The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
THE DENVER POISONING.
A Servant In the WOrreu Family Make
q Startling Statament.

Servant In the WOrrell Family Makes
a Startling Statement.
The Grand Jury of Arapah0e County to-
day commenced its investigation In the
Barnaby case. and tomorrow the taking OF
evidence will commence, says Denver dis
patch to the Globe Democrat A most
startling statement was made to-day by Neil
Nelson, a servant in the employ of the Wor-
rell family, to District Attorney Stew
ems. She said that the box contain
ing the bottle said to have been
sent from Boston was brought To-. the
house in a buggy on Monday evening,
April 18th, along with several parcels of
groceries. She is very positive about the
date. She was sent out to bring the parcels
in and took from the conveyance all that
she thought was there. When she returned
Mr.. Worrell asked her for the box contain
ing Mrs Barnaby'S bottle. aud 1t was then
discovered that it had been left. The buggy
bad been driven away 10 the interval, and
she says Mr. Worrell went himself after it
and returned with the box. That same
evening Mrs. Barnaby came downstairs
with a glass in her baud, which the
girl says was one-quarter full OF
dark stuff, not at all like whisky. The color
made ner remark to Mrs. Barnaby that it
did not look good. But Mrs. Barnaby said
she knew what she was taking. She desired
some hot water to make t0ddy and the ser
want girl said she would break the glass,
but she says she paid no attention.
From the night Mrs. Barnaby was taken
sick and until her death the girl did not
see much OF her. Before she went East Mrs.
WOrrell, the younger, told the girl to empty
all the remaining medicine in the house.
The servant says there was quantity OF 1t.
District Attorney this morning wired g. s.
WOrrell to the effect that he must return 10
Denver Immediately with his mother, as
their presence was much desired. In an
interview Mr.. Stevens this evening said:
The more / look into this case the moro
strange 1t appears 10 me. l do not know
what the motives are that prompted such
secrecy and such irregular methods, but l
know that they will cause US considerable
Work to get them Strengthened out Tho
proceedings were very irregular. Mrs. Bar
naby's death was kept rigidly secret The
physicians knew, according to what has been
stated, that she had undoubtedly swallowed
poison, aud yet none of them reported the
case to this Office Had the matter not been
made public through other channels we prob
ably would never nave heard anything of it.
The action of the physicians in holding an
autopsy on 4 person who bad, to their
best belief, died of poison was certainly
not right. In making the autopsy they d d
not carry it out in such manner as will
prove satisfactory, no matter What comes of
the case. In such cases as this one, toXj-
cologistS lay down directions as to the au-
tOpsies and the securing OF the portions for
analysis, but here they have carried it out
in very peculiar method. No data of the
symptoms before death were preserved. The
stomach was not opened for examination nor
were the portions saved ut all adequate. AS
the body was subsequently embaImed, fear
1t will be impossible for US to take any steps
to correct the errors. | intend to have a
thorough investigation made into this death
and the subsequent actions, and place every
one who knows anything of the affair under
oath"