The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04
JON ES' COME SSIOU !

Jones Is scf-confesscd rrrjure; end that
in consequence his testimony and Soptes
sion wiz obtain no crcdeucc.
New yotl. Apri 3-Chatles +, Jones. the
,alct.secrctary OF William Marsh Rice. The
rich TeNaa. rrsumed ,ic giving 81 ;estl-
m0ny today In The ptocceilngs against AL.
hcrt r. Patrick. who Is charged With caus
ine Rice's death In orde- 90 obtain his prop
ctty by means Of Will. deeds and checks
which. Il Is alleged were forged, Jones
hogan today by relating that on Monday.
thu day following Ricc's DEATH four men
T'mho represented themselves to be lawyers
called at the NAT aud asked questions con.
corning The circumstances surrounding the
death Jones told Patrlck hp thought these
men were detectives. The next morning
Jones went 20 police headquarters. When
he returned home he found number OF
detectives in the place. 0n Tuesday after
noon he was taken to police headquarters.
where he was questioned. He found Pat.
rick also at headquarters Pa;rick told
Jones he had discovered the viii in hls
/ Patncks) office and number OF bogus
I letters written In the will matter. On
this occasion. Jones testified, Patrick asked
I when Rice had last been given mercury.
+ u told him on Thursday" said Jorcs
/ Patrick then told me that there would not
( be any traces of that left IN the system at
the time OF the autopsy and hat tho en-
balmiug fluid would XIII al traces Of oxallc
acid. which was vegetable poison"
4 Witness then told of Or. Curry having
como to the apartment Tuesday, whore he
met Patrick. The two had q long talk
which Jones did not hear The so-callcd
Patrick viii was then brought mp. Jones
said he had told Patrick that the proyis-
Ions for Riccs relatives In the will which
was discovered on the dav following Ricc'S
death were too small aud that II would he
impossible to get It prohatcd. Patrick,
Jones said, then had the so-cnllcd Patrick
WIN drawn. The witness related at length
the incidents Of the day when the body OF
Rice was crcmated.
While the testimony was being given
Captain Baker of Texas, who was an execu-
tor OF the 1896 will. entered the trial room.
He carried a bundle of papers and some
typewritten matter ana said he might be
called as a witness.
From the events of the day on which the
body was crematcd Jones passed over the
happenings of October t. the evening Of
the day he WAS arrested.
Jones says he WAS taken TO police head
quarters at about 10 o'cloct In the evening
and was taken down stairs and locked ~
an hour later. Ilc said before he was
locked M that he made statement which
WIS entirely fictitious md Of which he
could not recall the most salient textures
Jones then told how Mr. House had beer
gppoIatcd lawyer of both Patrick and him
self. and the events surrour ling their com
nitmcut TO the Ton,bs. From here Joues
PASSED to his attempt to commit suicide.
e "somc timc before tried t. commit sui
eide Mr.. House came 20 me in tho Tomb
@ and wanted TO know If murder had beer
I committed. | told him there had been II,
murder"
Lawyer Moore objected. He Raid II wa
I not question Of privilege. hut where tn
defendants had the same counsel. VIVA
went on between enc defendant and III
a counsel could not under the laws of cvi
i derce be permitted.
T. Mr. Osborne said he aid not want IN
q conversation between Jones and his coun
"a sci and asked the former 10 condue himscl
( exclusively TO any conversation tEnt ma
= taken placn between himself and Patrick.
y Justice Jerome allowed the evidence a
o ready given TO stand.
q ION the day before the attempt Wa
r talk in the reception room at the Tomb'
Il Patrick told me his means we're exhnuste
X and that they were IN desperate straits
a Patrick wanted nc to shoulder the rcspol
II sibilty for the crime. ! told him / wonl
q not confess unless could tell a strner
Il story. l said / would rather Kill mysc
\ on account of the disgrace Of the thin
T. Patrick said this might bc the best thin
Q. Tor MS both and said he would NIL hlmsei
Il too. He said he had small knife In h
" cen Tho knife would do for one ana
ID would try to get some c0rbollc acid fro
II Mi. Potts. lie gave me the knife ] ~
IT. Il IA my shoe and took II TO my cell. Lnt'
In Potts called. Patrlck told me Potts won
g. not get him the poison. About clock
the afternoon. after ! hal gotten the knif
lr was ia my cell writing some letters M
* prcp2riug FOR the end. Just then WI
ia called to the district attorneys ofhc'
a., / Whic there | made a confession. W.
~ brought hack 10 nv cell IN the evening m
lc at about O'Clock in the morning tried
e. cut my throat" .,
~ yue and there making a new conl % ~
The new confession Is the one on VINE
at his present Testimony ls based.
~, Jones explained today whnt he men
dS Yesterday when he said Patrick did u
= wish Rice to live until Monday, ms ON "a
ad day draft, would be payapie' fhe WI
81, ness said that week or So before II
'e' death OF Rice certain OIL mills "a Iex
IA ia which he was Interested were destroy
nd hy lire Rice resolved 10 rebuild the
and bound himself 20 provide nearly S2O'
ne 600 for the rebuilding. On the streng
III III this The oil mill people drew for 5000
,s the draft being payable on Monday, Sc
az TENDER ~ Jones testified again tod
g. that Patrick wished 10 avoid the payne
ri said, witness continued. ''on su
Oh day that the old man would probably dr.
he on Patrick said we could not rely
on that but had 10 get him ont OF the VI
-, the nexl-4day."
~ nnmbor Of kilograms sent by Jon
ng notlfylng relatives OF R"P's death W.
n placed In evidence They oil read alb
settling forth that Rice died under I
OF care OF a physician uud ihnt me Neh
an certificate gave az the cause dlarIboea,
aye aud heart failure. concluding vi
the notice Of the funeral.
TAI check was TEA produee1 ana plac
In evidence. THIS cheek was. " ~
the legged forged. and was for the salary
ar. Texas employee ~ Rice, mined Cohen
W" Jauas testlAtd thar the check was fDfg
,es gpd Forwarded 10 Texas 70 see wheth
Inc signature WOuld pass the banks.
rch At the afternoon session Assistant y
- fricf Attoruey GarYin asked Jones L
-. uuftnnOrtapt questions relative 10 the ~