The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-02
JONES ACCUSES PATRICK OF MURDER
OF RICE-THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Continued From Page Ono.

me. As soon as saw the condition Of
things laid down and went to sleep.
"'Whcn Patrick entered the room he
showed Rice a package. He showed him
something in bottle which looked like
salt which he diluted IN water and gave
70 Rice. telling him it would strengthen
him very much
''l Will not take # unless you take
some first" said Rice. ! tasted 1t and it
tasted acid metallic like. would not
take II unless ] knew what 1t was. and [
put il on the shelf. poured little out
In II glass. from which he had taken some.
This was about O'Clock. He was looking
out Of the winGow and persuaded him to
20 tu bed. He said NJ would 60. ! carried
him and put him in bed. When I left. !
'o!d Rice what Patrick had said about the
papers and of his saying he would come
10 the house.
Patrick did rot call the next morning.
and Rice told me to telephone him and tell
him that this was his last warning. te'e-
rhoned 10 Patrick about ~ 6.3i O'clock.
lie came aboyt U'yioCi-. ana had Il pa,k
age Of papers With him lie Went int" me
room with Rice. ;:0t ,lto Il char ami COM
menCed To talk Viii. Rice
NJ. Osborne says Jones described l,icGS
death follows:
MIR. Rice was va:y sick Patrick SAID To
me: Go get doctor. went for on" an!
he came back y.h mo, oni pronounced
Rice dead. i'atri.k asked: How hong Ads
he been dead" TIL doctor answered.:
",'wert., ,,inutns,
"rlis was aho,,t o o.clcc,s Patrick aske d
the doctor what was In. next thing 10 do.
The dortor e,i,, .n rot mn ,.r4srt,l,.r TIE
doctor recommended an ;Indartakcr named
Senior, MadisoI avenue and Fifly-nintE
errior orI y.,-i,l- .'ir .>-.vnr mind. I'll
GOT anotlsr' \vhs, %, Iark found
n, u-d.r,a,y,r ,,,,od p,our,rbt +here
ronrS All p.rI,pS
r,tCy coyIn ,,Ixn
...,to,, pa-,,,,. ,,,,, ,.;do ,,,, cold.
.vo, Io,.s 80 IN. Nv ,e. ot, -, t,,c n,i
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ou"'a t,''.., - 49,. .,h IL; ,'i
w. ~ .'S ;, .E",N tm' ~ :, "-.,. ~ -,
od! ii'oi iii''s I,''t.'A ',E,.ie 70 -: NJ
no"se' ne il'iu Il tlee"po'" III ii's "''-0'
ne saia:
ms Is Mt. lces checkuook. men
ne showed me l"o cheCh siEhHC ". VI:
Rice. Nov, tl2 Sd'u. : %aHC you 10 MI
out the amount of these checks. and at his
request h!isi c"t one lor >-o'VV0 an"
a!'pt"ti i"i S""'vF!.
AS 10 'fe eniha4inins OF Mr. i'St pohS'
tie iettsF used WAS ulctdtsu d! -hf. i.'te'
eihes IN iNiy or august. nut i WIS NOT
s!EHeu nv Fin. saw TINS 'sttef airchg
rice papers on seNesa! occasions. mas
, q, "N',t "P.o"' " Sc "
rncertaker, Wh!!e fatrlck made the ar
rangement for the undertaken. l did not
see the letter that Patrick gave to the
Undertaken. 1 have seen ii several times
since, however ana can state positively
that it was the letter. unsigned. among Mr..
Rice's papers.
The most of Mr. Oshorne'S information
from Jones was in the form of a written
letter on prison paper, both sides of which
we're written on. Jones does not state what
became of the bottle, supposed to have
contained poison. but detective attached
TO the District Attorneys office yesterday
went 10 RiceS 5 apartments and there pro-
cured several bottles ihey were all taken
&c the once at ponce heacquarters
a letter was sent to Patrick In the
Iomhs embodyins the substantial facts
Soii.diheo III zones statement. Patrick sent
@ ba'h "oi" 1lit ne "Id hot peheVe Jones had
,'.'ae no, any suei sla attL'ent' ana .na' II lie
."u ne ii"u s'iii'is '".'! d mass "i ies. Fat
80; a. u, ne "as i'.iiotsh,, aho mat he
I, ~ "e 81 p'oNeH HI 'He course OF
In,
oUnES w MaDE M "
N' 'On iHith.
assistant bisf!ct attorney osborne this
itti"oo'i gave out more detailed state
'Hit' U. "'''tt ZONES sdiu OF tHe happenings
supsequeit 10 i'ite ueath. lie SAID. quoting
Aiot!I 1o"ts sli'eH'eH''
' ""he" up "pout o CLOCK the
mo! , ,'ins io'iom!hs rice death. having
nseii '.. III 'he ilapit VI CARVING water to him
~. -, 's s.hess i ''sheu MN then II ne
Nd,te' Ma'ci' anu ne uiu not answer. l
,eoh , up ms '''hu a''a IL was hfnp and iifc-
-. - 81 ctre SIM Ina. ne was either
ISL, SLIME VI u.ssu; l Hlst io"heu around the
1I 80, -, a., a.. 1t!'! Sent .or the doctor.
t,,. ,o'u !. 'snu aIiieh 'n|t lsice was elther
taa,, d -. al IN I'm w ts itele n m'Se YOU
s,u,r,,. ~ III, e ,' "a y" 80 ne an,
~ nc : 'o uoN'o' anu e'iich IN e"ihe 70
eetnei '..i iD1e' a. NJ. o"U % ,'oeh, Inc uo''or
D,;I, a''. Sou .la.'t ne vas ue'ts'
anS ,a as,sss ,,,o - ,.' .I. , .,,,u -, 10;
haa,, J...d ", ,.iio,, :. 80. '...s ,,e l.,t
u,ss,. MN
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IL - -, ~. "o 80 W., ,, '.,.' -
,ae,sr tbt W j., ,,n 80 '.t 49,, an t'.e
,.ctod sucb ,s bo ,.,1,o; 50, 49, -
He told me that he wanted all the valuable
papers.
hin, bankboots .nd cb.c,,horl,., H. ,a',
u nu,nhe- of hI,nl cbocke .T hara sa,ns
checks thar wan; Won ,n fill on, bo .,iJ
'.one on s. NJ. Swensen &. Sons for sgr on, ;,