The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-05
THE GRAVES VERDICT.
The Doctors Alleged Partner in Crime
Skins From Denver,

SkipS From Denver.
DENVER, Jan. 4.-Colonel Ballou left the
city at $50 o'clock Saturday night, one
hour before the third ballot of the jurors
condemned DR.. Graves to die. He made
preparations to have the verdict tele-
graphed to him. Mrs. Ballou's mind is
said to be seriously affected by the reports
of the trial, but no basis for this can be
discovered, Mrs. Graves received a number
of kilograms of coincidence yesterday but
none of them were signed Daniel X.
Ballou" When Ballou left he enioined
secrecy on the proprietor of the Vallejo
hotel, where the sensational statements
were made by deputy sheriffS that Dr.
that B lou was rs guilty as he. A search
was made for the colonel, but the numer-
Gus calls at the Vallejo were answered by
such remarks as, The colonel has re-
tired" ''The colonel declines to be seen,"
and 1.-The colonel has requested that he be
not disturbed" Yesterday afternoon the
sudden departure of the Providence law
yer and the circumstances surrounding it
became known
Speaking of Ballou's flight, John Con-
rad, the prosecuting witness for the state,
said: although Colonel Ballou has fled,
it is as easy to bring him back as it was
for him 70 disappear from Denver. l will
follow him TO the uttermost parts of the
world"
The grand jury meets today. when Colo
mel Ballou's flight will be considered. 1t
is expected that he will be indicted in IA
few days.
DENNER, Jan. 4-Dr. Graves, who was
convicted of murder in the first degree,
for poisoning the late Mrs Barnby of
Providence, r. l., was visited by an Asso-
ciated Press reporter in his cell at the
county Jail today.
Did you make any confession to the
deputy sheriffs or to any one else" asked
the reporter
Most emphaticaIly, no." replied Dr.
Graves.
Did you not state that you wanted to
admit that you sent bottle of good
whisky, but that Ballou would not allow
you to do so?''
mo, sir, never made such a statement
to any living being"
Did you not say that you were sorry
that Colonel Ballou had come to Denver
and that you believe that his coming had
hurt your case"
No, sir, did not nor did believe it,
He came at my earnest solicitation, and [
believe that he did the best he could for
me-"
Did Deputy Sheriff Wilson make
statement that you hau been convicted
after fair trial, and that your only hope
now lay in q full confession and plea for
clemency from the GOVERNOR"
No, sir; not while we were coming over
here; but at 3:20 O'Clock in the morning
Wilson came in aud woke me up. stating
that he had just come from District Attor-
ney Stevens; that Stevens advised that /
should make a confession, duplicating
Ballou, and that it would help me out
more than anything else ] refused TO
make any statement and he went away"
Deputy Sheriff Wilson still maintains
that the doctor confessed, but Deputy
Means refused either to confirm or to deny
what the doctor is alleged to have con-
fessed. The doctor further stated that he
had not talked with Colonel Ballou since
they ate dinner together on Saturday noon
ana that while he did not know whether
the colonel was in town at the time OF the
alleged confession, he had received an in
timation that he was going away that
night.
As stated in these dispatches, Colonel
Ballou left Denver Tor Providence an hour
before the verdict WAS rendered His /
friends claim that he did not go in secret
manner, but that he was forced to be in |
Providence on Tuesday of this week and !
did not return to hear the verdict. A de- |
tective in the employ of John Conrad, the !
late Mrs. Barnaby's son-in-law, is follow |
ing the colonel on his eastward trip. No |
warrant tor Ballou's arrest has been issued /
but the grand jury is now in session, and |
they are understood to be examining the /
two deputy sherifs in regard to the con /
fessIon DIR. Graves is alleged to have made /
10 them. As they are still in session, /
nothing can be learned as to whether Bal /
lou has been indicted or not.
Mrs DIR. Graves has at times since the .
verdict been out of her head. and today I
has grown worse, and is continually raw /
ing about the doctors being hung Her .
relatives in Providence have been sent for .
20 take charge Of her. The doctors grey 4
headed mother is FRUSTRATED with grief at /
her hotel, but bears her trouble with I.
greater fortitude than the doctors wife
Ii has been charged by the defense that
the jury was unduly Influenced during the .
trial 10y having access to the daily papers.
Ihis is strenuously denied by the jurors.
hen the grand jury adjourned late to-
night, 1t WAS learned that nothing had
been done by them in regard 10 indicilng
Colonel Ballou. DR. Graves caused sur
prise tonight by saving that Colonel Bal
lou had come To him on Saturday night
last aud had told him that he WAS gong
TO leave town, because he was afraid of
being arrested II he stayed in Denver any
longer. When the doctor gave this iutor-
he theu became reticeut aud re
fused To say anything further.