Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
FROM FRIENDS IN THE WOODS
t2g-sls to, a DEPRIVED Appetite and the
Woman Drinks Heavily.
The Real Present was Hidden but Cut the
Thread OF Life and the Rich Widow
nied-TOisuned Whisky-A Sem
satIo1aI Trial on-He Pleads.


l. .Anl Ine Cltth Icdu inc luulclHehL
as,ls, him.
..Dr Graves. do YOU plead guilty, or not
r-. asked the clerk, looking up after
t.. lad Concluded. The accused looked
SRI. b. ~ the Jerk, and with Slow meas
med words said. May it please your honor,
..uro- -Jity.'
i -.gu or relief went up from the specta-
FOR. aud the doctor sank back INTO u seat
beside us lawyers. His face was pale as
death and big drops Of perspiration stood
Cu.r was then adjourned 10 Friday. when
t.,.- Getting Of the Jury viii be commenced.
Dr. Graves has eminent counsel. Hon.
Henry w. Fgrman. for years a prominent
lawyer Of Fort Worth and now at the head
Of 'lo Denver bar, is for the defense.
With tim are associated Robert Baliou Of
Providence 4. l., aud Thomas f. Macon OF
TINS city.
TIE CASE.
From The East and from the West wit
ness. are here. 50 that the chain of evil
deuce Viii extend from Providence, Il. J.,
through Chicago. Sterling. H., and Cedar
E.yad- Iowa. to beaver. A daughter Of
,br murdered woman has been brought
from Lgynt. and other witnesses have been
summoned from al parts of the Union. The
E.a uI the prosecution will be 10 so dovetaiI
rur,- an-n+ ana Incident, with the I'M
WILLING testimony of the doctor. his wife
a.u al Iail-seryaut Is to secure COnVic-
tf.uuf the defendant IH 'he case. TIE his
tory of B. VII. show, perhaps, better than
ANYTHING else what may he developed at the
tra. .'.rs. Josephine 3. BaruabY was q
widow of IFS live. who lived III luxurious
s-.. II Pruviderce Il. J. She was The
widow Of the millionaire, capitalist AMI
politician whose name was Dy-wOrd
suu 'uc Eastern political powers, | pom
as death She Inherited all of his property,
wMyh consisted of a magnificent house and
ground and IA annuity e $500 q wear
Nut being satisfied with this bcqucst she
successfully contested the VIII and secured
ir addition $4,000 from other requests 10
qemhcr- of her dead husbands family
With this she lived a life Of unrestricted
uuul-,uCcs and yielded to her beSettiug
81, which was an over-fondness To-
whisky.
j was after the death of her husband
that Or. Graves entered as
ALEADING ACTOR
n 'n- remaining acts of the wOman's SEN
~ ,.U life. He was her physician. and
loon iugraiiated himself to the extent of
Ia.u@ug her entire confidence. He was
given absolute control OF her fortune and
Der 4HaiS. he was paid 50 well that he
found II possible to set aside ali other af-
fairs and devote all his time and attention
tori $50 Of Mrs. Barnaby. What he may
nave lrgraed Of the woman during that
time 10 give HIM secret power ne alone
knows. In any event DR. Graves was in
innate with all her affairs, her habits and
her weaknesses. II was this intimacy that
recoed upon him. and WAS one of the
strongest threads in the web of evidence
agaI,, INN. Dr.. Graves mas never borne
tie best # regulations, and things had
been said 10 tarniSh his name as 4 ply
Stefan. He clustered and threatened when
b. lt1r hon.
h. never went Mrs. BInaby either never
hear. them or ignored them. Things went
uu SD for long time DR.. Graves attended
her wucu She had INDUCED 100 freely and
administered her financial affairs.
Last winter she went to Denver, where
FL lied With her went Mrs. Worrel ii
N'-'chaster, Pa, and her son. h. :. WOr-
RI. who is M business in Denver and owns
Hea near the city.
Utjhuse remaining in the East only three
suew the address of Mrs. Bara2by. These
were DR. Graves. his wife and the maid,
81 lie Ilanlcy. and here again comes an
ugly story in connection with the girl. 1t
wal said that Mrs Barnaoy, while away
Em1u- some of The Eastern mountain re-
Sorts. had occasion to need 4 maid and had
Requested Dr. Graves to provide one. lie
ser the Hauley girl, and after 4 brief stay
MI baruaoy discovered. or thought she
discovered, that the DOCTORS
RELATIONS WITH THE GIRL
had not been Is they should and she indig-
r-ut.y discharged ner. In any event, this
girl has since become one of the main ac-
tors d. the drama and upon her testimony
Euth depends. Mrs. Barnaby and Mrs.
W.r,yl about the middle Of April paid a
visit o. the Worren ranch and spent some
Gays here. Upon returning to Denver
they tOuud i package. with no pOStmark.
addressed To Mrs. BaruahY. in the care of
r. : Worrcll. Upon the package was
written Wishing YOU a happy New
Year From your friends IL the woods
J. hal come by mail some time before.
Ms. B2rlaby suspected its contents, and
VIE. Inc pa, kaye was opened II was found
{. contain bottle of whisky. Mrs. Barna-
o, took large drink of it with evident rel
lrH. while Mrs. Worre'l INDUCED more els
Greedy. In a very short time both women
We're taken with a violent illness. ana Mrs.
h.rr aoy died on Sunday, April 10. Mrs.
rrel after suffering intensely was
saved. Suspicion was immediately aroused
ana an analysis of the liquor made by a
Denver chemist, and it was found to con-
'tE large quantities of arsenic.
Or Graves turned up, leaving Rhode
Island without notifying the relatives of the
Ga. woman of her death. He paid visits
U. his way West to people in Chicago,
Sterling. H., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
o'.lNru IN Denver the day after the inquest
Vas held He asked but few questions,
49,. TO all appearances was very badly
ar 'yttd by the death Of Mrs. BaTpaby.
lewed in the light Of later developments,
! uoEs much as if the SOrrow-striCkeu doc
tot r.t moi want TO ask too many questions,
i'r lear of developing too much that was
pleasant. Whatever We're the motives,
'-e Tact remains that he avolGed as much
a. possible investigating the causes which
.ea % the death of the woman who had
h.Hia life easy for him.
lie fastened back 10 Providence with the
remains Of Mrs. Baruaby. ana arrived there
o. april 81. and then made the statement
;4i lie knew a great deal OF the plot behind
Mrs Barnaby's death, and would tell much
"-en the time came.
l'r. Graves then set TO work to build up a
Story that Mrs. Barnaby had been the
VICTIM OF BLACKMAnERs,
aro had ended her life at their hands. He
named no names. but limited vaguely 1t
secrets which he claimed to possess. He
CtlIed all knowledge of the contents of
,irS Barnaby's Will. and said ne did not
Hacw what she had left him and did not
care. as he had lost more by her death than
he lad gained. This was al Immediately
;''ier his return to Providence. 1t was not
,1ng after that before evidence, bit by bit,
oesan 70 develop against him and wrap him
ia MS own meshes.
will was filed for probate by DIR.
braves, and in il he was left S.. Geo and
G.ds sole Executor VI the entire estate, and