The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-12

September last were resumed before
Justice Jerome sitting as a magistrate
today.
Charles F. Jones, who was Rice'sI
valet and who has turned informer, was
recalled for cross examination by Mr..
Moore. Jones said that the steno-
graphic notes taken of h statements
made by him at police headquarters af-
ter his arrest had not been read over
to him. a transcript of the notes was
then handed the witness and he was
told TO read it carefully and see wheth-
or it was a correct report of what he
had then said. In this statement made
October sGh Jones said hat Rice died
a natural death and also that the will.
dated 1900 was genuine.
Jones tOo fully half an hour to read
the document. In reply to Mr.. Moore
he said the statement made by him
to Captain McCIusky were correctly
recorded in the transcript
a copy of Jones statement to Assis-
ant District Attorney Osborne in the
tombS On October 18th, in which he
a that Patrick administered chloro-
form to Rice, was produced and the
witness said it had been read over to
him and was substantially correct.
MI. Moore then asked Jones several
questions as to his movements during
the evening of Sunday, September 23rd,
the day on which Rice died. Jones said
he left Rice'S apartments, went to a
and returned again about
6 o'clock after having taken dinner.
He did not see MIR. 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. Il told
him that / expected him to do Wha he
had promised" witness continued, land
he said he could not, as he had a fam
lily of children. He told me that /
would have to murder Mr.. Rice. Pat
rick gave me a bottle of chloroform
and told me to fold a towel, cone shape,
with a sponge in the narrow end Sat
urated with chlorOfOrm. l returned to
the house and Mr.. Rice was still lying
in bed, and 1 placed the towel and sat
urated sponge as directed"
You did that" k Patricks
counsel.
II did that" replied the witness.
Did Patrick do anything regarding
the gathering of papers or documents
during the time he was in the apart
ments?"
The witness replied that Patrick did
nothing in regard to the papers to his
(Jones) knowledge until after the un-
dertaker left.
Later on Jones said that he handed
some papers to Patrick on that Sunday
night. They included notes, oupon
deeds and other papers. He had made
a list of them. but could not say where
that list is now. Patrick took all the
papers away with him. Patrick called
at the Rice apartments the next day,
but nothing of importance happened.
This closed the cross examination.
Mr.. Osborne then asked the witness:
ITO whom did you first tell the story
of the chlorofOrming of Mr.. Rice, the
story which you have told here?
Efr. Moore objected on the ground
that the statement was a privilege
crn munication bet Eeen h co dotsn-
dants and their legal advisers, but al
ter a long argument h question vas
allowed.
YER. Fred B.. House. Mr.. Patrick was
present at the time. L told him that L
had given mercury to Mr.. Rice and al
forwards had administered chlorotorm
to him. Patrick told me TO tell the
truth, but House said that 1T would not
do for Mr.. Patrick to be made to appear
as closely in it as myself. Patrick sale
AT this meeting hat Tile reason that
E;ce had to be put cut of the way was
that the drafts were coming on ana
thew could not afford to let them be
paid"
CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY
Testimony was given by two teie-
phone operators showing the use OF tne
telephones in Rices ano fatIIch
APARTMENTS on the day of Rice's death.
evidence was introduced to show the
delivery OF an express package from
Galveston, Texas, at Rice apartment
in support of Jones statement that ne
had received poison from his brother
in Galveston.
hanging house Of Swenson & Co, testi-
fed that on September "a, 1900, David
r Short presented a check for S2o,OOu
which he asked to have certlhed. Ii
Durported to be drawn by Wllllam
Marsh Rice. I took the check, salu
the witness. land afterwards compar
"A = With other checks drawn by Mr..
Rice 7 noticed a discrepancy betWeen
the name on the face of the check ana
the endorsement on the PACK OF II. l.
was endorsed Albert T. Patrick, out Oh
the face the letter. L was omltteo III
the word Albert. l handed pack lne
check to Short and said that aS II mas
for a large amount it would De pet.eI
to hove a new one made out. snort
went away but returned half an houl
later Mr.. Swenson arrived IN tne
meantime and called Jones on tne leI-
eDhone. I told him about the cheSA
and Jones replied: L drew tnat ciiS NJ
it is all right. I then told MIN ina ma
Mr. Swenson wanted to speak to MT.
Rice. Later I sent another clerk 70
again call Mr.. Rice to the
and he returned and said Mr.. Rice had
died the night before. I then HANDED
the check back to Short. Some time
later, probably an hour Mr.. Patrick ano
another man came into tne once IN
asked to see Mr.. Patrlck
said: Our good friend died last nlght-
That is all / heard -.
MT. Wallace then testified that IN ms
oninion the on the check was
not in Mr.. Rice's handwriting.
SHARP SPAT BETWEEN LAW 1hhS
A feature of the examination OF Vaiet
Jones in the days session of the near
ing concerning the death OF WllllaIn
Marsh Rice the Texas millionaire, was
a line of questioning which led TO a
heated scene at the noon recess De
tween Attorney Moore. who represents
Lawyer Patrick, and Assistant DIS