The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-03
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of Mr. Rice's ink to Patrick's office. l
have not seen that ink bottle since"
Continuing, Jones said Meyer and Short
were at Rice's fiat on June 80 to witness
certain papers for Rice
Did Mr.. Patrick ever do any legal work
for Mr. Rice?" asked Mr.. Osborne.
He did not"
did Mr.. Rice sign any will on June 30,
during the time Meyer and Short were in
the apartment?'
He did not l was there all the time,
and did not see him sign any will. Had
he signed one l would have known of it,"
Jones then testified that somewhat Ia
ter at the request of Patrick, he wrote on
his typewriter the assignments transfer
ring Rice's property to Patrick.
Patrick asked me-" witness continued
whether l did not think old Rice was
living a little too long for our purposes.
l said l thought so. Patrick suggested we
put him out of the way. l suggested Dr.
Curry, but Patrick said DR.. Curry would
not do anything of the kind
Patrick, witness went on, suggested, that
Jones get laudanum from a drugstore al
Coney Island for the purpose of poison
ing Rice.
Witness then went on to say that he
procured poison from his brother in
Texas.
What did you get?''
"Chloroform and kaudanum
How was the poison sent?"
'It was sent by express. A small pack
age containing the poison came. 1 think
by the American Express"
did you sign a receipt?"
81 did"
Jones testified that he delivered the poi
son to Patrick about three weeks before
the death of Mr.. Rice.
Patrick Had Never Met Rice.
Jones then went on to testify that Pat
rick had never been introduced to Mr..
Rice up to the time of the latter's death.
"As far as 1 know" Jones said. Rice
never saw Patrick but once. This was
an evening when Patrick called on me.
Rice, against his custom, was up late. He
looked in the parlor and saw Patrick, who
was there. Next morning he asked who
the baldheaded man with the red beard
was / told Mr.. Rice it was friend of
mine"
Mr. Osborne then referred to the as
signments transferring the property OF Mr..
Rice to Patrick, which were executed on
Sept. 7.
Jones was handed deed for identifi-
cation. He said it was witnessed by Meyer
on Sept. Z.
Did Mr.. Rice sign any general assign
ment on that day?"
He did not"
| The witness said Mr.. Rice prepared all
| his meals himself. Witness was then
/ shown the general assignments transfer
ring all property of Mr.. Rice to Patrick.
! Jones testified that Rice did not sign the
assignments.
Jones, will you state all the conVersa-
! tion that took place between you and
Patrick in regard to getting Rice out Oh
the way?" said Mr.. Osborne.
Tried to Poison the Old Man.
about the end of August" witness re-
piled, Patrick asked me wether l had
gotten the laudanum from the drug store
at Coney Island. l said l had not but
| that | had made some other arrange
ment to get the poison.
Patrick then told me to give Rice Sa-
polio as that would break him down.
| told Patrick l could not do that, but L
! told him / had some mercurial pills
| which DR.. Curry gave me. Patick said l
| ought to give them to Rice. ! told Pat
rick 1 could not do so without taking
them myself in his presence. Then do
So Patrick said 1T won't do you any
harm.
~ took some of the pills in Rice's
presence and then left the bottle of pills
on the dresser. Rice took some. This
! brought on a severe diarrhoea, which
weakened him, but after he got over this
! attack tne mercury seeHieu " uO "iiiA
good"
Witness also said that by the same
method he got Rice to take some mer-
curial tablets which Patrick gave him.
would Rice take anything you took?
yes, and he would never take medicine
unless / first took some in his presence.
All medicine that was sent him | had to
taste when he saw it.
Jones then related what took place on
! Of
II saw Patrick at his house." said he.
| HE told me to let him know IL Rice
| grew better. He would then get from
| his office a bottle of oxalic acid, he said,
10 quicken Rice's nerve"
"Rice got better and about noon ne
| wanted to get up. He talked cheerfully
| about going down town and seemed much
improved. Jones said he could not get
! Rice to take the oxalic acid. He then
telephoned to Patrick to meet him at
| luncheon at a restaurant on Sixth avenue
| near Fiftieth street
Killed Him With ChlorOfOrm.
81 met him there" Jones continued.
| Patrick gave me the bottle of chloro-
! form. He told me to saturate a towel in
| chloroform and leave it over his face
| for about thirty minutes. He said Rice
would probably laugh, but that should
| not be scared as that would only show
| that the poison was beginning TO WORK
/ and that II would soon be over.
II did as Patrick told me. / returned
| home. took a napkin and saturated II
with chloroform. l put it on my own face
first and then put II on the face of Mr..
| Rice and left the room. ] walked up and
down in the hall several times The bell
rang several times. I did not open the
door. Finally after about half an hour
went into Mr.. Rice's room. ! raised the
window, took the napkin and towel away
from his face and placed them both In
the range, where I burned them I sent
hail boy for DR.. Curry, telling him that
Mr.. Rice was very bad. l went to the
telephone to tell Patrick that Rice was
pretty near gone. When DIR. Curry came
Patrick was with him. / told them Rice
was dead.
"'Dead!" Oh, my God. Doctor. that is
the worst thing that could happen to me!
said Patrick"
Then Patrick Wrote Checks.
Jones said Patrick on the day following
took charge OF the apartments. on that
day, Jones testified, at the request OF
| Patrick he made out the checks for $780,
900 and 900, respectively. on Swenson
& sons. and the Fifth Avenue Truss
Company. Jones said Patrick also took
charge OF about $3.50. IA bills, and ~ or &
Ia silver from n drawer IN the million.
rire's writing desk Jones said Patrick
also took away Two gold watches ana all
private papers OF Mr. Rice.
Here Jones was excused ana an adjourn.
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