The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-08
with Jones and Capt. Baker to Get
Patrick Out of the Way to Serve
Their Own Purposes.
PROCUREMENT OF PERJURY
ONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
ATTORNEY OSBORNE.
Patricl<'s Illegal Detention i'm Jail
Roam the Streets at Will.

Patrick, who is charged with the murder of
millionaire William Marsh Rice. made a
statement tonight concerning the case. He
had been asked to say something concern
ing a story printed in a morning paper TO
the effect that Valet Jones had spent sew
eral hours accompanied by a policeman at
tached to the district attorneys office, IN
touring the Tenderloin district. According
10 this story, hotels, concert halls ana
gardens and theaters had been visited by
the prisoner and his attendant and dozens
of drinks taken. On this point Lawyer
Patrick said:
IT have known that this kind Of thing
has been going on for several weeks L
could not have sworn that such was the
case, but j have heard from various sources
that Jones was plentifully supplied with
money, was taken out buggy riding and
was otherwise treated with kindness and
consideration"
Patrick then went on to speak of the
Rice murder case. This is the first time
that he has made any statement since his
arrest. He said: Zones never killed w. M.
Rice. Had he done so he never would have
testified to 1t, especially as the district at
torney has promised him no immunity nor
would his counsel, even though provided
by Captain Baker, have permitted him to
do so. His confidence is due to the fact
that W. NJ. Rice, at the age Of eighty-four,
died of heart failure, as did his brother. f.
A. Rice, yesterday, at the age of seventy
and there will never be any proof other
wise. The other crimes of which Jones is
guilty are those OF conspiring against the
1900 will and that of perjury in the present
proceedings. His fairy story is the result
OF a collaboration with Captain James A.
Baker, Jones's lawyer Mr.. Battle, who IS
hired by Baker; Assistant District Attorney
Osborne. and Professor Witthaus. the pro-
fessionaI expert, whose report Osborne, for
the last six months, has been expecting in
a few days. and who swore that Rice died
OF mercurial poison If he did not die Of
something else.
JONES'S OBJECT.
"The object of Joness story Is to have
me held in prison, pending the will ltiga-
ton. l have already been in prison six
months on the forgery charge, without even
being indicted, and 1 do not believe that
there is any serious intention to try me on
a criminal charge before a jury. My ar
rest on a murder charge and the desperate
attempt to hold me is due entirely to my
ability and attempt TO give bail upon any
less serious charge. The stock in trade of
the opposition to the 1900 will is their al
ready demonstrated ability to control the
district attorneys Office that is to say.
that portion presided over by Osborne, over
which there seems to be no administrative
supervision.
80 far the tactics employed against me
have been the giving out by Mr.. Osborne,
continually, OF statements known by him
TO be false, in order to cause the public
TO PREJUDICE me guilty, so as to justify false
Imprisonment and prevent fair trial: the
wrongful Imprisonment of myself and the
bounding by detectives of those who ap-
pear to favor me: the abuse of the process
Of the courts by wrongfully subpoenaing.
I'm the name of the court. persons to per-
sonally appear before him and submit TO
examinations in his office; the use under
the guse of witnesses, of professional
handwriting experts to swear that the sig
natures of the 1900 will. checks, assign
ments, etc, are forgeries and the procuring
of false testimony are all in the same line.
q,
borne admitted ii in open court, that Jones
had informed Osborne. about January, that
Jones had killed Mr.. Rice with chloro-
form, and that subsequently, in collabora-
tion with Witthaus, on Feb. q, the present
complaint charging me with killing Rice
with mercurial poison was made at the in
stance OF Osborne in an attempt TO deprive
me of all knowledge of the nature of the
accusation against me until he had used
as witnesses those whom he supposed 10 be
for me-
II have been informed that Jones has
been for several weeks past permitted to
roam the streets So far as | am con-
cerned 1 have no objection, provided that
Jones De kept within the jurisdiction OF
the court.
STALKING HIS LIFE.
ut would take very little corroboration
10 convict Jones. upon his own confession.
but IL would take a great deal to convict
me upon Jones's accusation. II am held
or indicted for murder Jones certainly will
be also. and 1 would surely be acquitted.
but in his effort TO have himself corrobor-
ated he might be convicted. innocent
though he is. and then he would surely be
electrocuted, for no one could save him.
Zones Is stalking his life upon the abil-
ity of the handwriting experts to discredit
Rice's signature. which Jones saw him
write. and which he shows. by his numer-
Gus statements and uncertain testimony,
that he knows Rice signed. Jones may
rest assured that those for whom he has
outlawed himself from mankind will aban-
don him when they can no longer use him
las 10 my own position | can only say