The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-01
STRONG POINT FOR PATRICK.
EVIDENCE or VALET JONES's
BROTHER SHUT OFT.
s,,,o. ID 10 Have BOUGHT the Chioroform
-sccsrdcr Holds That No Evidence
C,nuectIng Prisoner With trime ar
showing Conspiracy Has B~eenproducci

.a,ectlor prisoner with Crime ar
snou,uxt onspIrsc y Has Beenproducc
,,.,ouoh the trial Of Albert r. Patrick
~ murder Of william Marsh Rice has
- In progress ten days the prosecuting
o,a.oov according to Recorder Con. has
80, go, produced any evidence which con-
80 tho prisoner directly with the crime
~ which shows that there was a conspiracy
u,moon Patrick and Charles F. Jones,
NJ Rice's valet who has declared that hs
killed the old millionaire with chioroiorm
=, ,ba instiestion Of Patrick. A ruling to
.ho, effect was made by the Recorder when
,he Assistant District Attorney tried TO
hing on, the testimony Of William Jones,
. hrother Of the valet. relative to the pur-
rb,sc Of the chloroform. That line Of
direct examination was objected to by
thc defence and the objection was sustained.
The will If 1890, over which the lawyers
had y~rangled for two weeks. was adj
mi,,ed NJ evidence AT the last moment
hcforc adjournment last night. 1t will be
read Monday morning.
The trial was resumed yesterday morning
with c X. Coin on the stand. Cohn was
an agon, in the employ of Mr.. Rice in Texas,
He is also IA brother-in-law Of Manuel
Raphael, President OF the William NJ. Rice
Institute. Cohn receives $3.50 IA month for
the work Of collecting $1,000 worth OF
monthly rents for the institute. Mr.. Cohn
said that the w. NJ. Rice signature on the
1900 will and the several other documents
that have been introduced was not genuine.
Under cross-examination he admitted that
his opinion ~ 70 the genuineness Of the
signature was formed after he had learned
Il. ,Ntptnna az ahonf thirtv-Aya nth ar
persons.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne then
did the best he could TO repair the damage
done 10 the prosecution on the day before
by Joseph Blinn's testimony under cross
examination, that he was to receive 5000
for standing by the will Of 1895 rather than
the will Of 1900. To do that the prosecutor
read a long document In which the VIII
liam NJ. Rice Institute had agreed to pay
TO all the heirs substantial sums providing
they would no oppose the probating OF
the will Of 1896. by which the institute be-
comes the residuary legatee. I'll heirs
had all agreed to accept the terms of the
institute and their signatures were affixed
TO the agreement. When asked If they
Rad any objections TO the reading OF the
document the lawyers for Patrick all ex-
clalmeu lnAl lneN Hduu ' 'Hr SiBH're''
.If,- said one of Pstrick's lawyers at
recess, -the William NJ. Rice institute Is
willing TO pay out SO much money to pur-
chase support Of the viii by which il fares
80 well. 1t is pretty good evidence that tho
hackers OF that institute are not so cock
sure OF their claims that the will of 1900
is a forgery"
Charles Mccarthy. superintendent OF
~ D.~.lv.... C..-bors bftldtn0 in which
Patrick had his Office, followed Cohn on
the stand and testified that on the night Of
Rice's death the toilet pipes In Patrick's
office were stopped up by a mass of torn
papers. These papers. according to the
prosecution. were some OF the private
Rice papers destroyed by the prisoner.
The defence didn't take the trouble to
cross-examine Mccarthy. =,
As soon as the witness left the stand
the Assistant District Attorney broke for
a moment the monotony OF a humdrum
session by turning TO the row of waiting
witnesses outside the rail and shouting:
mir. Jones, take the stand
Patrick actually Jumped and everybody
In court turned eagerly toward the APP
preaching Mr.. Jones with the expectation
Of seeing Jones, the valet and self-con-
fessad poisoner on whose confession OF
murder and conspiracy the whole case
against Patrick hangs. But II was a false
alarm. and the excitement, tense while
lasted, was soon over Inc ASSISTANT
Disurict A,.oIh.y' py soci"ehI . oesifh,
hsd nesiec,eo uo oan sot me iux hnnno
OF me wi.ness ne wAhien. va nnnAni
Jones OF lehA-' = p,oun-I ol ~ Nales snu
the man VINO, sooJiuns w une PsrINh
Won, DouEht ,he snioIoio'm Nhn ~Wnu
3ld man hloe vas hiied w y. S.rp Du,
tbe witness ~as nov an""e" NN'y ~
20 thai
BY Mr. Osborne DID you receive a letter
h1m rouT brother 10 lso.A l ,h.,
y Where on you 80 amer s"''hs tha'
",b'' w., onss tn G-sly..,o,, ToJJ
sbS,ts drns ssore
q Did yoY net anything thsrsf
"a. olt.c, a. this line of ou-e,tioning .
-. 80, uouss Tor liz d.fence -Eo
@onsniSscy has teen proved vel, There
- -" 800
,ss,on Ssn ave mo t-adns an liz nrson.r :
saHs go, uoror - pternin,.d AZ.
.,si.n, Dis,dsi Attorney IN = oass N
$1,000 -. ~ ,. 10. fIsbIy
lnao,tas, nat al. po,.en@r. had th.
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