The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-20

of those letters?" MT. Osborne asked.
 ..Patrick gave me drafts for these let
 ters. I was to typewrite them. follow
 ed his instructions"
 What has become of the orfginai iet'
 ters?"
 ,.sThere were no such letters. I had
 mailed the envelopes to Patrick witn
 blank sheets of paper in them 10 man,
 tain the contention that Patrick ano
 Rice were in communication. saw the
 envelopes since in the ofYice of MT. House.
 Patrick's counsel"
 .'what did Patrick say of his schooner
 'IIe said 1t was plain and easy, an
 he intended to work 1t out just as played chess. Patrick was talking 0 MT. House about the scheme. and z I him say. I played 1t just as ?. 'o chess"
 'swhat did Mir. House sayT' He said. You are a very poor chess
 player, I am afraid.'"
 "what did Patrick say to you about wetherbee and Harmon and Wallace, the Swenson Bank clerks?" 1T forgot exactly what he said about the others, but of Wetherbee he said, wen bequeath him enough to keep him quiet He said substantially the same about Harmon. Wallace was not . wit. ness to the first will and Patrick said Il
 would not be necessary to give him se much"
 Jones looked at the will of 1e0o and said he had seen 1t before. There was no sig. nature when he first saw it. Patrick showed 1t to him, and said Morris Meyer had typewriter 1t. The witness identi' l ned several papers executed by MT. Rict before David L. Short as notary. Ht said he introduced Meyer and Short tc Mir. Rice on March 26 1900 He identified the sealed stamp used by Short and said he carried 1t from Patrick .of1ce to MT Rices apartments. Patrick said it wal an old seal and that he had given 1t te Short. F Whenever MT. Rice wanted an ac. knowledgement of his signature. the wit ness said. he telephoned Patrick and Pat rick sent up Short and Meyer. He sent both to create the impression that MT Rice would do nothing without Mir. Mey. CT. Short was Commissioner of Deeds for Texas.
 ."The only law business Patrick ever did for MT. Rice" Jones said, was tc
 look over a document at my request. He erased the word To and then said ths instrument was all right" Did MT. Rice employ him?' ''No. Patrick did 1t for me. MT. Ric' knew nothing about it," MT. Osborne showed the witness th' | 1900 will.
 Did MT. Rice sign that?" he asked. Mot to my knowledge Did he sign it June G. 1900?" '"He did not"
 "When did you see that will irst?' Two weeks before the death of MT Rice. saw 1t in Patrick's ofice." MT. Rice died September g. 1900. di' | he not?'
 sSentemher 22 leOO | Was the will signed when you saw i | in Patrick's officer" "It was not.' | Replying to questions of the assistan district attorney. Jones said Patrick ex | plained that the legacies under the will l were designed to slave off any opposition | to the probate of the will. l Patrick told him, he said, that he (Pat rick) wanted to make 1t worth while fo | those who knew MT. Rice best to verif | his signature and to help fight for tn l probate of the will. \ s.t I.G better to epend little money | Patrick said" Jones continued, ." to hay I those people with us. than to let then | testify against us.' He spoke particu lariy of Judge Bartine." (One of tn | executors of the 1S96 wif). What did Patrick say?' 'He said, 'We'll give him 5000; tha | will keep him quiet. l Patrick gave similar reasons, the wit | ness said, for every legacy in the wil l Court was adjourned until tomorrow | with Jones still on the stand.