The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-03
OTHERS ARE UNDER SUSPICION
NV YonK Authorities STILL
PROBING RICE CASE.

.,,pt district Attorney Osborne
,y,u require. Five or SIX Weeks
=, verify Jones' Confession ana
Get the case IN ShRpe-DRvid l..
.hor, Who Executed Rices WIN.
ust.-. Statcment-Vnlct Jones L.
recovering.
>y YORK Nov. 2.-Charles F. Jones
"a. personal attendant Of tho late VIII
a Rice who attempted 20 commit
.3a Yesterday. was visited In the hos
... to-day boy DR.. Christian. who has
..,a .n charge. Dr. Christian sad thl:
ts- was very much improved.
49,. hearing OF the application by the
-.eoren.s Of the Baker" viii OF the
t,.. Mr. Rice that a Inter will which SIS
.ge..d 90 be- IN the possession OF Albert
Patrick be placed on hle in the Office
q che surrogate was to-day adjourned
.nr Noy -.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
a,.a today that &c was his opinion that
mors than one man had been concerned n
a general conspiracy 20 set possession of
Rice property.
-Vltuess" he said. ";he general pro
e.sIaes the day after Riocs death
40 rot mean 60 intimate TINT there was
anyone else concerned in Ricc's death
Bat rs my mind the circumstance point
strongly 10 the that there was one ana
perhaps more. other man scheming 20
eet bold 20 the old mans property"
re was asked if there would be any
further arrests in the case and said not
~ taIs time. stating it would be first
nee, slry 90 get the evidence
II snail take no steps until have
fuut corroboratcd Jones confession. he
continued Il know that Patrick was en-
formed o. Jones confession or az least
q part OF IL before il was made public.
lie haas made no statement
u expected % see Professor Witthaus
soon aud learn II the lungs Of the dead
man were preserved. / am informed that
the lungs showed indications that suggest
smotherng and I wish 10 ascertain fully
about &c.
Il shall be busy for five or six weeks
IN completing all the details Of the case
and in verifying Jones confession
Whether the lunes have been preserved
was uos known az the district attorneys
oflce to-day. hut Il Is believed that they.
with other organs. were removed before
the millionaire body was cremaied.
lie Executed the VIII.
David L. Short. who executed the VIII
q Mr Rice. the one IN which the mill
iounire bequcathed the bulk Of his for
tune 90 Albert r Patrick to-day for the
first time. consented 20 be interviewed re-
earalng the Incidents Leading up 70 the
execution Of the document. To a reporter
Short said
y went TO Mr.. Rice's apartments At
the request Of Mr. Patrick Patrick sent
a messenger % my office. ! went over TO
Pauick's office. Patrick said TO me.
You are wanted up town 90 execute
some papers.
Morris Myers went with mo. He went
AS notary / a. commissioner 81 deeds.
when we reached the apartments Jones
let us in and escorted us 90 Mr Rice
room Mr. Rice was sitting ~ hts desk
aud from a sort Of cabinet compartment
that was over @ drew out his papers. lie
tlid TO both Of us.
This Is my viii. gentlemen. I have
sent for you 20 witness my signature
-He asked Meyers 90 read one particu-
.As clause or paragraph in the VIII.
A. not remember what the subject matter
of the clause was. ! did NOT pay any at
IGNITION 10 IL Mr.. Rice seemed TO have
much confidence In Meyers. He consulted
him about his affairs frequently ! did
not know the contents OF the VIII. the
will was not read aloud frequently eN-
scutcd papers f0rN Mr.. Rice. executed
the assignments TO Patrick
Mr. Short further said that he never
talked TO Meyers or Patrick about the
viii or assignments. Ho had known Mr.
Rice for about q year before his death.
nor had Mr. Rice said anything to him
about another will
Mercury in the Face wash.
Assistant District Attorney osborne. in
@ further statement given out this after
noon. says that Dr. Bull. the surgeon
performed on Rlce's face about six months
tefore he died A. an anuseptc wash
pc prescribed hichioFide OF mercury. Mr..
osborne said this had bearing on the
case. as Jones has confessed that Patrick
cHve Rice efayish tablets The tablets
Prescribed by Or. Bun were Of gfayish
oaor
cred d House. counsel for Jones AMI
tatrick. accompanied hy former Assistant
District Attorney George Gordon Battle.
won't TO Bellevue Hospital this afternoon
sud were admitted 20 the prison ward TO
tc Jones They talked with Jones for over
ilif an hour.
When leaving Mr. House said that he
called simply 10 vist Jones, seeing that
b. was IN such trouble. He called him
poor young man in hard luck" when
ked why Mir Battle was with him he
ssaded the question and positively refused
o. say whether Mr.. Battle would be a