The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
JEROME GETS AFTER TEXANS
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NNN~Nt of Dr. Fell, but the reason why he could not tell. As for being scared, why, he-well-er-to tell the truth, he never was much of a man to talk"
 And yet when MT Olcott got him fairly started on congenial subjects, such as the difference between real railroad men and "snipes," Lee soon showed that there were times when he could hold his own with book agent. 'Snipes," in the vernacular of the Pan- handle and the Santa Fe, are those who on the payrolls of the railroad company are called section men, They have their uses, doubtless, but graduate switehmen and yardmasters, such as Robert Lee, do not consort with them as general thing.
 Only, there is no rule against a "snipe' treating when off duty and so, it was during one of these burstsi of generosity on the part of several of the despised traclllayers and frog cleaners in Dubois saloon at Bonnar's Point, that the switchman, who is now a wit ness. met Charles F. Jones, formerly valet for old man Rice, and asserts that ne heard from him a confession that Rice had not been murdered, and that Jones had only sworn that Patrick kill ed him because those in authority had told him he had better do so if he did not wish to go to the electric chair
 T asked him. said tIle witness, whether he was out of hls trouble all right, and he said he was Then I ask ed if Mr Patrick was still in jail and he said he was; but that he'd get out and that everything would be O. K. for him, as there hadn't been any murder, because Mir. Rice had died of old age"
 Not detail of this conversation had Robert aforementioned" Asked why he had not, he "reckoned' that it was because it had been no ordinary one. Had he been promised money to tell of it, or to come to New York and testi- fy? The man half rose as he made in- dignant denial, he'd always wanted to see New York, anyhow.
 Minnie Gaillard followed Robert Lee. Miss Gaillard is a school teacher with a sense of humor, which even fifteen years of a district school in Harris county, Texas, has been powerless to eradicate. To the seriousness of MT Jerome, she opposed a seriousness still more serious but occasionally exas- perating, when supplemented by the twinkle of her black eyes. For some reason the prosecuting officer, who had noticed that she had merely raised her hand to affirm when she took the wit ness chair, asked her If she would mind swearing lon the Book"
 "Why, of course not" said Miss Gail lard, just hear me-" and swore with a solemnity that shamed even the unusu ally solemn utterances of the clerk. MT. Jerome had made little headway against Miss Minnie when adjournment was taken.
 Miss Minnie Gaillard was excused from the witness stand, and John S. Frame, police officer from Houston, Tex, was called by MT. Jerome. He testified that he saw Joseph Jordan one of the witnesses brought here from Texas to testify for Patrick, in the state penitentiary in Texas in 1881 or 1882 serving time.
 Mir. Jerome then called as a witness Frederic B. House, the lawyer whom Patrick first employed for his defense on the murder charge. He testified that he met Jones, the valet, in his office, the day after Jones' arrest on the charge of the forgery of documents of William M. Rice, in the fall of 19O0 MT. Jerome asked the witness to state what conversation he had with Jones on that occasion. William K. Olcott Patrick's counsel. objected to allowing the lawyer to answer this question, de- claring that Jones at the time was a client of Mir. House Recorder Golf ruled the question out. Mir. Jerome, however, again attempted 10 draw from MT. House the substance of what Jones had told him at various times concern ing the murder. Failing to have the questions answered he dismissed the witness, telling him to be ready to tes- tify again next Monday. Miss Gail lard was then recalled. Resuming her description of the picnic at which she met Jones, she said that while sitting at the same table with him she heard him say:
 q lied to beat the band on Patrick"
 She said she heard him boast how he fooled everyone, and heard him tell how neither he nor Patrick had killed Rice, but that he turned states evil dence to save himself
 "Jones had a reputation of being 'gassy,' said the witness, and 1 thought all his talk was braggadocio. :"
 Miss Gaillard said that the last time she saw Jones he was on street car at Houston, with Mayor Rice of Hous- ton.
 Did you know that Mayor Rice was nephew of Millionaire Rice, who was kiled?n
 Yes, I knew that"
 What did they say?"
 Mayor Rice slapped Jones on the back, and said to him: You certainly studied those instructions we'll Jones said: You bet I did Mayor Rice said: How are your coffers fixed? Jones said: Not very we'll" and then Rice said to him. They will be supplied, '"
 Recorder Golf announced that an ad- journment would be taken until Mon day.
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