New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-26
PATRICK CASE SUMMED Up,
A BIG CROWD HEARS MIR. OSBORNE
SPEECH-JURY TO GET CASE
TO-DAY.

There was = great crowd I'm Recorder Goffs part
OF the Court Of General Sessions yesterday 70 hear
Assistant District Attorney Osborne sum up for the
prosecution i'm the trial OF Albert T. Patrick Mr.
Osborne occunied the Il hole of Yesterdays session
of the court in determined effort TO convince the
jury that the evidence heard in the trial sustained
the charge Of the prosecution that Patrick was the
head Of q conspiracy 70 get possession OF the
millions of William Marsh Rice. and that he in
duced Charles r. Jones. the valet to kill Mr.. Rice
with chloroform September o. 1900. His speech
was interrupted n times by Fatricks counsel. and
even by Patrick himself, once. when Mr. Osborne
declared that living person had seen Patrick and
Mr. Rice together when the will Of 1901, conveying
the Rice millions 10 Patrick. being drawn,
Patrick said that Mrs Carpenter had seen them to-
eether on Nav D. 1907
That will in process Of manufacture long
before tina time" Mr. Osborne said. He insisted
that the failure Of Patrick 70 prove that he was
Mr. Rice's counsel proved the conspiracy Another
proof Of Patrick's guilt he said, the testimony
Of Mr. WhittIeslv that Patrick had tried to secure
2 compromise in the Rice-Holt litigation without
The knowledge Of Mr. Rice in the spring Of 1900.
a voice from the dead accuses Patrick, Mr..
Osborne continued, heard here by q fatal hunder
committed by the defence in their anxiety 10 at
tack Jones Here in the handwriting Of Mr.. Rice.
and dated September 15 1900 is note showing that
Nr Rice expected 10 be called as A witness in the
Text hearing Of the Holt litigation"
Mr.. Osborne took W the cremation letter. calling
attention the proof that Mr.. RiCe's signature 10
the letter had beer forged, and said
Il you believe that cremation letter IS a forgery
you must believe there was some reason for burn
ing that body. What reason could there be? Pat
rick is 8 lawyer. He knows the code The code
says you cannot convict for murder without direct
lore the autopsy there would have been no direct
evidence. Jones had the opportunity To Kill Mr.
Jones was not mentioned in the will. Patrick's
back alley Of escape was prepared.
In the description Of the killing Of Mr.. Rice, MI
Osborne said
Jones was there. looked ~ with the old man, The
elevator man proved that What was he doing
there? We know he had Choroform; that was
What did Jones 40 that evening? he te!ephoneq
to Patrick, and Patrick rushed TO the deathbed Of
witness and then he took possession of all the
property he found there. The natural action Of
the forger and murderer
Mr. Osborne said it was 4 suspicious fact that
Mrs. Francis, Patrick's landlady. did not testify
as To what Patrick was doing on the day of the
murder. Mrs. Francis, who in the courtroom,
stood Up and remained standing defantly until a
court officer made her take a seat
Jones had told Mr. House. Of Patricks counsel
all about the murder Of Mr. Rice Mr.. Osborne said
but Nj House had not given testimony to contra
asked the Recorder to interfere. saying Mr.. House
Is me IofInef ceunseI oI Jones ~eiS p
proved that Mr. Rice was killed with choroform.
Whats the good Of going into the qyesuon OF
cones and the administration Of Chloroform?" he
into that room to XII Mr. Rice. and he did Xii
him. The doctors for the defence have told you
that chloroform has been known to XII IN ten sec
onds. Jones hXed that cone So that 1t would not
In conclusion. he told the jurors that the case
had been under consideration by three District
Attorneys. and that the prosecution not
prompted by any private individual. One of the
worst features OF the defence, he said, had been
the false and wanton attacks those who had
given evidence in the case. unuer subpoena of the
Recorder Gor will charge the Jury today. and
sheraton and discussion Of the testimony they
have heard during the last eight weeks.