Frank Higgins in 1906. He received a full pardon from Governor John A. Dix six years later. Patrick died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 11, 1940, aged 74. Charles Jones was given freedom, and remained in seclusion until November 16, 1954. On that date, at age 79, he committed suicide in Baytown, Texas, where he lived. Rice's body was eventually cremated, and the urn of his ashes was kept in the vault of the business office of the Trustees of the Institute until it was deposited beneath the monument erected in his memory on the campus of the Institute. In 1930 John Angel completed the Founder's Memorial at Rice University depicting a seated William Marsh Rice in line with specifications by architect Ralph Adams Cram. Legacy Rice left the bulk of his estate to the founding of a free institute of higher education in Houston, Texas. Opening in 1912 as William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art, it is known today as Rice University. In his will, Rice mandated that the university to bear his name would be for "the white men and women of Houston." This request was eventually overruled, and Raymond L. Johnson Rice University's first black student was admitted in 1964. The Rice School in Houston is also named after William Marsh Rice. A film, The Trust, depicts the story of William Marsh Rice's murder and the role of his attorney, James A. Baker Sr., in uncovering the truth. References External links William Marsh Rice Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Guide to the William Marsh Rice business and estate ledgers, 1855–1965 (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA) Guide to the William M. Rice family collection, 1880–1941 (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA) 1816 births 1900 deaths 1900 murders in the United States American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from Houston Philanthropists from Texas Rice University people People from Dunellen, New Jersey Businesspeople from Springfield, Massachusetts History of Houston 19th-century American businesspeople Deaths by poisoning American murder victims People murdered in New York City Male murder victims Philanthropists from Massachusetts Philanthropists from New Jersey University and college founders Rice University trustees 19th-century American philanthropists Members of the Odd Fellows People of the Republic of Texas