Purchase Area Paranormal Society
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Case Study Della Barnes Case History Della Barnes was born in 1874 to Mr. & Mrs. George F. Barnes. Mr. Barnes was a city councilman of Paducah. On the night
of Dellas’ death she had a houseguest who was sharing her room. The houseguest was a female whose name has been lost,
claimed that Della had been taking calomel tablets for some time. However she was having troubles swallowing them so she started
crushing them and taking it in powder form instead. She said, Della had taken one dose then drank a glass of sweet milk then
another dose. Then Della went to bed around 9pm. By 11pm she was unconscious and unresponsive. At 5 in the morning she died. The Paducah Daily Sun on Monday, June 28, 1897 told of her death. The paper read: ACCIDENTAL POISONING Carries off Miss Della Barnes of West Jefferson She took Morphine Believing It Was Calomel--Funeral This Afternoon A sad death occurred yesterday morning at 5 o’clock. Miss Della Barnes, youngest daughter of Councilman George F.
Barnes, died at the family residence on West Jefferson Street of morphine poisoning. The young lady was found in a lethargy
about 11 o’clock, from which it was impossible to arouse her. Doctors Murrell and Elliott were called and did everything
possible to save her life but to no avail, and she died at 5 o’clock. According to the statement of a young lady who
is visiting her, and was her room mate, Miss Barnes took a glass of water, poured some powder into it and said she intended
to take five grains of calomel. She also drank a glass of sweetmilk and became ill. She then prepared another glass with more
powder and swallowed that. Her companion was awakened about two hours later by groans and upon attempting to awaken Miss Barnes
she found that she was unconscious. The deceased had often taken calomel in capsules, but stated several days before that
they choked her, and she was going to take it in pulverized form. Her death is a sad blow to her parents and sisters, as well
as her friends. She was about 21 years of age and a pretty and attractive young lady. The funeral took place at 3 o’clock
this afternoon from the residence. Burial at Oak Grove. Legend There are several versions to this legend. Most play along the same lines and carry little to no truth. One version has Della murdered by her fiancé who cuts her fingers of to retrieve the engagement ring (other tells it as
her husband.) When she was buried the family placed a statue in her likeness as a marker. But soon the fingers began to fall
off for no reason. Workers would reattach the fingers but each time they would only fall off again. (Some versions tell that
blood will actually come from the statues' fingers). Another version tells that Della hide a knife in a bouquet of flowers and when her fiancé embraced her it forced the knife
into herself killing her. The reasons of this were left up to speculation. In recent years a new version has been created. In this version her doctor poisons her with the morphine accidentally.
This version came up after I wrote one web site and told them that she died of an overdose of morphine. I presume that they
speculated that there was a doctor involved while in reality at that time morphine was easily obtainable from anywhere. Investigations January 4, 2005 I made a visit to Oak Grove during the day. It was rainy and there was also workers setting up for two funerals nearby
the site. So I will make plans to go back when conditions are more favorable for pictures and emf. January 2005 I was able to return to Oak Grove on a day when there was no activity. I took some pictures of Della’s grave and
used the EMF meter. Neither the emf nor photographs show anything. However one of the pictures did show an interesting outline
on the large mausoleum behind her. This discoloration can be seen with the naked eye. The above picture of Della Barnes is
from 1977. Today only the waist down remains.February 2005 With the information that I have at this point I am going to consider this case closed. June 2005 I have been able to obtain some more info on Della Barnes and have decided to reopen the case and make an attempt to locate
her residence. According to the 1894-95 . ref. are avail. upon request.
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