The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-04-10
OSBORNE SPRINGS
A SURPRISE
Testimony Of Weatherbee
Said TO be Damaging
TO Patrick

New YORK, April "a feature
Of the examination Of Valet Jones in
todays session Of the hearing concern
ing the death OF william Marsh Rice.
the Texas millionaire. was line OF
questioning which led to heated scene
at the noon recess between Attorney
Moore. who represents Lawyer Pat
rick, and Assistant District Attorney
Osborne
The cause Of the dispute was Mr.. os-
bornes success in wringing from Valet
Jones certain testimony against Pat
rick Frederick House is one OF Pat
ricks lawyers. Previous to Jones
turning states evidence Mr.. House rep-
resented the valet also. BY ruling
Of the court Mr.. Osborne was allowed
TO ask the witness what he and Patrick
had told their lawyer at the first inter-
view in the tombs Jones replied that
it was complete confession Of murder
differing not at all from his story at
the hearing.
OMIAHE aAl AiN AUiAh AAWhn ENhAAAAAAsAAANN
Of Jones, which ended only an hour be-
fore recess. Mr.. Moore made It appar-
ent that his sledge hammer questions
were all directed at one point. He
sought to show that Jones story was
concocted at the institution OF some Of
the men I'm disaEproving the Rice will
He laid special stress on Jones' con-
versations with Captain Baker, execu-
L ..Ft ...t
nation was full OF insinuations and re-
/ ordinations against Jones. Mr.. Os-
borne and Mr.. Battle, the latter Jones'
I SPECIAL counsel.
When at last Mr.. Moore said
I'VE are through with the Witness"
Mr. Osborne on the rebuttal asked
quietly zones, 20 whom did you first
tell the story Of your having chloro-
formed Mr.. Rlce2 I mean the story
you told here2"
"To Mr.. House" was the reply.
The question apparently was sur
prise Mr.. House flushed and looked
hard at the table Patrick tugged at
his beard and Mr.. Moore sprang to his
feet 1--WE object 20 that question" /" he
shouted. I'VE have some rights in this
court Anything the witness said to
AAAo NNAAAHNA AAANUANtN the UAAtOUtNs Al
IS a professional confidence which must
not be revealed"
But Justice Jerome only said: "Ob-
lection overruled" and .L-Sess then de-
scribed at length his first interview
with Mr.. House in the tombs counsel
room. on Patrick's advice he had told
the truth, he said. II told Mr.. House
that / murdered Mr. Rice" said Jones.
oil lf i'm. hu j AZ.
pills, where ! got the chloroform and
all about It,"
did you tell him about the oxallc
acid?"
yes"
"And what did Mr. House say?"
"He told Patrick that It would not
do for him to put all the blame on
me; that he was as much In it as
was
Mr.. Osborne brought out the fact
that the talk with Mr.. House occurred
several days before the district attor-
ney had the falntest idea that the pris-
oner would make n confession.
"What did Patrick say to Mr..
House" Mr. Osborne asked
why, he explained that we had-put
Mr.. Rice out of the way because the
drafts were coming due from Texas
said Jones.
Miss Nellie j. Mellett, operator in
the exchange, Identified a slip which
, showed that Bice's telephone had been
\ connected with the instrument used by
Patrick between s ana O'Clock in the
4 same Sunday evening, September %
There was another call between 10 and
II O'Clock.
1 Josph T.. Beddel, a wagon driver foi
Z the American Express company, tests
fed to having delivered a package ad-
q dressed to Jones, the valet, at th'
Z Berkshire apartment house on Angus
. g. 1890. The package came from Gal
weston, Texas This testimony wal
! brought in for the purpose ~ support
ing the evidence OF Jones, who said
that he had received poisons In a pack
age from his brother IN Galveston.
George n Schmidt. another employ,
OF the express company. gave the Sam
testimony. John r. Wallace payini
teller IN the banking house OF swensoi
and Company testified that In his opin
ION the signature on the 900 checl
presented by David /. short was no
in Rice's handwriting.
The Patrick win Of June 80 1900, tn
s general ASSIGNMENTS OF the RICE prop
+ erty "a Patrick the letter IN which Mr.
j. Rice Is alleged 10 have given ORDER
Cor the cremation Of his own body an'
j a certified check for $4,000 which Fat
r rick gave 10 Potts the day after Mr
8 R!ce's death, We're HANDED % the wit
J, ness and IN each instance he declares
!, that the signatures OF wv IA. Rice
q atiached thereto We're forgeries.
= Waiter @. Wethcrbet, a clerk IN th
y sWenson bank, was the next witness
/, Wetherbee was one of the witnesses o
the win Ia 1895 According 70 testt
mony given at this hearing by Vale
Jones' Patrick urged Jones 20 thy q
get Wetherbce TO witness a viii whlcl
s be contemplated forging before b.
drew the so-called Patrick will.' Ac
c0rdlng 10 Jones Wetnerbee refus d
be party to the contemplated fraud
2 but was nevertheless made benehei
AIRY 10 the Patrick win as an induce