Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-18
DIR. GRAVES INDICTED
At Denver, COL, for The Murder
Of Mrs. BarnibJ.
Ind another Person In The Sams Boz
as An accessory.
He 10 Kept Under . closs Guard BY
the OfficeTn.

He 10 Kept Under Close Guard by
the oifiesEs.
DEsvER, Col. May l6.-A Boston Herald
special says; In Q corridor on the third
| floor Of the Gilsey Holse, tonight, man
| in civilians garb keeps ~ Constant vigil
| on the floor Of room 75 ss though he guarded
the entrance to Q most important army
post.
That man 10 the guard over DR.. T.
Thatcher Graves Of Providence, r. l. who
is under an indictment Of murder in the
| first degree fer causing, ~ alleged, the
death of Mrs. Josephine A. Barnaby in
Denver, on April 10.
The Arspshoe county grand jury decided
today that the evidence against the Provi-
dence physician was sufficient to hold him
for trial before q jury, and he who has
heretofore been looked On merely as a
| suspect 10 the eyes Of the people is now
openly accused BY the authoriz ed fep.esen-
| tative of the law.
Blu. that is not all.
DR.. Graves 10 not alone in the accusa-
tons Of the grand jury. Next Monday
afternoon, when the legal document refer
| ring to him is handed to the judge Of the
! district cou.. in this county, there will be
with il smother indictment which charges a
certain person with being sn accessory TO
| the murder Of Mrs. Barnaby, both before
and sfter the fact. Dist.-Atty. Stevens
knows who thst other person 10. The IL
men comprising the grand jury know who
1t is. Perhaps there are one or two others,
but that 10 all. When Dist Atty. Stevens
startled the Herald reporter tonight by init
mating tina. perhsps another indictment
would be found, he declined positively to
say who the person is, or give any hint that
could possibly lead to his or her identity.
The two indictments are the result of the
Investigation that has been going on for
week. With them il is by no means i'm
probable that there will be vote Of GEN.
sure for Corener VALLEY for the careless
manner in which the Gaze was handled at
its inception.
Why" said one of the most prominent
Of the states witnesses to Herald repre-
sentative tonight, the Bsrnaby case is as
yet only in its infancy. Much more than
has been will be developed about this mat
ter during the next month";
So it would seem.
II must be Understood that these indict-
ments have not yet been formally returned
to'the district court Of Arspshoe county
yet. That will not be done until next Mon
day afternoon, but ii Is, nevertheless, an
assured fact that they were found, and that
on Monday oapias will be issued for the
arrest of DR.. Graves. In the mean time,
he is IS near the strong arm of the law as it
is possible for man to be who is not be-
hind prison door or who has not given
bail.
He has been notified that an indictment
has been found against him, bu: at the par
ticular request Of his counsel it was not re-
turned this afternoon, in order that he
might not suffer Inconvenience BY being
confined in the county Jail before the court
is given an opportunity to decide whether
he shall be bailed or not SO mstters were
arranged, as they are this evening, and DIR.
Graves, instead OF being in confinement,
has the satisfaction of knowing that,
although he is prisoner of the common
wealth, he can enjoy the comforts of an
excellent hotel for the time being. Thus,
on Monday afternoon, will come the end
ing Of the second chapter of the mystery of
the murder of Mrs. Josephine A. Bsrnsby.
Directly folloKi1g the decision of the graud
jury there was quite an exodus from this
city.
Detective Orinson NJ. Hsnscom fefs for
Boston on the 80 train, and is due to
arrive in Boston Wednesday evening il he
hurries right through. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fl. Conrad departed for Butte, Mont, hslf
an hour earlier, while Mr.. W. II. Clark
started TO 20 IS far as Chicago with mr.
HsHscom. That deprivss the city Of some
of the central characters Of the case. Dist
sf,r .vnl Rat Cta
leave town tomorrow night to attend trial
at Georgetown, but there are plenty of
assistants to the prosecution to look after
the jury while it is in session. The work
of looking into the case further will pro-
baby not last after Monday evening, for
there are but one or two witnesses left in
town who can be recalled anyway, and what
the jury has to say to them will not take
over an hour or Sc at the outside.
The findings Of the grand jury are gen.
orally very secret aud are not divulgei to
any person aud in this case there was no
exception to the rule. When Dist ATTY.
Ste evens Was seen by Herald reporter he
said at first Il can't tell you anything"
WAS an Indictment against DR.. Graves
fouad today?n asked the Herald man.
Il don't know" he replied.
one in connection with the BarnabJ case?"
81 don't know"
'Will DR.. Graves be arrested tonight or
tomorrow, or tomorrow night? Was it
decided by the grand jury nosse indict DR..
Graves" ~
"f ion't know
''Well, Was any decisien reached in the
| cssp?" asked The reporter Ia desperation.
Then Mr.. Stevens bsgsp TO smile and
cheer up He straightAne3 himself up snd
remarked: "IIl tell you hoy 10 send
your dispatches toDishsl Yen cAn ssy ihat
you understand on The beet suShority. OBJ
tainable that DR.. Graves was indicts d. by
he grand jury today, but thss the writ was
not returned. You csa also say that you
understood that there vas also smother in
dictment found"
Another person indicted:" gasped the
reporter.
1--WE told you how to send your dis
patches" sniIingly said Mr. Stevens.
well, shall il be said that another in-
dictment will probably be found, or the
same az in regard to the one about DR..
Graves, that it is understood it was found
this afternoon"
"Tbe same as in regard to DR.. Graves"
he said deoi,iyeiy.
Won't sou tell who The other person is?"
"No, sir, by no means"
"Why not?'
Because Won't"
as il a person ia the East or IN the
West"
Il won'i tell ths..'
''Has the persons name been mentioned
so far in the csss2
"i've said enough. / will not tell any
more or hint any more. Good night
| Mr.. Stevens's intimAsion Was as startling
ss he undoubtedly intended it should be-
He said last right that perhaps others might
be concerned in the case. but no one i'm
sgined that an indictmen; would be found
today. In fact, the "staTtling develop
men.s" pressgsd in this case were regarded,
as they Usually are in importsnf murder
| sffsirs as likely to come and likely not to
come, generally the latter.
II DIR. Thatcher Graves ard the unknown
accessory ever appear before jury, the
t;iAl promises TO be . memorable one in
criminal annals.
While the case at rfeseas 10 certainly