Trail for Murder of Millionaire Rice.

Wa takß the following particalarn of this case, as to wnich wo have lud aeveial Ckbte nieasagt's, from a Ntw York pap^r SitiCti tbetunday ev-?ii«.g m flepiember last vh<-n Wiilbm M*r^h Rioe died startling developmeutu bitvs fallowed fast upon each other. They btgati the next aoorning, and the cud "v not m t-ight Death ah»ost seeued a blussiug to the loiiflf, feeble old man. : He was 84- Ipeevlsh, ailing. Bns^ioious, unhappy. In spite of hi.B 10 000,000 dollars t-u.ui>e 5 not a single reiadve or friaiid paid any attention to him, and he lived io t-eo'uHion Itt his. bare, unattractive hpartmento at Ko. 500, Mac'isoa Avenue, with his v»l«t •1 joang Texan whom he had p ck d up m Hoaetoa, .aloae to keep h:m oouipany It waaas forlorn, lonely and solitary a life 6a well might be imagined, Tlii poor old man dsxmed through his days, worrying about hh oaooey »ffur». He troeted no oeb appaiemly, nou even Jones,:.^rbo%-besides performing the aer vioea of a vaiub for him, was his com' panion and bi cratary aa well. He had many strangely marked ecoentrioideß. For ooe thing, he did hla owk cooking. He had a range m hie apartment and ■pent a good pa-t of the day preparing lib meald. Ho was a hearty eafcer and frequently ate things that didn't agree With hlia. It is Bald that he cooked for himself because he feared poison. Heal c did his own sewing. He kept ft comp'eie outfit far needlework always mt hand and ho wed on all his buttons and did hid own mending The old man had come to New York to end his day'B A lawsuit over hi* entate Jn IVX4B had drivi n him'here. Hla far tone which had been made m gamhling, he made m Texas aa the result uf his ifamarkable energy and resoatse. He wen!) there m 1838 from Palmer, Mass, when he was born. H« was a hardy young NaW Eogiiaher then, just suited to tha raehing new State. Ha made money fast. When tha war c&mo ha piled up a fortune ia the ooMnn trade. He weno over the ii:e into Mexico and got cotton through the blockade, making a large profit on it. Af;er lbs war he became one of the foremost men of Texas. He con ceived the projsot of the Houetan and Tex*B Contral Railroad, one of the biggest) railway liaes of tin State. He financed the road. Hia home w&s m Houston, now the largeot oity of the S'ato, and tie ?waa said to own half the city. He was interested ia nearly nil the big enterprbes m the Bute. Before he left [flounton he met Jones. The lonely old man was living at the C*pitol Hotel which he owned. Jones was employed there »b general utility man. H? wrw ft ■trapping youog fellow, fresh from the country. He seamed moat obliging ano ioteSligant. Hq performed many little •ennoaa »bout Ihe hotel fir the old man. He Oftught Brae's fancy, who to^k an in terest m him. When he came to New York Rice brought Jones with him ai hiu valet, Jonee made a favour ible impresaton on all. Be wat a mild-mannered youth of 23 when he lefbTfiftß, uaitftvelied, with little or no education, and seemingly devoted to his benefactor. Jonea w«e unassertive, galways quiet and agreeable. He was powerfully built and of fine igure; clean shaven, with high cheekbones, brown eyes and tight, thin Hp 3. Hta face was religious. Rioe and Jones came here ix> 1897, aad went to live at No 500, Madiaon Avenue. There they had little company, asd the old man grew to depend upon the young man he had brought from the country very largely for iooiety. Except when Mr Rce would b® o%llad down town on basinese the two would remain is the apartments re&diog. When R.C9 fe Itrok laaS September Jo^ps oursed him. Dr Walker Curry, of No 23, Bast sixty first street, was called m and pre scribed for Rioe. It was through Lawyer Alberb T Patrick thab Dr Curry was called. Patrick hart mtst Jone% the va,let, more than B year before, and ths two had te^ome friends. Just how close the relations of Fat rlek and Rice wen is one of the matters lefr, m doubl-. P*trick, however, had known R'ce m Houston. He had been engaged as counsel by the relatives of Mrs Rice, who were left ifgioieß m her wi!!. In thiß way he opposed the millionaire m the suite, upon which the millionaire felt very strongly, Patrick had m^s efforts to compromise the will case for 250,000 dollars bub owing tn tha Ftrong opposition of G*p*airt J H Baker c Rice'a Houston counsel, the oomprc mi'-q was never reached: For a year before Rice's death Patrick and Joneo had seen e^ch other often. J ns visited Patricks «ffiioe and Patrick called on Jons* at Rice's apartments. It ia a O'leabion whe'her Patrick saw Rice on those viests or not- Mr Osbnrne will oontond that he did n«>, while Patrick will fry to prove that the visits were made iv the capaciry o; legal ad»ioer 60 Rica. Rioe died at ha'f pasta eight m the evening itf September 23. Jones was alone with him at. the time* Ho telephoned to Patrick and senb ft boy for Dr Curry. Both came' logethen Dr Curry wbh not surprised to Had h 8 patient dead. It aeemed quite ths natural ending. Hi gave a certificate ascribing death to natural oaueei. Undertaker Plow right wm called m and embalmed the body. The embalming w&& against Rice's wish expressed before death. No one el«e aallad at the Rioe apartment that evening. No telegrams were s*nt announcing the old nmn'e death* It was not until next morning, when a young man presented two cheques signed by Rice m favour of Patrick, ooe 25,000 dollar?, the other for 60,000 at the office of 8 W Bwen son and Bona, No 15, Wall street, Rice's bankers, that the first suspicions were ttroased. To the bank officials the transaction looked queer, e,nd Rice'a honoe telephone was rung up, Joees answered. When atiked to call Mr Rice to the telephone! ha e&id Rice was sleeping, and he did not like to wake him. When called ag&in a few minutes later he informed the bankers that Rico was dead. Then the police wers notified and detectives pun on the owie From this point the law took a band and ths arrest of all concerned followed. The plot to got Rice* millions, his murder, Pat rick's machination!), have all been dieolos? d by Y»lfftiJoQos m the hearing; Before hiß arrest Patrick stood fairly weli »fj the bar. He was not greatly puccassful. He oooopied a amall office at No 275, Broad way, which ha shared with two other lawyers. It hue be en said since his arrest that he was given to sharp practices, and th»t) he did not st*nd very high m Texas before coming hera. There he tried to have a lawyer disbarred, and was roundly rated by the judge. He visited the YM.C.A, thren times & week aed was constant) m his ohurch attend* Bnc i _ mm _mmmm „ ...„-,

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