The sun., 1900-10-09
THE FAMOUS RICE CASE
Hypnotism the Latest Development
In New York Mystery.
JONES AN ADEPT, POLICE SAY
Asserted That the Secretary-yaiet
Promised to Have Another Man
Made Beneficiary Under the
MIIIionaire's VIII.

III weaving net of evidence" around
9atrick and Jones. the men under ar
Nest charged with forging the signature
6of the rich old w. NJ Rice, who is now
Head. The police declare it has been
lfpund that some time ago Jones. who
Mas Mr. Eice's attendant, went to a
gwell known business man in this city
and made proposal that he act as eX
5&cutor of a will which Mr.. Rice was
:8bid to be about to make. This man
was told that he (Jones) had complete
5Eontrol Of Mr.. Rice and could get him
Ifo do anything. Certain valuable con-
zsfderations were included in this offer,
Wthich was refused.
sS&Jones denies having made this propo-
2Hat1on and asserts that he never claimed
Ato have any unusual influence over Mr..
3Eice, but the police say that they have
absolute proof of his having done so.
TIC person whom Jones approached told
FNf the matter at once to Il lawyer whom
Xaptain McClusky refuses to name, and
sM is also said that there were witnesses
5ib the offer. The police appear confident
4&f their ability TO make out good case
#gainst the suspected men.
H AS to a report Of the use Of hypnotism
aAn Alr. Rice by Jones in obtaining sigma
sfstres to the checks and assignments,
Naptain NeClusky will say only that the
4fase hits not reached that point yet"
IA hat such clew is being Investigated
seems 10 be the fact,
N The Hypnotic Theory.
Fl Regarding the hypnotic theory the
New York Journal has this 10 say;
n "Hypnotism exercised by Valet G. +.
~ ones comes forward now as the chief
Ieature in the remarkable case of Mil
lionare William NJ. Rice.
Il THE valet. who had absolute control
Spf the, aged reeuse, attended school Of
hynnotism last May.
"The head of the school says that
tJones. who is accused with Lawyer Pat
Prick of huge fOEgerics and OF conspirng
ITO obtain control of ilce's millions, be-
icame an adept in hypnotism in short
5time
] '.He paid particular attention to per
zsonal suggestion, phase Of hypnotic art
fby which u subject can be brought under
control by contact in daily life and with
|ont the need of manipulation or resortng
Ito hypnotic sleep and drowsiness.
by means of this mesmeric power
Homes could bend the old man entirely
3to his will.
Love, too, enters into the case, MS it is
Rearnod that Jones apparently had a
sweetheart in Texas, to whom he was de-
SNotedlS attached and with whom he car
Ilied on a volnminous correspondence.
1T is said that he received each week
many letters from Texas that were in
the same delicate feminine handwriting"
Statement by Gardiner.
District Attorney Gardiner has issued
a statement in the case. The statement
is rs follows:
This matter was first brought to my
attention by the banking house of SVEN
son " Sons, through its counsel, Mr..
Gerard, who considered the conduct Of
Patliek and Jones 50 very suspicious MS
to make ii desirable that the information
III their possession Should be coinmuni-
Gated 10 the authorities.
From the information received from
Mr. Gerard il appeared that Patrick lad
presented u check for S25,U60 knowing
Mr.. tre to he dead, and concealed the
fact from the banking firm, and. when it
tried to communicate With Mir. Rice, nw-
Ing to the suspicons aroused by iii check
itself, it AHls ne By evaSYt answers
from is yalet over tlie telephone, who at
first concealed the daeease 0f Mi. Ri,c.
Then INC lifA made further nglifits aid
ascerlainad that the body had hqgn
promptly embalmed with ar~enious fluid,
although Mr.. Rice had in his Lifetime said
he was opposed to anything Of that sort,
and the funeral was being hastened with
intent to crelnate the body.
Prompt Action Needed.
The situation seemed to be one which
required prompt tstion, and the detective
force Of Alulberry" Street was Immediately
communicated with BY telephone, and
Mr.. Gerard was sent there to give all
necessary information. Coroner Hart
was called into the case and requested
to prevent the funeral. Meanwhile the
brother of the deceased was Fastening
from Texas.
Last week Patrick called upon me
with his private counsel. Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney Unger was also present,
and the conference lasted nearly an hour.
In that time Patrick's attention was
called to number of very suspicious cir
cumstances, particularly as to the en-
balming Of the body with arsenious fluid
when it was about to be cremated. He
gave no explanation of this. but admitted
that all or nearly all of Mr. Rice's prop
erty had beeIiSassigned to him, but the OBJ
Ject of such assignment he did not dis
close.
The questions asked seemed to cause
him some agitation, as his hand shook
perceptibly, which was noticed by both
Mr.. Unger and myself. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne has entire charge
of the investigation on behalf of the peo4
pie. | have seen number of the checks
of Mr.. Rice drawn to the order of Patti
rick, and two of them appear to me to
be clumsy forgeries. The whole subjecS,
will be thoroughly investigated. not onl 4,
as TO the cause of the death Of Mr. Rico
but also as to this remarkable series o.
proceedings. To me it seems that theri..
has been a conspiracy to obtain posseI :,
sion of the bulk of Mr. Rice's property.tt !
Eight Hurt In Collision. :.
Chicago, Oct. Slight persons wei
injured, one of them seriously, by col
iision between Calumet electric car and
"a south bound Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern train at Stony Island avenue