The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-11-07
HIS GUILT.
Jones Admits That He and Patrick
Forged the Greeks.
HACKED HIS THROAT wlTH AKNlFR.
Found Lying In a Pool OF Blood In
HIS Cell And Near the Brink OF
Death = Patrick Declares tho
Confession Batch OF Liess

New York. Nov. 1.-Charles l..
Jones, secretary and valet to the late
millionaire William Marsh Rice, made
desperate effort early Thursday
morning to commit suicide in his cell
in the Tombs. He hacked the right
side of his throat with small pen-
knife, making a deep wound and
sllghtly opening the 1ugulRr. He was
discovered by one OF the keepers about
a o'clock, ne had been bleedlng . thon
FOR heif tn hour or moro and Wus exc
tremely weak and would probably
have died had he gone 10 minutes
longer without medical care. The am-
bulance surgeon had to administer
stimulents repeatedly before he dared
remove Jones to the hospital.
AT the hospital Jones was placed in
the prison ward and 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. War
den Hagan OF the Tombs declined to
give out any of the details of the at
tempt to suicide. Jones was commit
ted to the Tombs with Albert Il. Pat
rick Sept 20 on the charge OF forging
Mr.. Rice's name to several checks.
Night Keeper Curran said Jones got
the knife with which he cut his throat
from Albert II. Patrick. Patrick de-
nies, however, he said he knew moth
Ing about the attempted suicide.
Mr.. House, attorney fof Jones, was
very free In his denunclation of the
course of the assistant district attor-
ney in subjecting Jones to a "sweat-
box" examination In the presence OF
Colonel Baker, an interested party TO
the prosecution, and while Jones own
counsel was absent.
There having become circulated so
many conflicting statements as to
whether Jones had made q confession,
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
was finally prevailed upon to make a
statement
Tuesday afternoon" he said, II re-
ceived message that Charles +. Jones
in the city prison desired TO see me.
went to see Jones and he wRs brought
down to the warden'B offlce and ask
ed him II he wanted to see me. He
said he did. told him that the law
did not require him to make q state
ment, and explained that anything he
might state might be used against him
and was not his lawyer. told him
that he had lawyer and that mo had
better consult with him IL he thought
necessary. He said he voluntarily de.
sired to make a statement, thereupon
sent for Captain MeClusky, James
Byrne of Hornblower, Byrno, Miller q
Potter, Mr.. Miller, OF the same firm,
and in their presence Charles II. Jones
made his statement to me. Without
going into full details, he stated I'm
t,oN ytyho Mr. yIJnhaRlNnua hnn
testified was true. He said that for some
days prior to Rice's death Patrick had
given Mr.. Rice tablets of IA graylsh
color; that MIR. Rice took those tablets
from Mr.. Patrick and that Patrick
told him to take them as he had taken
some himself; that about this time
Patrick and Rice had become very In
timate; that Mr.. Rice sent Jones TO
Patrick's house Saturday to demand
certain papers that Patrick had In his
possession
Mr.. Osborne says Jones described
Rice's death as follows: "Mr. Rice WAS
very sick. Patrick said to me; GO
get a doctor went for one and he
came back with me and pronounced
Rice dead. Patrick said How long has
he been dead7 The doctor answered
about 20 minutes, This was about 9
o'clock. Patrick asked the doctor
what he was going to do. The doctor
said get an undertaken. The doctor
recommended an undertaken named
Senior. l went there but could not
get Senior and Patrick said Never
mind, Ill get another When I got
back 1 found an undertaken named
Plowright there. Now. Jones, we've
got to get all OF the old mans papers.
You know we must get all of them.
We took all the papers we could hnd
and Patrick bundled them all up and
took them away with him. Monday
morning Patrick came to Mr.. Rice's
house. He had a checkboolc in his
hand He said This is Mr.. Rice's
checkbook.' Then he showed me two
checks signed by Rice. He said \
want you to hll out the amounts of
these checks and at HIS request I
filled out one for $4,000 and another
for S65.oO0" ee
The most of Mr.. Osborne'B lnforma-
tion from Jones was in the ofrm OF q
written letter on prison paper, both
sides of which were written on. Jones
does not state what became OF the bot
tie, supposed to have contained poison,
but a detective attached TO the district
attorneys ONCE went to Rice's apart
ments and there procured several bot
ties. They were taken to the ONCE ct
police headquarters.
A letter was cent to Patrick in the
Tombs embodyine the substantial
facts contained in Jones' statement
Patrick sent back word that he did
not believe Jones had made any such
statement and that II he had, he had
simply told mass OF lies. Patrick
stated hs was innocent and that he
hoped TO u so proven In time.
Approved by the Queen.
London, Nov. 1.-Queen Victoria has
approved the appointment of Lord
Salisbury as premier and lord prtyy
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