The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-06

~clogged his stomach and I told The doctor.
Tie doctor said that Pice would pull
throLgn. The tablets were taken every /
night until Friday before Ar. Rice died.
He may have taken more. II he did I did
not know Of it. The last time / saw hlm
take thcn was Wednesday or Thursday |
before his death. Friday night Rice fret
ted, worried and grieved about his bust
ness in general. speaking Ct the Calves
ton food and other things.
THE MILLIONAIRE's FEARS
He was afraid that Patrick had got
him into some clutch BY which he would |
lose the most OF his property. lie worried
and cried like = woman in Mysteries until
, O'Clock that morning and then fell Of
into a sleep until : O'Clock.
He slept very little that night and
he sent me 20 Patrick's house Saturday
morning and told me If did not return
with the papers he would report 20 tie
authorities. Patrick was agitated and
said: 1 want to know Rice condition
and what steps he Will take. and l want
you to telephone me and If Rice takes an,
steps 10 notify the authorities. / want TO
know If you will be sure and telephone
me / told him that | would. When |
went back Rice was sleeping. When !
left Patrick's house | went for the doctor.
ana when | returned Rice was asleep and
nothing more was said about the papers
until Sunday morning. His mind was
wandering Sunday morning after he woke
up; and he talked incoherently. A. II
or Il o'clock he had improved and he
asked about the papers. He asked me
why l did not get them. | told him that
Patrick had promised 10 call but had not
done so.
RICE SENDS FOR HIS PAPERS.
HE told me to go and see him
again. tell him that he had given him
the last warning. He told me 20 tell il
to him in the presence OF some per-
son. ! went to see Patrick and he said
the papers we're in his office and that
he would get them and bring them TO
ne. This was about one or two O'Clock.
He did not do so, and l went to his house
about three O'Clock. He said he would
bring the papers. l told him to bring
everything he had in and he wanted to
know why Rice wanted the papers. He
finally did go to the house. Rice said
he was very nervous and told him to
please go away Patrick said, i have
some smelling salts to quiet your nerves.
Patrick asked for a towel and sponge and
| got them for him. He said that I
must leave the room. | left and heard
Patrick saying he would remain with
Rice. l heard Rice laughing a few min
utes later and saw Rice lying on his
back with the towel over his head in a
cone shape and Patrick holding it in his
right hand. Patrick did not see zoe and
Rice did not see me. As soon as / saw
the condition of things l lay down and
went TO sleep.
when Patrick entered the room, he
| showed Rice a package. He showed him
something in a bottle which looked like
salt, which he diluted in water and gave
to Rice, telling him it would strengthen
him very much.
RICE IS SUSPICIOUS.
4 will not take it unless you take some
first. said Rice. Il tasted it and it
tasted acid CT metallic like. l would
not take it unless l knew what it was
and | put it on the shelf. I poured a lit
| tie out in a glass from which he had
taken some. This was about three o'clock.
He was looking out Of the window and l
persuaded him to go to bed. He said he
would go. | carried him and put him in
bed. When l left l told Rice what Patrick
had said about the papers and of his say
ing he would come to the house.
Patrick did not call the next morning
and Rice told me to telephone him and
tell him that this was his last warning.
e teIephoned to Patrick about G or CSC
o'clock He came about 7 o'clock and
had a package of papers with him. He
went into the room with Rice, got into
a chair and commenced to talk with
Rice."
Mr.. Osborne says Jones described
Rice's death as follows:
"Mr. Rice was very sick. Patrick said
| tn mo go oct q doctor want for ono
and he came back with me and pro
n~ounced Rice dead. Patrick asked. How
long has he been dead?' The doctor an
swered twenty minutes. This was about
8 o'clock. Patrick asked the doctor what
was the next thing to do. The doctor
said to get an undertaken. The doctor
recommended an undertaken named
Senior, Madison avenue and 59th street
l went there, but could not get Senior
and Patrick said: Never mind, I'll get
another.
when 1 got back 1 found an under
taker named Plowright there. Their
Patrick took me aside and said: "NOW
Jones, we've got to get all Of the ole
mans papers. Understand we must get
all of them We took all the papers
we could find and Patrick bundled them
all up and took them away with him
Monday morning Patrick came to Mr.
Rice's house. He had a check book in
his hand. He said:
JONES FILLS OUT THE CHECKS.
This is Mr.. Rice's check book Their
he showed me two checks signed W. NJ
Rice. Now, he said. I want you 10 fill
out the amounts Of these checks and al
his request filed out one for S25, 900 and
| another for Sf5 600
CAS- to the embalming of Mr.. Rice's
body, the letter used was dictated by Mr.
Rice either in July or August, but it wa
not signed by him.
q saw this letter among Rice's papers
on several occasions. 1nasmuch as
went UP town to see Senior, the under
taker, while Patrick made the arrange
ments for the undertaken | did not see
the letter that Patrick gave to the under
taker. l have seen it several times
since, however. and can state positively
that it was the letter, unsigned, among
Mr.. Rice's papers,"
The most Of Mr.. Os5orne'S
from Jones was in the form of a written
letter on prison paper, both sides Of