Show RICE WILL VIL CONTESTED Battle atte Coming Over Oer the te Millionaires Estate New York Oct 10 Formal notice was given today that a contest will wi fol fob follow follow low the attempt of Albert A bert T Patrick to probate the wilt will wl of William Rice in which Attorney Patrick k is named as the residuary legatee Two affidavits wore w re filed fled in the clerks office oI e of the surrogates court protesting against the appointment of Patrick as an executor of the Rice estate This ThIs affidavit was made mae by b Charles T Adams and his wife Alice Alee Adams Ad ms of Mont Clair N J JIn JIn JIn In his affidavit Mr Adams who is in the law office of Julien T Davis says that he is a creditor of the testate state of William M H Rice for services ren rca rendered dered to to Mr lIr Rice at various times since Oct 5 1897 His affidavit in its is word wording wording ing lag is practically the same s me as that made by Mrs Adams Unexpected aid came today to Patrick and Jones Rice died on Sunday Sunda Sept 23 On Monday Sept 24 two checks for and drawn to the or order order order der of Patrick were presented at the Fifth Avenue Trust company and both were certified The was at once deposited by Patrick in his own bank and the Fifth Avenue Trust company has paid out the sum Payment upon the other check for has not yet been demanded as it was turned over overby overby overby by Patrick to Captain Baker The handwriting h experts employed by Hornblower Bryne Bre the New York attorneys for Captain Captin Baker and nd the Texas heirs have examined the signa signatures siga signatures tures of the two to checks check and declared them to be forgeries but today an officer of of the Fifth Avenue Trust company decided that that corporation would take the position that the two checks were genuine and also that the assign assignment assignment ment to Patrick of alt all al the property of Rice in the possession of the company was genuine |