Show I HOW RICE l AsSLAIN r I Secretary and Valet of a New York Millionaire Million-aire Describes How Murdered 1 t r 4 > His Employer S J i 1 S 5 H L J 1 n f r > v Remarkable Recital in Which Was LaidBare the Detailsof r arrAl leged Subtle Conspiracy Which Had forI is Object t the Seizure S of Millions in Cash Securities and Real Estate to the Uses of Alleged Chief Conspirator t S r New York April Without the slightest quaver In his voice and displaying dis-playing no outward sign of regret or remorse Charles F Jones secretary and valet to the late William Marsh Rice today confessed under oath that he had ended the life of his employer and benefactor with chloroform The confession was tho climax of a remarkable recital In which was laid bare the details of an alleged subtle conspiracy which had for Us object the seizure of 53000000 In cash and negotiable nego-tiable securities and three millions In realty to the uses of the alleged l chief conspirator PLOT FROM ITS INCEPTION The selfconfessed murderer told the story of the alleged plot from Us Inception In-ception The capital crime he committed ted and all the minor offenses that preceded pre-ceded It were he declared at the instigation In-stigation and direction of Albert T Patrick I was Patrick he said who conceived the Idea of forging a will and forging transfers and conveyances I was Patrick who induced two persons per-sons to witness tho forged signature I I was Patrick who determined that Rice should die and it was Patrick who sought to have him killed slowly and then becoming impatient determined upon quick action According to Jones i6markable a it may seem Rice never knew Patrick during his lifetime and neer saw him but once NEVER MADE A BREAK Jones looked straight Into the eyes of Assistant District Attorney Osborne and told his story without a break without a tremor In his voice He described de-scribed his approach to Rices bed with the chloioformbaturatcd napkin In his hand of placlngit over the face of the sleeping old man oC the Illght from the room of tho weary wait of thirty minutes min-utes In accordance with Patricks alleged al-leged instructions At the expiration of the halfhour he returned and found Rice dead He then threw open the windows to free the room of the odor of chloroform telephoned tele-phoned to Patrick that Rice was dead sent for a physician and then after expressing ex-pressing his grief at the loss of so good and kind an employer he said he went to bed and fell Into 3 sound sleep STORY OF THE MURDER Joness story of what took place on the day of the death 11 Rice follows fol-lows I saw Patrick at his house said he He told me to let him know If Rice grew better He would then get from his ofilce a bottle of oxalic acid he said 1 to qillckcn Rices nerve Rice got hotter hot-ter and about noon he wanted to getup get-up He talked cheerfully about going downtown and seemed much Improved Im-proved Jones said he could not get Rice to take the oxalic acid He then t telephoned Patrick to meet him at luncheon at a restaurant tin Sixth avenue aVe-nue near Fiftieth stieet I met him there Jones continued Patrick gave me the bottle of chloroform chloro-form He told to me saturate a towel In chloroform and leave It over his face for about thirty minutes He said Rice I would probably laugh but that I should not be scared as that would only show that the poison was beginning to work and that It would be soon over VICTIM CHLOROFORMED 1 did as Patrick told me I returned home took n napkin and saturated I with chloroform 1 put it on my own ace first and then put it over the face tit Mr Rice and left 1 tho room I walked f JvVUJAnd down In the hall several times The bell rang several times I did not open the door Finally after about half an hour I went Into Mr RIcen I room I raided the window took the t itankinrund towel away from his face 1 l and placed them bothIn the range where I burned them I sent a hallboy for Dr Curry tell ing him that Mr Rice was very bad I went to the telephone to t l Patrick that Rice was pretty near gone When Dr Curry came Patrick was with him I told them Rice was dead Dead Oh my God doctor that is the worst thing that could have happened to me said Patrick PATRICK NOT DISTURBED Patrick J accused by the witness of being the archcilmlnal listened to the witnesS with attention and occasion ally mode notes of the testimony Not even the remarkable witness on the stand was more cool calm and collected collect-ed than this remarkable prisoner Patrick Pat-rick hand was firm and steady He displayed neither anger fear nor resentment S re-sentment Yhen Jones reached the description de-scription of the murder of the sleeping man Patrick merely stroked his beard and leaned back In his chair appar cathy slightly bored by the recital of S the details Court closed with Jones still on the stand Patricks medicine chest was seized today at his late lodgings and Is now torney In the keeping of the District At |