The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-02
LATE MILLIONAIRE RICE's VALET
CUT HIS THROAT, NARROWLY
ESCAPTNG DEATH
cid NlDG A FULL CONFESSION
ALLEGES THAT PATRICK FOUII.Y
MURDERED HIS LONGTIME
CLIENT
PUT THROUGH TIE SWEAT BOX
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
Secures a written Statement of
happenings Before and
After Rice's Death.

happenings Before and
After Rice's Death.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1-Charles F. Jones,
secretary. and valet to the late million
aire William Marsh Rice, made a desper-
ate effort early this morning to commit
suicide in his cell in the tombs He had
hacked the right side of his throat with
small penSife, making deep wound
and slightly opening the jugular
He was discovered by one of the keep
~Srs about 4 o'clock He had been bleed
ms then for half an hour or more and
was extremely weak He would have
dleQ had he gone fifteen minutes longer
without medical aid. AS it was, the am
bulance surgeon had to administer stimu-
lants repea tedly before he could put the
man in the ambulance for removal to
the hospital
At the hospital Jones was placed in the
prison ward, and a policeman and two
Keepers were assigned to guard him.
Along towards O'Clock he had regained
his strength somewhat but nobody was
allowed to see him
Warden Hagen, of the Tombs. declined
to give out any of the details Of the at
tempted suicide Jones was committed to
the Tombs with Albert T. Patrick on
NSept p, on the charge of forging Mr.
Rice's name to several checks.
Tuesday night Jones is alleged to have
made a full statement to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne, Detective CAPTAIN
McCluskey and representatives of tbe
nln @ OF Hornblower, Bryne, Miller &
Potter.
STATEMENT BY OSBORNE.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne.
sad later in the day that after a confer
ehce he had decided to make public. all
the facts in the case.
tuesday afternoon" he said sTu,e
celNed message that Charles F. Jones
III me city prison, desired to see mo I
went TO see Jones' and he was BROUGHT
1oWn TO the Wardens office, and I asked
HlIh II ne wanted to see me- He said he
- toId MN that the law did not re-
NuIIe MN TO make a statement and ev
plalned that anything he might state
IllSht oe used against him and that I
"@9 iol MS lawyer l told him he had q
q lawyer, and that he would better cons1,I+
WIN nm If he thought necessary He
'oIui' laIIIy decided to make a statement
thereupon sent for Cant M,C1,,cl,,
lanes ENrne, e Horn5lOwor Rl,r1,e
amer d Poler, Mr.. Miller Of the ca,,-a
Itfn,, and in their presence Cha}les q
ootes MADE his statement to me- With
out gong lhto full detail. he stated IN
substance that what Mr. Wetbarbao 80
ttStlhed to was true. He said that for
some days prior to Rice's death Patrol,
had given Mr.. Rice tablets of q o.raLicb
Co'oT; that Mr.. Rice took those tablets
from Fatrick and that Patrick told him
20 edhe lhem as he had taken some him
Sei' that about this time Patrick and
t'ice had become very intimate. that 25r
rice on saturday sent Jones to Patrick q
mouse to demand certain papers from,
Fatslck that he, Patrick had in his nos
session. - IL" p"s-
The most of Mr. Osborne's infor1,o+io,
from Jones was in the form of written
Ietter on prison paper. both sides of
"Iuch We're written on. Jones does nor
state what became of the bottle sun-
p"Seu To nave contained poison but q
NetecuNe attached to the district at
ofhey office yesterday went +o Pioo,r
apartments and there procured sevetol
pHttiCs They were all taken to the otl}c0
al police Headquarters
SAYS PATRICK MURDERED HIM
That part of the confession which has
- TO do with the last moments of the o'd
man IS the following, given out bv Tho
authorities as coming from Jones the
scene taking place in the apartments of
the nlllona1re and he lying sick in bed:
Patrlck produced a bottle and I'M
corEed it. The contents smelled to me
IKE some very strong linarent
lheh Patrick said to me: Get ME a
towel and ? sponge
i got him both Then Patrick saia.
Jones', YOU have to leave left A
was leaving Patrick said: III remain
here until Mr.. Rice gets to sheen and
he Cs}sed the door. behind me.
/ stood in the hall few minutes and
soon heard Mr.. Rice laugh. I thought
this was queer, SO 1 pushed OMEN the
door. l saw Mr.. Rice lying on his hack
in bed.
The towel that I had given Patrick
was wrapped around the sponge in a
cone shape This cone was lying directly
over Mr.. R1ce's eyes and nose PatricI,
was pressing it down with his right hand
Patrlck did not see me, and OF course
" Mr. Rice could not MIR Rice grew very
sick Patrick said to me: Go get A dec
tor l went for one. He pronounced Mr.
Rice dead"
Mr.. Osborne said quoting from Tcnec,
statement:
THE FORGED CHECKS.
when I walked up about o'clock the
morning of Mr.. Rices death havine. heen
in the habit of carrying water To him
since his sickness, 1 asked him if he
wanted water and ne did not answer. !
took up his hand and it was linn and
lifeless. / at once saw that he was either
feigning or dead. The doctor and Patrick
came together about $50 or o'clock
The doctor examine Rice and said ?haI
he was dead. "After the body had hren
laid out Patrick gathered up all tfa LET
ters. 1 was with him and had IS much
as he TO do with that He gathered IN
two watches and all tie money that was
in the trunk. Patrick said that he
wanted the papers. He told me that Ia
wanted all the valuable papers. The next
day he came and took with him the hank
books and check books He had ,.-jth
= him number of blank checks. I have
some checks that / want you to fill ont
said he. One on S. NJ Swenson &, Sons
for $4,000 One was filed out for St5. .0Ot
on S. NJ. Swenson & Sons, one for $25 GOO
on the Fifth Avenue Trust company and
one for $135,00O on the same company
He told me he Lad the proper right tc
casn these checks before Rice's death
became known-his words were Legal
right He left at $50 or o'clock and
said he would telephone me to dictate
messages 10 be sent 10 relatives and to
Baker and to tell the bank, if it called
up that the checks were good. Aboui
n:3G o'clock he called me up and said,
We've made a bust of it. He aeair
told me to tell the bank that the checks
were all right