Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-10
IN GRAVES BEHALF. .
Judge Furman Gives
Jury Points to Study
CONRAD MIXED UP IN IT.
Told Graves He Would Fix the
Crime Upon the Worrells.

DENVER, Dee. l0--When the Jury filed
into Judge Rising's court yesterday. im-
mediately after the Judge was seated,
Judge Furman rose and began his speech.
He said:
when reflect on the seriousness OF
this charge, | am almost overwhelmed
with a sense OF the responsibility which In
part devolves upon me. | shall rely on
your intelligence, on your sense of right
and justice to supply any omissions
may make. We do not come before you
with any unreasonable theories, but we
come before you with the truth We cam
not boast that we have n millionaire on
our side, but we have the truth on our
side. You are doubtless anxious to hear
our answer to the charge brought against
us.
when you have heard our statement
and the estiinony you will see that there are
two sides. IL there was bottle OF poi
sonedlw whisky sent, say that the man who
sent IL was more than "a coward. He was
n hellhound and he should be burned at
the stake, This Is merely statement
and not an argument. The prosecution
makes the first statement because the bur
den Of proof Is upon It, IL does not have
the opening statement because tho state
favors IL, not at all: but because the &C.
cused comes here under the supposition
that he is innocent until he is proved
guilty. II does not devolve upon him to
prove Mrs Barnaby's death; that burden
Is upon the state and therefore tho state
made the opening address. We are conf
dent Of being able To conclusively prove
that all the allegation. are false"
Judge Furman gave an account of the
I,.,a t.I L..
between DIR. Graves and Mrs. Barnaby,
putting upon them an
Entirely Different Light
from that cast by the district attorney.
He denied any i'll motives upon the part
Of the doctor and denied that he ever had
any but the best wishes for the old lady,
as the management OF her affairs by the
doctor will for themselves show. He said:
"We deny every circumstances mentioned
by the state which indicates that DR..
Graves is guilty of crime
Judge Furman told of AN interview
which DR. Graves had with John Conrad.
Conrad said Doctor, you did not admin
lister the property properly"
The doctor offered TO let him see his
books. Conrad said III had met YOU in
Denver this thing would have been all
settled. lie continued: Let you and
settle this. We don't want lawyer"
That night John Conrad looked at the
doctors books, and the next day he asked
the doctor tn go 10 Boston with him TO see
the securities. lie saw them and said:
"Doctor YOU administered wisely and l
will cheerfuily sigILa statement exonerat-
ing yon The doctor said he thought IL
would be only right
LII
rad. ~ want to bc governor and United
States senator
They met at at Mrs. Conrad's house that
night aid Conrad said he could not fix up
the statement then. He added he had
contributed S25, 900 in the last election in
Montana. and hc expected soon TO be gov
ernor He thought lac could go back and
say il was mistake To suspect the doctor.
Don't you believe some one sent bot
tie of pure whisky" he said. II believe
the Worrells put in the poison and If can
prove that some one sent the whisky. I
Will Fix the Crime on the worrciis.
Old Mr.. Worrcll is bankrupt"
The doctor said nothing because he
knew nothing. The next night the doctor
called again 20 get ConIad's statement
Conrad pretended To DE- drunk and wanted
the doctor to 90 to New York and paint
the town red
The doctor refused, and the next nom
ing partial statement exposing DIR.
Ora YES was published. The next Wednes>
day morning Conrad sent for DR.. Graves
To talk about the will In the first will
Mr.. COnrad's children were left $4,000
each. In the second will they were only
eft $1,000 Conrad said, Doctor, I want
you to sign this paper in which you admit
you sent Mrs. Barnaby bottle of pure
whisky. BY -, IL you don't sign this,
willta YOU to Denver in handcuffs I
will fix a jury to convict you 7 am
western man
DIR. Graves demanded To be let out Of the
house, and the next day he telegraphed
District Attorney Stevens that he was
coming to Denver not with Conrad, but
with his wife
You are not here to convict Graves,
said Judge Furman in conclusion. be
cause some one else should have been con-
victed. 1t is with confidence we submit
our case to you"
The doctor looked happy and shook
hands with his champion, and his friends
congratulated MIN and the lawyer
George y. Donnell and u j. Devenith,
the stamp clerks at the Boston and Provi-
dence postofiices, were sworn, hut no inn
portant testimony was brought forth Ad-
journed.