Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
ADIRONDACK FRIENDS.

The Barnaby Murder NIystery-A
 New Haven Lady Warmly Defends
 MT. and Mrs. Bennett of Blue
 Mountain Lake.
 Mrs. Wealthy $. Foote, an estimable lady of Blue Mountain Lake, Adirondacks, who has been residing in this city, her former home, during the past winter, and whose son and daughter are taking a course of study at Loveridge's Yale Busi- ness college here, is very indignant at what was said by Dr. Graves of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Bennett of Blue Mountain Lake, in reference to the case of Mrs. Barnaby, whose murder by poisoning is now exciting 80 much attention through out the country. Dr. Graves statement regarding the case published in our yes terday's issue, and which was telegraphed all over the country yesterday, in which he denies that he had anything to do with the commission of the crime, and asserts that it was to his interest that Mrs. Barnaby should live, as she paid him as her financial agent lib eral salary, contained clause attacking the character of Mr. and Mrs. dissipated fellow; and adding, "the scenes We witnessed there were shocking in the extreme," and 'I one day found Mrs Barnaby and MT. Bennett both asleep and both beastly intoxicated in the ice house. This caused big row and the result was Mrs. Bennett said Mrs. Barnaby should never come into her house again. My wife was also very angry, and from that time relations between us were not as they had been."
 Mrs. Foote indignantly denounces the assertions and insinuations against Mrs. Barnaby and Mrs. Bennett as wholly un-
 likely to be true, judging from her knowl- edge of the parties. She has, she says, for twelve years, and for many months re- sided in the hotel kept some years ago by MT. and Mrs. Bennett, and she says both MT. and Mrs. Bennett are people of excel lent character, and that all the people of that section look up to them as worthy of inspect and confidence. She says no one who knows them would take any stock in Dr. Graves talk against them, and that MT. Bennett stands we'll in the opinion of all his neighbors and friends The story about Mrs. Barnaby and MT. Bennett being found drunk and asleep she says is not worthy of the slightest credence, and she believes it to be trumped up by Dr. Graves. She says
 
 well-read and informed, and that he is al- ways in demand at social and neighbor- hood entertainments in his section, and last summer and on various other occasions gave readings and recitations at select en- tertainments given there, including one of note given last Christmas time. Bennett is well known guide in the Adirondacks, and some years ago was proprietor of the hotel known then as "Under the Hem locks" and now as the Racquet Lake ho- tel. He ran the hotel for several seasons, but owing to diversity lost control of it. He then year before last took cottage and Mrs. Barnaby, who had been guest in previous seasons at the Hemlocks, went to his cottage to spend the summer. The cottage being too small and in convenient Mrs. Barnaby authorized Ben nett to hire 8 larger one, promising to help pay the cost, which she did So last summer she was again Mr. and Mrs. Bennett's guest at the new place. She found benefit to her health in the Adiron- dacks and preferred to stay with the Ben netts and considered their place her home when there. Bennett and his wife took every pains to please their wealthy guest and make her stay as pleasant as possible. Mrs. Barnaby was partially paralyzed in one of her lower limbs, so that she had to drag one foot after the other. Bennett is a large athletic man, a fine specimen of an Adirondacks guide, tall, well formed and Mrs. Foote adds, is gentleman in all re- spects and man of good character. Though he was not total abstainer from wines and liquors, he was never known in all that region nor consid- cred to be by anybody a man who over indulged in drinking. Mrs. Foote owns comfortable summer cottage hotel at Blue Mountain Lake, and across the lake is the Bennett cottage. Mrs. Foote is preparing to return soon with her family to her cot tage. She added that Mrs. Barnaby re- mained with the Bennetts until near Christmas and long after the time that Dr. Graves alleged that Mrs. Barnaby and MT. Bennett were intoxicated together.
 Honolulu advices report that Minister 1