New-York tribune., 1902-02-20
"P[AYEDITLIKE CHESS"
,oyFS SAYS PATRICK THUS
nFSCRJBED HIS WORK.
y,rFr TELLS IN DETAIL, OF THE
CONSPIRACY THAT IT Is CHARGED
WAS ENTERED INTO BY HIM
AID THE LAWYER.
AND THE LAWYER

charles T. Jones. the valet of William Marsh
=. continued his testimony yesterday in the
~ - Albert r Patrick. who is charged with
- r,urder of Rice. The valet told in detail OF
- r,opress Of the alleged conspiracy between
and Patrick TO get the Rice millions, of
=. v.riting a viii after a form suggested by
-..-,ck Of an unsuccessful effort TO get the wit
sss N tie 1896 will TO witness the later WILL
Of his own insistence on being a beneficiary
81 the proposed Will and disagreement
-hicb followed between himself and Patrick
Assistant District Attorney Osborne won a
.,t when the Recorder admitted the affidavit
sbout the Rice taxes.
THE COURTROOM PACKED.
The courtroom was packed with spectators
7ben the days proceedings began. The afh-
s,vit which The prosecution attempted to wrest
,ora the defence on Tuesday. was admitted
,.oordary evidence after further argument
1onss said that Patrick had described ii as a
,.,,sment by NIr Rice that he was a resident of
Texas It Was made to evade personal taxa
nqn in New York, Patrick had said. Jones's
examination then continued.
o-Teu Us about any other conversation YOU had
With Patrick A-He showed me form Of will.
o-What did he talk about? Ale asked my
salary. and told him was getting $50 month
Ee said ! worth double that and could get il
I'll siflE IN BUSINESS men ne showed me form OF
The witness said this will left all Rice's prop
sry TO Patrick. He wrote ii out for Patrick.
o-Anything else? A.-Patrick asked me If Mr.
Rice had @ MADE any Other T will and told him yes
r f for him The vii vii Of sss He said he 9' AID not
think il right for Mr Rice to leave little Of his
ased with lin Patricf tod me- new we Ought 10 get
the same witnesses TO the new VIII that had signed
the will Of 1895 Palmer and Wetherbee Of Sven
sons Bark.
HIS VISIT To WETHERBEE.
Jones described his visit to wetherbee. who
refused to be witness to the new will.
Dwell? A few days later some time in
January, 1910. he Patrch) told me David L. Short
and Morris Meyer would serve as witnesses.
5spsrs came from Texas for exec1fion exn,sinnd
nine
The witness then told OF his disagreement with
Patrick because OF the Wallets desire to be a
beneficiary under the will.
7 told Patrick" Jones said Il would not help
unless had a paper showing what I was to
receive Patrick told me not 10 be fooled He
sSie that no man would give me such paper
would be like a man signing his own death
warrant
After recess the witness continued:
When Patrick first talked 10 me about the
SAID IL wonld-Ss-s-seed idea If he had letters
giving him instructions to the contents of the
ElL agreed to write said letters They were
to be practically copies Of letters Mr. Rice had
written TO others Of his agents. giving instruc-
tons and asking advice"
o-How did you send those letters? Al mailed
envelopes because Nj Rces envelopes 5 ed hsd his m
card On Them, and one might have gone astray
ana nave been returned TO him. took carbon
to u II
TICK. II was agreed that after Mr.. Rice's death
those copies should be filed with the other copies OF
Nj Rce's papers, so that they might appear as
paGt OF his regular business papers
them asked him why and he said ne afraid
them in his possession ii would be yerv stronp
evidence against him
Jones said he left q blank space in the book he
kept Of Mr. Rices correspondence. intend
ing after Mr.. Rice's death, to fill in the space
With records of these fake letters. He identified
the book, and it admitted in evidence. over
the objection of the defence
The idea. Jones explained. was 10 show IN
case Of any investigation. that Mr.. Rice and
Patrick we're In regular communication. Jones
said the suggestion came from him. Patrick
approved it. ard thought ii might be valuable
Q-When you sent those letters to Patrick how
were they signed? A-They were not signed.
,0b9Mere they signed when you saw them again.
Rice fS'i''N oineeF A--IheE were signed wv. M
,.2 S2-Whst did Patrick say Of his scheme? Ale
Hoik Il out Just as he played chess.
Patrick was talking to Mr. House." Jones
added about the scheme and ! heard him say.
i played it just as l played chess"
What did Mr.. House say?" asked Mr. Os-
borne.
He said. You are a very poor chess player.
am afraid
There laugh that was promptly sup
pressed by the court officers and then the
oorder overruled the objection of the defence TO
the witness telling anything that passed be-
tween himself and his counsel
Jones looked at the will Of 1900 and said he
had seen It before. There had been no sigma
ture when he first saw IL Patrick had showed
it 10 him. and said that Morris Meyer had
written ii on the typewriter.
DID LAW BUSINESS FOR RICE.
The only law business Patrick ever did for
Mr. Rice. Jones said. was 20 look over docu-
ment at my request. He erased the word to-"
and then said the instrument was all right.
Patrick did it for me. Mr. Rice knew nothing
about f.
IN getting admitted, in corrohoration Of Joness
testimony. a number Of papers.
Mr.. Osborne showed the witness the 1900 will.
knoWledge
9-Did he sign it June 90 1900? Ale did not
R-When did you that will first? A.-Two
ssseks before the death Of Mr.. Rice. / saw IT in
fstrcks office
nQ-Was the viii signed when you in
Fsiricks Officer At not.
Jones said Patrick had explained that the leg
'ees under the 1900 Will were designed to stave
u any opposition to th- probate Of the will. He
ma Patrick had talked over every paragraph
: the Will in pruning down the original draft
tsla,' Jones continued. to have those people
with US than TO let them testify against US f"