The sun., 1906-02-22
WOMAN'S TALE AGAINST RICES
SUGGESTS A REASON FOR VALET
JOSESS TESTIMONY.
Texas Sch oolna am Reports Conversation
He Had With Ono OF the Heirs In Nhlca
There Was Talk or Money and Playing
Part-Patrick { Confession Ruled Out

lie Aa0 WIN Unc OF tNe helTs III WHAcH
There Was Talk or Money and Playing
Part-Patrick { onIesslon Ruled Out
A Texas schoolnla a m testified yesterday
at the hearing before Recorder Ciotf on
Albert T. Patrick's motion for new trial
that she overheard a conversation between
Mayor Baldwin Rice Of Houston and Charles
F. Jones, VINO was valet for William Marsh
Rice in which the Mayor told Jones be had
studied his part we'll and JONES said You
bet"
Then the Mayor told Jones chat if his
Golfers were empty he knew ~t.,fA :, set
money when necessary. lAr3r Race il a
nephew of old man. Rice, r'hom Patrick
was convicted Of killing, and the import OF
the woman's testimony seemed to be that
he Rice heirs had something to do With
Jones's testimony against Patrick. Dis
trict Attorney jerome did not treat ths
matter seriously although William ~, f.
Olcott. counsel for Patrick, seemed to think
we'll Of it.
That and the fact that Frederick B.
House. who was counsel for Patrick and
Jones after their arrest, was not allowed to
tell anything about an alleged confession
made to him by Patrick. which was sub
santially the same as the story told bY,
Jones at Patrick's trial were the important ,
tieveo pments at yesterdays hearing.
, Recorder Goff ruled that the story Jones
and Patrick told Mr.. House was not a.
rnissible, and the only thing left now Is
for Patrick to waive his personal privilege.
Mr.. Olcott is to see Patrick at Sing Sing
| or Saturday, but i is not certain that any
thing will he come Of the visit. Mr. jerome
apparently is not going to make any further
effort to bring Patrick from Sing Sing to
| the hearing
The Texas school teacher wat Miss Minnie
| Calard of Sartartia, the only woman IN
the bunch of Texans brought here for this
purpose Of showing that Jones has been
| telling number of persons that Rice died
| of old age and Patrick had not hing to do
with killing him She tripped to the stand.
smiled at Recorder Goff and then smiled to
the Jury box filed with reporters.
| she is a coy little woman with sll!ow
face, irrepressible smile and a Southern
twans She wore faded gray silk waist,
a pink ribbon around her neck and eray
hat With white feather and green rosettes
stuck raki.hiy in the back The hat might
have been a sombrero turned into any
| shape the wearer wanted.
Her voice was sharp and could be heard
| all over the court room. She had neen
aching private school, she said but Tor
fourteen years she had taught in the public
schools How old was she? How could
she tell' Nobody ever told her about IL
and she couldn't remember when she vas
born. Her parents died when she was very
young. lShe smiled sweetly at Mr.. Jerone)
Har mother died this April before the Gal
weston food and when Mr.. Jerome vas
ungallant enough to persist she guessed
| that che was about 40 years old
How many atfidavits have you made iu
this oase?" suddenly asked Mr.. Jerome.
Now, don't let the District Attorney
terrify you, said Mr., Olcott.
! Why Of course not, she replied, without
a smile
With some hesitation she admitted that
she had made two afidavits, one in Judge
Railey's Office in Houston and the other
for Mr.. Olcott fter she came here. She
was intimate with the Jones family, as
I she ha known them for some twenty years.
| But she didn't know the crowd that hung
out in Big Annes' saloon in Houston.
There were lots Of people around Houston
she didn't know. From her observation
| Of her fellow witnesses on the way North
/ they know a lot about Big Annie's" place
she thought they were gentlemen.
She had met Jones several times since
1908 she said The first tina was at a
picnic at La Porte. Il went with lady
and gentleman friend" she added. Must
l tell their names don't want to. They
know nothing about this"
MIR Jerome looked sad, but said he must
have their names She first said they vera
named Bales, brother and sister. Mr..
jerome coaXei her and she said that the
brother was Floyd Bales and that he ~as
policeman in Houston. Jones nodded
to her and she nodded back.
You knew that Jones had confessed
to murder--a cowardly murder, not some
thing that might have happened in shoot
| ing ARRAY when men were angere1?" sai1
! Mr.. Jerome.
Yes / considered it dastardly de,1-
! a cold blooded murder" she replied,
Jones, she said, was sitting at A table
next to her with three other men. Mr..
Jerome wanted the names Of Joness COM
panions. She fdgeted and looked appeal
,ingy at the Recorder.
| Must tell?" she asked shyly.
! Mr. Jerome was awfully sorry, but shs
must The Recorder came to the rescus.
Was it necessary for Mr.. jerome to en-
barrass the witness and was the infc-.n.-
|
Your Honor has known me long enough
said Mr.. Jerome. ito know how much I
loathe to embarrass ladies, bat feel that
some of these young men would like t.
take trip to this Northern cline of ours"
The Recorder instructed the school,
ma am to answer. she said Jones'e com.
pam ons we're Joe Fitzgerald Willie Massey
and Jack Beasely. She didn't want to tell
Beasely's name at all. Jones got up after
while and came over and shook hands
with her. Then she introduced him to n,.
two friends.
And yoI believed this man Jone,
to be cowardly murderer" said Nj.
Jerome. serious now, "ani you intro
duced this murderer to your friends
She saw the trap Mr.. jerome hld led hs,
into and then wasn't so sara th1; Jons,
was murderer. But wasat he a psc.
jurer at least, Mr.. Jerome wanted to know
She fenced with Mr., Je:ons AMI fiallly
/ lorr to thie