The sun., 1900-11-02
RICE CASE CLEARS.
Continued From Page One.

ne wuuiu fvpuit nm - the tutmulllies.
Mr.. Patrick seemed nervous and said,
II want to know what Mr.. Rice's condi-
tion is and what steps will be taken if he
notifies the authorities" | said | was
satisfied Mr. Rice would not take any
steps il he would return the papers which
| was sent for.
"'When | left Mr.. Patlck's house, I
went to the doctor. as was told to do by
Patrick. When returned, Mr.. Rice was
sleeping. On Sunday morning Patrick
said that Mr.. Hice's mind was wander
ing.
"'On Sunday, at II O'Clock, Mr.. Rice's
mind had improved. He asked about the
papers from Patrick. He said, why
hns Patrick not sent those papers?" |
told him that Mr.. Patrick said he would
call and bring thnnl, but he had not done
| so.
A Threat nv Rice.
".NlN Rice said. "tio and see Patrick
and give him my last warning, and, if
yna can, tell him it in the presence Of
some one"
~ SAW Patrick and he said: THE pa
prrs are in my office. l will go on and
| get them and bring them to Rice between
| ] asrl , o'clock this afternoon" He did
not do so. | went to bis house again ut
o:3O.
Then Patrick said, Il will bring the
papers as soon as can come to the house
without being seen"
Il said Patrick, have you the pa
| pers" He said Yes" and showed IL
| package. hut do not know what was in
the package.
"'I'hon he gave me something in bun-
die. 1t looked like salt. he told me to
| put 20 parts Of it in water and give il
10 AIr. Rice. saving. III win strcngtht n
him very much.
~ tmk it to Mr.. Rice. and Fe sail,
= will net take j. unless yau talsa soni
iiss5h Z
'i did taSta little d il. Il tastpd
| ii:c acid pr some metallic.
Nh. Ripo tasted il and asked d.,
"NaHal you taEe i # yoH were s,ck:@
/ saii! Na." iaft il - tite aa}si inl!,i md
,fj ta room.
| "@'ben reteand paat If { VIII
-oHa. s4, "liei you .al. ,l2 ot
.l;.ta"
"iia said ses, . moa;4iel, lid !
/ siElii tt0l. II i NJ. iE il64r.
Aat. iSep sa hi titr @iiaiaw llokin4
lt Gn Fifth av,n,le and feHained thpTe
aa!iI ! o'elprk and ihen went 10 his le;-
raom.
III heard voice .aling iMe anil went
| in and saw Ali. Rice sitting by the win
dow. | asked him to 50 II bed. and he
refused. Then l persuaded him and
started toward the bed, but he was 50
weak.
II then picked him up and put him in
bed. Tilen told Mr.. Rice of what Pat
rick had said about bringing the papers
TO the house without being seen.
A Last Warming.
"'He said unless Patrick dill so he
would notify the authorities and to tele-
phone this to Patrick, and this was his
last warning. ! ,telephoned to Patrick to
call about or 6:3O, and he replied that
he would be there at Z. He came about
Z and had package of papers and sat in
the chair by the bed. He talked to Mr..
Rice, and yMr. Rice took the papers.
Patrick said to Mr.. Rice why do
you wish the papers?" | don't remember
what answer Mr.. Rice made.
Mr.. Patrick said: Il have some
smelling salts. Let me give them to
him"
Patrick asked me for towel and 4
sponge. which | got for him He then
told me | miit leave The room, saving
.Eat H. would remain until Mir Rice
Weint ia sleep.
II went out.;idc. 1llrn heard Mr..
Rice lnu2liili@. \ few minutes later
went p the d3ar and partiy opened it.
SAW Mr.. l.ice living on His back with the
towel folded cone shape. and il was ov, i
Mir. Rce'a face.
Patrick wns hoiding it vita his right
hand an Nj. Eina's face.
MIR, i'a;lirk did not see me. nor did
Mr.. Rice. opoYed the door to sec what
vas going on and what had caused tha
iau&in". and rs soon rs saw the po.i-
tinn ef Things | shat the dpor and went to
my room lay down and went to sleep.
After that was notified Mr.. Rice
was dead"
Jones Attempt to Die.
Jones cell was No. 81 on the third tier
When he went into it after the severe
cross examination in the district attor-
ney's office. he was visibly agitated. lie
said nothing to the keepers, however,
outside of the usual commonplace re-
marks when he was locked up for the
night. The first intimation of his act
came to William Kerr, prisoner locked
up in cell No. 100, just across the cor:i- |
dor from Jones. He heard groans com
ing from the mans cell. and when Night |
Waterman O'Keefe came along he told |
him that there must bo something wrong
ovel there, In the strange way in which |
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