, 1877-04-09


''sfefas Correspondence n The 1t1ou,e
DEs MONIES. 1h., April U.-ou the 23t1, of
August, 1874, this city waA thrown into cun-
stcs7nfloh by ttlc discovery OF horrible murder
committed during tho night bcforc. About the
10Th Of that month, 1nddlc.agcd a,,tl !lnolook-
lng WOMAN came to the city, nni Mt a hotel
registered rs Ella Barrett. She was 1ashtonably
dressed. and provided with an abur,Iaut yard-
robe and lcwery. She, In few days after,
rented rooms On the corner of L cYenth and
"ntnut street, over Farland'a dry pols store,
ailu lung out q sign rs drcasn,akcr, and lifted
her ROOMS plainly b1t we'll, and, In making pur-
cl'ascss displayed considerable tnoucy,-not
lcss than $500 or $400. afr. Fur1a.,d soon bc-
came convinced That she was not In e1nncuintc III
conduct, aud requested her to yaca to the nrcrn.
is iscs, Which she agreed to do In day or two.
That tlay negro, Bcy Graves, now in tho pcul.
tcttiary for arsoE, cleaned her ro,,n,a: aud. II,
ssttllfg, they hat aotnc woris about Is cents,
arnycs that night satl to Ills wl.to that that
HotlaM would not cheat him again Tue next
aa}S, seslhg er curtains had ot been ri c1 and
duor ut rear stairway III tho storu to iii to ler,
when he l!scorercd. .tllc atairs dsh,p lnr with
ntood Further tnvsssIgatton discov cred tc
q, as, II with n blow of y hatchct.
She had OIL only chcm,sc, ut,} accI mi.
ser-sllocs on her feet, and shawl
arawn tightly around uHcer her arms and over
ot'c shoulder, at"l thrown over her .facc. IIer
e!othluE lal been taken. lIcr trunk brokcn opct,
atu Its cnltents Htrcwn ahlnt the flour, No
money could bc fount thoucl, Bhc Ind quito 4
large sum tile slny be!orc.
Suspicion fastened u,,un Graves, anil lie wa,
afresfeu, US were several 0thCrH, The most
skil1lul detectives OF tho country were employ.
CD to work tho case up but no positive tcsfE-
h1ehy cou!tl lc addnrcl sufficient tp fa6ten the
eric, unsi the matter passed into mystury. In
the meantime, GRAVES was convicteti of arson
ant! aent to thu PentcntIary,-rycryl,ol hers
!Se!inK contldcnt that he knew son,ctb'ng about
"A few days ago, Policeman brennan, who Ina
always s!iolnlalned that Graves was the tnur-
,srer, went to Fort Madson With cunylrt.
S,,t Mhsn i, tIe59 !,, e sa~ e9pytet named Winners
learned t|iat he Knew something about tue BAR
rctt murder, ulll la.l seen ller watcl,-R TOLD
ons[si!,se ,';. tlo murder. pepaty.Wsnlc, Rry-
In Ills sc. lie at ifst ticsl,ed ali, but tlnsliy W re-
pcntcd aud made full confession, whici, was
rsdared to writing. and which fully cotltfrus
she theory OF t4e nlurdcr which was arccptei 1t
Burnett because a'ie wonid not pay iia,
Tor Ills wurk, anl, while uutler Ills
'nine're q liquor, he met licnry lte,1l aad
Andy, .s,y, smith, 6ott! eol9rcd, ant, they drtrr-
mined ot. revenge and robbery. Armed With a
liatct1et, TINT niglt they wont to rear door
an4 rapped.. alrt. barrett c.,tnv down narrow
stairway end asked who vas there, when Grayes
4sWAsut H4CH4''' 4nG Q0oF H48 01l4ne1
slightly, aud, seeing WIN was thorc. sho IT.
tempted tn close Il !; but Grarc, thrust hla foot
ilisltlc, alld he all1 liGlA forced 1t open, when
sirayes struck her In tho head with the atrtrt,
His fell slral Instantly, llu and itsyI4 dragged
Tyr utsta!Es md laid hcr where she wus founla,
Ihoy ttun robbed the apartmcnts,-2nlith
meanwhile standing gual at tho strcct.corncr,
lile 1'attl1ct mud botttu OF whisky they threw
int0 Il Nan'6 yard ~ thsY wriit to Grayes'
ll0lnc.
Tie next step was 10 confirm GFayes' copfcs.
sln a witness was fuuhtl who knew Of this
disposal 0f tho clothing and icWclry. They were
sent tn Hrand Junction by negro, aud tIlerr
Anly Smith received them, By order Ut Graves
scnt BY telegraph Smith took then, to Doone,
where tiley weFa tnrntl over to isedd, except
thu E0ll watch, which Smith Kept. Subsequent.
" tls clothes aud icwclry were sent to 4atitanCn
nVi hct'hus. where smith I.aA GEuco bcelI.
snlft WAS nrrcstetl tluro oa suspicion; and. tbs
daf bcfnEc, The gou watch Wns given to another
peFso!l, who, being afruld to hare It Oh his per.
sou, threw It upon tile ruuf Ut u small house
where It lay until Smiths discharge, when Il
ea!le Into tlls poyScsalon.
Last Monday OElvcr Brennan went 10 HOO
lux. With tile understanding that, II I1c secured
any new facts, he should telegraph them. Ycs-
tcriay afternoon O telegram was received from
him to arrest null hold Resld, whicl. wux done.
W4cn tho uGlycr placed his hand on Ills shoul-
IT, sI.1. Ksa l1sk!Y 'ad ~ suppose it's tAas
II Is aow believed that the eyt1eneo IL cou-
crtt,u upon the guilty parties, VIM hail I'll ont =
bctoto bee's arEesteu. All of then. are uoted
for their Tad character, having been seyerI
tMts eogagcd tp cutting aud stabbtng atlrays,
robbery, etc,
THE boslHsIIELL.