The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-04-10

"Did Mr.. Rice sign any Will on June
30, during the time Meyer and Short
we're in the apartment"
He did not. l was there all the time
and l did not see him sign any will.
Hsd he signed one l would have known
it."
Jones tEen testified that somewhat
later, at the request Of Patrick, he wrote
on his typewriter the assignments
transferring Rice's property to Patrick.
-'Patr:ckasked me, witness continu-
e1, "whe,her l did think old Rice Wss
living little too long for our purposes.
| said I thought so. Patrick suggest
ed We Put him out of the way. l sug-
eeEtcd Dr.. Curry, but Patrick said
DR.. Curry would not do anything Of the
kind"
Patrick" witness went on, sug-
ges:ed that Jores get lsudsum from q
drug store at Coney Island for the rur-
pose Of poisoning R ce.
Witness then vent on 10 say that he
procured pcsion from his bro:her in
Texas.
What did you ge:?'
'Cbloroform aud laudsum."
How was the poison sent?
1t was sent by express. A small
package containing the poison came |
think, by the American Express.
Did you sign receipt"
Il did"
Jones testified that he Geliver:d the
poison to Ps,rick about three weeks
before the death of Mr.. Rice
Jones then went on to testify that
Patrick hsd never been Introduced to
Rice up to the time Of the latter s
death.
GAS far as knc9," Jones said,
Rice never saw Patrick but once. This
was an eveaing when Patrick called on
me. Rice, against his custom, was up
la,e. He looked iu the parlor and saw
Patrick, who was there. Next morning
he asked who the baid.h headed man
with the red beard vas. Told MIR.
R ce it Was friend of mine"
Mr. 0 borne then referred 10 the as
signmenss transferring the property Of
Mr.. R ce to Patrick. which were exc
cuted on Sci tembcr 7,h.
Jones was handed adeed for iudenti-
fcation. He said it was witnessed by
Meyer Oh September Z.
DID Mr.. Rice sign any general as
sienment on that dsy?"
''He did not
The witness said Mr.. Rec prepared
sll his meals himself Witness was
then shown tie general assignments
transferring all property Of Mr.. Rice
to Patrick. Jones testified that Rice
did not sign the assignments.
Jones, will sou state all the cor7er.
sstion that took I.l.ce between you aud
Patrick in regard to getting Rice cut Of
the way J?' said Mr O;bcrre.
"Abous the end Of August" witness
replied, Pa rick asked me whether
had gotten the lauda1um from the drug
store at Coney Island. Isaid had not
but that | mad made some other arrange
ment to get the poison. Patrick then
told me to give Rice sapollo as that
would break him down. | told Patrick
l ecu d not do that, but told him !
had some mercurial pill which Dr.. Curry
gave me Patrick ga d I ought to give
them to Rice. told Patrick l could
not do so without taking them myself
in his presence Then d. so,' Patrick
said, it won't do you any harm
took scns of The pillsin Rica's presence
and then left the bottle Of pills on tue
dresser Rice took some. This brought
on a severe diarrhoea, which weakened
him, but after fe got over this attack
the mercury seemed to Go him good. "
Witness also said that by the same
method he got Rice to take some mer
curial tablets which Patrick gave him.
Would Rice take anything you
took?"
Yes, and he would never take med
icine uoless first took some in his
presence All medicine that was sent
him l had to taste when he savit."
Jones then related what took plac On
the day Of tho desth Of Mr. Rice
Il .a7 Patrick at his house, said he.
'He told me to let him know if Rice
grew better. He would then get from
his cfice bottle Of oxslis acid, ha said
to quicken Rice's nerve"
R,ce got better sDd about noon he
wanted to get up. Hs talked cheerful.
ly about going down town aud seemed
much improved. Jones said he could
not get Rice to take the ozslic acid.
Hs then telephoned Pa'rick to meet
him at luncheon at a restaurant on Sixth
avenue Eear Flftieth street.
II met him there" Jones continued,
Patrick gs7e me the bottle Of chic
roforn. He told me to ssturste a tow
ell in chloroform and leave it over his
facs for about 80 minutes. he said
Rice would probably laugh, bu' that I
should rot be scared IS that would
only show that the poison vas begin
ming to work and that it would soon be
over.
Il did a. Patrick told me. returned
home, took a napkin and saturated it
with choroform. I put it on my own
face first and then put it over the face
Of Mr.. Rite aud left the room. l
walked up and down in the hall se7
eral times. rhe bell rsng several
times. l did not open the door: Fin
ally after about half an hour I went
into Mr.. Rice's room. I raised the
window, took the napkin aud towel
away from hisface and placed them both
in the range where burnt them.
Il sent hail boy for Dr.. Curry, tell
ing him that Mr.. Rice was very bad. I
went to the telephone to tell Patrick
that Mr. R;ce was pretty near gone.
When DR.. Curry came. Patrick was
with him. l told them RICE was dead.
Dead! Oh. my Gid, doctor, that is the
worst thing that could have happened
IN mer' said Pstrlck.