New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-07
NO POISON YET FOUND.
Continued from first pnEc.

Patrick.
Mr.. Patrick has promised to turn over to me
the original will in which he is named as the
chief beneficiary, well all the assignments
which he has still In his possession. He has
also promised to turn over to me every single
paper he has in connection with the entire case
He has not yet done so. but presume he VIII
keep his promise.
Shorts assertion that It was he who received
the checks on the Fifth Avenue Trust Company
conflicts with statements that have been made by
Patrick. When the case first made public
Patrick IN statements which he reported as
making said that he himself took the checks 10
the Fifth Avenue Trust Company for certifca-
ton
Should Patrick adhere to his promise and de-
liver up the will which he has in his possession
to Captain McCluslSy. 1t will be at once handed
to the experts in handwriting for them TO ex-
anime. 1t is said that the witnesses to this will
were Meyers and Short. The experts who have
already examined some of the documents which
bear their names as attesting Mr.. Rice's sigma
ture say that a different ink used 10 write
their names than was used for the signature of
Mr. Rice. The presumption which the police
gather from this declaration is that the names
of Meyers and Short were appended at some
time other than that at which the Rice signature
was made. Short, however. yesterday insisted
when before Captain McClusky that he had
seen Mr. Rice sign the will But as regards the
assignments he was not so emphatic for the
reason, as he explained. that he had been wit
ness to the signing by Mr. Rice of many
documents that 1t difficult for him to testify
specifically to individual papers other than the
will This will. 1t was ascertained yesterday.
leaves the whole of the Rice property to Pat
rick. with the exception of 100000, which is
divided between Mr.. Rice's relatives and the
Rice Institute, ct Houston The total value of
fba jS POL.
about S4,0OOOO0
MANY EXPERTS RETAINED.
Messrs. Kinsley Fraser and Osborn, three of
the experts who are employed In examining into
the authenticity of the signatures the checks
and assignments, worked jointly all day yester-
day the documents which have been submit
ted to them, and in comparing the handwritings
Of Patrick and Jones with the alleged forged
signatures. AS yet the authorities are con-
cerned only with the two checks drawn on
Swenson & Sons, but tomorrow evidence serv-
ing to substantiate other charges of forgery will
be furnished to the District Attorney. Five
perts have already pronounced the Swenson and
Fifth Avenue Trust Company checks to be for
geries, and other experts to aid in the further
examination Of the supposedly fraudulent sig
natures will reach this city tomorrow AS
matter of fact. every we'll known handwriting
interests represented by Captain Baker The
three experts named who were working on the
assignments yesterday declared them to be
forged documents It has been stated in some
reports that the second will had also been de-
clared to be forgery. This however. is not So
inasmuch this will is still in the possession
OF Patrick. Only a copy of it was given to Cap
tain Baker. From one who did not wish his
name to be used it was learned yesterday that
the experts had reached the conclusion that the
individual who filed in the body of the checks
also forged the signatures. Although the iden-
tity of that person is believed to be known. no
who was in position to speak on this point
would permit his name to be divulged upon his
authority. Mr.. Carvalho said yesterday that
the body of one of the assignments he had ex-
amined was typewriter and that the signature
had been appended to a second carbon copy.
That would TO indicate, he said that the
first copy and the first carbon impression had
been used to experiment with, and that the
effort to simulate Mr.. Rice's writing had been
successful only in the case of the second car
bon impression.
EXPERTS AT ODDS.
It would appear that some personal differences
have arisen between two of the handwriting ex-
perts employed on the case. AS will be recalled,
all the experts agreed that the signatures on the
checks had been traced. Mr.. Carvalho expressed
the opinion that the first tracing had been done
with dry pen, but Mr.. Kinsley differed with
him this point. and said that there no
such thing a dry pen tracing. Mr. Carvalho
also intimated that he was the first expert called
into the by Captain Baker. Yesterday the
following statement. inclOsed IN envelope
bearing the name Of the handwriting publication
which is edited by Mr. Kinsley, was sent to the
newspaper offices:
On Saturday. September 20, Captain George
McClusky informed Captain James a. Baker
that the signatures of W. NJ Rice to two Sven
Sons checks looked suspicious and before
he Captain McClusky) proceeded further he
would like to have the opinion of the handwrit-
ing expert, William ]. Kinsley. Captain Baker
that same afternoon Saturday endeavored
to see Mr. Kinsley at his office but Kinsley had
gone to his home, in Elizabeth. Captain Baker
tried to communicate with Mr.. Knsley at his
home by telephone but unable to reach
him there. On Monday. October /, papers were
placed in Mr.. Kinsleys hands, and he was given
charge of the handwriting expert part of the
case, both for Captain McCluSky and for Cap
tain Baker Mr.. Carvalho examined the papers
on Monday and Tuesday also and DR.. Hagen of
Troy. examined them Thursday, and Mr.
Gumpel also on Thursday. Mr.. Osborn of Roch-
ester. made the examination of Friday. Upon
request of Captain Baker, Mr.. Kinsey furnished
a list of experts, and wrote to them asking them
hold themselves in readiness to come upon
receipt of telegram. not giving any information
about the case not even the name of it,
DR.. CURRY'S STATEMENT.
In the consideration of the circumstances sur
rounding Mr. Rice's death attention has been
called to the fact that nux vomica was pre-
scribed for the aged man, and that Jones the
valet, had enough of the drug in his possession
this phase of the case DR.. Walker Curry, of No.
"a East Sixty-first- yesterday made the fol-
lowing statement: