The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-22
PROSECUTION RESTS.
The Barnaby Trial Halfway
Through.
GRAVES HAPPY THIS MORNING
He Thinks the Testimony of Detective
Hanscome Helped Him-John II. Con-
rad ON the Stand This Morning-The
Barnaby Securities Negotiable.


daughter of the late Mrs. Barnaby, Mr..
Conrad her husband, and Detective Han
scom Of Boston testified for the prosecu-
tion In the Graves murder trial here yes
terday afternoon. The cold weather and
the snow had the effect of keeping some of
the regulars away from the court room.
Orrin M. Hanscom Of the Pinkerton
agency In Boston testified that on the
night Of May s, 1891, he was introduced to
Or. Grayes, at the Barnaby house as
Charles Conrad.
The doctor did not state that he knew
the cause Of Mrs. Barnaby's death before
be arrived in Denver. When he got word
of Mrs. Barnaby's death, his wife advised
him TO go to Denver and look after her Ell
fects On the way out he stopped at two
cities in Illinois, and this delayed him in
getting here until Friday. He was asked
II Mrs Barnaby had an enemy who would
be likely to send her such q bottle. The
doctor replied that il was his opinion tnat
IL was one of Mrs. BarnaDy's blackmailers
who sent her the bottle to make her sick,
adding that IL any one wanted to use that
which would cause death and leave no
trace.
On the fourth night the witness was
called into the room, and the doctor, pull
ing his chair up in front OF Hanscom,
said: viii you give me your word as a
Conrad not to refer to this matter in
court of justice :"
DR.. Graves said: II sent Mrs. Barnaby q
bottle Of whiskey. When it left my hands
II was a bottle OF pure whiskey."
The next night DR. Graves was asked to
sign paper to the effect that he had sent
the whiskey to Mrs. Barnaby. He de,
clined to do SO, saying that he had denied
to his wife and mother that he had sent
confession now. He had been so shocked
by the death of Mrs Barnaby that he
could not tell them what he had done.
In cross-examination, the witness said
that about the last of April he was EN-.
ployed to look up the guilty party, Col:
Winship mentioning DR.. Graves, as well
as the Worrells, as a suspected party.
The witness did not recall that Mr.. Con-
rad said that he believed that the Wor-
rells sent the whiskey. Mr.. Hanscom
further said that DR.. Graves repudiated
wholly the sending of the bottle on Mon
day night.
rad reply to something that the doctor had
said In this way IN follow you as long
as live, and after my death will leave II
to my children"
The last thing he heard them say was
when Mr.. Conrad said that man had
been produced who saw the package
mailed. to which DIR. Graves said: THAT
Is id lie.n
John Conrad, the son-in-law of Mrs.
Barnaby, next testified to the occurrences
in Providence related by the previous wit
ness. DIR. Graves was treated with the
greatest consideration. The doctor was
asked who he thought had killed Mrs.
Barnaby. First he said it was the Ben
netts; then he made reference to red
headed Irishman" who was blackmailing
Mrs. Barnaby. He knew that she had
paid blackmail. he said, for he once drew
$500 in currency for her for tnat purpose
In the doctors opinion, the bottle was
sent merely to make the old lady sick
that she might be more easily bled the
next time
The doctor always said that he never
had much faith in the Worrells, and that
the elder Mrs. Worrell was coarse wo-
man.
The witness here corrobcrated Detective
Hapscom to large degree. The doctor
wanted Conrad to sign paper and pub
lish it, applauding him for his care Of
Mrs. Barnaby's, estate, which he refused
to do Then when Hanscom left the room
DR.. Graves said to the witness: Now,
Mr.. Conrad, you take your wife home to
see her babies, and when you get there tell
her that DR.. Graves sent q bottle OF whis-
key to Mrs. Barnaby, and that IL was good
whiskey when l sent it," Conrad asked
that he might call his brother in and tell
him. DR.. Graves refused to do so, saying
that he would blow out his brains first.
Then Graves jumped up from his chair,
wheeled the sofa to the middle of the room,
looked under it, behind the window dra-
peries, raising the window shades and tap
ping on all the panes OF glass TO see that
the windows were closed, and said:
am afraid of those Pinkerton men, you
never can tell when one Is near you. did
send that bottle. might as well go to
hell by one road as another"
The witness said that he would follow
up the murderer of his wife's mother to
his death, and after his death he would
leave it to his boy to follow.
DIR. Graves said that II anything was
said outside about this matter-that of
the admission Of the sending of the bot
tle--he would dig up scandal ten feet
deep.
Mrs Conrad identified the the follow
ing letter as having been received by her
last April;
$50 BENEFIT STREET,
PROVIDENCE, X. l., April ~, 1891.
Mrs. Conrad:
Madam-Upon my return 20 Providence.
found that my wife had been decoyed away by
bogus telegram, under great excitement.
IuSucu W tuc tticSIhpu W NlIc hti W it-
turn. Hardly knowing what | did in my dis
tress Of mind, ] was betrayed into saying some
indiscrcct words, which were said in the heat
Of my anger. To my horror, found columns
Of stuff I'm the papers purporting TO emanate
from me, all of which, with the exception of a
few words, we're a tissue OF lies, entirely made
up by reporters. Had willfully spoken them
i should have been wicked, cowardly man
but, thank heaven, i did not speak what has
been attributed TO me.
l desire you 10 understand my feelings re-
garding this matter. It is impossible To fully
explain all the circumstances which caused
my indiscretion In this letter.
III Mr.. Conrad will only communicate with
me and will appoint an interview at any hour,
day or place, will meet IT,
] came, as appointed, at III o'clock 10 your
house the day Of your arrival, but could not
obtain any answer 10 my repeated ringing Of
the door bells.
I have the honor 10 remain very respect
fully, your obediant servant.
THATCHER GRAVES.
The interview referred TO was one had
by Charles T.. Lincoln concerning which
the latter testified yesterday morning.