The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-02

New York, Nov. after a confess 9
sion duplicating Attorney Albert r. /
Patrick in the murder of the late Mil
Iionaire William Marsh Rice Charles
+. Jones. secretary and valet 10 Ne.
Rice, made a desperate effort early
this morning to commit suicide in his
cell IN the Tombs-
The Death of William Marsh Rice at
his Madison avenue apartments Sept.
%; the attempt of his New York atJor-
Dey, Patrick, to cash checks for large
amounts which purported to be signed
by the millionaire: the refusal of one
bank to cash the checks drawn ON il.
and the discovery Dy the hank officials
that Mr.. Rice was lying dead AT the
time the checks were presented. the
subsequent claim by Patrick that AIR
Rice had made MIN. BY viii. the trus-
tee of his estate. WhiJ.h amounts 10
anywhere from $4,000 600 10 S&,ulouHH,
the charge OF forgery both as regards
the checks and the viii placed against
Patrick and Mr. RiceS valet csharl1S
T. Jones. the arrest of Patrick and
Jones and their Judgment in Jail. ha-ve
kept Nv York interested for over
month on what the developments of to-
day promises to become one of the most
/ celebrated crimes which the courts Of
this city have been called on to lnves-
tigate.
The first incident which led up 10 to-
days climax was the fact. disclosed
yesterday. that Valet Jones had been
/ taken 10 the district attoTnev Office
/ and the subsequent rUmOr that he had
made confession TO the authorities.
/ Before the public had time 90 learn If
/ the report Of d confession was true
/ came the news that during the night
1 Jones had. in his cell in the TumDS. at
( tempted suicide by cutting his throat
with a pen knife given him. ne says by
I Attorney Patrick. also confined in the
/ Tombs, and for the purpose o. getting
/ rid of one witness to PatTiCk's alleged
/ Cri1ce
His crime. according to the confession
} of Jones parts Of which the district at
/ torneys office gave out today, was
nothing less than the murder of Mil
{ liOnaire Rice by Attorney Patrick and
/ the purloining of his papers relating
( TO the estate
Murder Done by Poison.
I The takiug off Of Mr. Rice. says Mr.
Jones. vas done by the internal admin
/ istration of some poison. supposedly
/ mercury. and the final application of
/ a towel saturated with some anaeSl2't-
/ &c. presumably chIOroforu-- That pof-
{ tion OF the confession which has to do
with tn last moments of the OLD man
is the following, given By TIE author
/ tiles as coming from jones, the scene
! taking place in the s.CS,T-me1ts OF the
/ millionaire and he IyinE sick in bed
M Rice said: 7 am very nervous,
/ Mr. Patrick. I wish you would not
/ troGbIe me. Please go away
I Patrick rc0lied. j nave some Sdl-S
here. Mr. Rice. that viii cure your
I nervousness
He produced a bottle and uncorked
/ it. The contents SiHeiIed to me Ike
/ some very strong Iinamelt-
Then Patrick said To me, Get me
towel ar5 e sponge
81 50 MIN both. Then Patrick said
. Jones. Won have to leave. J tef'- IS
! 7 was leaving Patrick said I'll remain
here until Mr. Rice gets to sleep ~
J closed the door behind me
I stood in the hall for few ruirut"7
and soon heard MI Rice lau-n-
. thought this was queer. So / TueIl-'i
! open tn door. 7 saw Sir. Rice iEiuS
3 on his hack i'm b. f The towel that
had given Patrick @aS wrapped around
/ the sponge i'm a cone shape ms cone
/ was lying directly over Mr. RICE eyes
and nose Patrick was pressing IT down
/ with his right hand Patrick did not
see me. and Of course Nh. Rice cGgla
not. After seeing what 1 hdu seer
/ went ard lay on my bed
Mr.. Rice became very SICK az
! rick sail 10 me Go get doctor
went for one. He pronounced Nj Rice
dead
Attorney Patrick denies having fur
nished Jones the penlnifH ana ne also
denies the statement in the confession
/ Jones. a. ter his suicidal attempt was
taken 10 Bellevue hospital hastily sum
imoned physicians having arrived IuSt lI
time to save him from death JnroUEI
loss of blood At s O'Clock tonight lii-
hospital surgeons said he was S-iIh-i'
better and the chances are thal In q
few days he will again be returned u
the TOmbs.
ZONES is represented to have said.
This was about the Isl of september
Mr.. Rice had been bothered with con
I stipatinr When Mr. Patrick bTou- t
him some tablets Patrick had sand p.
I had taken some himself Two days al
I ter This Mrs Van NIStvu@ advised MN
to eat bananas. Nj. Rice said the Ia
/ nanas .cf1gged his stomach. and told
the doctor. The doctor said that klct
| having diarOhrea. he would pui
= / through The tablets were taken every
I night until Friday before Mr. Idc'
died. He may have taken more, n I'D
did know nothing % IT, The last Illh'
I saw him take Jhem was NedneNta1
, or Thursday before his death. FRIDAY
) night Rice freJted, worried ana EIirEet
about his business in general speaking
s of the Galveston flood and other Things
He was afraid that Patrick had 90
him into some clutch by Wnich M
would lose the most Of his property
= He worried and cried like a woman 81
mysteries until O'Clock that moTnln'
% and then fell off into sleep until
q o'clock,
b He slept very little that night an
| he sent me to Patrick's house Satuf
Z day morning. and told me II ! dld no
: return with the papers he would Tepof
Z to the authorities Patrick was Az
r tated and said:
~ want to know Rice's couditio
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