The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-07
TRYING TO PROVE
GUILT OF PATRICK
Evidence to Show That He
Killed Millionaire Rice.
He THE ONLY GAMER
TESTIMONY OF VALET JONES
WILL BE CoRRoBoRATED.

New York. April 6.-The Times says:
Assistant District Attorney, James w.
Osborne is satisfied that Valet Jones
confession on the witness stand that he
murdered old Millionaire Rice. under the
direction of Albert T. Patrick has al
ready been sufficiently corroborated by
the five chief witnesses Patrick called
in his own defense to warrant Justice
Jerome in holding the accused man to
await the action Of the grand jury Mr.
Osborne contends that Short, Meyers.
DR.. Curry, Potts and Mrs. Francis have
already corroborated the Wallets story
in such important details as will assure
the court of Patrick's connection with
the crime.
Patrick is the cents al idea in this
whole conspiracy" said the district at
torney's chief criminal prosecutor last
night. He was the whole thing. The
ceeds to the whole of Rices property
are IN his name. The general assign
ments and checks are in his name He
attempted to cash these checks. Pat
rick was the principal beneficiary IN
DER the viii OF Rice, so, if 1 prove
Jones Killed Rice. as he SAYS he did
II VIII certainly show that he was not
conducting an eleemoSynary institution
Tor The purpose Of getting people out
OF the way, but for some definite pur-
pose. That purpose was to get the old
mans money
And who got that money? Patrick.
Who is Short. who Witnessed the bogus
viii? Patricks creation. Who was
Meyers? Patrick's clerk. who drew the
VIII al Patricks dictation. Who was
Dr- curry? Patrick'S physician. Mrs
Francis was his housekeeper. and Potts
was his closest business associate. [
don't believe DR.. Curry had anything to
do with the death, and 1 think Potts
an honest man. But still the testimony
Of these persons bears out Jones story
Short and Meyers testify TO the wit
Messing and drawing of the Will as
Jones said they did. Potts says Pae-
rick told him he was Rice's lawyer
Mrs. Francis says he never was. So
does Jones. Why should Rice give Pat
rick. who was fighting him for his
wife's heirs, his $4,000, 000?'
Telephone Girls as Witnesses.
The Tribune says: prosecution in
the Patrick case intends 60 introduce
Two telephone girls, one from the Co
Iumous centra! and one from the
Ihlrty-eiShth street central. Rice's tele-
phone in the Berkshire apartment house
was $50 Thirty-eighth street Patrick
had a telephone placed in the house in
which he boarded, and which Mrs
Francis and he paid for. This telephone
was 1914 A, Columbus. BY these teIe-
prove that there were calls between 6
and s o'clock on Sunday night between
the Two numbers.
The prosecution has an affidavit
from w l.. Jones of Harris county.
Texas, a brother of the valet in which
w. L Jones says that in July he sent
his brother, at the latters request, two
ounces of chloroform. The affidavit
says that Jones. the valet said in his
request for the chloroform that friend
Of his was experimenting for a tooth
ache remedy. The chloroform was sent
by the American Express company.
Later he sent his brother two ounces
more of chloroform and two ounces of
laudanum- These were sent by the
same express company.
Jones, the valet, testified that Pat
rick told him that he spent the whole
day of Monday at his Office. 275 Broad
way, tearing up papers. The janitor of
the building will be produced to testify
that there was light in the Office of
Patrick on Monday night. The next
day plumbers had to be called in to
take the waste paper from the closet
Mr. Osborne said that the brother of
Jones would not be called until the
trial. but that his affidavit would be
produced IN the examination"