New-York tribune., 1902-03-04
nFFENCE LIKES ANSW ERS'
r7 FOR PATRICK PLEASED WITH
TESTIMONY OF LAWYERS FOR
MFR OFFICE BOY.

..ir,onv Of Joseph Mayer. the office boy
IH hv Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer
emp Nth the murder of William Marsh Rice
-o.,,rred here from Berlin TO testify, was
-5a5 Yesterday by counsel for the de1ence
,,ost favorable to their cause OF any thus
O. .,,cited from the prosecutions witnesses.
70 "a. daclared that it substantiated their asser-
nat the criminal prosecution was forced by
tain Baker as a preliminary to forcing the
&c of the will of 1896, and that the whole
fight for the Rice millions.
1,ayer is now employed by Robert Grler
Monroe
Who got that place for you?' he was asked
by Mr. GarVan
You did" replied the witness.
,faver said that David L. Short. Patrick and
,,,-rie Never frequently went to luncheon to-
+her After June. 1900 Jones called at Pat
~t.,'s office about three times week. He never
ar, Rice in the office nor took any message
.on, Patrick TO Rice. DR. Curry in Pat
-scL,s Office about times in the summer of
1aon Witness carried one message from Pat
TX "a Dr. Curry. \ few weeks before the
death Of Rice Patrick told witness to hire a box
vritb the Safety Deposit Company. He took it in
Patricks name. Patrick told him not to speak
about the transaction even TO his mother. Pat
rick never spoke to him about Rices affairs
Letters with w. N. Rice on the envelope
reached Patrick's Office three or four times
week
w yo Pr2o6 6,5s2 5ny r 9nsE S2om}5e6 f95 te;fyns @
o-As part Of the scheme you were TO make
Berlin when the 500 was promised.
Q-Did not you expect the money there? A-No;
o-Then why did YOU write TO your sister II
have heard nothing from Osborne, and don't be-
NQIBut the District Attorney did not examine
rE-- rim ~ 4 ak 81 q
SSent in our Office? Ayes
o-And The statement YOU made at the consulate
was different A--Yes.
John n Bartine. for fifteen years until April.
1890 Judge Of the New-Jersey Court Of Com
mon Pleas. one Of the executors of the will Of
1896 and the present petitioner for its probate,
pronounced all the conceded signatures sub
r1itted in the case to he genuine and several Of
the disputed ones foreerieS
John TruesdeI. a money lender and note
broker. Of Syracuse. a handwriting expert. gave
similar testimony.
At the forenoon session John Hoolihan, one of
the hallboys AT No 500 Madison-ave.. said he
saw Jones leave the house az go p. m. after
teephoning The answer was in corroboration
Of Jones's statement that at about 6:15 he left
the apartment house after telephoning to Pat
rick 70 meet him Witness did not look at the
clock waen Jones went out.
Paul Tesch the night elevator man at the
apartment house, testified that Jones arrived
the house soon after he went on 6aty on Sep
terher .. and went Up in the elevator to Mr.
Rices rooms. Teisch next saw Jones when he
answered his bell. and Jones asked him TO send
for thu doctor. Some fifteen or twenty minutes
later Teisch took Jones down TO the telephone
booth, and in f=w minutes Patrick and DR..
Curry came in together. He took them to the
Rice apartments.
Odd Patrick say anything 70 you? A-When
! took him down. an hour later. he told me I
vas remembered IN Mr.. RiCe's will. but that had
better not talk about il, because Jones was not
remembered
Q-Did Patrick have anything IN his hands them
Ale had q valise. I think
Q-Dii he have the Valise when Won took him
upstairs A.-No
The trial was adjourned until to-day.