The age-herald., 1902-03-01
State Linking StOng Chain of
 Evidence Against Him
HIS ATTORNEYS ON STAND
Brother of Valet Jones Says He Sent the Chloroform as Directed and Express Companies Show the
 Packages Were Delivered.

New York, February 2S-Charles Jones was on the stand again today in the trial of Albert T. Patrick. Ills redirect testi- mony was concluded after few unimpor- tant questions. and as the defense had ton, he was excused.
 At today's session Jones identified sev- eral of Swanson & Sons check books He will not be permitted to make a statement he had made to Attorney House concern ing the chloroforming of Rice. James J. G. Graham. a clerk in the Bank of Amer lea, testified regarding draft drawn by the Merchants and Planters Oil Com pany upon MT Rice, but the evidence was ruled out.
 John NJ. Coleman. lawyer of Houston, Tex, was called by the state, and said he had known Patrick since 1884, while they were at college together. Since then his relations with Patrick had been most friendly.
 Patrick Was Taking Testimony.
 Coleman told of a talk between Patrick himself and Judge Ford of Texas in this city on August 23, 1900, about month before Rice's death. Patrick said he was still taking testimony in the Mrs. Rice will case "The question as to the prob able duration of Rices life was dis cussed." said Coleman, and we talked of the good care he took of himself. After Judge Ford left us Patrick said to me that he supposed the people of Houston expected to get the institute when the old man died. 1 said I suppose so. and he then said something about 1t being cold day when the Texans got any part of Mrs. Rices institute.
 MT. Coleman was excused temporarily while Marx E. Harvey, also a lawyer of Houston, was called to testify to certain communications from Patrick on or about September 15, 1900.
 "I decline to give any information" he said, in reply to the first question, 'on the ground that at that time I was at torney for MT. Patrick"
 Recorder Golf said he must reply. and the witness said he could not recollect whether he had received such communi- oation.
 Later he said Holt, MT. Patrick and Himself turned them over to Moore and Cantwell, also attorneys for Patrick. The letters were dated September 14 and 15 or September 15 and 16
 Counsel for the defense objected to the witness telling his recollections of the contents of the documents, and the argu- Tnents on thls point lasted until recess was announced.
 Coleman Recalled.
 At the afternoon session Mir Coleman was recalled. He said he had seen letters addressed by Patrick to Holt about ten days before Rice.s death. One letter said that Patrick had arranged with another party to obtain from Mir. Rice a written agreement to settle the Rice will litiga- tion. Another spoke of MT. Rice's health. and said that the Galveston storm had been great blow to him.
 Was that all?" asked Assistant Dis trict Attorney Osborne.
 'I think the letter said there must be no delay if MT. Holt wished to complets the settlement before the death of Mr. Rice I remember the phrase. another doctor says MT. Rice's mind is failing. The whole purpose of the letter was if there was to be any settlement it must be done at once"
 Henry T. Oliver formerly manager of the Merchants and Planters oil Company was recalled. He said he had never re- ceived letter Jones said he held back at Patrick's request
 William L. Jones. brother of Charles F. Jones was recalled. On his first exam ination he was not permitted to tell of the purchase of chloroform for his broth CT. Today he said he had bought four ounce bottle of chloroform, a two-ounce bottle of chloroform and a two-ounce bot tie of laudanum at his brothers request and had forwarded them to New York
 Two express company employees identi- fled delivery sheets showing that packages from Galveston, Tex, had been delivered to Jones. They could not tell what the nackageS contained
 MT. Graham, the Bank of America clerk recalled, told of his visit to the Rice apartments with a draft for $24,000 on Rice, sent by the Merchants & Planters oil Go.
 McWard G. Allstaff. a lawyer. connected with the Bank of America identified an endorsement on the draft reading Mir Rice Is sick, will attend to this Mon day"
 Several telephone operators were called to identify records showing that there were calls from Rice's apartment tele- phone to the one in Patrick's house on the day Rice died.