The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-28
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MAY FREE PATRICK
DR.. Bell, Kings Physician and
Original of Doyle's Hero, ID
Interested in Case.

NEW YORK. May 27.--Albert +.
Patrick, the alleged murderer or vii.
liam +. Rice, will be aided In his next
fight for freedom by Dr.. Joseph Bell.
the original OF Sherlock Holmes and
physician in ordinary 70 King Ed.
ward. A decision is expected Friday
from the supreme court on the mo-
ton OF Patricks lawyers for new
| trial, and in the event or Its being
granted sensational Developments are
promised in the celebrated case.
DR.. Bell. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
| and number OF the greatest sur
geons and physicians OF Great Britain
have been aroused by the strange de.
tails OF the Rice murder and by the
efforts OF Or. william Smith. profess
sor OF anatomy aud medical jurispru
dence at the American College OF
Osteopathy, Kirkwood. Mo. DR.. Smith
has secured monumental petition.
which contains the names OF over 5000
doctors and embalmers. which Will be
presented 10 Gov. Hughes within a
few days, calling for a revision OF tho
testimony on which Patrick Was con-
victed.
DIR. Smith was student with Conan
Doyle under DR.. Bell In the Edinburgh
university. From the day eight years
ego when Patrick was arrested for the
murder OF the aged millionaire. DR.,
Smith took the deepest interest In the
case and after Patrick's conviction
| he commenced to work TO save him.
He travelled all over America securing
opinions from various medical Ok
perts and finally went to Europe
where lie pledged the facts before his
famous master. DR.. Bell gave DR..
Smith letter, in which he said.
| Am | to understand that the post
mortem examination OF the body, OH
which evidence was founded. was
really made after election? AS | have
no doubt that the vessels OF the lungs
can be injected from the brachial,
4 which, indeed yen prove, surely any
| results as 10 the vapor OF chloroform
being detected are quite impossible 10
understand"
| AS the principal point OF the trial
was Us to whether the lungs OF the
dead man could have been congested
by the embalmlng fluid. this opinion ~
regarded by the defense AZ sufficient
IN itself To acquaint Patrick Ii is
further Endorsed bs Sir Henry Little.
John. NJ d., Sir William Turner. NJ. ID,
and John Chiene. NJ D., +. r. G. s.,
three OF the foremost medical authori-
ties 81 Great Britain.
| Patrick Is at D, esent in Sing Sing.
He is engaged in making vests and
coats. but eight years OF prison and
Impending execution have not broken
his spirit. He hes exhausted all his
resources in his fight for liberty. but
he still Is confident OF final acQuittal.
All his hopes are now pinned on the
I decision OF the supreme court. His
wife ard few friends have remained
faithful TO him, as has his lawyer,
William L. Mcdonald, OF No. ~ Wall
ST.. who was his schoolmate and life
long friend Mr.. Mcdonald s very
optimistic that his long struggle IL
nearly ended
II believe firmly that the supreme
court will order Mr.. Patrick's acquit-
tai" ne said. in the face OF the evil
dence IL is hard To see how they can
do otherwise, and even II they only
order a new trial we shall be salts
fed II Mr.. Patrick Is guilty. he
should be executed. The governor
had no legal authority to commute his
sentence to life imprisonment, but IL
he rs innocent New York has seen a
worse case OF jobbing and a grosser
miscarI re OF justice than ever was
known since the days OF the Spanish
Inquisition."