Bridges: Murder mystery and the birth of Rice University
It was a dark night in
Rice was born in
In 1838, he packed up his store and sailed to
During the Civil War, he turned his own stately home into a Confederate hospital and went to
Rice had initially decided to leave the bulk of his estate to create an orphanage but by 1887 changed his mind to create a university in
Rice’s second wife,
On the night of
Police began investigating the matter, and the conspiracy fell apart within days.
Today,
Dr.
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