Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1909 — DECLARESPATRICK INNOCENT [ARTICLE]

DECLARESPATRICK INNOCENT

Editor Clark Bell Says Motive For Murder Is Lacking. New York, July 9.—Clark Bell, who Berved sixteen years as president of the Medico-Legal society and now \a editor of the Medico-Legal journal, makes a positive assertion in the current issue of his publication .that Albert Patrick, now under life sentence in Sing Sing for the murder of William Marsh Rice, is innocent. Bell argues that as Patrick was never convicted or tried on the charge of forging the Rice will, the motive for the murder is eliminated. He states that the two subscribing witnesses to the will, both reputable members of the bar now in practice, and who were Indicted with Patrick, have never been tried.