St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-04

VINO was district attorney at the time
Dr. Graves was tried and convicted, was
seen tonight, and made the following
statement in regard to the case and in
answer 10 DR.. Graves letter:
"Of course. my connection with the
case OF The People VS.. Graves,
in so far as my duties as assistant
attorney went, ceased with the decision
which gave the prisoner a new trial.
Since that time have taken no interest
In the matter except such as has been
required by the board of commissioners.
by whom / am employed, and by the
district attorney, who desired aid which
he seemed TO think l alone could give.
Some time ago L received informa-
ton OF new and important evil
dence in the case. / gave it to
the district attorney, who was confident
OF conviction it this testimony was
procured. The county was loath to ap-
proprlate money for the expense of
new trial, unless the new witnesses
could to certainty be procured. AT
the county'S instance. Commissioner
Twombly and myself left here on the
18Th OF August for the East to inves-
tlgate the new testimony. While there
we discovered large number of
NEW AND VALUABLE WITNESSES.
The most Important one is Joseph NJ.
Breslyn. of Canton. Mass. He is EN-
ptoyed at the Rising Sun Stove works,
of which Hon. Elijah Morse. a member
of congress, is the head. Breslyn's rep
utation is good. as learned from every
body throughout Canton. Breslyn told
me that one Sunday afternoon in No
vember, 1890. he was in the smoking
room OF the Park Square station of the
Old Colony road at Boston. A gentle
man who perfectly answered the de-
Scription of DR.. Graves entered the
room and offered him quarter if he
would write the following words on
piece OF paper. which the stranger pre-
sented: wish you a happy New Year.
Please accept this from your friends in
the woods" Breslyn did so. and the
gentleman left. / showed Breslyn a
photograph of the inscription as it ar
rived here pasted OH the poisoned
bottle OF whisky. He was confident it
was copy of what he had written, and
was willing to come to Denver to testify
as to what ne knew.
besides Breslyn. Mrs. Louisa Bar
Der, who lived in the same house with
Mrs. Hickey, and who was not in Provi-
denee at the time of the former trial,
had promised to attend the second trial.
She says she heard DIR. Graves, early in
April. say to Mrs. Mary Hickey, a wit
ness for the prosecution: Mary, do
not be surprised at any time to hear
Mrs. Barnaby
DIED OF A SHOCK
To Mrs. \. l.. Edwards, also of Proyi-
denee, the doctor made the same re-
mark. Mrs. Fearing, of New York, who
Kept the boarding house at which Dr.
and MIS-. Graves and Mrs. Barnaby and
Miss Hannet stopped, and Mrs. BOYD
Mckenzie, of New York, were also to
be present at the second trial
with more valuable evidence.
Besides these new witnesses
on account Of the will contest having
been dismissed in the courts of Provi-
dence, 1T made available for the state
many documents which could not be
had at the former trial. The state was
prepared TO show more fully than at
the former trial the transfer
by's account TO the doctors
own bank, and to his credit at about the
same time the bottle of poison arrived
Ill Denver. The state was also prepared
to show by checks and other papers the
ruiz financial transactions between the
doctor and Mrs. Rarnaby."
MIR. Stevens considers Graves cen
sure as the merest drivel. and denies
all charges of subornation of witnesses,
bribery of jurors and the use of improp-
er influence upon the officers. He says
the officials were very lenient to the
doctor.
Although the letter to Mrs. Graves
has not been gwen to the public, its
contents are known. In it the doctor
said that the new trial would consume
the little money he had, ana probably
without any good result to him. He
therefore decided to end his life and
leave his wife and old mother what he
was possessed of i'll order that they
might live i'll comfort.