The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-28
DR.. GRAVES REFRESHED.
He Looked Rested This Morning After
Saturdays Ordeal,
But FURMAN WAS SOBER.
And Judge Macon Remained Away-Dr.
Graves Recalled for Further Cross-Ex-
animation Evidence VIII All be In
To-Day-The Jury Gets the Case Thurs.
day.

DENVER, Dec. 2s-Probably no man
was ever submitted to more merciless
ordeal on cross-examination in a Colo
RADIO Court than DR. Graves suffered on
Saturday. That the prisoner suffered an
guish of mind and body there was little
question. For seven hours he endured
the fire of District-Attorney Stevens
cross-examination without a moments
respite until the fatigued witness begged
the court twice for an adjournment that
he might have rest
Court, jury and spectators listened TO
the cross-examination of DR.. Graves in
astonishment His lawyers, too, could
not conceal some surprise. The answers
the accused gave were very frequently a
fat contradiction to what he had stated in
the direct examination to Mr.. Furman.
Yet while he admitted enough to demon
strate that he has a most defective MEM
ory, is not self-controlled has been hol-
low pretence in a good many things i'm his
career and that he is not the possessor of
claimed for him, he did not confess
TO anything OF "A direct bearing upon the
transmission of the fatal bottle.
The mere fact that he appeared to so
much disadvantage, and to show such an
utter lack of business acumen, might
who might believe him too uncalculating
to devise and carry out the murderous de-
sign that ended Mrs. Barnaby's life
When District Attorney Stevens picked
out of Graves the first admission that he
had talked with the newspaper reporters
and had asserted that Mrs. Barnaby had
had many lovers, some of whom were
vile, Judge Macon sat back in his chair,
seized his cane in both hands and looked
at the doctor in astonishment. Then he
got up, went to the clerks office, put on
his hat and coat and left the court house
altogether He did not return during the
day, and the plea of illness was advanced
to excuse his disappearance.
DR.. Graves version of his management
of Mrs Barnaby's financial affairs is vari-
ously commented on. The question is
asked why 81, 900 was loaned 10 his brother
in law, &. w. Royce of Boston, in Jan. IL
last, and what the 5000 deposit on March
II was for.
He at first thought that he had received
that sum from either the trustees or from
some other source on the latter-named
day. But it is in proof that no such sum
was paid by the trustees. and that Mrs.
Barnaby was not in receipt of such sum
from any other source on that date. The
government insist that he was making an
outside loan. The other strange admis-
sion was that about this time the doctor
drew $4,000 from the bank, exhausting
Mrs. Barnaby's deposit there, and depos-
tied il at another bank in his own name.
Dst.-Atty. Stevens will continue his
cross-examination of DR.. Graves for an
hour to-day, and when the defendent has
left the stand, Mrs. Graves and her mother
will testify. Mr.. Stevens will dismiss
them with but few interrogatories. and
may offer a witness or two in rebuttal
The evidence will be i'm by tonight, pos
sibly by noon, and the chances are good
for the arguments TO begin either in the
afternoon or at the night session.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted
to the closing arguments, and Thursd sday
the case will be given to the jury.
To-Day's Proceedings.
DENVER, Col. Dec. 2s-When court
opened this morning DIR. Graves looked
refreshed after his severe ordeal of Satur-
day. Col. Ballou was sad looking and
Furman sober. Judge Macon remained at
home and was said TO be sick. Graves in
formed his friend Dalzef that he was
loadad for bear"
DIR. Graves was recalled and further
cross-examined. He said Mrs. Barnaby
never expressed any appreciation Of what
he did for her lie never told his wife
about the guardianship letter complaint
from the Adirondacks. The State pro-
duced two letters both written by Graves
To his wife. and one dictated by the de
fendant when he was sick. Both covered
the very matter just denied.
DIR. Graves advised in letter dated
Oct. 10, 80, that Mrs. Barnaby stay away
from Providence until the Adirondack
trouble blew over. He thought he wrote
her March %, that she got $4,000. but he
couldn't tell where he addressed il (:
he thought Monterey, Cal a letter from
the dead letter office was produced ano
shown. It had an extra stamp on the en-
velope. Graves could not account for this
The letters to Mrs. Graves were produced
which proved that Graves had not told the
truth and that the letter from Mrs Bar
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