Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-28
htNS BI ltLt6RAPh.
 From All Quarters. THE POISONING TRAGEDY Interesting Story of the Surviving Victim. 4 VILLAGE WIPED OUT BY FIRE. The British Advance Upon
 The Manipuris. EXERCISES AT THE TOMB OF GRANT. Two Chilian Insurgent
 Vessels Sunk.
EXERCISES AT THE TOMB OF GRANT.
THE BARNABY POISONING CASE

THE BARNABY POISONING CASE. Arrival of the Surviving Victim at
 PhiIadelphfa Her Story of the
 Afair-what Dr. Thatcher Says
 The Body of the Victim Detained at
 Jersey City.
 PHILADELPHIA, April 27-Mrs. Edward s. Worrall, the surviving victim of the mysterious poisoning tragedy in Denver, whereby the wealthy widow of Millionaire Barnaby of Providence, lost her life, ar. rived in Philadelphia on the Atlantic ex- press this afternoon The train also brought with it the remains of the un- fortunate Mrs. Barnaby, which was ac- companied by her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Conrad of Billings, Mont, and nephew, MT. Clark of Boston, Mass. Mrs. Wor- rall states that she has almost entirely re- covered from the effects of the poison, being now able to take solid food The body of Mrs. Barnaby was taken on to Providence.
 Before the Worrall family left for Ches- ter, Mrs. Warrall said: ''I think portions of this unfortunate occurrence have been very much exaggerated. It has been just two weeks to. day since we took the fatal stuff which Mrs. Barnaby thought was whisky. On that day we visited the ranch of my son, Edward, near Denver, and when we arrived at his home in the city we were both very tired. disrobed and got into bed and Mrs Barnaby said:''I think some of that whisky will relieve our fatigue" She poured some out in a glass and handed it to me. Then she took Q small portion herself. I took a mouthful and the strange. sour taste caused me to remark "what vile stuff this is" Mrs. Rarnaby was slipping her portion. Hardly had I swallowed that contained in my glass when I was taken violently i'll with convulsions and vomiting Mrs. Barnaby was attacked moment la ter The doctors were summoned and worked with us nearly all night I was in from o'clock until 2. Early the next morning we were pronounced out of dan ger. Mrs. Barnaby caught slight cold on the following Friday and congestion of the lungs caused her death. I was still in a serious condition. We have not the slight est idea where the poison came from, only that it was postmarked Boston. The writ ing was not familiar, but from the sentence, ''friends in the woods," Mrs. Barnaby thought it might possibly be from MT. Ben nett. But in connection with the poison we had not the slightest idea that it came from MT. Bennett. Regarding the stories of unpleasantness in the family over the for tune of the father and husband I can say that there was none. The mother and daughters are and have been reconciled and the distribution of the money decided upon. In reference to a story about Mrs. Barnaby leaving her lawyer $50, 1000 in her will and cutting him off because, in re- sponse to her request that he send her a maid, he sent his mistress and she discov- ering the deception indignantly discharged the girl and destroyed the clause in her will giving him $50,000, there is this to say: There is no lawyer in the case. Mrs. Barnaby has told myself and others that she had left $50, ,0O0 in her will to her phy- sician and adviser. Dr. H. 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, prov ing unsatisfactory, was discharged and Dr. Graves advised by note to settle all ac- counts with her. There does not seem to be the slightest thread by which to con- meet the young woman with the affair.
 "It is very mysterious crime and we cannot imagine motive for it's perpetra- tion."
 Mrs. Mabel Conrad, daughter of the dead woman, occupied stateroom in the Pullman car attached to the Atlantic ex- press and was very much prostrated. She would not attempt to connect anyone with the crime, because she could not i'm ooiy,a O pontixrn or1 rao11xy vous condition to talk about her moth CTS death.
 DR. THATCHER's STORY.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 27.-Dr. T Thatcher Graves, who accompanied tht remains of Mrs. Josephine A. Barnaby from Denver, arrived in this city this even | ing, the body having been detained il Jersey City. Such statement as he wa | willing to make does not throw any ligh upon the mystery or express any opinioI l upon it, although it affords an explana ! ton of his movements and his relations l with the deceased. He avoided querie which would involve him in definite ex planation and promised full statemen l after the conference which is to be held a the Barnaby mansion to omorrow. He sait | he arrived in Denver on Monday fol lowing the dispatch he received ol Sunday to the effect that Mrs. Bar naby was i'll. He knew nothing Of tn cause of her illness prior to his departur from this city, but supposed it was 8 re currence of paralytic trouble. When h. arrived in Denver and was informed a Mrs. Worrall's that she had died from al senical poisoning he was terribly shocke
 and could not believe it. When the re
 suit of the analysis of the contents of tn
 bottle was made known by the chemis
 and the fact was established beyond doub
 measures were promptly taken to plac
 the police authorities in possession O
 everything that would tend to aid them i their investigation. Dr. Graves said: fM
 delay in reaching Denver was caused b
 missing train in Chicago. It is not tru
 that the body was brought from Denver bt
 fore & post-mortem examination was hel
 for all the forms of law were compile
 with. Prior to Mrs. Barnaby's departu1
 for the west she told me that she intende
 to remember me in her will. I regarde l it as joke for the reason that the famil,
 as well as myself, knew that she had
 mania for making wills and humored he IT think she has made at least tw
 wills in the west, but have nevt
 seen them or any instrument (
 the kind she has executed. The new | papers, l hear, have been treating n
 shamefully, and until I have learne
 what they have said cannot defend m
 self. In justice to myself l want to as
 what motive could have in desiring MT
 Barnaby's deatha She was paying me
 generous salary for my services as her a
 torney and confidential advisor, and n
 relations with the family were of the mo
 agreeable character. I had never believe
 that she intended to remember me in h.
 will, hence could have no motive in h
 death"
 Questioned regardig the motive for u
 deed, he said: "My investigations ha'
 brought to light certain things which m,
 tend to unravel the mystery. At present
 am compelled under my pledge to the d t tectives and the family to remain silen s Bennett, in whose family Mrs. Barnaby vi . . tied at Saranac lake, Dr. Graves declar' F to be drunkard and shiftless, irrespo 2 sible fellow. He declined to speak of Be 'I nett any further, but wished it stated tn U every dollar of Mrs. Barnaby's could r turned over to the proper authorities wi E E the vouchers within ten minutes. Aft
 the family conference, the doctor says,
 will be prepared to make statement f
 the press ifdeemed advisable.
 d OTHER CASES OF POISONING.
 DENVER, April 27.-The death of MI
 Barnaby of Providence, R. l., causes