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Albert T. Patrick (February 26, 1866 – February 11, 1940) was an American lawyer who was convicted and sentenced to death at Sing Sing for the murder of his client William Marsh Rice. [1]
Chief Defense Lawyer: Albert T. Patrick. Chief Prosecutor: William Travers Jerome. Judge: John William Goff. Place: New York, New York. Dates of Trial: January 22-March 26, 1902. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: Death by electrocution, later commuted to life imprisonment, and ultimately pardoned by the governor of New York.
Death of Old Man Rice: A True Story of Criminal Justice in America. This book places the murder trial of Albert Patrick, a young lawyer accused of murdering William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University, in his New York Apartment in 1900, in its political, economic, and social context.
Attorney Albert T. Patrick of New York formerly resided in Houston, Texas, and he transacted some legal business in relation to Mrs. Rice’s will for Attorney Holt, the executor.
Jul 1, 2024 · The capital crime he committed and all the minor offenses that preceded it were, he declared, at the instigation and direction of Albert T. Patrick. It was Patrick, he said, who conceived the idea of forging a will and forging transfers and conveyances.
—Albert T . Patrick , lawyer , was on Wednesday evening convicted of the murder on September 23 , 1900 , of the aged millionaire recluse , William Marsh Rice .. The penalty under the statute is death in the electric chair .
Chief Defense Lawyer: Albert T. Patrick. Chief Prosecutor: William Travers Jerome. Judge: John William Goff. Place: New York, New York. Dates of Trial: January 22-March 26, 1902. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: Death by electrocution, later commuted to life imprisonment, and ultimately pardoned by the governor of New York.
