The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-07

William Marsh RIce's attorney. who has
been arrested on the charge 81 forgery.
aire r~ecluse. VAS the victim Of foul play
is the belief Of the detectives WHO are at
work on the case, and the same opinion Is
held il the CHiJ- II ~. District Attorney.
But II "a freely admitted tlHt tins Ear lit
Tie evidence. even II u ciTeGu~- 'utia. la
lure. Eas Leeu found upon which 10 base
While not accepting the theory Of foul
Play. Police Captain AlcC.U-Ay has no
doubt that lorEeues we're unlimited. ana
that a conspiracy WIS formed having as us
object the Counseau0E OF tie -.eat for
tune which uslcuEeu TO Rce- Ice Aettc-
lives have learned tGgt tile Tlt Ec" u.s.
Dutej, which made Albert !. Patrick the
crict -acuUiarv, greatly increased the be-
the s~o-caiied Texas Will. by a logical
course % reasoning. The conclusion IS
reached that il was thought worth "hlle
taking great chances 10 obtain Tie &--5te,9
represented by the -FOUR CHECKS "nlch
nave been declared forseries. With this
sum TO lie used tor the purpose OF making
a fight In the courts. an. tue relatives APP
pea ed by increased OvlEostS, taere we're
bright prospects of SUCCESS which would
have spelled S4.vvhVJ or more.
~ Guch Explanation IL Required.
eo Much explaining must he done hy Patrick
NeVld Jones before they clear themselves OF
G;isp!cion; Patrick is IN possession OF
Funds sufficient TO make Il possible for him
light desperately in hts own behalf.
There are indications that he vii rid HIM
self Of Jones. He has made remarks which
have convinced the authortGzs that ne Is
prepared TO say that II a crime has been
'oFuGIttCd. Jones Is the guilty man. Dis
IricJ Attorney Asa Bird Gardner to-day tod
Of an interview with Patrick. Of the lat
'Cr's seeking. during which Patrick male
s. clearly apparent that he was greatly
worried. The District Attorney assured
Patrick that he would not be permitted 10
lcase New YORK INT. he had demonstrated
himself to be possessed OF a clean bill Of
moral health.
Norris Meyers and David 7. Short, who
signed as witnesses the assignments Civ
:nG Nihs-t Patrick ali the property owned
ny William ". Rice. were at police head
quarters for two hours to-day. and were
rightly crOSs-exa!1ined by Captain McClua-
Ky They Insisted that hey had seen Nir.
tIche! their names.
AZ three Handwriting experts unite in de-
claring these assignments sOrgeries. Cap
tain McClusky warned the two young men
that any deviation from the truth would
probably result In their being called upon 20
prove that they had not a part in the con-
spiracy. They stuck to their story, how
ever. Jones, the valet-seCretaTy Of oil man
Rice. was subjected TO the "thirty-th.rd d.
gree Of sweating bv Captain NcCII=.y to-
to-day. but II he made any damaging al
missions the CHIEF Of the Detective Bureau IS
keeping the matter quiet jones. Il IS SAID.
came here from Texas, but the circuul-
Stances Of his engagement as confidential
man TO Millionaire Rice have not yet been
IN effort 20 determine whether or not
Lawyer Patrick had anything to Go with
Jones's engagement
Testimony o. n Faret2Scr-
Information which may have an important
tearins upon the case which Will result
from the attempt to gain possession Of the
millions left by Rice has come 20 light
through the statement OF Mrs. Mary Scott
of this city. MIS-. Scott. IS = COlcse8 wom-
AN who FOR eight months before his drath
WAS employed by Ar. Rice as a care
tsker and lauadrcss. She knew tie old man
and his habits very wei.
When seen at her home last night, Mrs.
Scott said that she had seldom been more
shocked than She Was when she heard of
her employers death. She knew that he
was i'll. but had been given TO understand
bat his condition was not such as TO
alarm friends.
day before he died. l went 20 HIS apart
ments In Madison avenue Saturday morn
ing, as usual. 70 90 the h~orsewofN. When
/ arrived there. about 5 o'clock. Nr. Rice
was still III bed. He arose shorty after
wards; after partaking OF a slight breakfast
he took his bath. When he came ouI I
noticed that his color was exceedingly bad,
and remarked upon il.
"He also appeared to be greatly worried
about something, as he had UeeH the last
time / saw him before that. but IN answer
TO my inquiry he said that he was feeling
better.
Before I left the apartments that after
noon Doctor Carey arrived and had a long
talk with MIR. Rice. / am not sure that ths
doctor was there when l left Nr. Rice
generally was olen with Mr.. Jones. who
took care of him, and / believe ths two were
together when l left that afternoon. Mr..
Jones seemed 10 have the entire charge Of
Il know Mr.. Patrfck. though not very well.
He was at the house often. hut when he
came there he and Mr.. Rice always went
into the library together. and at these times
71,E were never disturbed. OF course. il is
impossible for me to know whether any
crime was committed. I certainly am great
y shocked at what has happened, Every
body who knew Mr.. Jones around the build
ing liked him. and | would hesitate to be-
lieTc that he was implicated in any crime