Show I PRICE FIVE CENTS CONVICTED SLAYER TO M iI i- i PLEAD HIS OWN CASE 4 4 S s K j C t 0 4 5 i Y i ALBERT T. T PATRICK e r pf pf- ge i D i l JJ d. d Hi Q C f fI I S. S in In C Court urt I J fiDES BEFORE COURT J Saved From the he Gallows Only 1 to Begin Life Imprisonment I i Murderer of Aged Millionaire Million Million- I. I I aire alre Is After His Freedom I I FAMOUS SCIENTIST WLL ENDEAVOR TO HELP HIM Patrick Will Arg Argue That Governor Gover j Gover-j nor nr Higgins Had No 1 o Legal Legal- J l I Right to Save Him Hm Fro From 1111 Death on n the Gallows t WILL APPEAR AS LAWYER R 4 1 New York Feb 28 Al Al Albert l bert T. T Patrick whose trial and conviction for the murder murder murder mur mur- der 0 of William Marsh Rice was the most noted case of the early part of this this' decade I will fer 3 a few hours tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row v discard the character a of I Ilife life lile prisoner at Sing Sing and will appear as Attorney Patrick in the Appellate 1 I division of the Co Court Courtin rt in m Bro Brooklyn old J I 4 II I Lawyer Patrick k will pleat plead till the L of ot himself Liter Lifer PatrIck P tri Ho Ito no will argue out before thc tie appellate appellate- division a n. writ of habeas corpus corp granted to him him rc recently by Gas Ganor nor His contention unique and ana 4 1 most during will bo be this Governor sins HIs act of ot commuting commutIng ing lag my ray sentence from Jom death deuth to 0 life lite r Imprisonment in 1906 was illegal Ifo IIo had no rIght to 0 substitute one punishment punish punish- ment meat ment for tor another It If I was guilty I r deserved electrocution and the governor gov gov- governor ha had no legal right to Impo G Gany any other penalty The commutation of or sentence was as executed without executed without m my knowledge and consent It was carried car car- nod ried out against m my protest and cre ore created created a n. situation disadvantageous to to- Inc me I Strings to His 15 flow Don Patrick will argue that life im- im is not a lesser punishment punish punish- meat ment but only a different punishment from electrocution After Arter he has presented presented presented pre pre- this phase of the case he ho will ask the court in the event of ot defeat as to th ti-ic ti habeas corpus writ to anohim allow ano him him to advance ance other grounds for tor hi hit t discharge Then If 11 all hla his argument are tre unavailing he will be able to tomake tomako make mako an appeal from this courts court's de decision do- do w wWilliam William I L L. McDonald Patrick's Patricks resent pret-ent attorney will be with him be- be betor Tor T for tor or time tile appellate division It Is Js probable probable able that a volunteer champion of his cause ause William Mill hIm Butler will b be pre present ent Mr Butler Buller who Is a a. noted author and traveler tra has j ha for tor fornore tormore e more nore than three years ears labored arduous ous in Patricks Patrick's behalf Attorney tt v. v M. M K Olcott having ha token taken him nto Into th the case so that he might hava hayd roe ree access to the prisoner at SIn Sini Sing ling Mr Butler has written a n startIng start start- lug ling book based upon the Patrick case cases ind ond he Is convinced bond beyond doubt n itA ays as that the lawyer lamer was unrightfully found guilty i |