Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-29
THE POISONING MYSTERY.
Strange Stories Told BY Mrs. Barnaoy
Friends.

PHILADELPHIA. April 2s.-Mrs. Ed.
ward S. Worrell, the surviving victim OF
the mysterious poisoning Tragedy III
Denver, arrived here last evening.
Mrs. Worrell has almost entirely re-
covered from the effects OF the poison,
being now able to take solid food. she
said:
1--WE have not the slightest idea
where the poison came from, only that
IL was postmarked Boston. The writ
ing was not familiar, but from the sem
tence. Friends in the woods, Mrs.
Barnaby thought it might possibly be
from Mr. Bennett. But in connection
with the poison we had not the slightest
idea that it came from Mr.. Bennett.
Regarding the stories OF unpleasantneSs
I'm the family over the fortune OF the
father and husband, l can say that
there was none. The mother and her
daughters were reconciled and the dis
tribution Of the money agreed upon.
"In reference to story about Mrs
Barnaby leaving her lawyer $500 In
her will, and cutting him of because, in
response TO her request that he send her
maid, he sent his mistress, and she,
discovering the deception, Indignantly
discharged the girl and destroyed the
clause in her will giving him $4,000,
there is this to say: There is no lawyer
in the case. Mrs. Barnaby had told N.Y.
self and others that she had left $50, 900
in her will to her physician and adviser,
DR.. II. Thatcher Graves, and last fall
sent to him, asking for a maid. He
recommended young woman from
Boston, who was employed by Mrs.
Barnaby while she was at Blue
Mountain Lake, in the AdirOndacks,
but who, proving unsatisfactory. was
discharged, and Mr.. Graves was ad-
viSed by note to settle all accounts with
her. There does not seem TO be the
slightest thread by which to connect
this young woman with the affair. It's |
a very mysterious crime, and we cannot |
imagine a motive for its perpetration.
Mrs Mabel Conrad, the daughter OF
the dead woman, occupied StaterOOm |
In the Pullman attached to the Atlantic |
express, and was very much proStrated.
She would not attempt to connect any
one with the crime, because she could |
not imagine a motive, and was really In
too nervous q condition to talk about
her mothers death.
A dispatch from Providence. L. l.,
says: DR.. Graves arrived last night in
charge Of Mrs Barnaby'S body. He was
very angry because OF a bogus message
sent to his wife, as he SupposeS, by some
newspaper people, in order to extort in
formation from her in his name. He
says he knows a great deal about the
plot to murder Mrs. Barnaby, and will
say something startling at the proper
time. If he can find the man that sent
the bogus message he will horsewhip
him.
Mrs. Hickey, an old servant OF the
Barnaby'S, says Mrs. Barnaby very rare
ly touched whisky, even as a medicine
and the stories about her drinking in the
woods are falSehoodS.
Mrs. Barnaby's maid last summer in
the Adirondack'S was Miss Salie l.
Hanley. She says that she does not
know of any one who ever sent Mrs.
Barnaby presents or packages.
DR.. Graves says he did not believe
Mrs Barnaby would leave him any
money and he could have had no motive
for wishing her dead. On the contrary,
he was getting a good salary from her
for acting as attorney and adviser dur
ing her life.
w. II. Ashley, OF Fall River, Mass.
an executor Of the late j. b. Barnaby's
will. says he signed check for $50, 900
on March 16, for Mrs. Barnaby, and
paid the money to DR.. Graves as her
agent.