The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-08
RICB MURDER STUMPS POLICE
ROBBERY AND REVENGE AEIkE
STEM IMPOSSIBLE MOTIVES.
RObbers Could Have Get IN Enye,eps
FulI of BIilz IN Moments search ne
HAD QuArreled WIN ItaaiAns MN.
miee and Children Arrive Home.

Riee and Childrea Arrive Home.
CLEvEIASp. August Tho murder
on Friday might of William l.. Rics II
likely to 70 unsolved. Tonight after
working two days the entire force %
detectives and police are very nearly
whore they started.
For u time to-day the detectives worked
upon tho theory that the murder was
prompted by business enemies THAT
Ricc had made. The theory was eN-
pluded early tonight and nothing further
along thus line will h. done for the present
at least
The widow % the murdered man and
her four daughters arrived from their
summer home in Massachusetts, shortly
beforn noon to-day. five hours before they
had h"en expected They were hurriedly
driven 20 their home. which has been
guarded all day hy policeman. No
one except Rice's most intimate friends
were admitted
Accompanying Mira. Ricr and her
children was William Nelson Cromwell
Mr. Cromwell is here because he was
Mr. Rice's Eastern associate IN numerous
! financial deals. said Attorney frank
CHM. one Of KIce's partners He ~ TO
take Charg" ~ their associate affairs
The theory 81 murder for revenge is
unsupported hy anything tangible That
OF death AZ the hands 81 footpads whom
the victim resisted IL the only one left
But IN" fact that no article of value had
h-en taken from RiCc's body lief, that
theory nothing hut theory
The hasti,.~i III searches would have
discussed th,, ,.nvploI.. filed with b.i,s ia
IN ,,rcr ,,,,L., hand ,,Iupg.d mn a
'''''' ~ ''N
uoHH''Ts I''A"' No'ilh hAN~ iouhu -hNei
IL would have bs'en a moments work TO
have stripped Rice of hls jewelry
In. nutnn.v .,,r,iav showed thnt only
- :. -, -,
""" "l va" Nv" p"Il-ts nr-u AZ nun p"he
ud'"d IN" BRAN ne second glanced
~ IL was discovered that he had beeu
-trtIrk o, tina b.ad with -o,ne heavy IN
-,,,,,,,.,, ,,..-s,,,t,. n hIa,,L al 90 ,,i.,.I
80 '''''''' l''''' =
ia" coroner oppressed i~II"t that the
shots were fired after h. had neen ielled
hy the blow
Evidently HT Rice put up desperate
fight for Ms lIf. Two clean cuts in the
arm ~ his coat. failing, however. Ia p''r''-
trat. tn. flesh. Indicated that hA Resisted
manfully \ clean deep cut III th.. h,-,i
81 IN" left hand reaching To tn. bone
-,.anlad q indicate that h., had warJied oil
on" slash IA a trained fighter wards M a
blow Probably while h. was dong THIS
h. was knocked down
IN. murdsr.ra evidently planned the
crime with aNc..eiing cunning lh.. spot
-..la,.t..d was midway Of a half mil. stretch
of of..n boulevard directly under IA light
where any r.r-on desiring to reach tbs.
populated section Of the heights along
Overlppg road would have to- crnSs Back
Of "a. -r.ne. wa. "A cluster of tr...s and
shr.Ir. afyordng IDEAL concaalment
On either sid, for "A quarter Of "A mic
rast W wet any apprnachInR auto could
easily b. seen This careful choice II sur
r1tudln.,s induces. tbs. officers u bellavs
that 'I., GRIM. yvas committed hv f..r,,pns
th,rui.ghlv acutIaint~d WITH the iocah,y
and ~. customs 4 III. ratrons e the
Euclid 4 nh
n ~. stated that Mr. Rice had on
=. yor,I o,t,,.Iun. lad trouble with italians
from 'hr s..i' CEMENT lviny n The. bys.. ~
ru. ,lIl below O>arI..nk road whsr. Rica
lived I-,.f Fourth Il July M. hat the.
IoIip, fut.rG.t. with their fireworks m
IN. vicinity 81 his r,,Sidenc., TN several
.oth,r occasions no warned them ~ hts
Itwu They r.traaied with thr,sat- This
presence, IA fh.. vicinity II the. murder
II two 7, rrign.r- gives color 60 the th.-,ry