Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-09
THE GRAVES TRIAL
Case Against the Providence
 Doctor Opened.
ADDRESS OF THE PROSECUTOR.
He Tells How Mrs. Barnaby Was Poi
 soned, and Reviews the Evidence,

No One But the Defendant Could Have
 Any Motive for the woman's Death
 What the Defense Will show-Dr.
 Graves Will Deny Every Accusation-
 His Attorneys Confident
 DENVER Col, Dec 9-The trial of Dr. T. Thatcher Graves, of Providence, R. l., for the murder of Mrs Barnaby was begun before Judge Rising y es terday morning District Attorney L N Stevens made the opening address.
 The courtroom was thronged. Mrs. J. H. Conrad and her sister, Miss Maud Barnaby, occupied SC 8 ts near the defend- ant. Mrs. Conrad wore deep mourning, and during Mir. Stevens speech she showed much emotion. Dr. Graves, dur ing the morning, was composed and smiling, but when court adjourned he seemed tired and disturbed.
 MT. Stevens reviewed the history of the Barnaby family, speaking of the marriage of Jerothum B. Barnaby to Josephine A. Reynolds in 1857, and the birt to them of three children, two of whom, Mrs. John H. Conrad, of Bill ings, Mont, and Maud Josephine, are now alive. Besides being successful in business, MT. Barnaby became promi- nent in politics. He was at one time the Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island, and was for many years a member of the National Demo- cratic Committee.
 The defendant, Dr. T. Thatcher Graves, camo to Providence five years ago and Mrs. Barnaby became acquaint- ed with him through her waShwoman, who also worked in the Graves house. hold. In doctoring Mrs. Barnaby for paralysis pr. Graves gained complete control of her. When her husband di jed in 1889 he induced her to contest the will and to accept as her counsel Col. H. R. Billion, the doctors own legal ad- wiser. The suit was compromised for $105, 900. Mrs. Barnaby made a will, giving Graves $25. 900 and making him her sole executor, without bond.
 The District-Attorney told of how Graves obtained control of the who le property and invested it according to his own wishes; of the trips which Mrs. Barnaby took away from homo by his direction; of her life among the Adiron- | dacks, where she met the Bennetts and where Sallis Hanley was forced upon her as 2 maid, and of the events lead ing up to Mrs. Barnaby's rupture with Dr. Graves and the time when she de- | manded of him tho return of her will, that she might make another.
 MT. Stevens spoke of Mrs. Barnaby's oSdGh III OSuVor1 SO11 1rOn pOlSOl con- tained in bottle sent from the East From the inscription on the bottle, it's contents were supposed to be whiskey. Mr. Stevens said he would prove that the bottle came from Graves, although the latter had tried to throw suspicio on | on the Bennetts.
 After reviewing other events asso- | ciating Dr. Graves with the case, the | District Attorney told how the doctor | admitted to John H. Conrad in Provi | dence that he had sent the bottle to Mrs | Barnaby. Graves had said, however that he had put only whiskey in the bottle and Clat he could not understand how po4 >ol got into it. The same ad- mission was afterwards made to 8 Bos- | ton detective named Hanscom, who had been introduce to the doctor as Con | rad's brother. Graves said he supposed
 he had put 8 moose around his neck, and
 begged Conrad to drop the case.
 In closing District Attorney Stevens said that poison, and compound of
 arsenic, could not have been prepared
 by one without . knowledge of chem l is5ry, and no one in the world but the | de fendaut, he claimed, could have had
 any motive for Mrs. Barnaby's death In speaking of Judge Furman's in-
 tended address, Judge Macon said
 ''The defense have heard tho Govern
 ment's opening with interest. We | were surprised that 1t was not stronger l We shall fight this case to the bitter | end. We will not admit sending a bot
 tic of whiskey, as alleged by Nr. Con
 rad and MT. Hanscom. Dr. Graves will
 positively deny every accusation"