The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-24

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borne proceed.
''Gentlemen," resumed Mr. Osborne. "the
criminal goes right on until his ship
strikes the hidden rock. Patrick was a
lawyer, and am here to show you that
this matter was carried on VAIN "loe
knowledge Of the law.
Patrick in his haste to have that body
cremated at once overlooked one important
thing. He made one fatal mistake. He
did not happen to think that 1t takes some
time for crematories to get hot.
FIRST TELEGRAM TO
RICE'S RELATIVES.
Patrick never notified any lawyer that
Mr.. Rice was dying or even that he was
sick Where do you think Patrick went on
world that Patrick would have to go? He
whether t g Mr.. Rice would be abls 10 be
Mr., Osborne lowered his voice to q ORA
matte whisper as he said THIS. &C.,.
"The doctor told him." he went on. not
that Mr.. Rice was III. not that he Was was dy Y,
able to go downtown on Monday.
"Gentlemen. I'd be willing to rest my
case on this teleEram PatricK sent & 70 MT; T.
Mr.. Rice died last night; attended by a
The the n next thing in that telegram is, Death
certificate What does innocence care
about death certificates?
"Then he sets to tell what the death Ger.
tifcate contains. Did you ever hear OF
such q telegram? I should think innocence
would have considered it enough to say Mr..
telegram about cremation. 1t says: Mr..
Rice will be inferred in Waukesha,. Wis,
on Thursday: by the side =; Of ;. his s., Wife ~
borne, s'ar turning in to Mr.. House. :aii the rela-
tives Of Mr.. Rice going out there to Wau-
kesha while Mr.. Rics's BODY is safely burn.
a word about cremation in that telegram.
not one word.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WILLS OF 1906 AND 1000.
81 will show you.'' continued Mr.. Osborne.
Patrick was anxious to preserve the will
of 1896. Bv comparison We can see the
whole scheme. The will Of 1886 gives a little
legatee is the William NJ. Rice Institute in
Texas.
..:5 sNSy. 81 take the will Of 1899. It gives
has not already got that amount. Then
It offers each relative a much larger sum
baHe faan an nondenee IN VIM that esyes YOU %ou
more money. and SO Patrick tries 10 make
friends Of Rice's relatives.
one who could POSSIBLY. swear that Patrick
Did the former one do so? Certainly not.
week to sell eggs gets something. This
man might have sworn he had never seen
Patrick and Rice together. In the will OF
1900 even the man that fixed the furniture
was remembered. And every one who
knows the old mans handwriting is re-
membered in the last will. Two men in
! Swenson's bank. who knew Rice's hand
writing, but who were not remembered in
the former will. get something from the
lone man knows Rice's handwriting and
knows more. That man Is Wetherbee. He
knows there is scheme to put out a
bogus WILL And Wetherbee gets 5000
Very natural. indeed. self-interest will
viii help Patrick get this will probated.
Patrick's theory was that every man has
| his price. But he .nistook the rig,k price
With these words Mr.. Osborne closed his
opening address and Mr.. House asked that
an adjournment be taken till tomorrow. as
| It was too late, he thought. for the prose.
cution to call any witnesses. Recorder Gon
| said he would grant the request. and ac-
| cordingly adjourned court Until Tomorrow
| morning.
MISS PATRICK ARRIVES
| TO ATTEND BROTHERS. TRIAL.
| Miss Emma Patrick. sister of Albert r
| Patrick, who is on trial for murder. arrived
| in New York to-day accompanied by Pat
| ter came from her home In Austin, Tex, fe
| be near her brother during his trial.
Miss Patrick is staying at the home Of
! Mrs. Addie Francis. No. 316 West Fifty.
| eighth street. She believes implicitly In the
| innocence Of her brother. She also says
| that her father II prostrated by Patrick's
| troubles and that should he be convicted Il
would kill the aged father and mother.
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