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24 Medico-Legal J. 1 (1906-1907)

handle is hein.journals/medlejo24 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CASE OF PATRICK. BY CLARK BELL, ESQ., LL. D., OF NEW YORK, President of the Medico-Legal Society. This case has assumed a most extraordinary position, and at present excites enormous public concern. A brief outline of the latest features will be of great interest. Patrick's conviction and sentence to death, for the murder of Rice, was based on the assumption that Rice's death was caused by chloroform, administered by the valet Jones, at Patrick's suggestion, based mainly upon the evi- dence of Jones, who gives details of the manner in which it was administered in his evidence, of which. we give a. synopsis. Charles F. Jones, who was referred to as Valet Jone% and who was -deceased's sole attendant, testified that on Sunday afternoon, Sep- tember 23, 1900, the day of Mr. Rice's death, the latter insisted upon getting out of bed and sitting by an open window in his undercloth- ing; that he talked for some time and refused to return to bed, but finally arose to go, but could not do so on account of weakness; that Jones picked him up and carried him to his bed; that he seemed dazed and talked Irrationally and that he then went to sleep, lying on his back, and did not ever after change his position; that several hours after, about eight o'clock, Jones took a face towel and wrapped It about his hands in a cone shape and pinned it; that he then In- serted into the cone a small sponge; that he then poured upon the sponge about one and a half or one and three quarters ounces of chloroform; that he then set the base of the cone upon Mr. Rice's up- turned face, covering his face and nose; staying only long enough Presented to the Medlco-Legal Society as a Report on the applica- tion to the Governor for a pardon and temporary Reprieve in the case of Albert T. Patrick, February 17, 1906. Contributed to the International Medical Congress, Lisbon, April 19-25, 1906. Contributed to the International Congress on Criminal Anthro- pology, April 29, 1906, Turin, Italy.

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