The age-herald., 1900-11-02
SENSATIONAL TURN
 IN CELEBRATED CASE
G. F. Jones, Valet to Late Millionaire Rice, Makes Confession and Attempts to Commit Suicide

the chancesrare that in a few days he will be ready to go back to the Tombs.
 The coroner's investigation of MT. Rice's death, which was to have been had today and which had previously been adjourned to await the report of the chemist who had examined portions of the remains for traces of poison, again adjourned be- cause of the new developments in the case.
 Additional Facts
 Assistant District Attorney Osborne this afternoon gave out this detailed statement of what Jones said of happenings subse- quent to Rices death. Jones made the statement yesterday afternoon. MT. os- borne quotes Jones' statement as follows:
 When 1 walked up about So clock In the morning following Rice's death, having been in the habit of carrying water to him since his sickness, I asked him then if he wanted water and he did not answer. took up his hand and 1t was limp and life less. I at once saw that he was either feigning or was dead. I first looked around the house for Patrick and sent for the doctor I told Patrick that Rice was either sick or dead. I asked him, "Where have you been and why did you go away? He answered: I will go and get the doctor and come up.
 "The doctor and Patrick came together about s:30 or o'clock. The doctor .exam- ined Rice and said that he was dead Pat rick was then very nervous and excited,  been dead. The doctor replied about twenty" minutes
 After the body had been laid out, Pat rick gathered up all the letters. I was with him and had as much as he to do with that. He gathered up two watches and all the money that was in the trunk. Pat rick selected such as he wanted from the papers. He told me that he wanted all the valuable papers. The next day he re- tnrued and had with him bank books and o1,a To bod xFif6 hi,11a Q of blank checks
 "I have some checks that I want you to fill out he said. One was on Swanson & Sons for $25, GOO. One was filled out for $65 900 on S. M. Swenson & Sons, one for $25 GOO on the Fifth Avenue Trust Company, and one for $135,000 the same company He told me he had the proper right to cash these checks before Rice's death be- came known-This words were hysterical He left at S:30 or o'clock and said he would telephone me to dictate messages to be sent to relatives and to Backer, and to tell the bank if it called up that the checks were good.
 About Il 80 o'clock he called me up and said: We've made a bust of it. He again told me to tell the bank that the checks were all right. About ten minutes later MT. Wallace called up and asked for Rice. He asked me If the checks were in my handwriting. I told him yes; if you send 1t up I will correct 1t. That Is how he ex-
  (AlberD instead of correctly. Then he told me to have MT. Rice come to the telephone I said: Very we'll and rang off. Then called up Patrick and told him. He told me to tell them if they called up again that MT. Rice was dead.
 Stevenson came to the telephone and he asked about Rice. I told him that he was dead. Then he wanted to know all about it. I told him he had died at o'clock the night before. Patrick then called me up hNheen nQnnlp ba kicked out of the traces He then dictated to me the message to be sent to the relatives. The one to Captain Baker read in sub stance: MT. ice died last night o'clock. Doctors eel itifcate reads weak heart and old age. Funeral tomorrow 10 o'clock Mes sages of similar character were sent to number of others l sent word to Mrs. VanAlystin at 21 Fifth avenue I think these are all the messages sent
 "Mr. Patrick came to the house about o'clock on Monday. Mrs. Carpenter and son were there. MT. Patrick asked them to attend the funeral next day He went to dinner between and p. m. and returned about o'clock.
 The Detectives
 '"The next day about o'clock I noticed four men hanging around the house. They came to the house and said they were law yers I telephoned Patrick about these men and he told me not to let them h. One came in and said he was from law office and wanted to see me. He questioned me about MT Rices death and the checks. don't remember exactly my answers, but whatever they were, they were not true. MT. Patrick telephoned after they left. About 1 o'clock Mrs. Bedlum called and showed me telegram from Captain Baker and asked If she could assist in any way. The telegram said to look out for the prop erty and valuables. That was the sub nee of 1t. MT Patrick called about ? o'clock When he called I told him that the four men had been there and had been questioning me about Mr. Rices affairs. He then went away and said he would be back in hours time. He telephoned later and asked me again about the telegram from Captain Baker and also about the detec- lives. When he came back he said not to say anything, and I will post you. Now Jones, we are in for 1t. Look for the worst he said did not sleep much and could not knew we'll that those checks were not right. Patrick, before he left, told me to say that the checks in question were to settle the Holt claim. He told me he was tives questioned and hung around continu- ousy, and Patrick again said not to mem ton anything about medicine.
 "When the detectives returned I went to breakfast with them. I told them was wanted at police headquarters, and that would meet a representative of the district attorney and no disposition of the body would be made until the coroner was noti- fled. I went to police headquarters and met MT Osborne at the district attorneys office. Then he heard that Captain Baker would be in the city and I was to tell Cap tain Baker what 1 knew"
 MT. Osborne question Jones after he had
 
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