Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-02-26
TELLS HOW HE KILLED RICE
Jones, the Valet, Calmly Gives His
Story Of the Murder.
PATRICK TUTORED HIM IN CRIME

Tho Dramatic Narrative Holds All Who
| Listened to 1t SpelIbound For Two
Hours-Dcscribcs How tho ChIoroforna
Was Administered to tho Sleeping MIL
1ionairo-Pstrick Instigator OF Deed.
New York City.-In the trial Of Al,
bert T. Patrick on the charge Of MUIR
| dering William NJ Rice. the octogcna-
| rian millionaire, Charles +. Jones, who
acted as the dead mans valet and sec
in n tone low and soft, and looking
Patrick in the face for two hours told
on the witness stand how he had killed
| Rice. 1t might have been anything
Jones was telling except something
| that was exciting.
Jones went over the story of how he
| and Patrick had talked about the will.
He told Of forged checks. OF checks and
| letters written by Rice and signed by
| Patrick. so that in case Of trouble after
Rice's death the forged signatures
| would have n standing az genuine
ones. having been so acknowlI dyed b.
persons interested.
| HE told me-" said Jones. "that II
would be good Idea to have those
signatures accepted by Mr.. Rices
agents as genuine. as they could be
used In case of n fight over the will"
What was said of chloroform?'
patrick said that would be an easy
! way to put Mr.. Rice away. An article
in Il magazine gave the idea. Some.
thing was said about getting chloro.
form and Patrick said 1t was very hard
| TO get. that one had to have all sorts
| of certificates before the druggist
would sell It, 1 told Patrick he could
leave that to me. wrote to my
| brother.
Il sent my brother S. and he sent ma
chloroform in n four-ounce Ir
| pa ,ked In wooden box"
BE told of talking about the IA
! OF chloroform with Mr.. Rice Y
Patrick. or Patrick the valet -
| Patrick said he had often
| what would be the effect of cha
on person afflicted with heart tfoupl
| put the question to Or. Curry, and
he said so little chloroform would b
needed to kill person who had hear,
disease that It was doubtful If any
traces OF the poison would remain af.
ter death. told Patrick what DR..
Curry mad said. and he said he would
talk to DR.. Curry himself"
Jones said Patrick. after saying Rice
| was living too long, suggested that
laudanum or an acid be given to him.
and then asked If Jones could not get
| the chloroform, which Jones said he
got later. he told OF giving mercury
pills to RE and OF Patricks inquiries
In regard 10 Rice's condition every day.
From this Jones got down to the
murder, and said an attempt had been
made TO do away with Rice by giving
oxalic acid TO him.. Rice did not like
| II and refused to take ii. He then told
of the day Rice was murdered. saving:
II 'phoned Patrick and he met me.
| Patrick said 1t was time to give Mr..
| Rice the chloroform. Now that the
draft had arrived from Texas and Cap.
| tain Baker was coming we should lose
! all we had ga ned If Mr.. Rice was not
| put away at once. I objected that
| mad never agreed to do anything OF
| that sort but Patrick insisted and /
| yielded
| i made n cone~of towel saturated
with chloroform and placed 1t over nv
own face. I felt the effect and then
| put more chloroform on 1t and went
Ihto Nr. Nlce room. He was sleep
| ing. L put the cone over his face and
| ran out of the room," said Jones. look.
| Ing at Patrick. There was n violent
| ring at the door bell just then. and !
| looked out and saw some one. I think
| 1t was woman, but | was too excited
! to be sure. / went back to Mr.. Rice's
| room. He was lying just as / left him.
| took the towel off his face and put II
In the fire. 1t burned Then 1 opened
all the windows and telephoned to Pat.
| rick.
| Patrick had told me to say If nil
| was over that Mr.. Rice was very H.
| and that was the message / gave. Pat.
| rick said he would come over. but that
| he did not want to get there before DIR.
Curry arrived. They reached the house
! together 1 met them and said tn
| them. He is dead
Patrick exclaimed, 'Oh. nv God,
That Is the worst thing that could
have happened to men He told me be-
forehand that he intended to say that
| to deceive DR.. Curry"
Jones told OF DIR. Curry's examination
OF Mr.. Rice's body.
At Mr.. Osborne's invitation the wit
ness told OF the happenings of the
day after Mr.. Rice's death. He said
Patrick called him on the phone and
told him that he had made a mistake
III the Swenson check