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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-03

CONNECTICUT sLIN IN THE SALVATION ARMY.
He had heen at home hardly week whom he
was accused OF stealing compass from Q fish
Ing smack. Not being convicted Of the theft.
he borrowed . few dollars from DR.. May. who
owned the smack and seemed to be y believer
In his innocence, and started on long career
OF ysgabondage. He associated with veteran
tramp. and for several months tromped back
and forth between New York and Boston.
Then. wishing to see other parts Of the coun-
try. he started out in company with Chicago
Rod" and Frisco Shorty" two hardened
ya2abonds, TO work the freight train routes.
? Starting westward they went as far as Al
bapy. where they waye arrested and sent to
the Albany Jail for ten days each. On their re-
lease they returned to New York and started
westward once moro BY way Of Philadelphia
In that city. however. they were arrested again
and sent to the House Of Correction for .
month. A few days after their release they
landed in Chicago. where they were taken up
as Migrants and sentenced to ten days In the
jail. At Ottumwa. Ia. they received ten days
each. aud at Fairfield. Ia. ten days more On
regaining their freedom they resolved to try
their skin rs highvaymen- What they &C.
at MI Pleasant. ia. on the charge OF sand
.nS a50% e Els
{n Sas s ri dsy S
Bssime9s TO ten
The boy returned TO his fathers home in
&c IS s ssa 10 70
Meriden Reform School for SIX months When
he he wss On
and six months he was discharged as an In
Sots6s Thsn he
e
MSlFses:e o xe sn WEI c%
he got Aye days "a the workhouse. Later on
sna on q e. N
chapel II IN Which 5aSl s the O 0us Killed. fs
Af iesy fSt london. he proceeded to South.
FSss soe i've IN 0 ths osfa
s Toxee
Ell e Sr and
be reached RieLnond. where he PIT "jiEger''
ger" e raw spot on the arm ~ ads ~ the sp-
D lication OF some powerful ointment II has
e ts
p8cttates him from work. connecticut Slim "
lived easily for some time on the proceeds Of
that trick. but he was caught in Savannah.
Ga, where he got ten days in the chain gang
On being released he went to Florida. where
he got fifteen days in tho Waycross Jail for
Ell anS ssa dsyi H. t5
i've days st Winter Park, He then tramped
northwsrd to Savannah, whore he was laid up
for three months in the hospital suffering
with tho grip. On coming out he joined the
6towo brothers circus as canvassman. and
worked his way bnck to New York. His next
move was trip to Madison. Madison county,
Nebraska, where his father was living with o
second wife In an alteration "Connectiout
Slim" attempted TO shoot his stepmother. and
he was sentenced to Q years imprisonment
Returning TO New York he Joined the ChOrry
street gang spd was q leader in many depre-
dations and debauohes. After awhile he left
Yonkere. whore hs secured work in tho Hrald
One night while passing through Getty
square, he hoard the tsumpets and drums Of
the salvation Army. He joined tho crowd
earnest exhortations OF Capt Wat kins. He WAS
deeply Impressed by them. When. the arny
their hall on Hawthorne street and professed
conversion. he is now regular member Of
tho army and has abandoned his vsgrant
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THE MYSTERY OF THE BOTTLE
DETAILS or THE BARSIBx-oRAIEa
E,g CASE ON TRIAL IN DENyxR

.Eha EzRevts 90 Place the Rec poassSnisy Ssv
y Shs Death Or = wealthy wiasvt- Bsas>
~ acsaries uAdsr Her wins Accuse ons
= q Asethsr-Ths roiss.sA whisksy n che
: PsssessieA OF several rsrssas Before she
2 OrAak Some OF It-Dr. Gravss's sesaAss
Csnasst On Sf1s Seuspsy--Aa Alleged Coz
fsssssu ~ Graves % = Detective.
On one OF the last four days OF March. 1901.
storne ono put into tho mail in Boston pack
age addressed to Mrs j.. D. Barnaby In care
,Uf the friends she was visiting at Denver. In
1ue time this package reached Denver. It
was opened and was found 70 contain quart
bottle Of vhiaksy. sent as ., New Years Gift.
! % thS writing on the label said. After several
4 sys. during which the package passed un-
esAled through many hands, Mrs Barnaby
and one OF her friends, Mrs worrell. drank
,lrom the bottle Mrs, worrell became, VIC.
lsntly Ill. but recovered. Mira Barpsby died
after days Of agony. The whiskey was ana.
! lySed and Arssnits Of potassium was found In
II IN considerable quantity. H.. a..
! 4 most Assiduous search. made By the nows-
rapar men. the lawyers. and the detectives.
hes failed to trace this package directly to tho
hands that made It up A. prosecution. OF
which the result 10 told In this paper. was
brought against certain person. and . chain
Of eircumstantisl evidence was woven OF mo-
tive and susnicious conduct.
In considering the casa two suggestions as
30 the poisoned liquor are posslble-that II was
poisoned By the sender and that 10 was pois-
oned By some one OF the several other persons
who had access TO 1t before part Of its con-
tents reached tho lips Of Mrs. BarnAby. The
FIRST proposition was the basis Of the proseou-
taon, Of Dr.. Thomas Thatcher Gravoa The
pecond pfoposition Wa the groundwork upon
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:ss sst .ad As IL. 10
Srsyss who IN ss.s Issks6s o. p% me ISH
Ss.9 :. !: " J Es,ssPsS r:
ssae s:ases:a p g SSs S:
.s BE ss a: =: SO
ssaSs W. wssr.!fs Sss.s Saa - I. tia hss :;
aG al. R'1ss y: SSs and is' sSsr ME-
as1 rn.e siasa t9s ~ ySsns
and stenogrnpher TO the nrT, BROUGHT the
.iasi ss & ore SI'Sisefss
Thomas and young Mr.. Worrell cut the string.
M Sns rccaSs tom and
the wrapper. and threw II into waste basket.
itwas ssArched fer aftsrwnrd; bpt y. was never
out the ia. and hound bcttis vIappod i9
hspasd Sss bottle. which was nm g ths sSIE:
e ~ sor Ma sS.
Sl,sss; y. .sd ' n .ss a..S ss ana
rsss %si az q, e: SS KEW Year. gilt" Mr.
.s 4: q. =; .s dr.. %
q Ma Rsniy Ga ass
xrapped the 6Ottlo Iocsely and out 4 back il
snS put the prs SS1 q H. d S:r
re- re-, As. rs ass F'Ks tie sst' back / sp ne
VIZ ss: Is & SsSs
SSt as sns III ~
S. sss na ss sss sGS y Hssh
sssasas ' put Ssssy On w tss 'ts hd
s 9sGss S Se' Sa III 10
ssfsS sns Gsas
5: ~ IL * sss "a ss
M: SssnasS to SeN I from theles sS@s tine
xRs S "a hss'sssy ssS q:
sS III, sSssIns sss
sss "a asppsh wsSSld Hs ss ' % Ret
f;sIas sSs SS:sS sss
Is" r.dSi:a Ssu!d in w them both Ssla
| ID u0I 1911 uo0us 6n6 bot Su0u- uoWu
When abe returned e the ,sitsinE room sha
ss s sss e NJ e ST S sso
dssnifs TIE snssl and shs ys.er, the liquor had
G Vie 1iis s,ss" sh sn sas shiverlns
| Mrs. ParHaby tasted the liquor In the glass
and ds vent aa dnena Sewn Z she had hardly
done bsfors Ma Worrell felt , terrible pain IL
s..psd ss tas
=. .i .; aPsae some ., th.s yhistey,." she said.
Y Sse sS Pa, siSe taken it on an empty
ssssS MI shs
speak AGAIN. she said; :. II know something II
""SNS Eng. indeed Hrs Barnaby said. II am no,
But /. minute or two stterward Mrs. Barnaby
grew Wsi s a. though the blood Esd ded from
her RSdy The nearest physician; Dr. aI tSa
Vas sent ier. and until Wsdnssday. April IS
fg g5os re. ssss e ek % M sn
within. twenty -four hours from the drinking o
thsa waias.s' bhs Tss Sas Of asnEef n
n tie IT, sHS sse
h shsa :s' ssn '. he
$ s .. e MI. s.;s ss;T s.s
say gSu tslksa d3 1 hs, saR ass sale
oa sss ! sss III sss e. sss
tss he Ss.t 81 pfs
se TIM
member him in your. 6rst will p Yes. I lsn
Graves Know it = 7 asked. 'Yes. he saw ths
| will.' she answered. She suffered everything
| that day and the next None OF us could keeI
| from crying Ms she lay there writhing anG
moaning. ;, She got worse and worse until Sun
Willie she talked Mrs. Carrier lost control o.
| her voice, and ceased TO restrain her tears
-" We're you present when Mrs. Barnaby
was. SIR"
Did she say anythingY p
"Oh. no, Sir. ehe did not speak. At the last
| moment she-ehe. Just turned her face to the
mountains aud smiled sweetly and-and-ant
died"
Z Yss shortlx after noon Of Sunday. April
pain and all the other sorrows which the
| money she had got from her husbands estate
had brought In it's train. She. had had that
| monSy lees than two years. and by IL she had
lost her ffiends and had got got nothing but
:, seekers after legacies and . death by torture
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Before she died the search for her murderer
had begun. Chemical experts Analysed tho
whisksy and found that 1t was charged with
arssnite Of potassium-a drug that cannot be
bought. but must be manufactured. and that
too. By skllled chemist. according to some Of
the specialists. Others say that II can DO
made easily provided one Of the ingredients
Fowler's prescripton-is bought, and that II Il
frequently used In veterinary surgery.
twas soon proved beyond doubt that the
BsDpstts had never been in Boston. What the
dying woman had said about DR.. Graves had
turned suspicion In his direction. To cover up
the fact that IL was known that Mrs Barnaby
had been poisoned. DR.. Holmes wrote "oon-
sestion Of the lungs" ON the death certificate
Or. Graves was telsgrsphsd that Mrs. Bsrnaby
was dead. and no set out at once
His conduct after the receipt OF this telegram
has been traced with the mtnutest care. His
own account of IL In on the witness stand was
far from Satisfactory. II forms one OF the
strongest links in the chain Of evidence against
him. He got the telegram from young Mr.
Worrsll Sunday evening. He. answered.:
Keep up good cheer. lam coming to you"
and be started at once.
psss q IT, e IL IL. ri ne ss'
death. but Thought ,sh2 had had another and
fatal stFotS q Ills
deteripfion could. Ho says that when lie
started he was ~ and that the Illness. COM
bined with the agitation the news caused him,
made HIN delay. But he felt that he must
hurry to Denver to do what he could to show
his respect for the woman who had been such
Didn't you think Of her body being among
Ayes. thought her family wouldn't have
anything to DO with her.
RSss yss lses s 4 ts sS sa
noopsiss the death you started to New York;
Q.Ycq said you couldn't set Denver ticket
In froyidenceY Al couldn't
,QvOoald you have gotten one to chicssof
Q.-And you could have made Just ~ good
time ON ~ AL presume so
,,Q-But you took the train TO New York 2 A.
GLOW did you proesod from thsrer. Al
took tho limited TO Chicago whore arrived.
think. 9t l0;ss. the second morning AFTER
S.@xftsr that what did you dor. A.--Aftsr
going to the Northwestern Depot ] stayed thers
.6-Tin whsnf Al think left at 3:10
~3Nfou stopped at steriinsf Al did.
U--Did you arrive In Denver 10 the morning
or svsning7 AL think II WAS morning. but ]
have no recollection.
AZ YSa ,s soa a,n, ANo Tss9,sstiic, n
% much over these WsstsSn lines that can't
.SE ! you ever ridden over tho sdrlinst0n'
Q.-Tksn row don't rseolisot that road 90 we'll
sSss IL S-Sa Is. "A''''' ''' 'A''
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Soon after this DR.. Graves moved out to
Denver. shutting up his house In Providence.
He has been practising medicine In Denver
with fair success, as he has made many
friends who hold to the supposition that the
whiskey was not sent by him. and that It was
tempered with between the desk In the younger
Worreils ofice and Mrs. Barpsby's lips he
has not been in jail. but has lived at hotsl
with his wife and his mother.
On Dec. &. soon after the trial began. Mr..
John Conrad got tho following anonymous let
ter. which was mailed In Denver. - the post
mark showed:
JOHN CoNnAD AND NEMBRRs OF TIE BAINADY
FANNY: Will leave Providence to volunteer to
take all the skeletons OF the family. closet Mrs.
Conrsds aud all Of them. Be on the lookout
Know. Be warned and be on the watch. for
they are coming: They leave provtdeRce either
Friday or Saturday night. "A FHEHp.
They volunteer to come TO Balloui fof they
hate you; They will ~ r. prove that your
Knew lie: and e Sssr Sss sad sS
That was put in the hands Of experts who. on
comparing It with Or. Graves's handwriting.
said thoy thought he had written H.
Tho trial was beg IN In the lattsr part OF No
vembeE Alter the. few nrst days the testl.
every session OF the court there were scenes "
move tho strongest feelings OF the audience.
As the story detailed above clearly shows,
the prosecution had 4 strong case made out
against Dr.. Graves The Eowiag soolnsss Of
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III.

On March 81. t!,ree months aftsr Mrs. narns-
b. and Mrs. Worrel! tho older loft for tho West.
the executors of the Barnaby estate paid S6O.-
0)O 20 DR.. Graves as agent for Josephine A.
Barnaby. II was tho last installment OF tho
$I05. O0o. ard tho only instalimont of consider
able size. day or two aftsrward the Western
mail was carrying from Boston. Mass. a pack
age eight inohes long, i've inches wide. and
three inches deep. This was the sddress;
xrs J. " BissAsx
Cars o. g !. wossIu. ",
Colorado
II was markell: "Mcrc'is'idiso Only"
On April a. whiis Mira. BaFIsby and ANL
worrell wore N ssa yssheisss. he stsnog-
rapher In the 6chsrn thorn. worreii Invest
ment Company AnsWsgsdA noftarattoA fEom The
tsss s SGsI -. = Sns ca % xssss -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
Castles in the Air.

Yes; that is it. That is what the
enemies OF free coinage affirm 10 the
object and aim of the silver rpformers
They iterate ana rei.erate this men
daoious fabrication with an audacity
and pretence that battles contradic-
ton. Bat their is no truth in it. The
movement for free coinage involves
40 such conclusions. All that the
friends Of free coinage ask is that
silver be placed just where it was be-
fore it was demonetized, and that was
just the same plane as that which
gold now occupies. Do you hear,
Messrs. Gold-bugs? Then do not re-
peat this untruth again.
You talk about the government
buying silver at $l.29, II this is not
building castles 10 the oar, then we do
not know what is. For, as We have
said, free coinage involves no such
thing. We say this plainly and I'M
equivocally. All that we ask for Is,
that the mint be required to coin the
silver that is brought to it just the
same as gold; no more; no less. Who
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
Camp Notes.

G. v. Salix, the drum major Of the
Battery A band, carries his baton
with a grace sufficient to put u del
sartean to sleep.
Carr. the porter and barber for the
Tuscarora boys, and also the society
reporter OF the Times ReUie1U, is wear
ing one of the original Weaver badges
worn the first time Weaver was a can,
didate for President.
The boys who gave the rooster calls
at night must remember that there
are no old hens ON the fence.
Dave Ryan, of B, has his weather
eye On Dr.. Boyes, who spends too
much time looking at, the ladies'. AL
though TIE latter is one Of the Boyes,
Ryan says it now reverts to a ques-
ton of shape, not youth.
The first officer to report to Col.
Lord yesterday morning was Captain
Reilly, of the Tuscarora Guards.
Virginia sent down three companies
leo men in ala pretty good show
ing.
The Russian plan Of preparing the
tents Of the privates before those Of
the officers, adopted by Col. Lord, is
good one, although not generally
adopted throughout the United
States.
During the afternoon yesterday
an electric lamp was placed in posi-
tion in the center Of the grounds and
when night came it threw out it's
glare over the camp and pierced the
night like a huge eye watching the
sleepers beneath.
The tents were softened into long
shadows changing and rechanging as
they r"se and fell in the breeze
Carson Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
can object to this? Let him speak
out If he will.-[National VieD.
In the Field.

Mr.. Charles Lampman, Of Clover
Valley, announces himself, to day, as
candidate for Long Term Commits
sioner. subject to the decision Of the
Democratic Convention OF Elko ooun-
ty.
Mr.. Lampman is one of the pioneer
ranchers of Elko county, knows it's
wants and is thoroughly qualified to
fill the position TO which he aspires.
In politics he has heretofore been u
loyal Democrat but, in the present
campaign, he is an enthusiastic sup
porter Of Weaver and Field. Solid on
the silver question, he submits his
claims to the Convention of his party
and, il nominated and elected. will
serve the people faithfully.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26

strong on the Comstock and that the
General will certainly carry Storey
county. He thinks that there will be
Harrison electoral ticket in tie field
nominated by boilers Of the Reno
Convention or by petition.
1tnaes-ReUie,u;-Dr. Drake about
a fortnight ago performed a surgical
operation upon D. G. Ross, removing
a cancer from his under lip. A tri-
angular piece Of flesh about an inch
wide, comprising the affected part,
was cut FROM the lip, and the parts
drawn together in such a manner as
TO heal and leave scarcely any disfig-
urement. AS meat carpenter the
doctor ranks among the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
Stop 1t.

A fire started in the rubbish Just
below Dorsey's corral this morning
and, had it not been discovered before
it had gained much Roadway, would
bave caused good deal of damage.
The rubbish was dumped there by
parties who knew they we're inside of
the limits and willfully violating the
law. This is all wrong and should
be stopped. Hereafter all who are
caught dumping rubbish inside Of
the limits will be arrested and pun
ished.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
The SURVEYS.

The t~o corps Of railroad surveyors
have settled down TO work. One party
is encsmped at the mouth of Delaney
canyon and The other near l2.mile
Bar on the cart branch. The first
mentioned is working from Beckwlth
towards Mohawk valley and the sec.
ond From the junction Of Indian and
Spanish creeks dow the east branch
OF TIE north fork. Yesterday Mr..
heddie sent out from Quincy pack
train from 12-nile Bar louded with
provisions, etc. Mr.. NJ. j. Janison,
the engineer in charge of the work
now in progress, went down to the
river Tuesday to assist in getting the
work undes observation-disclosures Ma
tiOnaL Bulletin.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
Gem Hotel--l. Ostreicher, Pro
prietOr.

M Pixley, Mrs Pixley, Miss Lottie
Pixley, Ed Odell, Fred Reinken, Jud
Dakin, LamoiIle;J Il Bradley, Deeth /;
S Mahoney, Chas Kyle, Island Noun
tian; l. ID Fullmer, S f; Taylor Allen
81 wife, Chas Greenburg, Osino; II
Weinburg, Chicago; j A Moore,J w
Whitcher, Virginia City; Ellis Ries,
Ruby Valley; j b Jennings, Omaha;
Chas Hanks, North Fork; j Hether-
ingtop, Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
BALMAGUNBl.


Taylor Allen is spending few days
in town.
There is no clew to the Carson
murderer.
The strike Of railroad switchmen
at Buffalo, is over.
Rev. John Wallace will. preach ia
Starr Valley next Sunday.
j. A. Blossom, of Battle Mountain,
was passenger on No. to-day.
NJ. A. Bruce is very sick with pneu-
monia at his ranch above town.
Don't forget that you must register
before you can vote in November.
The applicants for first grade GER
tifcates finished their work to-day.
The San Francisco Bulletin figures
up 200 votes in the electoral college
Tor Weaver. 90.
Miss May Ennor, of Tuscarora,
went to Paiisade on No. to-day to
visit friends.
Valentine Walthers, Of Huntington
Valley, shipped % head of horses to
st. Louis yesterday.
Silver was lower Tuesday than it.
has been foe 5000 years. Still there
are men in Nevada who claim that
Harrison's adm illustration is friendly
to silver.
A tramp was found at Peko this
morning lying dead by the side of the
track. Appearances indicated that
he had attempted to board the west
bound passenger train and was
knocked under the wheels and killed.
Carson TTibatne:-About 200 Car
son ladies were up to view the militia
eacanpment at Treadway's Park last
night Tie boys in their handsome
uniforms Just look killing, and the
girls are completely mashed on them.
The Carson Tribune says: Major
Philip Rieber should 90 into politics.
He possesses the faculty Of making
friends in an eminent degree. He is
known and liked by every man,
woman and child who has visited tn o
Camp.
The Carson. Tribune Gays: "fhe
cheering news comes from Virginia
thai the Storey delegates TO tho Re-
publican State Convention are pruc-
tically solid in favor OF. nominating
Harrison & Reid electors. Nota man
wavers in Ormsby." --. -'
Times ReUieD: Since General
Weaver and party left Portland, Or,
the associated press has not had q
word Of news in regard TO their
movements, but il Sullivan should
get on little extra jag it would be
wired around the world.
Homer Indes: With silver flutter-
ing around S3 or 81 cents an ounce,
the miner has about AZ much show
for profit as peanut peddler would
lave upon lone rock in the Pacific
Ocean. We may be thankful that
our product ia yellow stuff, almost
exclusively.
The Sundry civil bill, recently ap-
proved by the President, appropriates
sla5O0 for the re,suryey of the bonnd-
AIRY line between Nevada and Cali
Iornia from Lake Tahoe to the Colo
RADIO FLYER. II is estimated that Me-
vads will lose q strip of land from
half mile to mile wide aud from
100 to 400 miles long.
U. y. District Attorney Whitcber
arrived from Virginia last evening.
He says the Weaver sentiment 10 very
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Depot Hotel CLARK Il Green, PRO.
prIetOrS.

j A rhorton, Chicago; H Hay
ward, Mrs Emily Streeter, La
noble; VIM Currey, Roger Doherty,
Tuscarora; Geo Il Porter, w j Black,
Deeth; Ben Tanner, Wells; Valentine
Walthers, Joseph Walthers, Sophia
WalLhers, Louisa Walthers, Hunt
ingtop;J ID Finley, Denver; a p
Shlvely, Island Mountain.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-26
BUSINESS LOCALS.

The best razors made, and complete
shaving outfits, at Muller's.
Headquarters for all kinds OF fish
ing poles and fishing tackle at
Muller's.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-19
How to BecOme FICshY.

DR.. Miles Nervine not only cures
all nervous diseases, headache,
blues, nervous prostration, sleep
lessness, neuralgia, ST. Vitus
dance, fits and hysteria, but also
builds up the body. 81 am pleased
to say that after years of intense
suffering with nervous disease,
headache and prostration, | tried
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine, and
in two weeks gained eight pounds
in weight. I could not lie down to
sleep, but now sleep perfectly
easy and am still improving won
dertully. Cannot say enough for
the Nervine. Mrs. L. B. Millard
Dunklrk, N. Y. "One customer
used Nervine and gained fifteen
pounds in weight. Brown and
Mabury, Cortland, N. Y. Trial
pottles and elegant book free at
Smith drug store.