Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-04
DIED LIKE A DOG
Dr. Graves Commits Suicide in
the Denver jail.
TO ESCAPE The Gallows
ne fesss- assdisn Letter - Espl@ia
Hs Aet-tfl- Vile Anecsed--His-
tory or the Crime.


IN his csii AZ The c,unty iail lazl night.
probably by taxing poison. tie ~as
found sta and coli IN death al a IA.
b. ths -trusfy. who has been caring
Cor him- ca his person was found the
foliosiag letter.
-DsSxsk. Colo. August .. lss1
TO the Coroner u Denver,
~DEAR SIS Please do not hold an au-
fopsy ca my remaina The cause Il
death NAY - renderel a. follows: Died
from persecution, worn cut. exhausted
Yours respectfully.
It. THkeHEK GRAVES. NJ. D.
The Booty was Cold
The corpse was quite cs,id when found
We direct evidences q suicide was visible
baI the above letter bells the story.
There we're also letters % Mrs Graves.
Niie u The doctor. 10 Jalior Crews. aud
and one addressed % the public. That
The prisoner had long contemplated tax
Ing his own lie IL evident from the date
q TIE letter August 9th last
Another letter NAs addressed 10 Cap
tam Crews. the IAilor. II read as fellows:
August -. Nv lawyers have
the fnli reports showing that | neither
WIN $50 t4tN t"tatt ~ aNlr- l1TnAIy nor
thar the estate owes me. outslie II the
legacy by vii The public see what |
have % expect from the villainous.
coWardly falsshoods Il Stevens | can
Dot expcnd more money fighting him.
must take the only means 20 provide
Il for my wife and dear. honored. aged
mother L. IHA1cHEs GKAvEs
Nr@ Graves Affected
A IL well known. DIR. Graves Was
awaiting his second trial for the alleged
murder Of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby of
Provi1erce. eho. az the time of her
death. Vas visiting friends IN Denver
She died April n. lsoi O1 April . she
drank from a bottle Of whisky that had
eo1ae by mail from Boston and that was
labeled Wish you a Happy New
Year. Please accept this hne old whisky
from your friends IN the woods
The whisky contained a solution Of
arsenic. Dr. Graves vas accused Of
ssnding the bottle. The doctor left
everything IN order before be died
When he was found be wss clad in his
trousers and a dress shirt
Mrs Graves and several gentlemen
visited the doctor yesterday. As Is the
custom they we're searched but nothing
of a suspicious nature vas found on their
persona
"A j. evident from the letter addressed
D. the coroner. Dr. Graves undoubtedly
nmmittrd sdicide. but witk what drug
the autopsy alone win tell. II vas sup
posed hosever that he took morphine.
Mrs Graves. wife Il the doctor. Was
informed q her husbands death shortly
before noon.
The poor woman was deeply affected
by fhr news and for tine nobody could
comfort her.
History or the Case.
Mrs. Barnaby tirst met DR. Graves at
his Office on Broadway. at Providence.
IN lS-,. where he undertook her case.
Dr. Graves Was born IN Norwich. Conn.
on January - ISL. graduated from
Harvard Medical school in 1871. and
practiced In several cities before locat.
i1g Ia Providence. DE Graves secured
Mrs. harnaby' implicit confidence. He
treated her "a Providence for some time
until Mrs Barnaby and Mrs +. ;. Wor-
reii. Sr.. "a old acquaintance q Mrs.
harnaty let there fof a trip to Califor.
nia in 1871. Their trip vas not hcnc-
fc,ai o. Nrs Barnaby and the two came
o. Denver In Marcn 81 the year men
toned On the afternoon ~ Sunday
April ~ 1901 Mrs 8sruaby died AZ the
residence ~ Nf =. - Worreii. Sr. IN
this city where they @ere stopping
Both Made IIL
Fer deota wac duc 30 The effects of a
g'ssi % shissy toddy. wAich she drank
on Apra 81 aaich she AMI Mr.. Worrell
bad frank after returning from a ride
g. tho Worreifs ranch near the CITY.
Enfb we're taken Us. bat Mrs Worrell
Dot 80 sericusiy A. her companion. Sus-
pic.on a. once attached itsef q tae
whisky fron which The iosidy had been
nede and which Mrs. Worroil said she
fsl. sure contained poison. This shisky
bal been sent - Mrs Bsrushy from the
east nn March fi The hottie vas rot
Immeiiatcig tsx-n 81 The Worreil home.
tul las around fof several days. inc.ud-
sc4 several hours in = lverY stable.
here if had been carried in The Wor
reiis ruxgy ~ nistake to The night
~ April ~ Mrs. 8arusby taok TIE
Whisky and made from 4 tro whisky
tostlies. ane for hetself AMI one for Mrs
Worr-ii The latter drank a httie - 70
al saf davn ealing it nasty stud
trs Harnaby drank al q hers The
FssaIf Fas death.
Graves Arrested
Aa iasestiaafion az orce followed. ~
wae found that BY wii Mrs. Barnshy
BAT left Iir Graves TIE sum - s29ttN
as a personal mark = esteem. IL vas
further iouEa fhst she had previously
tnit iir GRAVES n this intenficn. Sus.
picion paint.l t0 hin and 4 was further
believed that be ban senf the whisky
it VA forni that ~ Graves vas n
Boston. frefa uheaee fhe bottle Sse
se0t re vas arrested. brought f. fp-a
ytr at triei in November. i-sil. The
r,rslit ~ a ssfriict r his guilt and he
~as secfe1ced - he hanged Ia the
r1eentlu,e the saYFrsne court Vas ap.
p.s'ei 81 aad early the rfeerut year
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