Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — A. T. PATRICK LEAVES PRISON [ARTICLE]

A. T. PATRICK LEAVES PRISON

Lawyer, Convicted of Rice Murder, Is Free Through Pardon of Governor Dix. New York, Nov. 29.—The barred door of Sing Sing swung open for Albert T. Patrick late yesterday and the lawyer, who for nearly eleven years was cooped up in the gray walled prison, convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, his millionaire slient, stepped out a free man. pardoned by Governor Dix. With the release of Patrick there began the long deferred honeymoon with the brave hearted little woman <gho married him ten years ago when he was taken to the Tombs after his sentence to the electric chair. In the ipartment ready for him at No. 180 Claremont avenue, Patrick sat down last night to a Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs. Patrick, Thomas Maher, an ex-convict, released a year ago by Governor Dix, who has worked hard after gaining, his freedom to get the ;awyer out of prison; Henry Barber, a merchant of Peekskill; George Mothersell, messenger in Governor Dix’s office, and a woman chum of Mrs. Patrick. A joyous reunion it was for the lawyer who, for years, stood in the shadow of the electric chair.