The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-06
CAPITALIST MURDERED
Lawyer Patrick and the Million.
aires Servant Under Arrest.
The Valet Confessed That the At.
tOrney Gave the Victim Poison,
and He Later on Attempted
Suicide in His Cell.

New York, Nov. 2.-The death OF
the wealthy William Marsh Rice at
his Madison avenue apartments on
September %; the attempt of his New
York attorney, Albert T.. Patrick, to
cash checks for large amounts which
purpOrted to be signed by the mil
Iionaire; the refusal of one bank to
cash the checks drawn on it, and the
discovery by the bank officials that
Mr.. Rice was lying dead at the time
the checks were presented; the subse-
quent claim by Patrick that Mr.. Rice
had made him by will the trustee OF
his estate, which amounts to any
where from $3,OOO,OOO to $S,OOO,OOO;
the charge Of forgery, both as re-
CARDS the checks and the will, placed
against Patrick and Mr. Rice's valet,
Charles +. Jones; the arrest of Pat
rick and Jones and their Judgment in
Jail have kept New York interested
for over a month in what, by the de-
velopments of Thursday, promises to
become the most celebrated OF the
many celebrated crimes which the
courts of this city have been called
or to investigate
The first incident that led up to
Thursdays climax was the fact dis
closed Wednesday that Valet Jones
had been taken to the district attor-
ney's office and the subsequent ru-
NOR that he had made a confession
to the authorities. Before the pub
lie had time to learn if the report of
the confession was true came the
more startling news that during the
night Jones had in his cell in the
Tombs attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with a penknife given him,
he says, by Attorney Patrick, also
confined in the Tombs and for the
purpose of getting rid of one witness
to Patrick's alleged crime.
His crime according to the confess
sion of Jones, parts of which the dis
trict attorneys Office gave out Thurs
day was nothing, less than the muir
der of the millionaire by Attorney
Patrick and the purloining of valua-
bic papers reIating to the estate.
The taking off of Mr.. Rice, says
Jones, was done by the internal adj
ministration of some poison suppos-
eddy mercury, and the final applica-
ton of towel saturated with some
anaesthetic, presumably cnloroform.
That portion of the confession which
has to do with the last moments Of
the old man is the following, given
out by the authorities as coming
from Jones, the scene taking place
in the apartments of the millionaire
and he lying sick in bed
Rice said: 81 am very nervous, Mr..
Patrick wish you wouldn't trouble
me. Please 90 away"
Patrick replied: II have some salts
here, Mr.. Rice, that will cure your
nervousness"
He produced a bottle and uncorked
it. The contents smelled to me like
some very strong liniment. Then
Patrick said to me: sect me a towel
and a sponge"
l got him both. Then Patrick said:
Jones, you have to leave" 1 left.
AS ] was leaving Patrick said: It'll
remain here 1ntil Mr.. Rice gets to
sleep" lie closed the door behind
me-
stood in the hall for few min
utes, and soon 1 heard Mr.. Rice laugh.
l thought this was queer, so l pushed
open the door. l saw Mr. Rice lying
on his back in bed.
The towel that L had given Patrick
was wrapped around the sponge in a
cone shape. This cone was lying di-
rectly over Mr.. Rice's eyes and nose.
Patrick was pressing it down with
his right hand. Patrick did not see
me, and, of course, Mr.. Rice could
not. After seeing what l had seen I
went and lay on my bed.
Mr.. Rice grew very sick. Patrick
said to me: go get a DOCTOR" 1
went for one. He pronounced MI
Rice dead.
Attorney Patrick denies having
furnished Jones the penknife and he
also denies the statements in the con-
fession.
Jones after his suicidal attempt
was taken to Bellevue hospital has
tily summoned physicians having
just been in time to save him from
death through loss of blood. At s
o'clock Thursday night the hospital
surgeons said he ysas slightly better
and the chances are that in few
days he will again be returned to the
TomAs.
The report from the hospital at
midnight was that Jones was out of
danger.
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