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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
1
Charles F. Jones testified in New York that Albert T. Patrick instigated the plan to kill William Marsh Rice. Jones described forged wills and transfers, poisonings, and the use of chloroform to murder Rice, with Patrick directing each step and observing without emotion.
New York April 8 Charles F Jones valet to William M Rice testified at the Patrick trial recounting four men posing as lawyers asking about Rice death and a forged will He described police questioning embalming fluid and mercury traces and the cremation of Rice’s body including his arrest night and related statements by Jones and others in the case
The record notes Jones's attempt to end his life and his statement that Patrick had agreed to kill himself as well, describing a claimed suicide pact at the time of the act.
Kansas City Kansas April 3 crowds opposed Metropolitan Street Railway franchise bills as councilmen and the mayor faced pressure. When the franchise committee backed the measures the chamber crowd surged toward the floor and threatened violence before officials swore against the measure to be released.
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