The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-23
STATE RELIES LAGELY ON
CONFESSION OF VALET JONES.
Continued From Page One.

| which he had made this institute in Hous-
| ton the residuary legatee Of all his money.
! He had left his relatives about one-hfteenth
of his estate. Subsequently, his wife died
and In 1886 he made Will carrying OUT
the same scheme and dispostng OF TOUR
teen-fifteenths of his estate to the William
NJ. Rice Institute.
$50 we have come down to tho time
| here in New York where Mr.. Rice and
. ones were living alone. Jones standing be
go-between between him and the world.
David l.. Short presented check to Swen-
son & Co. and the man to whom 1t was
$685. 600 and was in the form that was
used by Mr.. Rice and bore Mr.. Rice's sig
"It also bore the name Albert q. Pat
the name Albert T. Patrick The bank
compare to the name Of the indorser This
brought back indorsed 'ASert' 7. Patrick.
EAKT JONES IS SAID TO
HAVE PLAYED IN CASE.
The man at the bank to whom tho
check check was Was @ presented then called up Rices M
telephone. He said the check was ali tight.
Mr.. Swenson insisted that Mr.. Rice come to
the telephone; Jones left the phone and
Patrick told Swenson that the reason he
was because he knew the bank would not
pay that money II they knew he was dead.
He also told Mr.. Swenson that he Patrick)
had will Of Mr.. Rice Of which he was
executor and that Mr.. Rice had left him
IF you should find that there Is con-
b to make VIII for Wsrs that aan w
put will that was not the will Of a man
into the Surrogate's court. where would you
Ike TO get st the sas itneses the oid man
had.
80 we see that James. IL January. 1900.
house and held long conversation Jones
tells how he Is able to get the old man In
certain state to sign any paper he wants
him to and the old man don't know what
he's signing, and he asks Mr.. Weatherby
If he does not want to be witness to a
paper"
ment until tomorrow afternoon, carefully
cautioning the jurors not to talk or to listen
to any talk about the case outside the
courtroom.
Mr.. Osborne will conclude his opening ad-
dress tomorrow. when the taking Of testi-
mony will begin.
FRANK A. TURNER OF ILLINOIS
RETAINED BY THE DEFENSE.
Before Recorder Goff had taken his seat
on the bench. the eager crowd In the cor
ridor had pushed through the door and iled
into the seats. It was dark and gloomy
hiding the sun SO that little Of its light
came through the windows. As II affected
by the conditions outside. the jurors looked
Soieiiih- "ueil tney tdiheo 70 edcn olher ~
was in whispers. as II they were at a
funeral.
Mr.. House, in addressing the Court, said:
IF your Honor please, desire to make
motion that Mr.. Frank D. Turner of the
Illinois bar be permitted to take part in
the defense of this case. He Is a lawyer in
excellent standing. and l have here a GER
tificate as to his character from the CHIEF
Justice of the Court Of Appeals In Illinois
He has been retained by relatives Of the
defendant"
No objection being offered, Mr.. Turner
was welcomed. Mr.: Turner, rising. thanked
the Court, and said that he had been re-
tanned especially BY Mr.. John T. Milliken Of
St. Louis. the defendants brother-in-law.