The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
RICE'S SECOND WILL.
The One Held by Patrick Filed for
Probate by Counsel.
SIGNATURES ALIKE.
Patrick Is Preparing Another Paper
to Be Filed More Claimants
for Participation in the Rice
Wealth Show Up. .. ,

New York, Dec. IN. E Hardy, the
attorney representing Albert I. Patrick,
has filed in the surrogate's court what
is called the second" will of the late
Texas millionaire, William Marsh Rice.
In the petition accompanying the will,
counsel for Patrick says:
Your petitioner further states that
the estate given to the petitioner in and
by the said last will and testament Of
William Marsh Rice must be taken sub
ject to a trust in favor of certain pur-
poses and benefciaries intended to be
benefited by the said will. "
Counsel also said he is now preparing
for execution by Patrick a paper in
which the petitioner may in legal form
make effective the instructions consti-
tuted the secret trust, the provisions of
which it is promised, will be made pub
lie about the middle of December.
Among the requests on the socalled
second will are the following:
To the William M. Rice institution
for the advancement of literature. art
and science, of Texas. $3.50, COO; to each
of the directors of the William NJ Rice
institution $4,000, and to A. H. Cohen
of Houston, Tex, s50O0 All requests
are subject to the condition that the
benefciaries accept without contest,
sand that they will execute such convey
ances and of whatsoever nature to the
said Albert T. Patrick, as he may de-
mand; and any legatee not so doing is
forever barred from taking under this
will or in any manner inheriting any
portion of my estate and such portion
shall inure to said Albert T. Patrick"
Following these requests the will
says:
II give, devise and bequeath to Al
bert T. Patrick formerly of Texas, all
the rest and residue of my estate, real,
personal and mixed, heretofore or here
after accrulng and wheresoeyer situ-
ated."
Lawyer Sargent filed the petition
signed by Patrick asking that the SEQ
ond will be admitted to probate and the
citations issued to the several heirs at
law and next of kin to Mr.. Rice men
toned in the partition.
R. w Potter, who represent W. NJ.
Rice, Jr., John D. Bartine and James
A. Baker, Jr., the executors of the will,
executed by Mr.. Rice in 1896, with a
handwriting expert, made microscope
cal examination of the signature of Will
liam M. Rice of the two wills. Both
wills are signed Nv. NJ. Rice"
Although there is a resemblance in
both signatures the signature to the will
filed by Patrick is said to be almost fac
simile of the signatures to the two
checks presented for payment on the
day on which Rice died, while the sig
nature TO the will Of 1896, differs some
what in regard to the formation of the
initial I'M" The will of 1896 is a writ
ten document whereas the second will is
typewriter, nothing being written with
pen and ink save the names of Maurice
M. Rice and David L. Short, the wit
nesses of the instrument.
Patrick was substituted as executor Of
the second" will for J. D. Bartine, of
Somersville, N. j., who had been an
executor to the 1896 will. The first
will was witnessed by W..O. Wetherbee
of Brooklyn and William f. Harmon,
of Brooklyn. Wetherbee is a clerk in
the Office of Swenson & Sons, who re-
fused to pay the checks for $50, 600 and
$4,000 respectively on the day of Rice's
death.
While the alleged last will of Rice was
offered for probate a new claimant for
the fortune of the dead millionaire was
having her claims perfected by an attor-
ney. E. W. Childs of Brooklyn.
Miss Kate Rice, 20 years old, who is
declared by her niece, Mrs. Bridget
King, to be a sister of Mr.. Rice, will
share in the distribution of the Rice for
tune if the plans Of their lawyers can be
carried out. Mrs. King declared. that
Miss Rice is the youngest of the late
millionaire's sisters, and she says this
fact may be established through the sur.
rogate's records Of Kings county.
One of Mr.. Rice's sisters died in
Brooklyn 80 years ago, according to Mrs.
King, and left considerable property.
Miss Rice, she says, received part of
this estate. If it can be proven that
William NJ Rice was one of those
among whom this properly was divided,
Mrs King feels confident that both she
and Miss Rice will get part of the
Rice fortune which is now in litigation.
Lea Taken to Nashville.