, 1892-01-11
a CELERRATED CASE.

It was a troubled conscience that brought
DIR. Graves within the shadow Of the scat
fold for the murder of Mrs. Barnaby. To-
day at Denver he will probably be SEN
fenced to death. He says he is innocent
and the vict!m of a strange chain Of cir
cumstances. The chain which tighteneds
about DR.. Graves began in the spring of
1889, when Mrs. Barnaby made his ac-
quaintance inProyidence, R. l., and be-
came one of his patients. She was an in
valid and illness had weakened her will,
so that she became an easy prey. 1t was
not long before the doctor had won her
confidence, made her suspicious against
her husband and children, and when her
husband died few months later the doc
tor became her business agent and coun.
selor.
At his suggestion she consulted his inti-
mate friend, Lawyer Ballou, who by
threats compelled the children to set aside
the will of their father and divide the es-
tate, giving to Mrs. Barnaby $l05,Oo0 and
$4,000 for attorney fees.
DR.. Graves was then given power of at
Mrs. Barnaby's fortune that she was COM
PEELED to 60 to him for even few dollars
which she might wish to spend When
she visited other friends he seemed to fear
their influence and made her believe that
the executors of the estate intended to ap-
point guardian who would confne her al
home and keep her as close as though she
were in an asylum. This, the doctor at
his trial admitted, was an abuse Of his am
thority and false statement made to pre-
vent her trying to do any business herself
lie was jealous of every one who became
friendly with Mrs. Barnaby and sought to
prejudice her against them. She made a
will leaving him $4,000 Of her money, But
afterwards made another leaving him only
$4,000, but all the time he had such COM
plete charge Of her affairs and showed such
poor business capacity that that there were
many discrepancies in his accounts
Mrs. Barnaby went west with her friend
Mrs Worrall, in January, 1891; stopped in
Denver to visit Mrs. Worrall's son and
then the two women went on to California.
On March 9th, 1891, Dir. Graves received
the last installment Of Mrs. Barnaby's for
tune from the executors Of the estate This
amounted to $4,000.
A few days later there went from tile
Boston postoffice the mysterious package,
addressed to Mrs. Barnaby in Denver.
This was the bottle Of whisky from the
''friend in the woods. . 1t was never proven
that DIR. Graves sent this bottle, though he
is said to have confessed to Mrs. Barnabys
son-in-law that he did send bottle of
pure whisky. His attorney seems to have
considered the possibility of using this tes-
timony and throwing the responsibility for
the poison ia the whisky upon the Wor-
rails. 1t was shown that the bottle
stood about the Worralls' house several
days after it was opened before the fatal
dranght was taken, but the defense did not
allow the doctor to testify that he had sent
any package at ALL On her death bed
Mrs. Barnaby gave the first clew directing
suspicion to her friend and physician, Dr.
Graves. He was the only person she could
suspect of having sent the mysterious bot
tie. His strange and suspicious actions
aisoi AeA uees.i ieu W MS arrest Ills con-
science was troubled and he has fallen;
away from q stalwart and splendid speci-
men Of manhood to mere shadow of his
former self. It is alleged that he has CON
fessed that Lawyer Ballou was the author
of the crime. Ballou has fled. There are
many who believe that DR.. Graves is not
the guilty party, but all the circumstances
are against him. It's a strage case and
has all the elements Of dramatic novel.