The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-03

typewriter and on Mr. Rice's letter
! heads.
Il delivered the letter to Mr.. Patrick
on the third VISIT Jones continued
i was to get $3.50 for writing the letter
to him. However, he did not pay me
anything, saying that the money was not
to be paid until 1 had gone on the stand
and sWore that l wrote the letter at Mr.
Rice's dictation"
Witness said Patrick took the letter and
underlined parts of it. He gave it back
to Jones and wanted him to reWrite 1t
for him. Jones said he rewrote it. but
| did not think he gave Patrick the second
copy
Patrick, witness said, on one of his
visits had shown witness an affidavit
| by MIR. Rice, which he said had been
| obtained from the tax department In
this Rice is purported to swear to resi-
dence in Texas. The litigation in the
case of Mr.. Rice turned on the point of
| residence
Jones said Patrick asked him whether
Rice was going to remember him in his
will. Witness said Mr.. Rice had spoke
| i'll indefinite terms about remembering
| him in his will.
| Patrick then, witness said had told
| him that he would see him (witness) all
right after Mr.. Rices death.
| In December, 1899, witness swore, Pat
! IlCh llTSC dpprOdcnoQ MIN ABOUT the
drawing Of a will. Jones was to draw
the document on his typewriter and get
| Rice to sign it when his mind was not
quite clear.
| Jones had told Patrick he swore that
the signing of the will might be arranged
but that it would be more difficult to
| obtain witnesses
| Patrick proposed that they should try
to get the witnesses of the will of 1885,
ffa,.r o,.lc
| bee, the clerk in Swenson & Sons office,
to get him to act as witness. Weather
bee refused and threatened to take
Jones head off, if he dared to suggest
| any fraudulent schemes against Rice.
| Jones said: Patrick wanted me to be
| a witness to the WILL but L refused 1
was very anxious TO become beneficiary
| under the will though. Patrick said this
would never do, as there would be a
suspicion of undue influence attached
to the will which, therefore, would not
be admitted to probate
Continuing, the witness said Patrick
then said he would arrange for witnesses
and mentioned Meyer and Short
ION March Is, 19O0,'' said Jones, ST met
Morris Meyer. Meyer said he would not
sign the will as a witness unless he was
Rice was genuine
The SPURIOUS WILL.
''1n the will you saw at Patrick's Of
| fee do you remember something about
the bequests?' asked Mr.. Osborne.
81 know there were large requests to
| relatives. There was large bequest
to Weatherbee. 1 believe he was to get
| $4,000 at any rate, a much larger sum
than under the last will
THAT was to make him keep quiet
about the conversation he had with
you?"
Yes"
This WILL made in March 1900, is not
the one known as the Patrick WILL
That document was drawn later.
At the afternoon session Jones said
Patrick, Meyer and DR.. Curry called
on him several times while he was sick
in the hospital He was able to go back
to Rice's apartment on April %. On
May rs Rice had some papers to execute,
and Jones took them to Patricks office
where he met Short who, at Patrick's
request, had become a commissioner of
deeds for the state of Texas Short went
to Kice's house and executed the papers,
'Was the will you saw at Patrick's
of ce dated before it was shown TO
Meyer" asked Mr.. Osborne
mo, it was made in March, but was
not dated until June 80. Mr.. Patrick
told me he destroyed it on the Monday
When the signatures of Meyer and
Short were to be taken as witnesses
Patrick told me it would be well to have
them use the same ink as was used by
Mr.. Rice, and / took a bottle of Mr.
Rice's ink to Patrick's Office. 1 have not
seen that ink bottle since''
Continuing, Jones said: Meyer and
Short were at Rices fiat June 80, to wit
ness certain papers for Rice"
"Did Mr. Patrick ever do any legal
work for Mr.. Rice?" asked Mr.. Os,
borne
mo, he did not"
Ibid Mr.. Rice sign any will on June
80, during the time Meyer and Short
we're in the apartment
HE did not. 1 was there all the time,
and 1 did not see him sign any will.
Had he signed one l would have known
of it,
Jones then testified that somewhat
later, at the request of Patrick, he wrote
on his typewriter the assignments trans
ferring Rice's property to Patrick.
Patrick asked me-" witness continued,
whether 1 did not think old Rice was
living little too long for our purposes.
1 said 1 thought So Patrick suggested
we put him out of the way. / suggest
ed DR.. Curry, but Patrick said DR.. Curry
would not do anything Of the kind. :"
Patrick, witness went on, suggested
that Jones get laudanum from drug