The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-19
VALET JONES ON THE STAND
TELLS FIRST PART OF HIS RELA-
 TIONS WITH PATRICK.

I
 See the Millionaire but the Latter Wa
 i'm Bed-The Trial of the Claim Agains
 MT. Rice Under the NiII of Mrs. Rice.
 z New York, Feb 1S.-After severa
 days of wearisome examination ant
 cross examination of experts, both med | ical and chirographical, there was re | vival of interest to-day in the trial o
 Albert T. Patrick, who is accused of tho
 murder of William Marsh Rice. This was late in the afternoon when Charles l F. Jones, MT. Rice's valet, who has | been charged with having been the too
 of Lawyer Patrick in composing the death of the millionaire, was placed 1T | the witness box.
 For months Jones has been carefully guarded by state officers. Various sto- l ries have appeared as to his being in very poor health and his being in dang | CT of dying. He has been variously To- cated in sanitariums and boarding houses. The fact that he attempted suicide in the Tomhs, using a knife al- legged to have been given him by Pat rick for that purpose-this being de- nied by the lawyer-has added to the
 interest which his appearance on the
 stand evoked to- day.
 When Jones walked into the court room he seemed weak and rather ill at ease. As he began his testimony, how ever, he became perfectly self-possess- ed. His answers to the first questions were low and deliberate There was no halting for answers Jones said he was employed by Rice in Houston, Tex as, and came with him to New York in May, 1S97 He did his clerical work and wrote his checks. He used type writer. The defendant. he said, called at Rice's apartments in October, 1899 to see Rice and said his name was Smith. Rice was in bed and the de- fendant said that he would call again. This he did about week later.
 Tt was about o'clock in the even ing" said Jones' "I saw him in the parlor. MT. Rice was in the back room. He spoke of Texas news Either at that visit or one he paid a week later Patrick talked about the trial of the claim against MT. Rice under the will of Mrs. Rice. He seemed much inter- ested and asked if the case had been settled. He said the evidence was very strong in favor of MT. Holt"
 "On his second visit, I think he told me he was MT. Holt's lawyer. He told me the terms of a settlement had been arranged, and said if he would write it out on the typewriter he would get it signed. He gave me a sheet of paper with the writing in pencil that he wanted copied
 Did MT. Rice see Patrick?" asked MT. Osborne for the state.
 He opened the door while Patrick was talking to me. I don't think he recognized him.
 Did Patrick say he wanted to get to MT Rice that he might talk about of the suit?''
 "He thought it would be good thing to have some old friend write q letter to MT. Rice suggesting compromise. He spoke of Colonel Whittlesey, but told him Judge Hill was the only man who had any influence with Mr. Rice"
 Did not Patrick say he was sure he could effect a compromise if he could get an interview with Mir. Rice?"
 Yes. He said he was quite sure, but told him MT Rice would not see him if he knew he wanted to talk about the suit''
 Jones told of the taking of testimony by a referee in MT. Rice's house, and he said that Patrick bragged of having given the witnesses a rought deal. He l,, T toI, I.,s,. .lr that MT. Rice was very much annoyed by the questions he put to the wit 1esses.
 Led by MT Osborne, Jones described l he letter Patrick wanted hi into write. The letter was to say that MT. Rice had l ost confidence in his Texas lawyer, but | hat he loved Texas and wanted to re- urn there and wanted the litigation settled
 What did you do with the letter?"
 Patrick was to give me $250 for it, ut he would not give me the money lnless I would go on the witness stand md swear that Rice signed it. I refus- d to give him the letter. :"
 What did Patrick say he wanted the etter for?"
 Patrick told me MT! Holt had given Jim $500 and had promised him $1000O vhen settlement of the litigation was ffected."
 Why did you not agree to earn that 250?"
 T was to swear falsely"
 Jones will go on the stand again to- lorrow.
 The only other witness of the day las John F. Tyrrell, a handwriting ex- ert of Milwaukee, Wis, who was on he stand yesterday. His testimony fas technical and was to the effect that he disputed signatures were made by racing. His cross- examination by Mir Ioore was long and uninteresting, and as taken up principally with ques- ions as to the shading in the admitted nd disputed writings. MT Moore con- ended that there were deviations from .ice's pen habit in the admitted as well $ in the disputed writings
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