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Tuesday, and in looking: beck over the day's events, neighbors surmised that he had made careful plans for his death last night. They said he had given the Knoxes the name and telephone number of his nephew, and tolcl them to notify the nephew if anything happens to me-When the nephew called at his home Tuesday, lie sent him to the Knox home lo request that they look in on Mr. Jones about 9 p.m. It was believed that Jones died of the bullet wound about 10 minutes before 9 p.m.Baytown police said Jones apparently had held a mirror before his face while lying on his hack in bed. but a pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered above his right ’ear and enrcrgcri above the left.Two notes, one directing that Earthman funeral home be called, and the other ti dressed to Lester Knox, were found on a tabic beside his bed.The murder of Rico was one of the most wicfciy publicized in the nation’s history.Rico was about 84 years old when he was killed while asleep in his New York apartment. He had made wills and written other legal instruments directing that his vast estate bo used to endow the William M. Rice Institute for Advancement of Literature Science and Art.Rice received a charter for the school in 1891, but the death ofDECKERDRIVE IN THEATRE 3*TONITE-PRINCE VALIANT « SAILOR OF KINGIn his court testimony. Jones said he had ’brought about Rice’s death by undermining his health with medicines, some of which were prescribed by a physician and some , by Patrick.He said he met Patrick on the evening of Sept. 23, 1900. snd they went Lo Rice’s apartment where they found him sleeping, Jones said he placed n cone containing a chloroform-soaked sponge over Rice s face and left it there for 30 minutes.Jones returned 1o his home in Pelly and quietly began a new life.’ He lived with his brother, Horace, in the old home of hist j parents just off Travis street until the house burned several yearsago. They then built the big frame house at 200 Travis. He never married. He and his brother wereconstant companions, with Jonesdirecting their business affairs until Horace Jones died a few years ago. .After World War II. Jones began developing the real estate holding which had been in his family. The Jones property also was in the. center of recent oil activity in the Goose Creek oil field. During a brief oil boom three years afjo. six or seven producing wells were located near the old family home-, stead. Although not considered wealth. Jones was regarded *is very well-to-do b\* his neighbors.He was a familiar figure on the streets of Baytown. Chiidrcn in his neighborhood knew him as the old gentlemen who buys us ice cream.1* At Christmastime, be gave the neighborhood children a dollar eachfor spending money.Eccentric in his personal habits, he would not employ servants anddid his own housework, cooking and other domestic chores. After, his health failed, Mrs. Knox provided his meals.Almost stone deaf, and in very serious condition many times in't hp vnch cl ill 4^
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Baytown Sun
Baytown, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 17, 1954
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