Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-10
DR. GRAVES TRIAL
How He Hopes to Clear Him
 self of the Charge.
OUTLINE OF THE DEFENCE.
Trying to Prove that Several of the Wit nesses Wanted Mrs. Barnaby Dead.

The Worrells'. Bennetts and Other"
 Would Benefit by Her Rsmovai-Ne.IL
 gemce in Caring for the Body aud the
 Secret Autopsy Also Strong Points
 Witnesses for the Prosecution an the
 Stand.
 DENVER, Col, Dec. 10. For two long hours several hundred men and women Sat in a stifling atmosphere and listened to Judge Furman make the openin z statement for the defense in the Graves trial. The Judge declared that Dr. Graves was innocent, but failed to lay bare a single fact that would indicate how he was going to prove his assertion
 Judge Furman denied that the doctor had ever admitted that he sent a bottle of whiskey to Mrs. Barnaby, and he de- nied that he and the unfortunate wo- man were bad friends at the time of her death, but he failed to even mention the manner in which her body was jug gled during the week after her death. Portions of the body lay for days in an ndertaker's office, and although the Coroner was repeatly asked to take them away he failed to do so until the District Attorney threatened to prosecute him. It does not require much penetrati on to guess that the defence will make macn.of this carelessness to clear the doc- tor, for it was carelessness. Then the autopsy was made in private, and why could not arsenic have been introdu ce into it by some of the many persons who handled it before it finally got into possession of the authorities.
 This IS very important point, and Judge Furman in not alluding to it evil dently did not care to expose his hand There was good deal of secrecy ob- served by the Worrells at the time of Mrs. Barnaby's death, and the defen ce has seized on this as a suspicious cir cumstance against them. Judge Fur man indicated in his speech that they knew more about her death than they care to tell. Old Mr. Worrell was bank rupt, and young MT. Worrell wante d her money to use in his real estate spec ulations For this reason, Judge Fur man said, her death would bene fit them, as she had bequeathel l S1O, 900 to Mrs Worreu. the elIer. As indicated by MT. Stevens speech, the entire case will stand or fall on the tes- timony of John Conrad Hanscom, the Pinkerton detective, and the Providence and Boston newspape men. Judge Fur man has 8 very poor opinion of these men. He said to-day that Conrad had purchased the Boston paper and had bought Eastern newspaper men at the rate of $20 each.
 Il There was one thing that Judge Fur man said that will probably have it's ef- feet on the jury, and that was that the Worrells, the Bennetts and old Mr. Hickey, who are important witnesses, are all benefciaries under Mrs. Barna by's will.
 The prosecution opened proceedings by calling George N. Domett, chief stamp clerk of the Boston possoftice. He testified to the time of changing the style of the 15- cent stamps on Feb. g, 1890, and that his office sold the new is sue until July, when they were com pelled to return to the sale of the old is sue
 J. J, D'y nish, the stamp clerk in the Provid office, testified to no import ant faC -a, nd the defense not desiring to cross-examine him, ths court ad- | journed until to-day.