New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-28
PATRJCK'S GREAT FIGHT
COVERED TEN LONG YEARS
Convicted on the Strength Of Wallets Confessions, he
Never Gave Up His Struggle for Liberty, Aided
bv His Devoted Wife.

william Marsh Rice an eccentric mn
,,,aire Of Texas. eighty-hVe years Wv
80 fovrd dead i'm his apartments at ~
zoo >I aeon avenue on September 90 .''O
=. CT ,bere was no suspicion at'aOnvO
60 his death. but when Albert l. o, =,
O friend of Rice, appeared ina u", G.
,na banking house of 5. NJ. o"e"9O.' -
-, No Il wall street, ana prese''V =,
80 cbecks for $4,000 payable TO hliiI', 90
a,d apparently bearing the sle i,a, ~, "a
a.. doad millionaire, suspicion
,oint it's finger at Patrick ,.,.u house
pm, - tho clerks in the banking No. ra.
8, looking over the cheeks ',o'' 80 -
ON, of them. for S25.Vo tHe -,
rad heeu left out of the name r,S,r;ou
pa,rick's name. Although ~
J" 90 LAWYER. was well known a.
M'' s,,.a,son Offices. the missing
ia the suspicious Of the c''' DIS
~ -. - cause him 90 call up h''' 3
srartments on the telephone pi,o
D',,los i ZONES. valet to MI ~,
,", "a the telephone and assured t.e
'rort that the checks were al -.
- was the man on whose tes''.''o ,',I
Dn,r,o,, was arrested and later coiluei''i'so
-, a. the electric chair. Mheh inc
ia the clerk in the banking no
,,I. ,,, Pire checks were genuine iis
,.'o' - vas living in the same room WIN
him. dead a., fact that
tones said nothing about the iac' ,, ,"ti
pice had died early that no'il'pe a,I,.
',,o bsnl,ers insisted on talking peiSo' "a
80 ,oad millionaire. Then ne cane
ra,r;cr and after a talk win nm,
-, called ND Swenson & sons anu wv
-, o. had died at that moment al
~ nod died several hours before
Patrick and Jones Arrested
r,,,ou.inp an investigation Patrick anu
- .r,ested on october /, Patrlck
r. ged with forgery and Jones hei' Va
.t,,or In a few days following d
,..1thesrted attempt OF Jones to coii''i'.'
',,,rino IN his cell in the TomDs, II Oesa''
~ ,,.nisnerod that murder had Oeeh
done Jones said Patrick had ao''seu ...,,'
:, KIN himself. thus to silence ms 'ons ~
The authorities then began SUM- ~
,.ost,catjou OF the incidents suiroOiiN'
Rice's death. and protested 10 nave Io'''N
a., motive for the takrs of Of the inililoi'-
live in tie Rice wills. The first OF lhese
documents. made in 1876 but when ray.
r,c,, declared was only temporary Iei'
,r,o h,lk az his millions 10 the RICE III.
s,,,,te IN houston The other VIII oi
lotar date. left the money to PatiicA !"
10 administered for philanthropy at MS
direction. The prosecution claimed inc
isst will was forgery, and Patrick wa
,b.n charged with the murder OF "ilhaih
Marsh Rice ,..,,o,.ss
Zones. who was cringing, nerVeiesS'
weak. minded creature, then began Sc
ri.s OF strange confessions as 10 no"
pice came TO his death. He made three
distinct confessions, in each OF whlch lie
fastened the crime on Patrick a''housH
tho details varied greatly
Az first Jones accused Patrick. who haa
been acting as the dead millionaire at
,ornev OF committing the crime himself
vovt he said Patrick had only directed
him as 20 the manner in which Rice
should be put out Of existence. The valet
said Patrick had used ammonia in KILL
ing Rice. then that he had given the man
gray Mills and finally that the valet
himself had saturated sponge with
cbloroform and held 1t to Rice's nose