Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-04
JONES CONTINUES HIS STORY.
Attorney Patrick Seemed to Be High
 ly Amused During It's Recital.

| New 4Ork,4 Apfll 4.--A gOnlZlnS He1- I tai tofture rather than the expectation
 of escaping death as the penalty of
 Jones to confessing that he had mur-
 dered William NJ. Rice. At least, he
 so declared under oath yesterday, and
 instanced his attempt at suicide as proof that he preferred death to the
 never. ceasing reproaches Of his own
 conscience. Even now with Il tacit un-
 destanding that he will receive some
 sort of immunity, there is no certainty
 that lie will not try again to destroy himself. Assistant District Attorney Osborne fears it, and says so. The usual precautions have been doubled, and Jones is under constant suryeiI-
 lance night and day.
 His demeanor during the two days
 of his examination-and yesterday es- pecially--is that of n man dulled by the despair that comes with the knowl- edge of life wrecked, reckless of con
 sequences, but eager to make peace I with himself by scarifying his own soul. He told on Tuesday without d | tremor of how he smothered the old
 millionaire with chloroform, and in the
 merciless cross-examination yesterday
 when the mental picture of the elec-
 tricschair was held up before his eyes. and he was asked if he did not know
 that the crime of murder was punish
 able by death, and if he realized the
 position ill which he placed himself by 2 his confession.
 Clearly, and in tone loud enough to be heard in every part of the court
 room, Jones answered both questions in tie affirmative. The only time that
 he showed the least trace of feeling 1 was when he was asked if, he was not easily influenced. w There was q sus- picion of a nervous flutter in his low | CT lip as he replied: Yes, or should
 not be in this trouble now''
 No comparison can be drawn be-
 tween the calmness of Jones and the
 calmness of Patrick. the man accused of conceiving and carrying into execu- I tion plot which involved perjury. subornation of perjury. forgery, fraud ulent conversion of property, common
 theft and murder. Patrick presents the picture of the studious lawyer. He listened yesterday, as he listened on Tuesday, to every utterance of the l witness and was alert in a quiet way to every opportunity that looked to be to lis advantage. He was on his feet
 half the time, prompting his counsel
 with questions, but not once did he betray anything like nervousness or apprehension.
 Tile second day's hearing completed
 the direct and opened the cross-exarn- nation of the witness who has turned states evidence and placed the respof- sibility.o of the crime of murder on the shoulders of tile lawyer, who is aI- legedt never to have exchanged a word with the man whose will bequeathed
 to him millions of dollars in realty. l Jones gave several instances to \ prove additional forgeries by Patrick. the most noteworthy being the sending of check to Texas as an experiment and it's acceptance, and payment with out question. He described his att l tempt at suicide. and declared lie and Patrick had agreed to kill themselves 7-Jones with knife jab in the throat and Patrick with carbolic acid. The witness said he made aI effort to keep his part of the compact, but that Pat | rick refused
 Cross-examination did not shake Jones. i'll the least He admitted that he had lied in previous statements to Chief of Detectives McCllsky, to Cap tain Baker. the. lawyer who represent I ed Mir Rice's interests in Texas; to l Frederick B. House. his counsel and to Assistant District Attorney Osborne. | The statement made to Mir Osborne and reduced to. writing by him was produced, and d4Jones was questioned on each subject contained thereins Some of the things he said to Mir Os- l borne were true and some were false. Those which were true were in near | ly the same language used in the amaz- ing narrative of Tuesday,
 The chief of the false statements was the accusing of Patrick of the murder. Jones told the district attor- | ney that he had seen Patrick enter MT | Rice's bedroom and place chloroform- | soaked towel over the old mans face, and heard the. victim laugh. Other falsities were the assertion that Rice and Jones had met each other and transacted business together: that MT Rice had directed him fhe witness) to get back certain valuable papers en-, trusted to Patrick and that he had as-# sured AIr House that no murder had been committed.
 | All these stories were recanted when Jones made his final statement- 1 first to George Gordon Battle, engaged as his counsel subsequent to the em- 1 ployment of Fred E. House. and. then to Assistant District Attorney Osborne. Jones said no inducements had been held out to him to tell the truth; that he had not been promised immunity: but that he was urged to make clean breast of his conscience and the advice of his counsel He said that while he did not expect to escape punishment. he received the impression that the punishment might be lessened if he told the full. plain truth. He. did tell it. he said. and immediately thereafter attempted to take his own life This circumstance he offered to show that he had little hope of escaping the death penalty.
 One of the spectators who sat with the Patrick cohorts in the court room was Dr Bannenberg, who was an ex- pert chemist in tue Bosschieter case. He testified that he got the same pre- cipitates from Paterson cocktails that Dr Witthaus Ndid from Il lot of chloral drinks. He and Patrick seemed very friendly.