Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10

Dr. Graves Now Tacitly Admits lie
Sent q BJttle Of Whisky,
AFTER STRONGLY DENYING 1T.
He Starts for Denver, Closely Watched by
the Detectives.
he is PRACTICALLY THEIR PRISONER

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE DIsPArcH.l
PROVIDENCE, MAY 9.-The scene in th'
next chapter in the Barnaby mystery Will b'
laid in Denver, whittier all the parties inter
ested In the case have gone to assist the au
thorities iu solving the strange crime. DR.
| L. Thatcher Graves was one o.
the first to depart for thai
city, and it has since. transpired
that he went much against his will. DR..
Graves has gone to Denver TO tell what he
knows about the mysterious bottle. He
thinks that he is not under surveillance, but
he is mistaken. 1t was Hobson' $ choice that
he went to Denver apparently free man,
but every step he takes, every mile he rides,
every walking and sleeping hour will be
under the eye OF detective.
Had he not gone as he did he would in a
few days have travelled West under much
different circumstances. The Pinkerton
men have completely covered the Bosto n
end of the Bsrnaby case to nicely. They
know by whom and when the bottle was
mailed to Denver. They have fixed this
fact so securely that DR.. Graves would be
astonished when he hears what the detec-
tives have to say.
He Sent the Bottle.
w III LIT. draveS return ID frOVluencel
From what is said now, and it comes from
good authority, the chances are that he will
not return in hurry. The Doctor has been
cunningly lured on to tacitly admit that be
sent the bottle, and that when he mailed It,
1t was filed with pure and harmless whisky.
He has, so 1t Is ascertained. taken this as
o cue and has gone 10 Denver to tell that
story. When he tells this to the Coroner's
Jury, then the Pinkerton story will be told.
Then look out for something TO tumble. II
Is declared here to-day that when DR..
Graves lands In Denver he will
practically be under arrest. This
comes from one who has been 10 close
connection with the Conrads and the detec.
tlves all the time. One Of the most sur.
prised men will be DR.. Graves when he sees
o gentleman about B feet 10 inches high,
Weighing 200 pounds, who will, when lie
takes the witness stand, answer to the name
Of orinton 8. Hanscom. Dr.. Graves mot
the gentleman several times last week ut the
Barnaby mansion, and was introduced TO
him hs Charles Conrad, q brother OF John
II. Conrad.
Graves Talked quite Freely
To the supposed Charles Conrad he talked
quite freely, and 10 said 10 have given many
valuable pointers such as detectives look Tor.
Brother Conrad will reach Denver at the
same time that DR.. Graves does, although he
left here ~ hours later than the Doctor, aud
he will register at tho hotol ~ Inspector
Hansoom. Everybody here 10 asking how
DR.. Graves, when he admits the sending of
q bottle OF "straight whisky, 10 going TO
explain the substitution OF the poisoned
liquor which caused Mrs. Barnaby's death.
Now on this particular point there 10 this
interesting feature. When DR.. Graves ar
rived In this city on Monday night, April
20, he was asked II hs knew any.
thing about that bottle OF whisky
W II was then called. His reply
wasi II know nothing st all-nothing,
absolutely nbthIngj / don't know where IL
came from or who sent H." fbe admits
now that bs knows somsthing about tho
NAL Ing Of the package how can he reconcile
the two staiemeDts7
An Indictment In Store.
A,speeial from Denver says. Denver NEXT
week will furnish sensational developments
In the Darnaby case. II may bs premature
10 announne, but " IL more than probable
that IN Indictment will bs brought by the
grand Jury against one OF the parties ut
present On route from the East TO Denver.
Owing 10 the illness Of one Of Its members,
the grand Jury didn't hold session to-day.
u
Mrs Barnaby had been In the habit OF 70.
ceivlng bottles of medicine while travelling.
Some of these were sent TO Denver while she
was here on her way to the Pacific coast,
bat what the medicine was compounded OF
has not been ascertained, or II II has, the
detectives have not made Il public. Some
people might infer that Mrs. Bsrnaby or her
friends might have made q mistake aud
drunk from the wrong bottle, or that the
bottle containing the poison might have
been sent in error, but Superintendent Nc
Parland, OF the Pinkerton agency, who Is
working up the case here on behalf Of her
relations and the Worrells, asserts such: an
idea is preposterous. He says the bottle
she drank from was not a medicine bottle
and he Is positive that the bottle she drank
from was the one received by mail.
A Big Surprise Coming.
However, he says the matter will be
Strengthened. out at the proper time, and
there will be surprise in store for some of
the newspapers which have already pro-
ceeded to act as prosecutors Of the person or
persons they have identified with the
plot. A Madam belmont, clairvoyant and
fortune teller, told story to-day how Mrs.
Barnaby had written to her from the coast,
desiring to know her future. Madam Del
mont replied by warning her of one she
esteemed rs Q friend, and concluded by lore.
telling she would not die a natural death.
Mrs. Fuller, the first nurse called in by
the Worrells. was seen to-day by a reporter.
Her story is sparse and of little value, US far
as she went "When was called in on Tues
day." she said. .''the day after
the ladies were taken sick,
found Mrs. Bnrnaby considerably the
worse Of the two, and that afternoon she
suffered considerable vomiting. 1 was told
the nature of the case and went to work.
Dr.. Holmes took me up TO the residence
with him from his Office. That night, how
ever, wis informed BY Mr.. Worrell that
another nurse would be put in chargs Of