The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-04
TOLD BY JONES.


Indt nac taken pace between himself and
Patrick. Justice Jerome allowed the EVIL
dence already given TO stand.
ION the day the attempt was made ;,
SAID Jones. Patrick and L had q talk in the
reception room at the Tombs. Patrick fold
me his means were exhausted and that
tnev were in desperate straits. Patrick
wanted me TO shoulder the responsibility
for the time. / told him i would not con-
TESS unless / could tell n straight story.
L said | would rather kill myself OF ac-
count of the Disgrace OF the thing. Pat
rick said this might be the best thing for
us both, and said he would kill himself.
too. He said he had a small knife In his
cell. The knife would do for one and he
would try to get some carbolic acid from
Mr.. Potts. He gave me the knife / put
II in my shoe and took IL to my cell Later
Potts called. Patrick told me Potts would
not get him the poison. About = o'clock
In the afternoon after / had got the knife
L sat i'm my cell writing some letters and
preparing for the end. Just then / was
called to the district attorneys office.
While there made a confession. was
and at about 4 o'clock in the morning l
tried 10 cut my throat"
Jones then told of being taken TO Belle
vue. there making a new confession. The
new confession is the one on which his
present testimony is based. Jones ex-
planned to-day what he meant yesterday
when he said that Patrick did not wish
Rice TO live until Monday, as on that day a
draft would be payable. The witness SAID
that a week or so before the death of Rice
certain OIL wells III texas III WHICH ne WIS
Interested were destroyed by fire. Rice re-
solved to rebuild them, and bound himself
TO provide nearly 100000 for the rebuilding.
On the strength of this the oil well people
drew for SO. 900. the draft being payable on
Monday, Sept. "a. Jones testified again to-
day that Patrick wished TO avoid the pay
ment OF this money.
II said witness continued. ION Satur-
day that the old man would probably drop
off. Patrick said we could not rely on
that. but had TO get him out of the way
the next day"
A number of kilograms sent by Jones
notifying relatives of Rice's death were
setting forth that Rice died under the care
OF a physician. and that the death certi6-
cate gave as the cause diarrhoea. old age
and heart failure, concluding with a notice
OF the funeral.
A check was then produced and placed in
evidence. This check. which ii is claimed
was forged. was for the salary of a Texas
employe of Rice's named Cohen. Jones tes-
titled that the check was forged and for
warded to Texas to see whether the sigma
ture would pass the banks.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
AT the afternoon session Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Garvin asked Jones a few
unimportant questions regarding the sums
of money given by Rice to the William
Marsh Rice Institute.
Mr.. Jones's cross-examination was then
began by Attorney Moore.
Who was the first man you saw at the
police headquarters when you were first
there?' asked Moore.
A far as | can remember 1t was Cap
tain of Detectives McClusky."
Was q stenographic record kept of your
statement"
Yes. | think So"
The witness said he could not remember
what took place, as the story he had told
was largely fictitious.
d you mean to say" interrupted Mr.
Moore, that what took place on the day
at police headquarters did not impress you
sufficiently to be retained in your MEM
ory?"
Jones said his recollection was very hazy:
Moore, addressing Justice Jerome, SAID
he did not know whether the story Jones
told on that day was true or fictitious, but
he did want to know just what did AXE
place 1t would be a matter for the court
to decide, he said, whether JonesS story
Justice Jerome then told the witness to
answer the question of Moore 10 the best
of his recollection.
Did you say anything to Captain Nc
Clusky about the checks?" asked Mr..
Moore.
s"To the best of nay recollection witness
replied, Il did. I think 1 told him that Mr..
Rice had given them TO me on Saturday 10
give to Mr.. Patrick"
Did YOU tell Captain McClusky anything
about having called on Mr.. Patrick on the
Sunday when Rice died?"
II do not
Did you know at the time that 1t would
be important to you TO be guarded in your
statements?"
Il did, yes"
And still you made your answers so
carelessly that you at this time cannot
even remember what those answers were
Justice Jerome objected to this question.
BY questions Mr.. Moore brought out that
written on witnesses behalf TO Capt. Baker.
arranging an interview with Captain Baker
in the district attorneys office.
did you ask him to arrange the inter-
xinuy with Confofn Pakar2'
Il did not. 1t was rather at the instlga-
ton of Reckord that / consented to have
him write the letter to Captain Baker.
EASILY INFLUENCED.
You are easily influenced. are you not?'
al am easily influenced. otherwise 1 would
never have got myself into this trouble
Jones then told of his interview with
Captain Baker. Continuing he said that
sometime between Oct. 20 and Oct. 30 he
was taken to the district attorneys office
and kept uptil 8 o'clock in the morning
making his first confession.
What did you think when you chloro-
formed old Rice. your benefactor? Did you
think that was right?'' asked Mr.. Moore.
II cannot say what / thought" Jones
replied.
did you say that you did not think any
one saw Patrick and Rice together on the
day before the latters death unless II was
AldTld OCOll. d CDlOltu w Oiio
Il may have said so without using the
name of the woman" witness replied.
did you say that Short and Meyers wit
messed the will?"
Il think | made such q statement"
Ibid you say that old man Rice had IN
structed Patrick to draw a new Will!
II have made such a statement, witness
replied
do you mean TO say that Patrick called
at your house as often as once a week or
| sometimes more often from November.
1899. to Sept. %, 1900, without ever seeing
Rice?" -,
Il don't know how many times Patrick
| may have seen Mr.. Rice. L said that 10 my
| knowledge Patrick never saw Rice except
upon two occasions.
sometime during the spring or sum
Questioned by Justice Jerome witness
| said the time when Rice. according TO yes
! terday's testimony, saw Patrick In the
| rarlor. was one of these occasions.
ZONES then In answer to questions denied
that other statements made by MIN IN the
confession were true.
NOT PROMISED FREEDOM.
Mr. Moore then passed to the original
| complaint in which Jones swore that Pat
rick administered "mercurial and other
| polsons'' to Rice, thus causing his death.
sDid you not know when you swore to
the complaint" asked Mr.. Moore, what
those other poisons were?"
The question was objected to. but allowed.
II did not, unless 1t was oxalic acid" wit
ness replied.
Did YOU not know that you had chloro-
termed old man Rice?" asked Mr.. Moore.