The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-04-10
KILLED HIS FRIEND
And Employer With chloroform
While He Slept.
A VERY STRANGE CASE.

rCW q All vi VhPcs'o 'SNH'SS
to Oct the Money Of
q Millionaire in
N4W York.
Without the slightest quaver in lis
we'll rsodu's ed voice and dlsp aging no
outward sign Of regret or remorse,
Charles Jones, secretary aud valet TO
the late VIM. Marsh Rice: confessed
Wednesday, in New York court under
oath that be had ended the life Of bis
employer and heuefsc;or vith chloro
form. The confession was the climax
o1 rem,rsaoie recitsl in which was
laid bare the details Of an alleged sub
tie conspiracy which had for its objsot
the secure Of three million dollars in
cash spd negotiable securities and the
conversion OF three millions in realty
to the ALLEGED chief conspirator. There
was a dramatic fcrce in the direc;ness
and minute attention to detail With
which Jones approached the tragedy
the moment when he covered the lace
Of tho slee ping man wiki the saturated
napkln ard then waited for him to die.
The self confessed u ureerer told the
story OF the alleged rl9t from lis it
ception. The capital crime he commit
ted snd all the minor cf9Dse5 that pie
ced, d it were, he dscl,rs q, a. the in.
stiea,ion ard direction of Albert [.
Patrick. 1t vas Psirick, be sa d. who
conceived the idea of forging will and
f,reiog transfers and conVeyaDce5 1t
was Pa'liek pho induced two persons
to witr ess the forged s'gustures. Il
was P4'rick who determine d that Roe
,houd die and it vas Patrick Who
sought to have him killed slowly and
,hen, becoming impatient, oe'ermiEed
u,on quick action. And, according to
Jones, rema, ksble asit nay seem. Rice
Eever koew Patrick during his life
time. ard never saw him but once
According to this remarkable con-
fesaion, Patrick told Jones thst the cid
man was lasting too long, that he must
be put out of the way at ONE, that
Jones should 90 tie work and that
thers uould realIy be 70 harm in it be-
cause Rice had poisoned his own wife
years Ego ard deserved punishment.
Jones described bis retlrn TO Mr:
Rice's apartments and the discovery Of
the millionaire esping peacefully in
bed; be told of his stealthy search for
a mai kin and the fashioning Of it into
s cone-shape as directed, he said, by
Patrick. He detailed the story OF the
pinniug Of a small sponge at the point
Of the Gene. Then he told Of saturat-
irg the napkin and sponge with chic
rofcrm AMI holding itover his own nos
trils to test its effect. Jones locked
straight into the eyes q Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne aod continued
his story Without a brt ak, without a
,reu or in bis voice. He describes his
arprosch to the bed With the saturated
napkin in his hard; Of the fight from
the 1ocp; # the weary wait Of 30 min
utcs in sccordal CO with Pstrick's al
legged Instructions; at the expiration Of
the half hour he returned and found
Rice dead. He then threw open the
windows to free the room from the odor
Of chlorofo1m telephorej 10 Patrick
that Re, was dead sent for a physi
clan and then, after expressing his
grief at the loss Of SO coed and kin6
an employer he said ho ReDt to bed
and fell into a sound sleep,
Patrick, acclSed by the witness Of
being the arch-clininsl, listened to the
1itntss with attention aud occasion
ally made notes Of the testimony. Not
even the remarkable witness on the
stand was more ccol, calm and col.
lected than this Iemarble prisoner.
Pstrick's hand vas firm aud steady.
he displsyed neither anger, fear DOR
resentment. When Jones reached the
description of the murder Of the Sleep
ing man, Patrick merely stroked bis
beard and leaned back in his chair,
apparently slightly bored by the re-
citsl Of the details.
Charles F. Jones, R se's valet, when
put on the stand said he Lad worked
as store keeper at the Capital hotel,
Houston, Tey owed by R CO. he
met Rice in 1896 and lad been Rice's
secretary. valet and general utility
man. Rice, he said, moved to Ne|
York in September, 1857.
Witness first met Pair ck in Noveu-
Der, 1899 Pa'rick represented him.
self IS commercial man from Tezss
and wanted to see Rice. Rice was in
bed at the tine and Pataick introduced
himself as Mr. Smith.
Patrick ct that time, Jones said, had
q long talk with witness. he asked
whether Rice had legal representa-
tlvs in this city and sho wed himself in
ouisitive about the affairs of the old
In December, 1899, witness swors,
Patrick first approached him about the
drawing Of a will Jones was to draw
the co,unent on his typewriter aud
get Rice to sign it when his mind was
I OF qaite clear.
Jones told Patrick TIE signing of the
will might be arranged but that it
would be more difficult to obtain "it-
lesses..
Patrick proposed they should try to
get the witnesses cf the will of 1896
Jones afterwards approached Wealth
erbee, the clerk in SSenson & Sons Of.
foe to SET him to sot as witness.
Weatherbee reused and threatened to
take Jones' head of if he dared to
any fraudulent schemes against
Rice.
Jones said: ''Patric,z wanted me- to
be witness to the will but I refused
I uoe varu onv;ors fo hocnme hena-