St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-05
DR.. Graves Asserts That He
Has Not Made Any Con-
fession,
And Maintains That LAWYER
Ballou Is Guilty Of No
Crime.
Police Of Chicago Alleged to
Be Involved in a Huge
Conspiracy.
Two Lives Lost and Several
People Injured in a Fire
at Chicago.

DENVER, Jan. 4.-Dr. Graves, who
was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree in poisoning the late Mrs. Barnaby,
of Providence, r. l., was visited by
reporter in his cell in murderers' row at
the county jail today. The doctor said
he slept we'll last night, and was feeli ng
good considering his circumstances. He
denied having made any confessio of
any kind to anybody. He said that
neither his wife nor his mother had
been to see him since he was convicted,
but he had requested them not to come
for few days. He also said he had re-
ceived no word from them except what
came to him through the newspapers.
Did you not say you were sorry that
Col. Ballou came to Denver. and that
you believed his coming had hurt your
case?' mo, sir, did not. nor did l
believe il. He came at my earnest solic-
itatlon, and believe he did the bes t he
could for me. have not said wor d
against Col. Ballou. nor could 1 do so
truthfully."
did Deputy Sheriff Wilson make a
statement to you that you had been
convicted after fair trial, and your
only hope now lay in full confesSiO IL
and plea for clemency from the gov
ernor?' ''NO, sir. not while we were
coming over here. but at $3.50 a. M,
while l was lying here asleep, Wilso II
came In and woke ME up, stating hat
he had just come from District AttOr ney
Stevens, and that Mr.. Stevens advised
that L should make a confession imp IL
eating Ballou. and that it would hel D
me out more than anything else: and I
refused to make any statement and he
went away"
Deputy Sheriff Wilson still maintains
that tho Hn0tnr Inf
Means refused to either confirm or DENY
what the doctor is alleged to have con-
fessed. Il have told only two persons
what statements Dr.. Graves made"
said Means, land those persons were
Judge Furman and Sheriff Barton. l
started to tell Mr.. Furman in the pres
ence of the doctor. but the doctor
jumped up and called me id liar,
and. as the old man was already suffer-
ing enough from his conviction, did
not dispute with him. At the proper
time will tell ALL"
The doctor further stated that lie had
not talked with Ballou since they ate
dinner together Saturday at noon. and
that, while he did not know whether the
colonel was in town at the time of the
alleged confession, he had received init
nation that he was going away last
night. Col. Ballou's friends claim that
be did not go in secret manner. but
was forced to be in Providence Tuesday
of this week, and did not return to hear
the verdict. A detective in the employ
of John 81. Conrad, the late Mrs. Barna-
by's sOn-in-law, is following the colonel
Oh his eastward trip.
No warrant for Col. Ballou's arrest
has been issued. but the grand jury is
now In session, and they are understood
to be examining the two deputy sher-
ifs in regard to the confession DR..
Graves is alleged to have made them.
As they are still in session. nothing can
be learned as to whether Col. Ballou
has been indicted or not. Mrs. Ballou
is here, and is quite ill, but has not
gone insane. as was at first reported.
Mrs. DR.. Graves has at times since
the verdict been out of her head, and
today has grown worse and is continu-
ally raving about the doctors being
hung. The relatives in Providence
have been sent for to take charge of
her. The doctors gray-headed mother
is Frustrated with grief at her hotel,
but bears her trouble with greater forti-
tude than the doctors wife. 1t has
been charged by the defense that the
jury was unduly influenced during the
trial by having access to the daily pa
perS. This is StrenuouSly denied by the
twelve jurors.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-If Lawyer Ballou
arrived here from Denver this morning,
he kept himself in seclusion, as the eX-
ercise of a considerable amount of
reportoriaf industry has thus far failed
to reveal any trace of him.
When the grand jury adjourned at a
late hour this evening it was learned
that nothing had been done by them in
regard to indicting Col. Ballou. DIR.
Graves caused surprise tonight when
he said that Col. Ballou had come to
him on Saturday night last and told
him he was going to leave town because
he was afraid of being arrested il he
stayed in Denver any longer. When the
doctor gave this information he sud-
denly became reticent and nothing fur
Their could be learned from him.