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during his trial. and has stood by him
since, is out of the city, and no inter
view can be had with him tonight
SEVERAL SHOTS AT STEVENS.
The letters addressed to Mrs. Graves
and the commissioners have not yet
been given out. The one to the public
is as follows:
County Jail, Denver. Col, Sept. s.
To the Public: In the spring of 1891 |
made the trip to Denver, actuated by
desire 10 appear before the grand
assist III solving the Barna-
by murder. Arriving i'll Denver.
my lawyers refused to allow me
to go before the grand jury. | soon
found myself indicted for murder.
Surprised, astonished, said to my law
yers, 'Of course it cannot amount to
anything, for truly had nothing to do
with the death of Mrs. Barnaby." l
little dreamed what was in store for me.
l did not know what can be accomplished
by political influence, with money, and
man Ito play the prince" with
his wife'S money. The district
Stevens, 8 young leading politician,
ambitious. full of devilish schemes and
cunning, man who never hesitated at
any kind of dirty work to advance him.
self, and who was surrounded by the
vileSt men i'll the West as his tools. At
the trial which followed we found
everything completely and absolutely
under his control, the reporters, the
bailiffs. the court officials Except the
clerk of the, court, the deputies, the
honorable Judge and the jury. Since
the trial we have learned that no man
was put on the jury unless he first
agreed TO favor Stevens. Promises of
POLITICAL PREFERENCE
and value received were freely offered
and taken. Forty years ago a man
named Perrin. in Connecticut, and
my father had some trouble over some
land. The son worked himself onto
the jury and paid the Old debt in
full after the manner of such meu.
This we did not know until long
after the trial. l am informed that
since the trial some OF the jurors have
received political appointments from
Stevens and some are professional
jurors, getting on the jury i'll cases
where lie always wins his case. These
are we'll known In Denver.
hat possible chance did stranger
have against Stevens, backed by SUCH a
judge and Il purchaSabie jury? Conrad
boosted that he expended SO, 900 among
detectives, witnesses, judge and jury.
He always omitted to remark that the
money belonged 10 his wife, and that he
was playing for S150,000 stake. The
supreme court of Colorado in the most
emphatic, scathing and bitter words pro-
nounced the trial unfair, unjust and
lille gal. and ordered a new trial. My
lawyers have found proof that at the
trials 81 $40 was paid out 10 one wit
ness. They have the affidavlts of sew
oral fhnU ppr .sSnnDhnn;, %
to whether, in case of their being SUM-
moned on the jury, they would favor
stevens, and this was done by Stevens
UalllffS. The jury. were under charge of
one of the
WORST WILLIAMS on EARTH;
boarded at hotel kept by one Of the
jury, went to the theater and around
town pretty much as they pleased. For
months and months | have languiShed
in jail clamOriug for new trial, until
have, little by little, learned all OF the
villainous things which appertained
to the former trial, and [ have
told not half. Stevens. IN the
meantime, had advanced to be ac-
knowledged as the supreme political
boss, and controls today most of the
judges. They dare not decide against
him,and when my lawyers motion for
new trial was granted, bail was de-
fnanded which it was rendered i'm
possible to furnish, and | have been
forced to remain i'll jail all through
this hot. suitry summer until. l must
confess. my spirit is broken down.
a new district attorney has mean
while been appointed, but he does not
count. Stevens rules the more, and the
new one hobs Serenely as Stevens die
tateS. Now l am tired OF this whole
business. They have exhausted me.
Is it strange that L think it use
it was fair, s:and-up legal
night should have some chance. and
would stand up to it. But it is not fair.
1t is as foul and dirty an affair as ever
diSgraced court. The whole power of
the courts is i'll the hands of Stevens.
He is an underhand sneak and always
works by methods which gentlemen
ABHOR AND DESPISE.
an. uniformed that the case may be
continued for an indefinite period, that
| might be dragged through mud and
mire, tossed here and there among the
lawyers, who keep it up for newspaper
am tired of it. l have freely eX-
pended fortune in fighting them.
But the courts will compel me
to expend more. But do not propose
to give them any more. What | have
left will go to my noble little wife and
my poor, suffering mother. There
is one way | can stop the expenditure.
Allow me TO repeat that which have
always said publicly and privately:
Upon my solemn oath, /. Thatcher
Graves, did not have anything TO do in
my way. shape, manner nor deed, with
the death of Mrs. Barnaby. l write
this. knowing what the future will soon
have i'll store for me-"
The people will believe. pity and
sympathiZe with me. They will know
that even the strongest man can be
beaten down by a cyclone of filth, mud
and persecution. l leave little key
Stevens to the people of Colorado.
Please take care of him.
THATCHER GRAVES, NJ. ID.
THE NEW EVIDENCE.
Mr.. Stevens, county attorney, and