The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02

to the telephone. I said Very welr and
rang of. Then called up Patrick and told
him. He told me to tell them If they called
] UP again that Mr.. Rice was dead
THE DEATH ANNOUNCED.
| "Swenson came to the telephone, and he
asked about Rice. told him that he was
dead. Then he wanted to know all about
! it. told him he had died at s o'clock the
night before. Patrick then called me up
| again and said: These people have 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 substance:
| Mr. Rice died last night o'clock Doctors
certificate reads weak heart, old age.
diarrhoea. Funeral tomorrow 10 o'clock
Messages of a similar character were sent
| to number of others. l sent word to Mrs.
Van Alstyne at q Fifth avenue. l think
| these are all the messages L sent. Mr.. Pat
rick came to the house between and 5
o'clock on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carpen-
ter and their Robert were there. Mr..
| Patrick asked them to attend the funeral
the following day. He went TO dinner be-
tween and o'clock p. m. and returned
about o'clock.
1.-THE next day about o'clock I noticed
four men hanging around the house. They
yer5. / telephoned Mr.. Patrick about those
men, and he told me not TO let them in.
One came in and said he was from a law
Office and wanted TO see me. He questioned
me about Mr. Rices death and the checks
L don't remember exactly my answers, but
whatever they were they were not true
Mr.. Patrick telephoned after they left,
about 1 o'clock. Mrs. Medium called and
showed me telegram from Captain Baker
and asked if she could assist in any way.
The telegram said: Look out for property
and. valuables.' That was the substance
of it.
MIR. Patrick called about or 2 o'clock
| When he called L told him that the four
men had been there and had been ques-
tioning about Mr.. Rice's affairs. He
| then wen. away and said he would be back
| ir an hours time. He telephoned later and
asked me again about the telegram from
| Captain Baker and also about the detec-
| tives. When he came back he said not to
| say anything and i will post you. Now,
Jones. we are in for il; look for the worst
! he said / did not sleep much or could
| not. i knew we'll that those checks were
not right. Patrick. before he left. told
me TO say that the checks in question were
was going to call of the cremation. The
| detectives questioned and hung around
continually. and Patrick again said not to
mention anything about medicines. When
| the detectives returned l went TO break
fast with them. They told me / want
ed at police headquarters and that | would
! meet a representative of the district attor-
ney's office, and that no disposition of the
body would be made until the coroner was
notified. When l went to police headquar-
| tiers L met Mr.. Osborne. from the district
| attorneys office. | then heard that Captain
Baker would be In the city. and was to
tell Captain Baker what knew"
Mr.. Osborne questioned Jones after he
had concluded the statement and asked
many questions, all of which Jones an
swered and declared he answered truth
| fully. Mr.. Osborne was asked If he thought
there would be any more arrests In the case
and If any of the notaries that had been in
terested in the case would be arrested. He
| -rtI ~ x.zt he
| question.
JONES CRIED LIKE CHILD.
Mr.. Miller, of the firm of Hornblower &
Byrne, was at the prison ward in Bellevue
Hospital with Jones for an hour. Jones,
he said, was unnerved and broken. He lay
on his cot and sobbed and cried like a
child Mr. Miller said Jones told him that
Patrick told him to kill himself, as he had
better opportunity TO do than he pat
rick, as there was another man i'm the cell
with Patrick. Miller said that Jones fur
Their quoted Patrick as saying: What can
/ do? have two children, and what will
become of them in case / am tried and this
is found out?
Mr.. Osborne was asked what part of the
Rice estate Jones had expected TO get He
| said Jones told him Patrick had assured
him of being well cared for, but had prom
| Used nothing more definite. The estate, Mr.
| Osborne said. Is estimated at from 50 COO 600
to ss.0Oo,O0O. The information that Jones de-
| sired to make a statement came to the dis
trict attorney. Mr. Osborne said, through a
friend of Jones, who was present at the
| time the statement was made. Mr.. Osborne
| declined TO give the friends name.
Mr.. Osborne said word had been sent at
the same time to Patrick, telling him the
district attorney would be glad to hear
| from him If he cared To make a statement.
Mr.. Patrick replied that he did not care "a
say anything about any crime, but would
| like to see Captain Baker about the estate.
| The district attorney said the State did NOT
care to discuss the estate, but rather Rice :
| death.
Asked if he thought Mr.. Rice had been
| chloroformed. Mr.. Osborne said Jones had
spoken of hearing the old man laugh, and
|, he said it is well known that certain an
, aesthetic produces laughter.
Mr.. Osborne was also asked if i'm the
| event of JoneS'S death his confession could
be used against Patrick. "Of course not, -
! | he replied.
Some one suggested that Jones's ante
| mortem statement could be secured and
| used. IAN ante-mortem statement" said
| Mr. Osborne, made by a third party is of
no use. 1t must be made by party about
to die. No person knows better than Pat
rick that in the event of Jones's death the
confession could not be used. He is a
lawyer. He knows that dead men tell no
tales" Before leaving his office Mr.. Os-
confession he intended to give out at the
| present time.
me most or Mr.. Osborne'S informa ton
| from Jones was in the form of a written
| letter on prison paper. both sides of which
were written on Jones did not state what
| became of the bottle supposed TO have con-
tanned poison, but detective attached To
the district attorneys office yesterday went
TO Rice's apartments and there procured
several bottles. They were all taken to the
| office at police headquarters
letter was sent to Patrick i'm the Tombs
embodying the substantial facts contained
In Joness statement. Patrick sent back
| word that he did not believe Jones had
made any such statement. and that. if he
had, he had simply told a mass OF lies Pat
rick stated he was innocent and that he
hoped to be so proven in the course Of
) time.
Frederick B. House, attorney for Patrick
and Jones. has made statement concern
ing the alleged confession of Jones He
says he does rot believe Jones ever con-
fessed and bases his belief on what he
says Jones told him on Wednesday.