The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-09
HISTORY OF A CRIME.

The suicide of Dr. Graves has created
quite commotion. not only in Colorado
but throughout the country. The latest
theory is that he died of heart disease,
but though he may have been thus affiict-
ed, the circumstances attending his death
are scarcely compatible with that idea.
The following particulars of the principal
| incidents connected with the crime oil
which he was accused are taken from the
Colorado Sun, and will be of very general
interest:
Mrs. Josephine A. Barnaby (nee Rey-
| nolds) of Providence, r. l., wealthy
widow, is the person over whom the cele-
Drated Graves case has it's being Mrs.
Barnaby was left large fortune on the
death of her husband. She never was a
woman of much strength, being for q
long time a victim of paralysis.
| Her first meeting with DIR. T. Thatcher
Graves occurred at his Office on Broad
way at Providence, r. l.. in 1888, where
he undertook her case. DR.. Graves was
| born in Norwich, Conn. on Jan. 20, 1871
graduated from Harvard Medical school
in 1871 and practiced in several cities be-
fore locating in Providence.
| He claimed a large practice, mainly
through the study of paralysis. DR..
Graves secured Mrs. Barnaby's implicit
confidence. He treated her in Providence
for some time until Mrs. Barnaby ano
Mrs. E. s.. Worrell, ST., an old acquaint-
ance of Mrs. Barnaby, left there for trip
to California in 1891.
| Their trip was not beneficial to Mrs.
| Barnaby, and the two came to Denver in
| March of the year mentioned. On the
afternoon of Sunday, April 10, 1891. Mrs.
Barnsby died at the residence Of Mr.. E.
s. Worrell, ST., in this city, where they
were stopping.
Her death was due to the effects of q
tglass of whisky toddy which she drank on
April u, after she and Mrs. Worrell, Sr.,
had drank after returning from a ride tc
the WorrelPs ranch near the city, Both
| were taken i'll. but Mrs. Worrel not sc
seriously as her companion.
| Suspicion at once attracted itself to the
whisky from which the toddy had been
made and which Mrs. Worrell said she
felt sure contained poison. This whisky
had been sent to Mrs. Barnaby from the
east on March 81, addressed, MRS. J.
B. Barnaby, care E. s. WorrelI. .Jr.
1925 Arapahoe street, Denver, Colo.''
| 1t was in a bottle eight inches long, five
inches wide and two inches deep, done up
in brown paper and plainly post-in-
scribed, tBoston. Written on piece
of white paper, pasted on the bottle
were the words, "WIsh you happy New
Year. Please accept this fine old whisky
from your friend in the woods.''
| The bottle was not Immediately taken
| to the Worrells' home, but lay around
for several days, including several hours
in a livery stable, where it had been car
ried in the Worrells' buggy by mistake.
| Young Mr.. WOrrell remembered it and
hunted it up.
He took .it home and put it in Mrs.
| Barnaby'S room. On the night of April
Is Mrs. Barna5y took the whisky and
made from it two whisky toddies, one for
| herself and one for Mrs. Worrell. The
latter drank little of it and sat it down
calling it ssnasty stuff Mrs. Barnaby
drank ell of ners. The result was death.
| An investigation at once followed. II
was found that by will Mrs. Barnaby
had left DR.. Graves the sum of SOS. 900 as
personal mark of esteem. It was fur
| Their found that she had previously told
DR.. Graves of this intention. Suspicion
pointed to him, and it was further be-
Iieved that he had sent the whisky.
| 1t was found that DR.. Graves was in
Boston when the bottle was sent. He
was arrested, brought to Denver and tried
in November, 1891. The result was a
verdict in his guilt and he was sentenced
to be hanged. In the meantime the SUI
preme court was appealed to, and early
in the present year a new trial was
granted.
1t was to have occurred this month. in
all probability. Yesterday the county
commissioners made an appropriation of
s., 600 for the prosecution in it. During
trip east ex-District Attorney Stevens
had, it IS claimed, secured much new
evidence.