The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-10
JONES CR0SS-EXAMlNEO
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Osborne in the Tombs on Oct. 2S, in which
he said that Patrick admins tered chloro-
form to Rice, was produced and the wit
ness said it had been read over to him
and was substantially correct. Mr.. Moore
then asked Jones several questions as to
his movements during the evening of
Sunday Sept. %, the day on which Rice
died. Jones said he left Rice's apartments,
went to a restaurant and returned again
about o'clock after having taken dinner.
He did not see Mr.. Rice in life after he
returned from the restaurant.
When witness met Patrick at Seventh
avenue he told Patrick that Mr.. Rice was
sleeping and resting easily.
Would Have to Murder Rice.
~ told him that l expected him to do
what he had promised" witness contin-
ued. land he said he could not, as he had
a family of children. He told me that
l would have 10 murder Mr. Rice Patrick
gave me a bottle of chloroform and told
me to fold a towel, cone shape, with a
sponge in the narrow end saturated with
chloroform. 1 returned to the house and
Mr. Rice was still lying in bed, ana 1
paced the towel and saturated sponge as
directed"
You did that?" asked Patrick's coun-
sci.
Il did that" replied the witness.
The witness was then questioned closely
as to Rice's condition when the towel
was put over his face but Jones said
he could not say whether Rice's eyes
were closed or not, as the room was dark.
After he had placed the towel in posi-
ton he went out into the hall and did not
faint recollection of having heard Rice
laukh while he Gones) was Que of the
room, otherwise there was no noise in the
room.
After you removed the towel and tele-
phoned Patrick the second time what oc-
curred?'
Patrick and DIR. Curry came to the
apartments and 1 told Dr. Curry that Mr.
Rice was dead"
Jones then said that Dr. Curry placed
his head close to Rices face and pro
nounced him dead. Mr.. Patrick remained
continuously in the house after DR. Cur.
ry had left and was there until after the
| embalming process was gone through.
Did Patrick do anything regarding the
gathering of papers or documents, during
the time he was in the apartments%
The witness replied that Patrick die
nothing in regard to the papers to hi:
Jones) knowledge until after the under
taker left
Gave Papers to Patrick.
Later on Jones said that he handed
some papers to Patrick on that Sunday
night. They included notes, coupons
deeds and other papers. He had made a
list of them, but could not say where thai
list is now. Patrick took all the papers
away with him. Patrick called at the
Rice apartment the next day, but moth
ing of Importance happened
This closed the cross-examinatiou.
Mr. Osborne then asked the witness:
ITO whom did you first tell the story
of the choroforming of Mr. Rice, the
story which you have told here?"
Mr.. Moore objected on the ground that
the statement was a privileged commune
cation between the co-defendants ano
their legal advisers, but after long ar
gument the question was allowed.
Jones replied:
His First Confession.
ct told it to Lawyer Fred B. House
Mr.. Patrick was present at that time.
told him that l had given mercury t.
| Mr. Rice and afterwards had administer
! ed chloroform to him. Patrick told mi
to tell the truth, but Mr.. House said tha
! it would not do for Mr.. Patrick to b'
| illdu6 TO appear d. NioSNlg III IL as my
self. Patrick said at this meeting tina
! the drafts were coming on, and the,
could not afford to let them be paid"
Testimony was given by two telephon
| operators showing the use of the tele
| phones in Rices and Patrick's apartment
on the Gay of Rices death. Evidence wa
introduced to show the delivery OF an ex
press package from Galveston, Tex, a
the Rice apartment, in support of Jones
statement that he had received poisol
from his brother in Galveston.
John II. Wallace, paying teller in tn
banking house Of Swenson & Co, testi
fed that on Sept. "a, 1900, David L. Shor
presented check for $4,000, which h
asked to have certified. 1t purported to b.
drawn by William NJ. Rice.
81 took the check" said the witness
land afterwards compared it with othe
checks drawn by Mr. Rice. / noticed
discrepancy between the name on the fac
of the check and the Endorsement on tn
back of it. 1t was Endorsed Albert 7. Pat
| rick, but on the face of the letter -" wa
omitted in the word Albert. l handed bacl
the check to Short and said that as j
vas for large amount it would be bet
| ter to have a new one made out. Shor
went away, but returned half an hou
later MIR. Swenson arrived in the mean
time and / called Jones on the telephone
told him about the check and Jones re
piled:
Not In Rice's Handwriting.
81 drew that check it is all right
then told him that Mr.. Swenson wante,
to speak to Mr.. Rice. Later l sent anoth
er clerk to again call Mr.. Rice to the tel
ephone, and he returned and said Mr.
Rice had died the night before. thel
| handed the check back to Short. Som
time later, probably an hour. Mr.. Pat
rick and another man came into the Of
fee and asked to see Mr.. Swenson. Pat
rick said: Our good friend Rice die
last night That is all I heard"
Mr.. Wallace then testified that in hi
opinion the signature on the check wa
not in Mr.. Rice's handwriting.