| Show I 44 KEPT HISNERVE I 1 j I = flIurderer of Millionaire Rice > I rf ConcludesStory J t ALL DETAILS GOKE OVER I ii He Demonstrated That He Was Emo i I 1 1 tlonProo Talk of the Electric Cuiiit Had No Effect Upon Him He Hnd a luemory Like anAlma I I fSniic and His Answers to Questions f I t Put by Counsel Wcro Phonograph I Like in Their Brevity Patricks 1 t 1t t Defense Will Be aGeneral Denial I 1 r Ii New York April 3 Charlcs P Jones j I who was the valetsecretary to WJHIam r Marsh Rice the aged millionaire who 1 according to Joness confession yesterday t yester-day was murdered by the use chloroform chloro-form In September last finished his sI testimony today on direct examination i in the proceedings before Justice Je 1 4 Tjomc charging Albert T Patrick with J 1I 3 j murder 1 14 The story of the murder and conspiracy 1 J conspir-acy which Jones outJined on Tuesday I ft he today filled In with a wealth ofde ii I tail and with a coolness and nerve c which under the circumstances was almost overwhelming i 1 ANXIOUS FOR JUCHSDEATir t I t 4 VAccorrting to the story or the valet I secretary he and Patrick had drawn i I Up the bogus will and were awaithig I With what patience they could for old 1 1 man Hire to die when a mill burned I 7 I i It down In Texas Itlces connection I there dfeslred to build It and ne SPOKO I i ofadvancing 5100000 or 125000 required re-quired to replace the burned property I Patrick told me to use all my Influence 1 i I Influ-ence with Rice said Jones today not to rebuild the mill as this would P lake out all the ready cash from the estate But Rice Insisted on advancing ti l advan-cing the money and presently authorized ii j i V author-ized a draft for 25000 from one of his I correspondent in Texas l V WANTED EVERYTHING ti l Word of the draft arrived in New York on Saturday and Jones in accordance j i ac-cordance with his compact told f Patrick about It It was only 25000 but according to the valet Patrick felt that he could not spare even that much fi out of the millions that he was already I rpunllng as hid own He then said I tcsll fled Jones < that he would have to I do something to get Rice out of the way before Monday when the draft would arrive II ANOTHER INSTANCE I i r Even more illustrative the caution 1 I and thoroughness of the alleged plot I t conceived aifu carried out by these men was another Instance related by Toner Tone-r The manager of Rices estate in Texas I d man named Cohen was liv the habit of sending to Rice monthly a check mdeTTut In his name for his I salary Rice paid him by signing the 1 chock and mailing H UacR to him When one of these checks came along I and after Rice had signed It and given It to Jones to mail he turned it over I j to Patrick In order that the latter 1 i nlghl practice on Ihe ajgnature J f TESTED THEIR FORGERY II The next check that came from I I Cohort wasgiGued with the forgery of I Rices name and sent along In order by Its passage through the banksjor I Tesfos that they might Test the merit of their forgery The experiment was J I an entlr BUCCSSS and gave them great j I hi Y confidence in the larger forgeries yet to I I I f come There was one point today at which i It was confidently expected Jones would give some sign of emotion It I was even anticipated thac he might I i break down This was when lie was 1 asked about the effort he made ai suicide I sui-cide In the Tombs but expectation was again disappointed I WITNESS EMOTIONPROOF I It was on crossexamination that Jones really demonstrated that he was II I omollonproof Robert Moore went L about the crossexamination In a spirit I of thoroughness that would have dismayed I I r dis-mayed most men Gradually he felt j alongthe outline of Joness story until lie had satlficd himself that there was I I nothing to be gained by patltnt siege J and then attempted to storm Joness I position When he spoke of the killing i of Rice J I he called It murder and lie kept the I electric chair n the mind of the man on the witness stand who answered I everything as calmly and quietly as if the thing was merely a perfunctory rehearsal IL was Impossible tq shake the testimony of the witness lie had I a memory like analmanac andhis re plies wero phonographlike in thfclr I brevity I Perhaps the only point where te at torneys for Patrick even appeared to shake the nerve and confidence of I Jones was when they extorted a state ment from him that he hgpedJjy tell ing his present story toescape the death penalty for murder 1 1 PATRICKS DEFENSE 1 i I t Patricks defense will be a general I ti denial It will not be revealed in de t I tail until the actual murder trial takes 1 place which will probablynot be until I October next Jonesaecording to the cJ ofense was the arohconsplrator and I Patrick was only the Innocent tool of iI thevalet jv |
