Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-06
It WAS PATRICK
THE MAIN FIGURE IN THE RICE
MURDER CASE
VALET JONES A FIGUREHEAD
Patrick Managed the Murder. the
Witnesses. the Will Forgery,
and the Money.

New York, April 6.-The Times says:
Assistant District At ;orney James w.
Osborne is satisfied that valet Jones
conf ssion on the witness stand, that ne
murdered old millionaire Rice under the
direction Of Albert 7. Patrick. mas al
7cady been sufficiently corroborated by
the five chief witnesses Patrick could
call in his own defense TO warrant JUS
:ice jerome in holding the accused man
to await the ACTION of the grand jury.
Nj. Osborne contends that Short. Mey-
ers DR. Curry. Potts and Mrs. Francis
have already corroboratea the Wallets
story in such important details as will
assure the court of Patr.ch's connection
With the crime.
Patrick is the central idet in this
whole conspiracy" said the district at
tornsys chief criminal prosecutor last
night He was the whole thing. The
deeds to the whole of RiceS property
are in his name. The general assign
aaents and checks are in his name. He
attempted to cash these checks. Pat
rick was the principal beneficiary under
tIit viii Of 1900. So if prove Jones killed
Nee as he says he did it will certainly
SHOW that he was not conducting an
elcmosynary institution for the purpose
Ct getting people out of the way. but
for some definite purpose. That pur-
pose was to get the old mans money.
And who got that money? Patrick.
Y, no is Short, who witnessed the bogus
Will? Patrck's creation. Who was
Meyers? Patricks clerk who drew the
will at Patricks dictation. Who was
Or. Curry? Pa trick's physician. Mrs.
Francis was his housekeeper, and Potts
Was his closest business associate. I
cont believe DR.. Curry had anything to
do With the death, and | think Potts an
honest man. But still the testimony Of
these persons bears out Jones story.
Short and Meyers testify to the wit
1essng and drawing of the will as
Jones said they did. Potts says Patrick
told him he was Rice's lawyer Mrs.
Francis says he never was. So does
Jones. Why should Rice give Patrick,
vho was fighting him for his wife's
heirs, his eight mllions?'
The Tribune says:
The prosecution in the Patrick case
intends to introduce two telephone girls,
one from the Columbus central and one
from the Thirty eighth street central.
Tice's telephone in the Berkshire apart
anent house was 500 Thirty-eighth street.
Patrick had telephone placed in the
fouse in which he boarded and which
Mrs. Francis and he paid for. This tele-
phone was 1914 A-Columbus. BY these
Telephone girls an effort will be made to
grove that there were calls between s
and o'clock on Sunday night between
the two numbers.
''The prosecution has an affidavit from
w. L. Jones of Harris county, Texas a
brother of the valet, in which w. L.
Jones says that in July he sent his
brother. at the latter's request, two
ounces of chloroform. The affidavit says
that Jones, the valet, said in his re-
quest for the chloroform that a friend
Of his was experimenting for tooth
nohe remedy. The chloroform was sent
by the American Express dcompany
Later he sent his brother two ounces
more of chloroform and two ounces of
landanum. These were sent by the same
express company.
Jones, the valet, testified that Pat
nick told him that he spent the whole
day Monday at his office, No. 275 Broad
way. tearing up papers. The janitor of
the building will be produced to testify
that there was light in the office of
Patrick on Monday night. The next day
plumbers had to be called in to take the
Wastepaper from the closet. Mr.. Os-
borne said that the brother of Jones
would not be called until the trial, but
dis affidavit would be produced in the
examinations