The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
HE CONFESSES AND
CUTS HIS THROAT
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me- | told him that would. When l
went back Rice was sleeping. When
left Patrick's house l went for the doctor,
and when l 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. At IL
or - o'clock he had improved and he
asked about the papers. He asked me
why did not get them. / told him that
Patrick had promised to 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 to tell it
to him in the presence of some per-
son. l went to see Patrick and he said
the papers were i'll his office and that
he would get them and bring them to
me- This was about one or two o'clock.
He did not do so, and ] went to his house
about three o'clock. He said he would
bring the papers / 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, 1 have
some smelling salts to quiet your nerves
Patrick asked for a towel and sponge and
l got them for him. He said that |
must leave the room. | left and heard
Patrick saying he would remain with
Rice. | heard Rice laughing few min
utes later and saw Rice lying on his
back with the towel over his head in
cone shape and Patrick holding it in his
right hand. Patrick did not see me and
Rice did not see me. AS soon as / saw
the condition of things / 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 lie diluted in water and gave
to Rice, telling him it would strengthen
him very much.
RICE IS SUSPICIOUS.
81 will not take it unless you take some
first said Rice. 81 tasted it and it
tasted acid or metallic like. / would
not take it unless | knew what 1T was
and put it on the shelf. / 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
persuaded him to go to bed. He said he
would go. ] carried him and put him in
bed. When left 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
81 telephoned to Patrick about or $50
O'Clock He came about o'clock and
had package of papers with him. He
went into the room with Rice, got into
chair and commenced to talk with
Pice."
Mr.. Osborne says Jones described
Rice's death as follows:
Mr.. Rice was very sick. Patrick said
to me, Go get a DOCTOR I went for one
and he came back with me and pro-
nounced Rice dead. Patrick asked, How
long has he been dead?' The doctor an
swcred twenty minutes. This was about
8 O'clock. Patrick asked the doctor what
was the next thing to do. The doctor
said to set an undertaken. The doctor
recommended an undertaken named
Senior, Madison avenue and 59th street.
went there, but could not get Senior,
and Patrick said: Never mind, I'll get
another.
when I got back I found an under
taker named Plowright there. Then
Patrick took me aside and said: "Now
Jones, we've got to get all of the old
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..
Rices house. He had a check book in
hiC hand Ha said.
JONES FILLS OUT THE CHECKS.
q This is Mr.. Rices check book Then
he showed me two checks signed W. M.
Rice Now. he said. I want you to fill
out the amounts of these checks and at
his request filed out one for $4,000 and
another for $4,000.
GAS to the embalming of Mr.. Rice's
body, the letter used was dictated by Mr..
Rice either in July or August, but it was
not signed by him.
Il saw this letter among Rice's papers
on several occasions. Inasmuch as
went up town to see Senior. the under
taker while Patrick made the arrange
ments for the undertaken l did not see
the letter that Patrick gave to the under
taker. l have seen it several times
SlUCe, however anu can SldIe pOSlIINeIy
that it was the letter, unsigned, among
Mr.. Rice's papers"
The most OF Mr. Osbornes information
from Jones was in the form of written
letter on prison paper, both sides of
which were written on. Jones does not
state what became of the bottle sup
posed to have contained poison but a
detective attached to the District At
torney's office yesterday went to Rice's
apartments and there procured several
bottles. They were all taken to the office
at police headquarters.
LIES. DECLARES PATRICK
A letter was sent to Patrick in the
Tombs embodying the substantial facts
contained IN Jones' statement. Patrick
sent back word that he did not believe
Jones had made any such statement, and
that if he had he had simply told mass
of lies. Patrick stated he was innocent
and that he hoped to be SO proven in the
course of time.
THIS TC VIVA THEW SAY