Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-03
JONES TELLS WHOLE STORY
Coolly and Deliberately De-
 scribed the Scenes

Tn Connection With The Murder of
 Millionaire Rice-Patrick and His Attorney Try to Make Light of
 Jones's Story.
 New York, April 3.-Speaking in q I voice as gentle as Il woman's, with ;l | demeanor so careless and indifferent
 as to be wholly Ut variance with his
 revolting recital. Charles T. Jones l stamped himself as one of the most | cold-blooded and heaitless of murder 1 ers--cold-blooded in that his victim, l William Marsh Rice. m old million aire, was already at deaths door when
 he was chloroformed; heartless be- cause the eccentric man of wealth, | whose fortune he had plotted to gain, had been friend and benefactor to him. I On the stand before Judge Jerome. l sitting as magistrate the former valet of MT Rice said that at Pat rick's instigation he gave the old man
 mercurial pills and oxalic acid. and that when these had no effect he chlor- oformed his employer, using cliloro- form furnished by Patrick and follow ing Patrick's instructions.
 Jones also told how Patrick, David ISuOIG Nlltl -MeN GE SCHtllIeu to make out n will and other papers which they got from Mir Rice to sign. Two yards away from Jones, and directly i'll front, sat Albert T. Pat rick, the lawyer who Is accused of murdering MT Rice. Ear from the con- fession exculpating him 1t placed him in the role of Il Borgia who had plotted and planned it all. Gazing straight at Jones, the accused lawyer made vol luminous notes of the witness's words; he laughed whenever the young man faltered as if to refresh his memory; his whole bearing was that of one who was being cleared from horrible ac- cusation rather than being placed in a far worse light.
 It was in q silence that was op- pressiye Jones went through his story. No audience was ever better held by an experienced actor. When one man moved the others drowned bcause they had missed sentence. A man at the door laughed. and Judge Jerome and Assistant District Attorney Osborne rapped for order simultaneously. There was q general sigh of relief when MT Osborn noticed that the strain was telling on Jones, and the completion of his story was deferred until tomorrow. Whether Jones will be charged with murder is not determined. He Is to be a witness for the state, but it is averred he has not been promised i'm munity. Patrick and his lawyers made light of the confession, saying 1t contradicted another.
 Valet Charles k. Jones, in his testi- mony. said he had worked as store keeper Ut the Capitol hotel, Houston. Tex, owned by Mir Rice; had been MT Rice's secretary, valet and general utility man. Witness said that he first met Patrick in November, 1899. Pat rick represented himself as q com mercial man from Texas, and wanted to see MT Rice. Rice was i'll bed at the time. and Patrick introduced him. self as MT Smith, Mir Patrick at that time, Jones said. had a long talk with witness. He asked whether Rice had a legal representative in this city. and showed himself inquisitive about the affairs of the old millionaire. Patrick. witness said, called a second time. and they discussed the will of Mrs Rice.
 During the testimony of Jones MT Osborne referred to the assignments transferring MT Rice's property to Pat rick, which were executed on Septem- Der '. Jones said that on that date he went down to Patrick's office and. with Meyer went to see Short. Then all, except Patrick, went to the Rice apartments.
 Jones was handed deed for iden- tiflcation aid said 1t was witnessed by Meyer on September [.
 'Did MT Rice sign any general as- signment on that day?'
 'He did not" replied Jones.
 The witness said MT Rice prepared all his meals himself.
 Witness was then shown peoples ex- hibits z, 8 and 9. These were the gen. eral assignments transferring all the property of Mir Rice to Patrick. Jones testified that Rice did not sign the as- signments. He added that exhibits s and 9 were papers which, at Patrick's request, he had drawn on his type writing machine.
 "Jones, will you state all the con- versatlon that took place between you and Patrick in regard to getting Rice out of the way?'' said MT Osborne.
 About the end of August" witness replied, Patrick asked me whether I had gotten the laudanum from the drug store at Coney Island. I said I had not. but that had made some other arrangements to get the poison"
 Patrick time told me to give Rice Sapolio, as that would break him down. I told Patrick I could not do that but told him had some mer- curial pills which MT Curry gave me. Patrick said ought to give them to Rice. told Patrick I could not do So without taking them myself in his presence. Then do so,' Patrick said it won't do you any harm.'
 1T took some of the pills i'll Ricess presence, and then left a bottle of pills on the dresser. Rice took some. This brought on severe diarrhoe. which | weakened him, but after he got over this attack the mercury seemed to do him good.
 Witness also said that by the same method he got Rice to take some mer- | curial tablets which Patrick had given him.
 Would Rice take anything you took?'
 Yes, and he would never take medi- cine unless I first took some in his | presence. All medicine that was sent | him had to taste when he saw it.
 "Dr Curry called every day for | about ten days previous to the death | of Mr Rice.
 ''Yes, and Mrs Van Alstine called on | the Thursday previous to his death. | Rice became worse rapidly. When l Tyt FN. <r