The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30
APPEALS TO HEAVEN.
DR.. Graves Admits His Position is
Trying.
CASE TO OPEN TOMORROW.
IL Is Thought the Jury will be Selected by
To-night-What the Line of Defense
will bean Alleged Iliigitimate Son
Comes Forward.

DENVER, Nov 3o-It is expected that
the jury that will decide whether DR.. Il,
Thatcher Graves is guilty of the murder
of Mrs. j. B. Barnaby or not will be got
together tonight. The box has been filled
but both sides have used their peremp-
tory challenges freely.
All the government witnesses from the
East were in court this morning. Pri'
vate detectives were close to them all the
time, to ascertain what they have got 70
tell. SO far as known they met with little
success. The witnesses included: VIII
liam Smith, Mrs. Margie Smith, John d.
Devenish, Mrs Mary Hickey and Thomas
Flanagan OF Providence, X. l.; George w.
Domett, superintendent of the stamp de
partment of the post Office, and Col. Il. II.
Rickard, Harriet A. Baker and Charles
Vernon Brown of Danielsonville, Conn.
Mrs. Baker is Charlie Browns grand
mother, and Charlie Brown is the puta-
tive son of DR.. Il. Thatcher Graves, but
one whom he has never recognized, as he
was born out of wedlock.
Graves is alleged TO be, and the State
will endeavor TO show that he was, the
father of this child. and that on the oc-
casion of its birth he attended the mother
and prescribed medicine now in her pos
session, with the express purpose of put
ting the offspring out of the way.
The boy in question is now l3 years of
age, and, through all these long years the
little vial which was designed % do the
deadly work on the occasion OF his birth
has been carefully preserved by the
friends of the mother.
John j. Devenish, the Providence wit
ness, is one of the stamp clerks in the
post Office in that city, and is here TO
swear that, by an error in the department
at Washington, the Providence requisi-
tion for 10 and Is cent stamps forwarded
last winter, was sent by the shipment OF
stamps of issues that had been retired,
and that these were placed on sale, and
could be bought only in Providence; and,
further, that be sold Dr. Graves just such
stamps, and had freqently seen the doctor
use them to mail large bulky packages.
Presumably Mr.. Domett will testify
that for months no stamps Of the issue
used on the packages of poisoned liquors
were sold in Boston, Notwithstanding the
package was mailed from that city.
DIR. Graves admits that he is in trying
position and says he appeals daily TO
heaven for aid in his distress.
When he came into court this morning
he gave quick glance at the many wit
nesses, and soon his eyes rested on young
Charles Brown. He flushed a little and
turned his chair so as TO avoid facing the
lad.
1t is now evident that DIR. Graves de-
fense will be in the nature of an attack
upon tine Worrells. DIR. Graves made a
great mistake when he confessed to John
III. Conrad and TO the latter's brother,
Charles" detective Hanscom of Bos-
tom, that he mailed a bottle of whiskey
TO Mrs. Barnaby. Had that confession
never been made his defence would have
been "A total denial of sending any bottle
TO Mrs. BarnaDys Denver address, but he
must now make the bold stand that the
Worrells, particularly the elder Mrs Wor.
rell, tampered with the package after II
arrived here.
District Attorney Stevens begins his
opening at 10 tomorrow. He has pre-
pared an address of eighty sheets Of type
written matter.