The Washington times., 1902-02-11
Poisoning Case Resumed
After a Weeks Delay.
JUROR CAMPBELL RECEIVERS
Wilnc-s Potts Gives Damaging EVIL
dcnrc Against ti,c Phy>ician-
ynIet jones May Ee Placed on
the stand Today.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-The trial Of Al
bert 7. Patrick. lawyer, charged with the
murder of William NJ Rice, was resumed
today before Recorder Gofi, after week
delay. caused by the Illness OF Juror John
u. Campbell.
Charles +. Jones, Rce's valet, on whose
confession OF murder and conspiracy the
case against Patrick is based, will prob
ably be put on the witness stand tomor-
row.
DR. Henry p. Loomis, the pathologist,
whose direct examination was completed
when court was adjourned a week ago to-
day, was the FIRST witness called this
morning. and Robert NJ. Moore, one OF
Patrick's lawyers. cross examined him as
TO the cause of Rice's death. Dr. Loomis
said:
No Evidence of Disease.
''As the result OF my examination | am
not prepared to say that Mr.. Rice did not
die of disease. Dut found no evidence of
disease"
That admission evidently satisfied Pat
ricks lawyers, who have made their prin-
cipal fight to show that Rice was not
murdered. Max Puncke the manufactur-
ing chemist who made the embalming
fluid which the undertaken used on Rice's
body was the next witness.
The prosecution wanted to sho- by this
witness that there mercury in his
embalming fluid, SO as to convince the
Jurors that the three-fourths of grain
of mercury found I Rice's body had been
given to him before death.
Contained Arsenic.
The chemist first said that the hGid
contained arsenic and zinc. but that he
could not divulge the other ingredients.
Was mercury in the fIuid?' asked Mr..
Garvan. of the prosecution.
No replied the witness
Recorder GoT ruled out that answer
and told the witness that he could say
what was in the fluid. but cculd not name
the things that we're not in it. The chem
list finally named all the ingredients. in
cluding the zinc, without mentioning
mercury.
Under crcss-examina;ion the chemist
admitted that mercury is frequently found
in combination with zine
Potts On the stand.
John R. Potts the prisoners friend and
former counsel. followed the chemist on
the witness stand. Potts is stenograph-
er. as well as a lawyer. He said that he
had known Patrick since 1870, when he
met him in Texas. and that he had been
the prisoners intimate friend since 1885,
Potts testified that he knew Morris Meyer
and David 7. Short. the witnesses TO the
alleged forged will OF 1900 under which
Patrick is Rice's residuary legatee, and
that both of them were employed in Pat
rick's office.
Potts also testified that he had intro
duced Short to Mayor Van Wyck. and that
shortly after that Short was made COM
missioner of deeds for Texas.
Did you ever see Rice in Patrick's Of
fice?'' asked the assistant district at
torney.
NO" replied Mr. Potts.
do you know Charles f. Jones ?"
Indeed do
when did you meet him?"
'On ore summer day.
MIR. Rice's Secretary,
"where?"
In Patrick's office Patrick introduced
him as MIR. Rice's secretary"
Did you eve. hear Rice mentioned by
Patrick
Yes; for the first time on September
II. 1900. 1t was in my printing office on
ports"
What did he say first?"
He asked me to loan him slao and
did 1t. He said that rich client of his
had made a will and made him residuary
legatee. l said, Nonsense, Albert, and
he said it wes true. Then he took me
TO a safe deposit vault at 22O Broadway,
where he showed me the will and u gen.
oTal assignment. While l looking at
them some checks signed William NJ
Rice but with blank spaces left for the
amounts, dropped out. l said Albert,
you are lucky dog | asked him if q
will like that was valid and he said: Oh
that's all right; the estate is mine lie
said something about filling out the
checks and l said: l wouldn't do it, Al
bert. II man trusted me and gaze me
his whole estate / wouldn't fill out any
checks
Words Are Familiar.
after Rice's death did Patricl, say to
you that DR.. Curry had lost a patient.
Jones an employer, and Patrick a
elient?''
These words are very familiar to me"
Potts said that Patrick had told him
that Rice was worth anywhere from So
tO0O0O TO $S,000.Ot3.
What did Patrick ever say to you
about Rices health"
He said that Rice was IN poor health
and liable TO die at any time"
What did he say TO you about MS call
fng on Rice?"
He said that he had not been to seq
him for q week"
What did Patrick say to you al Rice's
funeral?"
Called on Police.
''He asked me to go down to police
headquarters with him. He said that the
police had the mistaken notion that
Rice's death was met from natural causes,
but that he would soon show that their
suspicion groundless."
Under cross-examination Potts testified
that Patrick had told him that Patrick
was to receive the Rice estate in trust
aud dispose of It at his own discretion.
Andrew X. Randolph, real estate
agent of Texas, who transacted some of
Mr.. Rice's business in that State, was
the last witness. letter dated New
York, September %. 1900 signed by Mr..
Rice, and addressed to Randolph, was
shown TO the witness, who identified ii,
and said the signature was genuine.
pOstmark Tells story.
The postmark on the envelope showed
that the letter was mailed in this city
at O'Clock in the morning on September
"a. the day after Mr.. Rices death.