; Monday, probably
fair, colder in penisula, brisk.' north
winds, probably high over northwest
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Every Live Pensacola Merdint Is a
'' Journal Advertiser. '
VOLVXV. NO. 6.'
PENSACOLA; FLORIDA. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1912.
PRICE J 5 CENTS.
MINISTER RICHESON ADMITS
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I Ml IS
EITHER 111
URDERING MISS LIN NELL
DEAD AS RESULT
BE COLDEST OF
Cicial Weather
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Signs Confession and Says,
"Thank God, I Have
Eased XIy Conscience."
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECLARES
HE WILL ACCEPT NO COMPRO
UZZ IN THE WAY OF A PLEA
TO A LESSER CRIME AND THAT
THE MINISTER MUST STAND
TRIAL FOR THE CRIME TO
WHICH HE HAS CONFESSED.
THE CONFESSION OF"REV.
CLARENCE V. T. RICHESON
"Boston, January 3 ,1912.
"John J. Lee, Esq., William A.
Morse, Esq., PhUlp R. 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 Btand Indicted.
'T am moved to this course by,
no inducement of self-benefit or
leniency. Heinous as 13 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
Whose pure young life I have de-
stroyed. , .v
"Under the lashings of remorse.
I have suffered and am suffering
the tortures of the damned. In
this I find a measure of comfort.
In my mental anguish I recognize
that there is still, by the. mercy
of he " Master, some remnant of
the divjne. spark of goodness still
lingering with me. .'.
"I could wish to live only be
cause within some prison's wall, I
might in some small measure re
deem my sinful past, help some
other despairing soul, and at last,
'find favor with my. God.. . .. ,
"You sre instructed to deliver
tills to the district attorney dr .to
t'ie Judge of the court..
- - - . "Sincerely yours, " '
"CLAIiENCE V. T. FJCHESOX.
By Associated Praia
' BostGn, Jan. 8. Rev. Clarence V.T.
Kicheson confessed his guilt of the
.murder of Ills former sweetheart, Avis
Linnell' of Hyannls, in a document
made public" by his counsel ,today.
The confession declares the accused is
guilty "of the offense of which he is
indicted," which is murder in the first
degree. ' '
Whether Richeson will pay the ex
treme penalty, which, under the Mas
sachusetts law Is death In the electric
chair, no court official eared to pre
dict today. The indictment against
Richeson charged that he "feloniously,
wilfully and with malice aforethought"
gave Miss Linnell cyanide of potas
sium with a deadly intent, and that
because of her death h is guilty of
murder in the first degree.
District Attorney Pelletier declared
today after the confession was made
public that the trial set for January
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1LIUG GIRL
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH MUR
DERING WOMAN ON WAY FROM
THEATER MAKE CONFESSION
TO DETECTIVES. v .
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Jan. 1 6. John Stacey
and Geo. Rabenau, who are charged
with the murder of Mrs. Edmund
Kaufman, of Chicago, a month aga,
when placed under arrest tonight, ac
cording to the captain of detectives,
have confessed the crime.
Rabemau admitted firing the fat'i
shot. The woman was slain by one
of four men who tried to hold up her
, self and her husband as they were re
turning from the theatre. .
COUFESSES TO
Squad of "War Correspondents J
! , Set up Camp in Oyster Bay
, By Associated Press.
Ouster Bay. N. Y., Jan. 6. A squad
of 1war correspondents who , have
once again, after a year of compara
tive rest, set up camp in Oyster Bay
heard that CoL Roosevelt was chop
ping down trees about Sagamore Hill
this morning. It was said the biting
cold made little impression on tho
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chopping down big trees in the little
Long Island forest, he was showing
other men how to wield the axe with
The colonel sent down word that he
would have his customary "nothing to
BPy" today. No statement of any
REV. C. V. T. RICHESON AND THE
GIRL WHOM HE MURDERED
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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN & -
' THE LINNELL MURDER CASE
: . sIarch 22 Boston papers announced engagement of Rev. C. V. T.
Ricneson to MissVIolet'Edmands,' an heiress of Bostdn. . ,
. August 31 Richeson and Avi3' Linnell, to whom Tie' was at one'time "
engaged, visited the Hyannis (Mass.) fair, where Miss Linnell told sev
eral girl friends that she was to be Richeson's wife.
October 10 According to a drug clerk, the accused ' pastor pur
chased at Newton, Mass., a quantity of cyanide of potassium "for the
purpose of killing a dog." .' 4a--' " i
October 14 Avl Linnell found in the bathroom of the Boston
Young Woman's' Christian Association seated in :tu cnaar, her 'feet in
warm water, and dead from cyanide of potassium poisoning. 1
October 15 Police autopsy developed Miss Linnell : had been be-
trayed.. .... ... . . ' - - ct - ,
October 20 Richeson arrested at the Edmands home. .
October 31 The date set for his wedding to Miss Edmands.
. November 13 Richeson arraigned before Justice Sanderson and his
trial set for January 16, 1912.
December 20 Richeson mutilated himself. "
January 6 Richeson confesses. . t"
Jail 1 CITIES
STRONG DELEGATIONS ARE, AL
READY IN WASHINGTON TRY
ING TO SECURE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
By Associated Press. -"-
Washington, Jan.' 6. With a ma
jo ity of the members of the commit
tee here and large delegations from
two cities seeking the national con
vention of 1912, the meeting of tho
Democratic national committee next
. . i fnrmur nresifleiita tros-
pective or possible political ; activities
was forthcommg.
With the spotlight once again glim
mering on Oyster .. Bay, the town is
perking up to achieve its wontei
prominence. It settled into rest a year
or more ago after the colonel completed-
his campaign In behalf of
Henry L. Stimson. gubernatorial can
di.i a tiat time the colonel was
Permitted to retire in quit to his home
but now. growing out of recent politi
cal developments, Oyster Bay and
Kac. ttmi i-nn t nlarpfl in the
I ' bamyf flUi SCC
picture and the Roosevelt home is
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the
most interesting held 'in years.
Party leaders are strongly advo
cating harmony and every effort is
being made to prevent friction. Th
Introduction of innovations in the way
of selecting delegates to the conven
tion by presidential primaries and the
abrogation of the two-thirds rule are
being frowned upon. Chairman Mac!
urges all to work In harmony. ,
' W. J. Bryan Is expected tomorrow.
It is hnderstood that he will advocate
presidential primaries.
St. Louis, Baltimore, Chicago, Den
ver and -New York are seeking the
convention, with St. Louis and Balti
more leading.
BURFJS BEFORE
FEDERAL COI
DETECTIVE WHO IS I BEFORE
COURTS ON CHARGES OF KID
NAPPING, IS RELEASED ON HIS
OWN RECOGNIZANCE.
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Jan 6. By a writ of
habeas corpus issued today, the kid -napping
.charges against Detective
William J. Bums were taken, tempo
rarily, from the hands of the county
authorities into the federal jurlsdi-
Ition for argument.
By a voluntary arrangement with
his bondsmen Burns today surren
dered himself to Judge Markey, of the
criminal court. Burns was released
ii .- own recognizance.
Monday promises to be one of
nr-A tm
ui riuiu
Dies in Hospital in El Paso,
Texas From Internal
Injuries.
RAN OVER A COW IN THE COUN
TRY ROAD CHRISTMAS DAY
AND RECEIVED INJURIES FROM
WHICH HEvDIED EARLY SATUR
DAY MORNINGBODY IS TO. BE
SHIPPED TO FORMER HOME IN
GEORGIA.
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Special to Tho Journal.
EI Paso, Texas, Jan. 6. W. W. Varn,
a well known El Paso valley rancher,
died this morning at 7:44 o'clock at a
local hospital from injuries received in
an automobile wreclr near Evergreen
cemetery on Christmas afternoon when
his car struck a cow in the county
road. In the , wreck Varn's leg was
broken and he also sustained injuries
to his , kidneys and these injuries
served to cause a complication, of
troubles which ended in his death.
J. E. Varn, father of the deceased,
arrived from Hazelhurst, Ga., Just a
few minutes after his son had died,
and Kennard Varn, a brother, wh
was -(ih the auto accident with his
brother, and was also injured but has
been out of the hospital for several
days, was with him when he died. '
The deceased came to El Paso about
five years ago from Florida, where he
still has a wife end daughter, and
after conducting an auto garage for
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U. VAIiOMM
TESTIFIES BEFORE COMMITTEE
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND DE
NIES ANY DISBURSEMENTS NOT
ACCOUNTED FOR WERE MADE.
By Associated Press.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. C--iFormer gov
ernor and United States Senator-elect
Jas. K. Vardaman, who is a Voluntary
witness before the executive contin
gent funds committee of the Missis
sippi legislature, today made a vigor
ous denial to recent charges as to cer
tain funds disbursed during his ad
ministration n,ot having been properly
accounted for.
Efflffl BE!
Nude Body -of a 'Murdered Infant .
is Found in an Abandoned Ditch
The nude body of an infant girl,
cither white or a very bright mulatto
who had evidently been murdered prior
to being placed in an abandoned ditch,
was the gruesomo discovery of Iaun.
Tibbs and David Levins, two little ne
gro children, while playing near the
corner of, Alcanlz and Lloyd streets
late yesterday afternoon. The head
had been crushed, one arm and one
leg were broken and the body partly
covered with sand after being placed
in the ditch.
The children hastened to notify J.
IL Davis, who lives at 1307 North Al
caniz street, who telephoned the police
station of the find. Special Officers
Schmitz and Frank were sent to in
vestigate the matter and found the
B TB DEATH
ALONE WITH HER TWO YOUNG
CHILDREN HER DRESS IGNITES
AND SHE IS CHARRED TO UN
RECOGNIZABLE MASS.
By Associated Press.
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 6. Mrs. Thur
man . Eudy, aged " 23, was burned to
death in Concord, 24 miles north of
here, this morning while in her home
with' her to small children.
Mxs. Eudy's clothes were ignited
from a stove near which she was sit
ting and the woman rushed to a bed
in an effort to smother the flames.
The screams of her children attracted
neighbors who ran to the house to
find the woman charred to an un
recognizable mass.
EfiTIRE SEASD1
Recent Severe Cold Will Not
Compare With That to
Be Experienced Soon.
A COLD WAVE OF MARKED IN-
i
. TENSITY IS MOVING EASTWARD
AND SOUTHWARD AND IS DUE
TO REACH THIS SECTION TO
DAY AND TONIGHT, BRINGING
TEMPERATURES BELOW THE
FREEZING POINT.
The coldest 'leather experienced In
this section this season is , predicted
by the weather bureau for the next
twenty-four hoursThe recent cold'
wave, wjien the temperature went be
low freezing by quite a number of de
grees, will be forgotten entirely when
the icy blasts now moving in this
direction reach here, provided the ex
pectations and predictions of the
weather bureau are verified.
Tlie local weather bureau yesterday
received instructions to display a
northwest storm warning signal, and
at the sama time was advised by the
Washington office that the coldest
weather of tho season was. to be ex
perienced In thli section. Notices were
immediately sent out by the local office
conveying this intelligence. : These
notices contained the following:
"Northwest storm warnings ordered
displayed from Mobile to Cedar Keys.
Winds will shift to high northerly late
tonight. A cold wave of marked in
tensity, overspreading the plains
states, will advance V eastward and
southward over the' gulf states,
Arkansas Tennessee, northwest Flor
ida and Georgia during the next thirty-six
' hours anil cause the coldest
weather .of the .season irt these re
gions." ' .. -' :
MAN FREEZES TO DEATH
ON STREETS OF GADSDEN
By Associated Press.
V Gadsdeil, Asi;',',a.' . -Ttes 'ollce
tonlsUt found an ',- unidentified white
man frozen in ono inch of now on
the street hers.- ' .,
ELEVEN DEATHS IN NEW
YORK FROM THE COLD
New York, Jan. 8. Eleven ' deaths
from extreme cold is the record for
the winter's .coldfcst day here. Tonight
the thermometer sunk to eight degrees
from a maximum of fifteen this after
noon. , .. - -
TEMPERATURE DROPPED 20
DEGREES IN ONE HOUR
allas, Texas, Jan.. . A cold wave
struck northwest Texas early today,
traveling at a speed -estimated at 30
to 45 miles an hour. ' At Dallas the
temperature dropped 2ft degree in one
hour. The mercury at 10 a. m. stood
at 25 degrees above zero. -
body of the infant, Just as reported,
whereupon Coroner Nichelsen was at
once notified and. after viewing the
body, he gave an order for its removal
to tho undertaking parlors of F. R
Pou. - )
As soon as the body was removed
to the undertaking parlors, a coroner's
Jury was empaneled and viewed the
body, after which an adjournment was
taken until Monday morning at 9
o'clock.
The baby was fully developed and
was rather large It had evidently
been taken to the place where it was
found only a few hours after birth
and had apparently not been there
more than twenty-four hours when It
was found.
LOOTED HOTEL
YORK
SECOND HOLD-UP WITHIN A
WEEK INSIDE THE PUBLIC
"DEAD LINE," FOUR MEN PAR
TICIPATING IN ROBBERY.
By Associated Press..
New York, Jan. 6. Four men walked
Into the Central Hotel early today,
poked revolvers in the faces of Henry
Douglas, night clerk, "and his assist
ants, looted the -safe of. $75. tied
Douglas and his fellow clerks back to
back with stout ropes and then fled.
One of them ran oS. with a quantity
of solid silverr
This is the second hold-up within a
week inside the police "dead line."
JACK JOHNS
0J1FLYI
FIGHT JULY 22
THE BATTLE WILL BE IN NE
VADA AND THE PUEBLO FIRE
MAN SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT
HE WILL PROVE A REAL WHITE
"HOPE" JOHNSON WILL - RE
CEIVE 31,000 AND ONE-THIRD
FROM PICTURE SALES.
By Associated Press. .,
Chicago, Jan. . After eighteen
months of idleness Jack Johnson, the
champion heavyweight pugilist of the
world, today signed articles here to
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman. In Nevada
next July. July 22 Is the tentative
date, but may be changed. The fight
will . be either at Winward or
Metropolis.
- Johnson is to receive $31,100 and
one-third of the receipts from the sale
of moving picture rights. This will be
paid by his manager. Jack Curley. who
represents the promoters, whose
names are kept secret,
Each fighter has agreed not to fight
between May 1 and the date of the
contest without the mutual consent of
the , other fighter and Curley. This
means tho Johnson and McVey light
will be shelved -, or postponed. Tim
Sullivan, of New York, was chosen
stakeholder. Before February 16 Cur
ley must post a forfeit of $10,000 and
Johnson1 and Flynn 15,000 each. Flynn
expressed his confidence that he
would prove a real "hope.'
PICTU-RE OF "HOLY FAMILY y
SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY!
,,By AssecJateif Press ,
New York. Jan, A picture of the
3ioly family," painted. on..4 sheet of
brass in 'the year .754 and.v-alued nk
$30,000, is ths subject of a legal "con
troversy in the surrogate's court here.
It. constitutes the entire personal estate
of Mrs. Carmelia Garufl Irato and her
husband alleges that it should be
turned over to him by Julius Winter,
an expert, whom he charges with tak
ing the painting for appraisal and
keeping it. .
, Winter claims that the painting was
given hira in return for services ren
dered, v
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
Charleston. S. C, Jan. 6. Sea Island
cotton receipts during the past week
amount to 86 bags, sales to It and ex
ports to 119. Since September 1 re
ceipts total 4,014 and exports 1,614.
The stock
here is 3,753. Quotations
omitted
The jury empaneled by Coroner
Nichelsen and which viewed the re
mains of tho infant, was composed of
the following citizens: Pat Eagan,
foreman; Jack Brandon, Louis Mar
zonl. Gray McKinnon, C. G. Largue
and Tom Hanlon.
So far as is known, then s prac
tically no clue as to whero the infant
came from or how It came to hi tt
the place where it was found by the
ch'ldren, although It haa been re
ported to the police that a white man
was seen coming from near the spot
wl cre the child was found on Friday
niiht. It is not known whether the
ofiicers know who this party was or
not. but If they do his Identity has not
been 'made public.
13,000 DIE IN CHICAGO
OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 6. In an exhibit by
the city health department at the
opening of the dty club building nxt
Monday It will be shown th.t of 22,800
deaths In Chicago during 1011, 13,500
or about 40 per. cent were from pre
ventable diseases. It will also be
shown that one baby in every five dies.
Norman E. Mack
Respects
By Associated Presa
Washington, Jan. 6. Norman E.
Mack, chairman of the Democratic
national committee paid bla respects
to President Taft today.
Mr. Mack said the White House
looked attractive enough to be occu
pied by a Democrat.,
Among members - of the national
committee here the belief Is growing
that the fight for the Democratic con
vention will , narrow down to Balti
more and St Ixu!s.
New; York and Denver, however,
Was Well Dressed and Ac
? companied By a Young
Woman.
WENT TO HOME OF . MRS. BEN
CRONA ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK ON
THURSDAY Nt-HT AND BEFORE
MRS. CRONA COULD ; RECOVER
FROM HER' 'SURPRISE THE
STRANGER AND HIS COM
PANION HAD GONE. '
Telling a st of y of having to make a
short trip, of his wife being 111 at their
home near Perdido, and leaving an in
fant, apparently about ten days of a ge,
some clothing and $40 in cash at the
home of Mrs. Ben Crona, No. ' 130S
North Davis street, Thursday night, a
well dressed and prosperous looking
stranger, accompanied by, a reflneil
and equally well dreysed young wom
an, then disappeared and. have not re
turned to claim either the little, girl or
the money.
When someone knocked at ths'door
of Mrs. Crona Thursday night about 8
o'clock and she went t the door, sin '
was met by a white man nd woman,
who paid they hd- come. on a strangm
mission, according to what Mrs. Croc
told Chief of Police Sanders over th
'phone Friday. j
The lady says that the man an.1
woman told her they had a baby which
they wanted to leave with , her fora
few days, as they had to go over to
Mobile, and 'asked her to take careof
It until they came back. Before Mrs.
Crona had fully recovered from her
surprise, It seems, the couple had left
tho baby, a fine little girl, a supply
clothing and $40 cash and wre gone.
The man is said to have Jnfomt 1
Mrs. Crona that the child was his arr
that his wife was ill at PercTldo. whictj
was tho reason he wanted to leave tho
child with somone, thus making It
appear that the woman with him was
not the mother of the child.
It also developed that the couple hn'i
brtf-n to the Pearl Eaj-an home with
th hild before going tv S.'rs. Oro-v..
but they would not take the child at
the' Institution 'unles- . It -roi.ld I e ,
adopted, to Mhlch the- man .wooid 1. t
consent. ' ' .
-Chief Senders was fun .'.:nl uith a
description of the couple, but they
evidently left town as they said they
Intended doing.
RULES
FOR CAUCUS
WHILE NOT ANSWERING DE
MANDS OF WM. J. BRYAN FOR
OPEN SESSIONS, THEY WILL
SATISFY DEMOCRATIC LEAD
ERS. By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6. Future
caucuses of the Democrats In the
house will be conducted under new
rules, which, while not answering tho
demand of W. J. Bryan for open
caucuses, wfll satisfy tha houso
Democartic leaders. The Democrats
met In secret session today and adopt
ed rules that provide that a record
vote be taken on demand of one-fifth
of those present and that a Journal bu
kept for publication.
The effort to have the caucus's
opened to newspaper men failed.
SUSPECTED YOUNG MEN
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
By Associated Press.
Savannah. Ga., Jan. 6. Georg 11.
Hill and Harry Kckstorm, the two
Baltimore j-oung men charged with,
robbing the Atlantic Coast Line train
at Hardeeville several weeks ago. were
dismissed from custody today after a
hearing lasting two days before
United States Commissioners Hewlett
and Elliott.
The dismissal of the charges was
made upon the motion of the govern
ment United States District Attorney
Ackerman, who has conducted the ex
amination, announced to the court
that no case had been made against
the defendants and asked their dis
charge. Pays His .
to President Taft
will continue in the fight to the end.
All four of these dtiss. it is said, will
make an offer of $100,000 to cover ex
penses of the convention and to b
put to such further use as the com.
mittee desires.
Urey Woodson, secretary of the na
tional committee, expressed the belief
today that no action would be taken
looking to presidential primaries.
'The expense would be enormous
and far beyond our means." he aii.
"It cost the Democrats $40,000 to hoi I
primaries in Kentucky alcne.'.'
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