Show ACCUSED OF I SLAYING YING MILLIONAIRE I lonGs Jones the Valet Is Alleged to Have Made Confes Confession fion sion Charging Patrick With Murdering Rice Dose of Mercury and Chloroform Administered By a 2 I Sponge Are Arc the he Alleged Means Employed 1 New NewYork York Nov Nor 1 After a confes unit Implicating f Attorney Albert T TRice TP 1 UiG P in the murder of the late Mil Mi William Marsh Rice Charles CharlesF 1 F Jens JOrs 8 secretary and valet to M Me MeRice Rice nade ade a desperate effort early this thin minting to commit suicide leWe in his cell Alt he Tombs I The TIIe eath of William Rice at ht Ms Ids avenue apartments Sept I 23 3 attempt of his New Y York rk attorney ney Dey Patrick to 0 cash cub checks for large us am s which purported to lie fie signed by t the millionaire the refusal of one i hank bulk 4 jt cash luh the checks drawn daiwa on it it r and U the t discovery oy py the bank officials that Mr 1 Rice Ree was wa l lying mg dead at the time Q e checks were pre ent the subsequent sub claim by J a trick that Mr i Rice RICO h had d made him hInt by b Will the trus true trustee trustee I tee of his estate amounts to anywhere from jo In t I Ithe the charge c rge of forgery forger f both K its 18 regards i ithe the ch C ks and the will m placed against t I PatricK Patric and Mr Rices valet F the arrest of Patrick Patriek and Jones and their lodgment in Jail have b ve kept tw fw f w York interested for over oer a month mouth on n what WhAl the developments of to today todaY today day premises to become one of the most celebrated cele ed crimes crime which the courts of this et have been beeR called on Oft to IRve Incus investigate The incident nt which led up to to days daya Hi max was the fact disclosed ed that Valet Jones had been I taken to o 0 the district attorney 8 s ce and th 11 subsequent rumor that he had bad i made i confession to the authorities Before the public had time to learn if the re report rt of a confession was true caine came Ire news that during durin durin the night Jones Jonea Jo had bad in his cell in the Tombs at t suicide bv by b cutting his h throat with ith a i len n knife given him hilll he ays by Attorney y Patrick also in the Tombs Tomb t and for the purpose rid of one witness s to Patricks Patrick alleged His crime according to the confession of Jon 10 Joiner parts part of which the district di at attorney I torney office gave out today was nothing less than the murder of Mil MiI I lH Rice by Attorney Patrick Pa trick and the tb e M purloining g of O f his bl papers pa nJ relating reIting le to th t estate by Poison T j 4 sags Bays Mr Jones J ne 4 as done by the admin 1 i of some poison noison rn u and the final application a t atu ted with some anaesthetic ic Ic mably That por per of It rh he confession which has to do dl with Uh tit tle last moments of the old man manis manis manIs is the following given by the tile author authorities Itea I a aa coming from J Jeans JeaH the scene taking stare lace in the ap a U of the and he lying Iving sick in bed Mr said l d I 1 am very nervous Mr Patrick I wish you ou would not trouble go a away ay Patk replied I 1 have some seine salts here Jr r Rice that will cure your He Be produced a bottle hottle an anti and I uncorked it TW contents sir lied to me like some snore v very rv ry strong TIred The Patrick Patick said seid to me Get me nrc a towel ati d 1 it sponge spenge I him both Then Patrick said sai l Jones tou nu have to leave It av I left letL As AsT AsI I T was wa ving Patrick saId aid id TH IU remain here U un U n Mr dr Rice gets to steep sleep H closed fhe he door behind me meI I I store in the hall hail for a few minutes and soon sods n I heard Mr fr Rice tauten Ia 1 l I thought this the was Wl 8 queer s Sf at I pu h d d open til tJi U door J w Mr Rice lying I on his hi pack ack aek in ill b bt be J The Th towel that I T Thad had Patrick dins s wrapped rapped around the J in a cone shape ape This cone I was directly over r Mr Hires Rices eyes ey and ami no Pa I Patrick trick was pressing it down do i with Ith ht 14 right hand Patrick did not notee Mr Rice mee could seeS see ee and of course I not nolo Af After er seeing what I had seen J I went 1 1 lay laj on un my hod Mr Mi r rice became be very verv sick Pat Patrick patrik Patrich rick rich salt i 1 to 10 me Go s got t a doctor tor I I went f a one He lie prom pronounced Mr Rice dead ly Patrick denies having fur Bur Burnished 3 rues mes the penknife and he also denies ih th statement in the confession Jones after his bis suicidal attempt was as taken t to ue hospital pital ho hastily sum um monad moiled mo ed p having arrived Just in time to save saVe him from death through h lom ose f J Flood lood At Al 8 t o lock tonight the I surgeons said he was slightly better bett r and nd the chances han are that in a afew afew afew few days da he will again be returned to tn the Tombs Jones lODeS is represented to have bae said Thi was about the 1st tat of September Mr Rico Rice bad had been bothered with con eon When rh Mr Patrick Patrik brought him sopH tablets Patrick had s said id i he hp da s af after after after had n some himself Two ro days day him ter this Mrs rs Van AlstynE advised to tn eat bananas Mr RH Hire e said aid the ba bananas nand nanas ei ed his c h and I t told ld the doctor The doctor said Mid that Rice Kice having he to would pull pun through The tablets were er taken aken every night until Friday before Mr Rice died He Ht may have bave taken more if he did I kik w nothing of it it The last JaM time I saw san him lIm take them was Wednesday or Thursday before his death Friday night Rice fretted worried and grieved about ni is business in m general speaking Of the Ute Galveston flood and other things He lie wa wu afraid that Patrick had got him into some BOme clutch dutch by bv which he lie would J Jose se the most of his property He Be ed and anti cried like a woman in hysterics until 2 o clock that morning and ami then fell feH off ft fr into a sleep until 7 H He slept very little that night and h he sent ent me to Patricks Patrick s house Satur Saturday I day morning and told tol me if I J did not return ceLtics TI it th papers papera he would report to Ute the authorities Patrick was as agi agitated ag and cd said saidI I ft I r want to know noW Rice condition and what he win wilt take a as x r want you to telephone and if it Rice Bice takes take any anT steps tep to notify the authorities ties I want to know if you will be sure care re and telephone me I told Um bits that I would When I went back Rice Bice was waa sleeping When I left Patrick Patricka house beuse i went for the doctor and when beaI I 1 re go returned returned turned Rice was asleep and nd aV ig more was waa said about bout the paper until Sunday morning His mind was wan wn wandering dering doting Sunday morning after he be wok up and he talked incoherently About 11 he had bad improved and aDd be he ask Ilk asked asked ed me about the papers papera He Be asked me mc why I did not DOt get them I told hire that Patrick had bad to in call caU bo bu had not DOt done so V F told tue me to go ant anc see him again him that he be had given him the last warning He Re Retold told wId me to tell it to him in Cha M yrea erne ente of some ome person I went to see PatrIck k and he said the papers were re rein in his bis office omee and that he would get t them and bring them to oto me This Thin was wan about i 1 or 2 He did not do doo doan an o and I went to his house bout about S 2 So o clock He said he be would bring the papers I told Mm to tD Wing String anything he had in the house hau and aIMI he wanted at t to Co know why hy Rice wanted wasted the peL Then follows the story of the final dust dustin mat matin in the murder the administering the anesthetic Jones continued as follows 1 I DeAd Bead When I waked up about f d the morning following Rice tUce death having baving been in the habit of carrying water to him since his sickness I aed ed h him baja m then theu rf K he be wanted water and Pel he did not answer an I took up lila his hand and it was limp and lifeless I at once saw laW that he was either feigning er a r dead I first looked around the house for Patrick and sent Bent for the doctor I told Patrick that Rice was wan either Side sick or dead I asked a ked him Where have nave you been and anti how did you get away He answered I will go out and get the doctor and come com up The doctor and Patrick came together about s 30 or 9 3 o clock The doctor examined Rice Rlee and said be he was wan dead Patrick was then very nervous and excited and he be asked the doctor how bow long Jong he had been dead The doctor replied About twenty twenty ty minutes After the body hart had been laid out Patrick gathered up tip all aU the letters fetters I Iwas Iwas was Wall with him blip and aud had bait as much as a he be heto beto heto to do with that He gathered up two awl aH Ii the HIe meaty em that thai was ru hi tn the trunk The next day he returned return and had w with Uh him bank books and check books He had bad a number of blank chocks checks I r M some me checks that I want you yost to fill 1111 out he said One on C M Swen Swan Swenson Swanson son On lie Sons for One was filled out for on S M Swenson fe Sons one for on the Fifth Avenue Aye Ave A ve venue nue flue Trust company and arid one for on the same company He told me he had the right to cash ca h these checks be before before before fore Rices death became beame known He left at S 30 or 9 and said he would telephone me roe to dictate messages to be sent nt to relatives and aDd Baker and to tell the bank if it called up that the checks were good About 11 1138 30 he be called m me up and said aid Weve made madea a bust of it itHe itHe ItHe He again told me to tell leU the bank that the checks cheeks were all right tight About ten minutes later MX Mi Wallace called up and asked for Mr Rice He asked aed a me if the checks heek were in my mv handwriting ing lug I told him Yes if you send mad it up I w wilt will ill correct it That is how bow he be explained the spelling of the name annie Al AI Abert Abort instead of correctly Then be bf told me to have bave Mr Rice come coma to todie She die he phone I said Very well and lid rang off nit Then I called up Patrick and told him He Ht told tokI me to tell them if called up again that Mr Rice was WM dead Swenson Swen on came to the tel lel And naked asked ked about Rice RIet I told him hiu be he was dead Then he wanted to all about it I told him he had diet att at t 8 o clock oIe k the night before then called me tao up again and said miri These e people have kicked ov over er the traces Jones is Unnerved Nr tr Miller of the firm fina of Hornblower ft A Byrne w was s at the prison On ward in hospital hO ital with Jones for an lIar hoer Jones he be said gid was unnerved and broken He lay layon on his cot and sobbed and nd cried like a child ehUd Mr Miller said aid Jones told him hint that Patrick told him to 10 kill kilt himself as he be led Bod a better op opportunity opportunity to do so than he Patrick Patriek as al there was another man in the cell wi with h Patrick Miller said teens Jenes furth e ea Quoted Patrick as an What ran I do I J have bave two children and lid w what hat will win become me of them in case casel I am tried trient and this is found out Mr osborne was asked a what part parr of the RIce Ric estate Jones had bad ted expected TO pet get t He said eaid Ton Jones told him Patrick had bad assured him bim of being well eared for but had promised nothing more definite The estate Mr Osborne said saidi is i estimated to be worth from 3 to In Mr Osborne was asked if in the event of Jones death his hi confession alon could be used against a Patrick Of course not he replied Some one suggested su that Jones ante mortem statement could be secured and used An statement t said Mr M 1 Osborne made by a third party is of no use It must be made by a party about to die No person knows better than Patrick that in the event of the death of Jones the confession could not be used He is a lawyer He Re knows that dead men tell no tales H Frederick House Moose attorney for Pat Fat Patrick Patrick rick rich and Jones Jo says he be does oe not DOt be believe believe lieve Jones ever confessed conte eed He bases i his belief on what he be says Jones Jone toh tok him bim on Wednesday that he be had bad not ant confessed ed and would not do so he be had nothing to confess |