The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
JONES AGAIN TESTIFIES
REDIRECT TEsrIlGolsx or TH1 vALIT
He Will Not be Permitted to Make .. Statmsnt He Made to Alter ney House concsrntng
 Rice's Death.

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 on the stand again today in the trial of
 Albert Patrick His redirect testimony was conducted after a few unimportant questions and as the defense had no ques- tions to ask on re-cross examination he was excused. At today's session Jones identified several of Swehson & Sons check books. He will not be permitted to make statement he had made Att torney House concerning the chloroform- ing of Rice.
 James J. c. Graham, clerk in the
 Bank of America. testified regarding q draft drawn by the Merchants and Plant CTS oil Company upon Mir. Rice. but the evidence was ruled out.
 John Nj. Coleman, a lawyer of Houston, Tex, called by the State. said he had known Patrick since lS&. when they were. at college together. Since then his
 relations with Patrick had been most friendly.
 Coleman told of a talk between Patrick himself and Judge Ford of Texas in this city on August 2. iyW. about month still taking testimony in the Mrs. Rice will case. "The question as to the prob able duration of Rice's life was dis cussed' said Coleman. and we talked U After Judge Ford left us Patrick said | to me that he supposed the people of | Houston expected to get the institute when the old man dieu. said, l sup l pose so,' and he then said something | about 1t being a cold day when the Tex | ans got any pant of Mrs. Rice's estate" MT. Coleman was excused temporarily
 while M. E. Harvey. also a lawyer of | Houston, was called to testify as to cer- tain communications from Patrick on or | about September l5, lyO0.
 T decline to give any information, he said in reply to the first question: ..on the grounds that I was at that time | attorney for Mir. Patrick" Recorder Goff said ne must reply, and the witness said he could not recollect whether he had re- ceiyed such communications. Later he said Mr. Holt. Patrick and himself turn ed them over to Moore and Cantwell. al- so attorneys for Patrick. The letters were dated September A and 15 or Sep
 tember 15 and 16 Counsel for the defense
 objected to the witness telling his recol-
 lections of the contents of the docu-
 ments and the argument at this point
 lasted until recess was announced.
 At the afternoon session MT. coleman
 was recalled. He said. he had seen let
 ters addressed by Patrick to Holt about
 ten days before Rice's death. One letter
 said that Patrick had arranged with an-
 other party to obtain from MT. Rice a
 written agreement to settle the Rice will
 litigation Another spoke of MT. Rice's
 
 had been great blow to him.
 Was that all?'' asked Assistant Dis
 trict Attorney Osborne.
 T think the letter said there must be
 no delay If Mir. Holt wished to complete
 the settlement before the death of MT
 Rice. 1 remember the phrase, The doc tor says Mir. Rice's mind Is failing. The
 whole purport of the letter was If there was to be any settlement 1t must be done at once.'
 Henry T. Oliver, formerly manager of the Merchants and Planters oil Com
 pany, was recalled. He said he had nev- CT received a letter Jones said he held
 back at Patrick's request.
 William l.. Jones' brother of Charles F. Jones, was recalled, On his first ex- animation he was not permitted to tell of the purchase of chlorpform for his brother. Today he said he had bought a four ounce bottle of chloroform, a two- ounce bottle of chloroform and two- ounce bottle of laudanum at his broth CTS request and had forwarded them to New York. Two express company em- ployes identified delivery sheets showing that packages from Galveston, Tex, had
 been delivered to Jones. They could not tell what the packages contained. s Mrs Martha E. Thompson, who. ac- cording to Joness statement. rang the door bell while Jones was administering
 the chioroform to MT. Rice was the next
 apartments or Sunday, September a. but
 went away without seeing MT. Rice. Mir. Graham, the bank of America
 clerk, recalled. told of his visit to the
 Rice apartments with a draft for $24,000 | on Rice. sent by the Merchants' and Planters oil Company.
 Edward G. Allstaffe- a lawyer, connect | ed with the bank of America, identified
 endorsement on the draft, reading, MT.
 Rice is sick. will attend to this Monday" Several telephone operators~were call ed | to Identify records showing that there | were calls from Rice's apartment tele-
 phone to the one in Patrick's house the | day Rice died.