Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-03
VIM. M. RICE WILL CASE.
Charles E. Jones Gives More Damaging
Evidence Against Patrick
DIR. Curry at the Apartmenis-Provi-
sions OF the Forged VIII Allowed
TOO Little 10 Relatives.

New YORK, April 3.--Chhrles II, Jones,
the yalet-secretary OF William NJ. Rice,
the rich Texan, resumed the giving OF
testimony today In the proceedings
against Albert T, Patrick, who Is
charged with causing Rce's death In
order to obtain his property by means
Of will, deeds and checks. which IL Is
alleged were forged.
Jones began today by relating that on
Monday. the day following Rice's death,
four men who represented themselves
to be lawyers, called at the fiat and
asked questions concerning the circum-
stances surrounding the death. Jones
told Patrick he thought these men were
detectives. The next morning Jones
went 10 police headquarters, When he
returned home he found number Of
detectives In the place, On Tuesday af-
ternoon he was taken to police head
quarters, where he was questioned. He
found Patrick also at headquarters,
Patrick told Jones he had discovered
the will witnessed in his Patrlcks)
office and number OF bogus letters
were written on the will matter on
this occasion. Jones testified, Patrick
asked when Rice had last been given
mercury
II told him on Thursday" said Jones.
Patrick then told me that there would
not be any traces of that left In the
system at the time OF the autopsy and
that the embalming fluid would kill all
traces OF the oxalc acid, which was
vegetable poison"
Witness then told of Or. Curry hav-
ing come TO the apartments on Tuesday,
where he met Patrick, The two had q
long talk which Jones did not hear. The
so-called Patrick Will was then brought
UP. Jones said he had told Patrick that
the PROVISIONS for Rice's relatives In
terest, which was discovered on the
day following Rice's death, were too
small and that II would be impossible TO
get II probated. Patrick, Jones said,
then had the so-called Patrick VIII
drawn, The witness related at length
the incidents Of the day when the body
Of Rice was cremated
Will the testimony about the VIII
was being given, Capt. Baker OF Texas.
who was an executor OF the 1896 VIII.
entered the trial room, He carried a
bundle OF papers and some typewriter
matter and said he might be called as a
witness.
From the events Of the day on which
the body was cremated Jones passed
over TO the happenings Of Oct, 4, the
evening of the day he was arrested.
Jones said he was taken to police head
quarters at about 10 o'clock IN the eyen-
ing and was taken down stairs and
locked up an hour later. He said be-
fore he was locked up that he made a
statement which was entirely fictitious
and OF which he could not recall even
the salient features
Jones then told how Mr.. House had
been appointed lawyer for both Patrick
and himself and the events surround
Ing their commitment 10 the Tombs.
From here Jones passed to his attempt
to commit suicide.
Sometime before | tried TO commit
suicide Mr.. House came TO me In the
Tombs and wanted 10 know II n muir
der had been committed | told him
there had been no murder"
Lowyer Moore objected and Mr.. Os-
borne said he did not want any Of the
conversation between Jones and his
counsel. ION the day before the at
tempt was made" said Jones, Patrick
and | had a talk In the reception room
at the Tombs. Patrick told me his
means were exhausted and that they
were In desperate straits Patrick
wanted me TO shoulder the responsible
ity for the time. I told him | would
not confess unless could tell straight
story. | said | would rather kill myself
on account OF the disgrace OF the thing.
Patrick said this might be the best
thing for us both, and said he would
kin himself too. He said he had 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 It to my cell. Later. Potts called.
Patrick told me Potts would not get
him the poison. About four o'clock In
the afternoon after had gotten the
knife. sat In my cell writing some let
ters and preparing for he end. Just
then | was called to the district attor-
neys Office. While there ! made a con-
fesslon. was brought back to my cell
in the evening and at about o'clock IN
the morning tried to cut my throat.
Jones then told Of being taken TO
Bellevue and there making new con-
fession. The new confession is the one
on which his present testimony
based. Jones explained today what
he meant yesterday, when ne SAID that
Patrick dld not wish Rice to i've untli
Monday, as on that day draft woull
be payable. The witness said that
week or so before the death OF kice
certain oil wells In Texas IN wnicn
he was interested, were destroyed by
fire. Rice resolved to rebuild tnetn,
and bound himself TO provide nearly
5000 600 for the rebuilding. on the
strength Of this the oil we'll people
drew for $4,000, the draft being pay
able on Monday. Sept. "a. Jones
testified again today that Patrick
wished to avoid the payment OF this
IT said" witness continued, "on sat
urday that the old man would prop,
ably drop of. Patrick said We could
not rely on that, but had to get him
ont OF the way the next day.
"a number OF kilograms sent by
Jones notifying relatives OF Mees
death were placed In evidence. They
ali read alike, setting forth that Rice
died under the care OF physician and