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The Murder(?) of William Marsh Rice

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Case of William Rice's Death

Albert patrick and charle jones were both arrested for forgery. The coroner's report said that there was enough mercury in rice's organs to have caused his death, plus a lot of arsenic. It became clear that albert patrick could not have been the one who gave rice chloroform. Albert t. Patrick was tried for murder and was found guilty. After years of ongoing legal proceedings, patrick's sentence was commuted on december twentieth, 19 o six, and he was pardoned in 19 12. He died in 19 forty. Charlie jones was not charged in rice's murder. Ultimately, though, he seems to have gone back to texas with

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