The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-11

New York. February lo.-The resumption
" the Patrick trial today was marked hy
several incidents that are likely 70 mako
the day an important one in the history
90 the case II the term can be justly used
IN relation 10 a murder trial. this was
oriaus one TO those concerned Few pso.
ne really expected the trlsI To be resumed
and the attendance was accordingly small
AS announced In The Post. the rlau Of put.
ting Jones on the stand 81 this unctnre
Vas given up hy Mr osborne and he p7o-
eeeded 10 present certan ccgroboratory
testimony to the jury Immediately before
bringing his star witness before them, Ac
orllngl, today he put Mr.. Potts on tec
,and This gentleman. 1t was practically
admitted. was serious witness Tor Pat
.lcG's attorneys 20 deal with. II IS not
thu, he sald so very much that WIS dam.
sglnr but rather that he showed Pauck's
alleged mode Of procedure
Mr. Potts said among other things thst
Patrick a few days betere his arrest, but
ftcr Mr.. RIce's death. had retained him
n, counsel and that tao tie had not been
covered Mr. House. ~ counsel Tor the
defense. objected strongly to the testimony
lrinr accepted by the court on the ground
rick were privileged The court. however
allowed Mr.. Potts to testify 20 matters
prlor 60 Patrick's arrest.
The witness swore he hsd known Patrick
,luce 1870 becoming intimate with him IN
500 10 had never seen Mr. Rice iH Fat
| leL'7 ofGce. though the latter was in the
! sme suite MS his pottsl Patrick had
| old him rich client had died aud made
| him resldnary legatee. Patrick had also
! hown him many OF the Documents now IN
! dispute, among them thf "Patrck' VIII
and be had told Patrick he aid not think
| he viii would hold, Patrick replied
That's nu right. the estate Is practically
mine.
Mr.. Potts also advised Patrick not 20 al
out snd use the blank checks purported Il
have been given him hv Mr.. Rice aud Pat
| lex rcnlled that he would use the MONEY
ag Nfr. Rice had intended it sheuid be used
Patrick bad told the witness Mr Rice had
lnanlrd him as resiiunry legatce because
log his personal rcgurd for him. lie nls'
tod tho witness the dsy before Mr. Ric'
died that ne had not seen him for week
Then Mr. Potts swore that the day eftei
The death Patrick had brought bin cheoi
for so5 OO0 and asked him 70 get e cert
fed ThIs he had done as h. Old VIII
arhrr checks. The defense confined itsel
r., asking Mr.. POTTS u Patrick had toi,
him ne was 20 receive the estate as trustee
and the answer was that he had.
mr. LooIuls was, however. the most valu
able witness the prosecution put on tn
stand today The doctor IS one u uuqucs
touahle reputation, hut he has seldom,
ever hglrcd in important hoinieldal cases
: Unlike wlthaus his reputation as AN arr
81 the state" IN proving murder ia not e'
iablished 10 swore positively that M'
. Rice lid not die from natural causes an
Tho experiments that he cited were entirei
foreign "a the case on hand. As usual th
! lawyers on both sides began quarrelin
over Dr. Loomis testimony and the resaI
. was that the recorder shut them both o.
and excused the physician while the ars'
q ment between Mr.. Moore snd Mr.. oi
j borue was at its height
\ The defendant fingered At the bar