Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-12
DIR. CRATES TANGLED TALES.
He VIII Have Hard Time Straight.
ening Them Out at Denver.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May ll.-Thero is no
longer any mystery about the identity OF the
person who sent the bottle of poisoned whis-
ky to Denver, out of which the late Mrs. Jo-
sephine A. Barnaby drank the draught which
is thought TO have caused her death. When
Dr. Graves returned from tho west after the
death Of Mrs. Barnaby, he was beset by re-
porters and asked all kinds of questions. In
reply TO inquiries whether he knew anything
of the mailing of the bottle of poison he de-
clared solemnly ana emphatiCally that he
knew nothing about it. He had not heard of
the poison until he reached Denver, and was
shocked to Learn that his friend and benefac-
tress had been put to death He was then
asked if he was present at the autopsy, and
declared that he was, aud that he mad aone
all that he could in the matter for the family
and for the local physicians. de was partlc-
ular to impress upon the minds of the news
paper men that he did not know that Mrs
Barnaby was dead until he reached Denver,
altough he had been Informed by wire that she
was in a dangerous condition At the same
time he made d remark that Mrs. Barnaby
was woman Of many aud VIE lovers.
The next morning he was pulled out of bed
by two newspaper men who put him through
a course of questions, aud the result was the
assertion on his part that he had received the
information before he left Providence that
Mrs. Barnby was dead and that he had de-
cided that II was duty he owed to his dead
friend 10 90 to Denver and look out for her
body and her diamonds, which were worth
thousands OF dollars. He was forced &c
admit that on the way 10 Denver, he had
needlessly stopped over at Sterling, Ill.,, and
Cedar Rapids Ia. and that he did this know
ing that the family was anXiOusly looking
for him. He went further 10 say that Mrs
BaTuaby was not a good woman and that she
had been blackmailed by some Of her lovers
and friends. There wa, nothing new CLEAN
ed until it was ascertalned that the stamps
which were used on the fatal package were
of an OLD issue that the only Office in the
New England states where they had been
sold was Providence, and that by accident
that variety of stamp had been sent there
from the poStOfiCe department. Then it was
learned that DR.. Graves had been in the
haOlt OF mailing packages Of medicine here,
and that he had bought freely of all kinds Of
stamps.
In the meantime the Pinkeltou agency had
been called into service and there was begun
a most searching Investigation. Detective O.
4. Hanscom came here from Boston and
went TO work upon the doctor. The Wor-
rails were thrown out of the game and the
doctor was made the objective point He
was called 10 the Barnaby residence and was
| introduced 10 Hanscom as a FREUD OF the
! family. while Hanscom was introduced as
| Charles Conrad, brother Of the sOn-iu-law
! of the murdered woman There were many
conferences at which the soi-dIsaut Conrad
| was a quiet listener, and finally he nut tue
/ question 10 the doctor as TO whether or not
| he had sent bottle Of pure WHISKY 70 Mrs.
! Barnaby which some person in Denver had
| doctored DR. Graves looked at the supposed
| brother-in-law a few minutes aud did not
answer. Finally he said that he would talk
on that subject the following night, which