The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-05
GRAVES'S LAST REQUEST.
,fg ASKED THAT HIS FUNERAL Ex-
PENsEy TO CONNECTICUT BE PAID.

,oms poison. are opposing the effort to hold an
outopsy and inquest It is limited that Dr.
Graves ended his own life with some mystic
rious drug or com bination OF drugs which could
only have been prepared by an expert chemist
and those who believe him guilty OF the
murder OF Mrs. Barnaby are said to contem-
plate connecting the poison by which the
doctor ended his own troubles with that con-
tanned in the bottle of whiskey sent to Mrs.
Earnaby from her friends In the woods"
Two leading physicians who were to have
hold an autopsy this morning have refused to
do So until the County Com mssioners guar
nntee fee commensurate with the I'm portance
of the case Mrs. Graves. the Doctors widow.
ia stoutly opposed to the autopsy and inquest.
She says that after the letters the Doctor left
there is no need OF an official Investigation.
Her husband was prosecuted 10 DEATH she
says. and that is all there is to 1t. She is not
yet satisfied that the Doctor committed sui.
eide and does not believe that his letters were
written while in suicidal frame OF mind. she
thinks he sim ply had prepared Thorn in antici-
patton OF death from some sudden shock. and
she believes that he died from heart failure
due to the publication OF the last fusilade from
tho prosecution containing its promise OF new
evidence.
Dr. J. W. Hufaker. Mrs. Graves's physi-
clan. saw her early this morning. At o
CLOCK no r6pOIt6u tDHU sue nhu phSS6u n HOOu
night and was perfectly rational and her mind
judge ad ss' Mason lac Son viii take loyal steps to
except Mrs. Graves is satisfied as to the fact
Of sulcids. but her friends will not attempt t9
only be o useless blow to her
During his confinement At Canon City DR..
GorS Rs
sooner or later he would be free. and his great
idea was to give the public. when that
o os tie Trouble troubles that he had undsrsone
from his own particular standpoint With this
STacing the details Of his trial and incareera-
ton. It included also many interesting incl
S sS4 Of son S d dGssor S WAS So
close observer and found an inexhaustible fund
Ct s at hsP book as toppd
Shadow OF the Gallows." and In his letter to
Mrs. Graves he asks her to publish It. believ-
pathzing public and provide her with suffi-
Client means to live comfortably for the re-
The County W Commissioners tonight decided
not bear the fTp Ss ss q the autopsy and
Mr. Graves left the following letter for tho
Board Of County Commissioners:
,o VIII ahs reap Of a.
mo mot n and f female escort for my Vile
able He' funds md are Exhausted and cannot
but feel that the county OF Arapahoe
Sey s ana Ns
enough to travel alone. therefore have made
the request !S T STrssDsss'uGy CLAWS
AT P. NJ, the inquest on the remains OF
onsd Ss pss them Sey
and adjourned until o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Denver man. now in this city. said yester-
u think there are very few people closely
did not shake their heads in doubt when they
killed himself too on the very day which he
ssiisiis date was nam 81 q. the epenlns Sf his
TRe speaker the Doctor we heard
every word of the evidence and argum,s nts at
nase both and
the Jury. He is also well known to the deputy
81 Tde sar VINO
have never since returned to the scene OF the
THAT is the only fact about the entire case
Continued. James Wilson was the deputy
rant was at the time. in the hands Of another
deputy who watched Dr., Graves during the
guilt was made on the way back to the county
Jail after the verdict was rendered. That con-
the aS BY
prisoner: Wilson and the under sheriff went
East with John Conrad, tho prosecuting wit:
Fast What became d Wilson. and why did
have never been answered. After all. they lend
some color to Graves's dying statement that
the Jury was not an unpreIudiced dozen OF his
remember the time Judge Macon. his
; senior counsel Iumped out OF MS chair when
paced up and down the corridor outside. NUT.
teripg. Has this man deceived mo after allp
ce sa' s'e disc Ths
dead. fi,thereis anything in it. why was it
not emphasized before when such fact
II talked with the Doctor in February last in
mis- cell S at the e9u1y ian IL tGid
be able to make great deal OF money lectur;
ing on the case penitentiary experiences. and |
ceivsd such Oilers Naturally he Was thin and
pale. the result, OF confinement. but he was
Of dependency then. 1t seems almost in
credible. that. II innocent. he should wait over
shd ron nor es s @ ns
and then Kill himself within twenty days OF its
Gov Routt told mo soon after the verdict
mat he had followed the case very exactly and
certainly would not Interfere II the, supreme
the case. |
81 know OF my own Knowledge that DR..
Graves was never dealt harshy with by the
Denver press except upon one occasion. when
fictitious interview with him was pr nted in
aDenver newspaper which afterward apollo
giztd.
Graves convicted himself by his own lack
Of testimony. He could remember nothing
He was a nigh Mason and received much help
In his fight. He could have afforded to fight
again II innocent. and make his fortune after
ward on the line he had mapped out during
ms months Of confinement His troubles told
wonderfully on his character. His friends in
Denver thought him q saint. and even those
S TM@ cGTnsidered him guilty had grown TO pity
Siew linkcrton detectives, will be sorry to let
MN rest now"
y" More Fighting ut Roby for the Present
'HicAdo. Sent. 4.-The Critic -Lavgne and
harrI'ConnorS fights. scheduled for decision
Wy me Columbian Athletic Club at Roby to-
night did not take place. and no trouble OF
ahy KIND occurred In to @ O'clock no troops |