The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-27
HIS STORIES CONFLICT,
Jones Was Called On to Make His
Statements Agree.
ADMITTED THAT HE HAD NOT TOLD
THE TRUTH
In Number of Instances and That He Deceived
NY Q, His Own Counsel-The Witness Bore Up
"~n Well Under the Strain.

| contradictions and made TO admit that h,
told stories. then denied upon their face
the preceding ones Finally JoEes admitted
that he deceived his own counsel Oh many
occasions and the climax seemed 10 satisfy
I Mr.. Moore. The question OF alleged inn
mnnity from punishment was again gone
over by Mr. Moore.
| Late in the session Jones In answer "a
questions, snid Rice had been Kind to him
and lac had entered into conspiracy
against his bcncfactor because Of the money
Patrick had promised bin. Jones in his di.
rect examination said nc killed Rice by the
use of chloroform aud that he did It by
Patricks orders. Yesterday Jones, IN an.
swer to Attorney Moore, who conducted the
cross examination. said he had made four
different statements Of the circumstances
| attending tho death OF Rice The first state
ment was made To Police Captain McClus-
key, who was In charge Of the detective
bureau. A copy of this statement was read
To the jury. 1t was dated October 4, 1900.
and IN it Jones declared that Patrick wse
Rlcc's lawyer; that Rice sent him frequent.
" TO Patrick's oflce and that Ioues) was
present when Rice signed what Is known
as the 1900 will
jones said he made a second statement IN
the presence Of Captain Baker Of Texas.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne and
Mr. Byrne of the law firm which was 70.
tanned by Captain Baker in the will It'll
CATION This statement was also read TO
the jury. In it Jones reaffirmed that the
1900 will was genuine but alleged that Pat
rick had killed Rice because Rice had In.
sisted on the return Of some papers he had
given Putrlcb. The witness told Of an in
torview he had with Mr.. Osborne at police
headquarters In which he told the assistant
district attorney that no crime had been
committed
when YOU admitted your statement in
the Tombs did you intend Ia deceive Mr.
Osborne, Mr. Byrne and Captain Bakcr?'
asked Mr. Moore.
II was trying TO protect myself want
ed TO get out of prison. replied tho wiz
ness.
Jones said that the day before he at
tempted 10 commit suicide he addressed a
letter 10 the public declaring himself limo
cent OF any wrong doing
when YOU saw Mr.. Osborne later" Mr.
More asked, did he toll You your story
was untruc and that 1t could not be corrobo
ratcdT"
Yes. he said something like that"
Did nc tell YOU you must tell a story
that he could rorroboratcF"
- think something like That was said"
''Iave You hecn promised immunity for
testifyinG hero:"
Jones did not answer the question and
Mr. Moore changed It,
atF
Sistant district attorney promised you i'm
munityi" he asked.
"No."
Did you not swear before Justice Jerome
that you had been promised some inmun-
ityf'
II do not remember what said. swore
what ! was told to swear"
Have you been Indicted for any of these
torgeries or for the murder OF Mr.. RiceT'
- do not know, | read in the newspapers
that ] had been Indicted"
"But you have received no Official notice
Of such Indictment"
mo"
Jones said he understood from Mr.. os-
borne that II he wanted any consideration
he must tell a story that would stand cor
roboration. Captain Baker engaged George
Gongong Battle TO act RS attorney for the
witness and Jones said he understood from
AIr Battle that he was TO receive some i'm.
munity
when your father visited you in the
hospital" Mr.. Moore asked. did he ask
for the TRUTH
NO: tcld him Mr. Battle would tell
bpm oil about the case"
And YOU knew MIR. Battle did not have
the TRUTH
Yes"
Then. tberc on that bed Of sickness you
deliberately deceived your father and your
coLnsell'
II do not remember now what my Intent
was"
The witness said no made another state
mcnt 10 Mr. Osborne In the presence ~ Mr..
Battle about the time Patrick was arrested.
Jones told Of the visits Mr. Battle paid
him IN his cell aud Of the statements made
on the occasion Of the fourth visit. Mr..
Battle took down mis- statement and MIR.
Osborne produced It and II went into the
evidence 81 Moore's demand. II was read
10 the Jury In that statement Jones re-
peated his story that It was Patrick who
administered the choroforn to Mr.. Rice,
WAS the story you told to your counsel
trueT Mr. Moore asked.
There were false statements in it," re-
piled the witness.
Did you then tell Mr.. Osborne ali the
disputed signatures were genuine as far as
you knew anything about them, with the
exception Of one Swenson check
81 do not think ever told him that. /
have never sworn out and ont that those
signatures are forgerles. All know about
them Ia that the papers were not signed by
Mr. Rice the day they were dated.
Jones said II was true that he did not say
that Rice was killed By ehloroform until
after the chemists report TO that effect bad
been made
Jones said hs was present when an eleYa'