The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-21
DEATHIS ILLNESS BROI CHIT
on BY MENCL RIAL PILLS.

ON th. Wednesday or Thursday besora
his DEATH the witness went on. ''he took
another mercuria pill. The next day he
was very sick. and on Saturday he was de
liriCuS. Doctor Curry visited him and gave
him some medicine. Mrs. Carpenter, q
friend. called that day. Mir. Rice cried and
taiArd deiiriousty. | got Mrs Carpenter OUT
Of th.. room.
Mr.. Rice asked for Tie doctor and toti
him Doctor Curry had just left He would
not believe me. and insisted that some one
go for Doctor Curry. I sent for the doctor.
Mr.. Rice asked me if 1 thought Mrs. Car
penter had called because she thought him
very sick. and ! said she thought him sick.
MIR: Rice walked about the room a bit.
and Then sat down in an easy chair and
went 10 sleep. ! told Patrick over the tee
phone all that occurred. and at his invita-
tion met him in Il restaurant in Sixth ave-
nue.. where We had lunch. l told him q
draft for $1,000 had arrived from the oil
mill Patrick told me to get back to the
house, and if | wanted him later to call up
at the Y. NJ. &. A. on F'ifty-sevcnth street.
Il returned to the house. Doctor Curry
was there and Nr. Rice was still asleep +
walked to the elevated station with Doctor
Curry. and he told me that Mr.. Rice was
very sick. but that he would pull through
with good care.
The next day Sunday Doctor Curry said
Nj Rice was getting along well, but must
De CAREFUL as to his food. Patrick told me
TO let him know what Doctor Curry said
and did 50. Patrick said he had some OK
allc acid at his office and that he would get
It Tor me to give Mr.. Rice. He told me to
buy some alum, so as to be sure of the
measurements when / compared il with
oXaic acid
SAYS PATRiCK GAVE HIM =,
MINUTE DIRECTIONS
read about oxalic acid in the encycio-
pstl:a and took the book with me when
called upon Patrick. He took me TO his
room. where he took two square bottles
from his pocket and told me- to be careful
throat. but in that proportion it would be
tasteiess and would paralyze his heart.
took 1t to Mr.. Rice's room and made the
mixture. | took a mouthful of it in Mr.
That was late in the afternoon of Sun
Gay. the day Mr.; Rice died. He was far
him on his bed and he went to sleep.
:. i wrote telegram and went out to send
1t. telephonef Patrick and he met me at
the telegraph office. Patrick said it was
time to give Mr.. Rice the chloroforn Now
that the draft had arrived from Texas and
all we had gained if Mr.. Rice was not put
away at once.
II objected that l had never agreed to do
and yielded
PUT CONE OVER HIS FACE
AND RAN OUT OF ROOM.
II made cone of a. towel, saturated
with chlor1toim. and placed IT oyer my
own face. ! felt the effects and then put
more chlorofo.m on it. and went into Mr.
klce'S room
he was sun sleeping 1 put the cone
over his face and ran out of the room
There was violent ring at the door bell
just then. and looked out and saw some
one. think 1t was a woman. but I was
Il went back to Mr. Rice's room. He was
lying just as l left him took the towel
of his face and put it in the fire 1t
burned. Then | opened all the windows
and teephoned to Patrick.
Patrick .I had told me to say, if all was
over that 'Mr. Rice was very ILL., and that
mpGGlUp | icI- rn;I no
would come over. but he did not want to
get there before Doctor Curry arrived
They arrived at the house together l
rick exclaimed oh. my God! That is the
worst thing that could have happened to
me-. He told me beforehand that he in
The doctor said he would need an under
taker. and Patrick said Yes, and a
the certificate and the undertaken was sent
for.
"PATRICI~ TOOK AWAY ALI.
PAPERS HE COULD FIND"
Patrick visited the room where Mr.
Rices papers were kept and took away
with him all the papers lie could find. pat
rick talked to me i'll Doctor Curry's pres
ence ard gave no hint of anything wrong"
after Mr.. Rice's death. lie said Patrick
called him on the telephone and told him
he had made mistake in the Swcnson
check If they cali YOU over the phone"
check IS all right"
They did call and | did ms he directed.
Later Patrick told me if there We're any
more inquiries to say that Mr. Rice was
dead
Mr. Osborne suggested an adjournment
here. but the Recorder wanted a more
minute description of the towel cone and
chloroform and questioned the witness HIM
self.
Jones told how he had made tho cone
by turning the towel In his hand and pin
ming over the overlapping end. Then he
said he placed sponge in the small end
Of the cone and saturated it with chloro-
form.
How long did YOU leave the cone on the
face of MIR. Rice" asked the Recorder
Il don't know. II was little more than
half an hour. Patrick told me To leave IT
there twenty minutes"
did Mir. Rice know what you were do
ine?'
Il don't know. ] believe | heard some
thing as if he had laughed. ] pre-
pared for that. because Patrick had told
me he would probably laugh VIXEN he first
inhaled the chloroform.
Court was adjourned at this point until
tomorrow.