The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-15
THE CRIMINAL RECORD
THE DAYS TESTIMONY In THE
GRAVES TRIAL.
The Defense Apparently Anxious to
Dispose Of the Fatal Bottle
as Evidence.
The Horrible Work Of the Fiend Who Muir
dered Two Women and Two Children
Near New Smyrna, Fla.
The County Attorney of Barber County
Expresses a Strange Opinion as to the
Veracity of the Citizens of Kiowa
The Trial of Whisky Sellers
Farce-The Son of Cyrus
W. Field Arrested for
Larceny-Notes

DENVER, Dec. 14.-In the Graves trial
that she remembered the arrival of the
deadly bottle at her house. but could not
say that she had seen IT before.
She spoke of the visit to Mr.. WorrelPs
ranch and the subsequent illness of Mrs.
Worrell. Sr., and Mrs. Barnaby after their
return. Mrs. Barnaby had to 60 to bed.
Mrs. Worrell was retiring, and exclaimed,
81 am burning upp' A few minutes later
Mrs. Barnaby was taken sick with the
same symptoms. She told the witness
that she was never so sick in her life, and
added, "Oh, / drank from the bottle too?'
Witnessed asked her where the bottle was
she answered that it was in her trunk.
The bottle was quickly found and placed
on table The next day Mrs Barnaby
appeared brighter The witness asked II
she recognized the handwriting on the
bottle. She said mo" Then the witness
asked her If she suspected Bennett and
she repeated mo" She asked her if she
thought DR. Graves had sent it, and Mrs.
Barnaby was silent. Mrs. Barnaby died
on April 70, last. The witness knew DR..
Graves and saw him first on the Friday
following Mrs. Barnabys death. In
answer to a question DR.. Graves said, Il
suppose she died of a shock" NO" the
witness returned, ''she died of something
more dreadful" and then she sat down
and told him all about the package, and
added that the doctors said that the bottle
must have contained poison.
Upon cross-examination, Mrs. Worrell,
Jr., admitted that the fatal bottle remain
ed in buggy at the livery stable all night
and was not brought to the house until
the next day.
Mrs. Allen, the grandmother of Mrs.
Worrell, Jr., testified to the illness of Mrs.
Barnaby and Mrs Worreli, Sr., and the
symptoms they suffered from. She nursed
Mrs. Barnaby, and one day Mrs. Barnaby
said to her: ooh! keep this horrible affair
still, and don't let it get into the papers. l
will put this in the hands of the best de-
tectives. | am satisfied that some one is
not treating me right. I have no enemies,
but / think that a maid l had does not
likeme She was maid employed at DR..
Graves request"
Witness asked her if there was any one
who would do this. She replied that she
had left Graves $50, 900, and then spoke of
her mothers dying not long before, and
also spoke of her daughters
Mrs. Carrier, mother of Mrs. Worrell, Jr.,
was next called. Her testimony was much
the same as the others, except that she
told how nervous DR.. Graves was when he
called at Mrs. Worrells and how he en-
deavored to avoid meeting any of Mrs.
Barnaby's daughters. She said that when
the funeral party was returning on the
train, Mrs Worrell, Sr., who was present,
complained of feeling i'll. DR.. Graves
offered to give her some whisky, but she
turned away Mortified and said: "Oh!
excuse me-" She admitted that the real
estate firm of Worrell 81 Co. was doing
little business, but she would never enter
tain the thought that they could have
committed such crime, in order to get
the $10,G coo left them by Mrs Barnaby.
Adjourned.