The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-21
KILLING OF OLD MAN RICE
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 I sent my brother $5 and he sent me | chloroform in a four ounce bottle."
 Jones wrote to his brother again, he
 said this time at Patricks suggestion, and got two ounces more of chloroform. Every time l saw Patrick contin- ued he, "he asked me if MT. Rice was | failing, and seemed very much disap- pointed when l told him MT. Rice was gaining strength One day he said:
 Why don't you give him mercury" He i knew that pr. Curry had prescribed
 mercurial pills for me. l told him 1t would be impossible to give MT, Rice
 anything in his meals, but that l might
 persuade him that they were good for
 him by taking some in his presence.
 Rice took two and they made him ill.
 He thought the illness was caused by
 some eggs he had eaten. He continued
 to take the pills, about one in two days. They did him good. Patrick was sur prised when I told him. He gave me some pills of mercury and iron that he said would not hurt me, but would set- | tie Mr. Rice. l took one and 1t made
 me sick. MT Rice took one also in my
 presence. He told me he had taken
 second one. They brought on a severe | diarrhoea."
 | Jones told of the visit of Mrs, Van | Alstyne, friend of MT Rice's. She brought in some bananas and he ate
 nine of them. They made him very ill., and Dr. Curry was called in. That was
 about ten days before his death.
 "On the Wednesday or Thursday be fore his death," the witness went on, The took another mercurial pill. The next day he was very sick and on Sat urday he was delirious pr. Curry vis- tied him and gave him some medicine. T told Patrick over the telephone all that occurred and at his invitation met
 him at restaurant in Sixth avenue,
 where he had lunch. I told him a draft
 for $25, ,00O had arrived from the oil mill. Patrick told me to get back to the house and if I wanted him later to call him up at the Y. M. c. A. on 57th street. I re-
 turned to the house. Dr. Curry was
 there and Mr. Rice was still asleep. l walked to the elevated station with Dr. Curry and he told me that MT. Rice was very sick but that he would pull through with good care. The next day, Sunday, Dr. Curry said Mir. Rice was getting along well, but must be careful as to his food. Patrick told me to let him know what Dr. Curry said, and did so. Patrick said he had some acid at his office and that he would get it for me to give Mr. Rice. He told me to buy some alum so as to be sure of the measurements when I compared it with oxalic acid.
 q read about oxalic acid in the en- cyclopedia and took the book with me when I called upon Patrick. He took me to his room where he took two square bottles from his pocket and told me to give the acid to Rice in twenty parts of water He told me to be care ful of the mixture as it would corrode his throat, but in that proportion it would be tasteless and would paralyze his heart. I took it to MT Rice's room and made the mixture. I took mouth full of it in MT. Rice's presence and then set the glass down. MT. Rice tasted the mixture but did not like 1t. That was late in the afternoon of Sun day, the day MT Rice died. He was far from well and fell once when he tried to leave his chair. I picked him up and laid him on his bed and he went to sleep
 q wrote telegram and went out to send 1t. I telephoned Patrick and he met me at the telegraph office. Patrick said it was time to give MT Rice the Now that the draft had arrived from Texas and Captain Baker was coming we would lose all if MT, | Rice was not put away. I objected | that I never agreed to do anything of that sort but Patrick insisted and l | yielded. I made a. cone of a towel sat | urated with chloroform and placed it | over my own face. I felt the effect and | then put more chloroform on it and | went into MT. Rices room. He was | still sleeping l put the cone over his face and ran out of the room. There was violent ring at the door bell just | then and looked out and saw some one. I think it was a woman, but I was too excited to be sure I went back to Mir Rice's room. He was lying just as l left him. I took the towel off his face and put it in the fire. It burned. Then I opened all the windows and tel ephoned to Patrick. Patrick had told ne to say if all was over that MT. Rice vas very ilP and that was the message gave. Patrick said he would come )ver, but that he did not want to get here before Dr. Curry arrived. They cached the house together. l met them md told them He is dead Patrick exclaimed Oh, my God That is the worse thing that could have happened 0 me He told me beforehand that he intended to say that to deceive pr. Curry. The doctor said we would need tn undertaken and Patrick said: Yes md a death certificate pr. Curry made out the certificate and the under aker was sent for. Patrick visited the oom where MT. Rice's papers were lept and took away with him all the
 
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