| Show PATRICK IN RICE MURDER TRIAL NEW YORK TORK Feb 19 Charles Charles F. F Jon Jones s continued today his testimony In n the trial of Albert A T. T Patrick accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac of the murder of William M. M Rice Jones was valet and clerk for Rice In his testimony yesterday he referred to an affidavit which he said was shown him by Patrick and which purported to be he signed by Rice Assistant Assistant Assistant As As- District Attorney Osborne called d upon the defence to produce the i affidavit Mr Moore counsel for the thed d defence fence protested that the action of ot I Ithe the prosecution was Improper and Recorder Recorder Recorder Re Re- corder Goff sustained the defence The Assistant District Attorney was was' ur urging ing ng a reversal of this decision when the he Recorder adjourned court and he resumed d his argument today At the clos close of Mr Osbornes Osborne's plea the Recorder Recorder Recorder Re Re- corder ruled that the prosecution might present resent secondary evidence of the exIstence existence ex- ex stence of the affidavit The examination of Jones was then resumed He He was asked to tell what were vere the contents of the affidavit shown shown him him by Patrick He said it was wasa a paper swearing off RIces Rice's person personal l taxes in New ew York on the ground U that at athe he was a resident of Texas Patrick was asked what Jones received and on learning earning that It was 50 a month replied re replied replied re- re re- re plied that he Jones was worth twice that hat mu much h. h Then said the witness Patrick showed him a form of will Offered to Help Him Patrick said he would help Jones if he read law aw and would help make mak a smart man of him The witness said he did not believe this The form of will submitted by Patrick said Jones Jones- purported purported purported pur pur- ported to leave all the property of William William Wil Wil- liam ham M. M Rice to Albert T. T Patrick I asked Patrick what he was going to do with it Jones said He told me if I 1 would typewrite it he would see about the signing of the witnesses I 1 Isaid Isaid said I would help helD him Wm I 1 wrote it for him The defendant took it away He said it would not do and he would have haveIt It rewritten at his office Patrick asked if Mr Rice had made any other will and arid I told him yes I I. I said I 1 had seen It and knew where it was kept I 1 got it for him the will of 1896 He said he did not think it right for Mr 11 Rice Rice to leave so little of his property to his relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives and so much for charity I 1 agreed with him Patrick Was Confident Patrick told me we ought to get the same witnesses to the new will that had signed the will of 1896 Palmer 1896 Palmer and Wetherbee of Swansons Swanson's bank He said all the heirs under the 1896 will would get more under the new I 1 told Patrick he was as talking too much for hi himself and that he would never get such a will probated Patrick said Nonsense all the relatives get more than in the 1896 will and they will wm all employ lawyers to get my will probated pro pro- bated Replying to questions b by Mr 1 Osborne the witness said the will of 1890 was Continued on Page 6 V Valet let Accuses Patrick Continued From Page 1 submitted to hl him in in a dozen different forms before it finally took its present form Patrick and he talked over it and sometimes they would change it Another Offer of Bribe Patrick said he would give gie m me me anythIng anything any any- thing I wanted the witness said to help the thing through I objected ted ed to tob b being ing a witness to the will and to havIng hav having hav ing to swear to ta to the signature but I agreed to help get the i will probated It I was decided that I should not be a bere i bene-i because the heirs might make a claim of undue Influence One of the forms of the will wi we discussed made methe methe me rae the heir instead of Patrick Patrick wanted to get the 1896 will wl witnesses for the new flew Jew one e. e We therefore therefore therefore there there- fore called on on n Mr Rice Rie to get some money to take up a mortgage on Texas property He was not successful and andI I thought it a good chance to get hold of him as a witness winess while he was suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from his disappointment I called caled up Patrick on the telephone and told him about It P Patrick trick s suggested that I call cal on Mr Wetherbee e and sound him again I called caled on Wetherbee and told him that Mr Rice woke up dopey dopey at times and that on such occasions occasional I could get him to sign anything I s said ld if he would get a a. will wi made naming himself as executor I l could get it signed Refused to Go Into Scheme What did Wetherbee say asked the assistant district ator attorney y He said it would be like cutting off of his own head He said he would like to tobe tobe tobe be executor of a a. big estate like Mr 11 Rices Rice's but that he would not riot go into such a scheme as that Did you tell tel Patrick about that In Interview Interview interview In In- Yes and he told me not to bother with wih Wetherbee any more He said th that t the he could get one witness ines and I would have to be the other I objected that I could not be a wI witness and a beneficiary beneficiary bene bene- but he said that difficulty could be gotten over A few days later some some sometime sometime time in January 1900 he told me David Davd L. L Short and Morris Meyer would serve as win witnesses |
