The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-07

Cleveland, Aug. 6-ReVenge, inspired Oy
his interference in a quarrel OF caddies
employed on the Euclid Cube course, IS
believed by Cleveland and Cuyhoga county
detectives 10 have brought about the muir
der last night Of William L. Rice, a
wealthy lawyer. whose body was found
in the street on Euclid Heights. almost
in sight OF his magnificent home.
Police tonight are seeking a youthful
Italian, once a caddy al the club. who is
known 10 have returned to this city from
Erie. Pa. whittier he went several
months ago, after being dismissed as
result OF a fight in which Mr.. Rice in
terfered. The Jcaddy Is said by John
Grimes, coachman in the Rice family. 20
have threatened 70 get even with Mr..
Rice The boy was dismissed after at
lacking the master caddy. Lafevre by
name. because the master caddy forbid
craps shooting in the caddy house
Threats to Dynamite Home.
That threats to destroy the Rice house
I by dynamite have been received since
that episode was also made known 10
the police to-day through Norwalk, Ohio,
relatives OF Mrs. Rice. Police guarded
the home FOR q time, Il is said.
| Detectives scout the theory advanced
lby the Euclid Heights police. They point
to the fact that S1S4 in money, an opal
stickpln. gold watch. and diamond
studded cuH links were not touched as
dissipating the robbery theory They say
robbers forced TO kin their victim would
not fee without their booty. Deputy
Coroner Droege, who examined the body
to-day. also thinks some other motive
than robbery must be fund.
! He saws the condition of the body indi
Gates that Rice fought his assailants IN
I'll they finally beat down his resistance
: risking the noise Of the two shots wher
they failed to end his life with a stiletto
, sharp knife, or razor. which the deput!
coroner thinks inflicted the wounds fl
Rice's hands and cut his clothes. on
, bullet. entering Rice's right eye. kille'
2 the lawyer. Another grezed his temples
Police have been fired 10 extraOrdinar-
Z efforts by the Offering to-day Of 500
reward by Judge E. J. Blandin an
Frank H. CHM. Mr.. Rice's law partners
and several other lawyers.
The arrival Of Mrs. Rice. who, wit
, her four daughters. left their summe
! home in weano. Mass. this tfaternoOr
is awaited.
! Think Two Men Guilty.
a That two men committed the murde
e is the belief OF officers who examined tn
q tracks about the scene. Two men. dresse
> as laborers. were seen near the spc
{ some time before the shooting by men
. Der of the Euclid Club, who met Mr.. Rio
o as the latter was leaving the club doc
5 soon after 10 o'clock last night. tn
V clubman had been going TO his quarter
IN the club when he met the two me
T passing Mr.. RieeSas he entered the clul
n He did not see the men clearly enoug
e TO describe them. however.
|. Mr. Rice. fifty years old. was one Z
]. | Cieveland's most prominent lawyers. {
e the class known as office counsel" II
e has had 6 hand In the organization {
e many of the city's big enterprises an
handled large financial transactions a
: most exclusively. He seldom appeared
!. court. He made HIS mark in the earl
l. SOS, when he followed Thomas A.
It worthy. abscoDding city treasurer.
-e England for his bondsmen and returne
It with much OF the $4,000 taken from Il
Is treasury. His Zee is said to have bee
10 $4,000. For fifteen years he had been e:
A. Judge Blandlns law partner. He We
e. educated in Chester. Pa. and read la
re later in Norwalk, Ohio. He was men
Der Of many clubs, and a director
many large concerns here. He was
= lover Of horses and an ardent golfer
10 had spent the afternoon preceding h
r death on the links at the Euclid Club.