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MRS. GRACE’S COMPLETE DEFENSE
Grace shot himself while he was trying to kill
his wife. He was infatuated with another young
woman who was at that time living in Atlanta.
THE WEATHER
Showers tonight or tomorrow.
Temperatures: 8 a. m., 73 degrees; 10
a. m., 74 degrees: 12 noon, 78 de
grees; 2p. m., 81 degrees.
VOL. X. NO. 264.
ILEWIB
DRV CHIEF.
CHUTE
FDR GOV.
Reform Leader Dramatically
Announces His Entry in the
Race at Last Minute.
DECLINES TO OUTLINE
PLATFORM OR PLANS
Believed That Seaborn Wright,
Noted Prohibitionist, Will Aid
Him in Campaign.
Representative Hooper Alexander, of
DeKalb, prohibition leader in the house
of representatives and champion of va
rious reform measures, today paid his
prescribed $209 entrance fee, and an
nounced himself a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor.
Mr. Alexander’s announcement, made
with theatrical suddenness and without
previous hint or suggestion to the pub
lic, at 11 o’clock this morning, at once,
became an absorbing topic of comment
around the state capitol, in the hotel
lobbies, and among politicians gener
ally.
He had been suggested as a candi
date many times. It was rumored just
after the Tippins bill passed the house
some ten days ago that Alexander
would be a candidate. Then it was said
that he would run'if Governor Brown
vetoed the Tippins bill.
When, however, the Tippins bill was
vetoed yesterday, Mr. Alexander said he
still was undetermined whether to run,
but said that he thought he would not
be able to make the race, in all the cir
cumstances.
Declares He Will
Be Handicapped Greatly.
“I would start the race terribly han
dicapped. I would have a strong line
up of newspapers against me, no cam
paign fund, and a generally hard road
to travel. If I ran, as things seem to
be. the public would think me a mighty
patriot or a foolhardy zealot, and it
might be the latter."
Nevertheless, this morning, just sixty
minutes before the close of entries for
the governorship, Mr. Alexander sent
his S2OO to Secretary of the Executive
Committee Calvin Hitch, and let it be
known that his hat was in the ring.
He walked calmly down the center
aisle of the house of representatives,
at 11:30. smiled into the faces of the
"press gang” there, and said to one of
them, “Boys, I have paid my assess
ment, and am a candidate for gov
ernor!”
It was evident enough that Mr. Alex
ander's announcement had been planned
somewhat along dramatic lineg, and
was scheduled to come as near the big
fight over the Tippins bill tomorrow as
it might.
Mr. Alexander would give out no
* formal interview today. He said he
would prepare within the next day or
so a statement of his views for the in
formation of the public, and that, pend
ing this announcement, he preferred not
to be quoted directly, as he would have
to stand or fall by his formal state
ment. .
He did say, however, that he wished
it understood that his candidacy would
not be keynoted to prohibition, and that
that issue would come in only as one of
other big problems with which Georgia
is now facing, and which must be
solved intelligently.
Other Important
Issues, He Says.
“My record on prohibition is known
of all men," said Mr. Alexander. “I
shall not belittle it, nor seek to empha
size it unduly. There are other issues
that interest me profoundly. I think,
for instance, that the matter of cor
poration control and domination of
people and things In Georgia is a mat
ter of serious moment. 1 think the
extension of the Western and Atlantic
railroad to the sea a question that
Continued on Page Threo.
The Atlanta Georgian
TAFT STAKES
CANDIDACY
IN DEFENSE
OF TARIFF
President, Notified That He’s
Choice of the Party. Takes
Lead as Standpatter.
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT'S
3RD-TERM ASPIRATIONS
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Root Tells Him His Nomination
Was Entirely Legal and
His “Title Clear.”
WASHINGTON. Aug. I. William
Howard Taft today accepted the nomi
nation of the Republican party for a
second term as president in a speech
marked by sharp attacks on Theodore
Roosevelt and the Democratic party.
He wasted no time in launching his at
tack on Roosevelt, saying at the very
outset of his speech:
“A faction sought to force the parly
to violate a valuable and time-honored
national tradition by entrusting the
power of the presidency for more than
two terms to one man. and that
one whose recently avowed political
views would have committed the prfrty
to radical proposals involving darMer
ous changes In our political constitu
tional representative form of govern
ment and our independent Judiciary.’
The AldrlTh-Payne tariff law of 1909
was approved by the president when he
said:
"The statement has been widely cir
culated and has received considerable
support from political opponents, that
the tariff act of 1909 is a prominent
factor in creating the high cost of liv
ing. This is not true. A careful in
vestigation will show that the phenome
non of increased prices and cost of liv
ing is world-wide in its extent and
quite as much in evidence in other
countries of advanced civilization and
progressive tendencies as in our own."
The address of notification was made
to President Taft by Elihu Root, of
New York, who presided as temporary
and permanent chairman of the Re
publican national convention in Chi
cago.
Simple Ceremonies
At White House.
The ceremonies were of extreme sim
plicity. From the time the notiflcation
committee entered the executive of
fices one or two at a time until Mrs.
Taft had personally seen that the last
guest had sufficient to eat at the buffet
luncheon, the entire ceremony was
marked with the most domestic plain
ness.
Shortly before 11 o’clock, the indi
vidual members of the notification com
mittee began to arrive, Uncle Joe Can
non, on account of the coolness of the
weather, arrived in a dark blue business
suit, failing to make good his threat of
yesterday to appear in his shirt sleeves.
As the members of the committee ar
rived. they were ushered into the presi
dent's private office, where they dis
cussed the political situation until all
of the committeemen were on hand.
Promptly at 11 o’clock, headed by Sen
ator Root and Secretary Thompson, the
committee left the executive offices and
proceeded up the cement walk to the
front door of the white house.
At 11:3(1 o’clock, after the committee
had been seated in the east room, Mrs.
Taft was led to a seat in the front of
the assemblage by Major General Leon
ard Wood. followed by Mrs. Wood, Mrs.
Clintock, her intimate friend, and Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop, wife of the assis
tant secretary of the navy.
Assemblage Cheers
The President.
President Taft followed closely in
their wake, taking a seat opposite
chairman Root on the platform. Sena
tor Root (mediately began Ills speech of
notification. Chairman Root was inter
rupted by applause from the committee
and guests.
When he had concluded, the assem
blage arose and cheered the president.
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
WHY SECRET WAS KEPT
She (Mrs .Grace) wanted to
call a doctor, and he insisted he
didn’t need any doctor. He
told her to keep silent rather
than injure his social standing,
lie made her swear tn keep his
secret.—F ro m Allor ne y,
Branch’s Statement.
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HOFF PUNS TO
IMH SPEER
4 MACON, GA., Aug. 1. —The charge of I
contempt of court pending over him for
sending his recent sensational letter to
Judge Emory Speer will not deter Colo. '
nel W. A. Huff, former mayor, from
presenting a memorial to congress ask
ing for the impeachment of the judge. (
The memorial will be presented first to
Representative ('. L. Bartlett, and if not (
introduced by him. it will then he given ,
to Speaker Clark, who will be required
by the rules to bring it before the house
judiciary committee.
Colonel Huff declares that. Judge
Speer did not answer seven of the most i
important charges of official corruption ;
brought against him. absolutely ignor- ,
ing them, in his answer, which was de
livered from the bench yesterday be
tween sobs and with tear-dimmed eyes.
Georgians Will Not
Ask for Impeachment
WASHINGTON, Aug I.—Unless a
formal resolution demanding the im- '
peaehment of Federal Judge Emory ■
Speer, of Macon. Cm., is.brought on the i
floor of the house, the judiciary com- i
mittee will take no cognizance of com
plaints filed by <’olonel W A Huff, for
mer mayor of that citj Georgia mem- '
b< i -of congress state they have no In- i
tention of bringing in such a resolu- .
lion.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1912.
MAN AT HIS PHONE AFTER
GRACE SAYS HE WAS SHOT
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This expression does not often
appear on the accused woman’s
face, which usually is enigmatical
and without sign of emotion.
ONE MERCHANT STABS
ANOTHER IN ARGUMENT
OVER JEANS OVERALLS
WASHINGTON, GA., Aug. I.—-As a
result of a difficulty with Phil Rosen
berg today, Morris Weinstein lies at
the point of death at his home with four
knife wounds in his chest and shoulder.
Two knife cuts pierced Weinstein's
lung. Rosenberg is in jail on a charge .
of attempting to kill.
The difficulty between the two mer
chants arose over a pair of jeans over
alls, for which Weinstein claimed Ros
enberg refused to pay him. The alter
cation took place in Weinstein's store
on Main street. There were no eye
witnesses.
PLAN TO BAND TEACHERS
TO WORK FOR GOV. WILSON
SEAGIRT, N. .1.. Aug. 1.- Sam Eord, :
of Montgomery. Ala., made a sugges
tion by mail to Governor Wilson today
that a nation-wide organization of
school teachers be formed to work for
Wilson during tin- campaign.
Governor Wilson thought favorably of
tile hba and replied, asking Mr. Ford
to "< <>nfer with chairman Mcl'oinl r
and other members of tile campaign
committee on the subject.”
They quarreled over her and he began to beat
his wife. He drew a pistol and in the struggle
that followed it was discharged while in his hand.
RUNAWAY CRASH
INJURES I GIBES
Miss Maude Muller, young daughter
of F. L. Muller, who lives at the cor
ner of Lakewood avenue and McDon
ough road, is in a serious condition*to
day at the Tabernacle infirmary as the
result of injuries received yesterday in
a runaway at Mt. Airy, on the Tal
lulah Falls railroad.
Miss Louise Murphey, of Charlotte,
N. I’., a eomiianion of Miss Muller’s,
has gone to her home city for medical
attention for slight Injuries received in
the same accident.
The young women were driving Miss
Muller's horse, when the hat. of one of
them blew off in front of the animal
and frightened It. The horse started
running down hill, fell into a ditch and
threw the young woman out. Miss Mul
ler’s right leg was broken in four
places, her right knee injured, her left
arm broken and her front teeth knocked
out. She also suffered bodily injuries
and contusions and abrasions about the
head and face. Miss Murphey, who was
spending the summer with Miss Muller
at tip summer home of the latter’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Muller, at Mt.
Airy, was badly shaken up. The horse
broke a, leg and was shot.
Georgi W. Muller, an Atlanta man
ufacturer and brother of Mias Muller;
Theodore Muller, another brother, and
two local physicians went to Mt. Airy
and brought Miss Muller to Atlanta,
while Mias Murphey departed for Char,
lotto An operation was larfotim-d on
Miss Muller at noon today.
Witness Testifies He Heard Mari’s Voice Over
Phone After Time Grace Says He Was
Wounded—Accuser Calls Wife’s New Story a
“D—n Lie”—Defense Attacks the Husband.-
That Eugene Grace was shot by a pistol in his own hand while
he fought his wife upon their bed for the possession of papers that
would give him control of all her property, was the startling counter
charge made by the defense in the Grace case today.
Moreover, the defense declared that it would prove that Daisy
Grace had been a wronged wife from the moment she married Grace;
that he had beaten her, had “run about’’ with a former sweetheart
and was actually planning to send Daisy away from Atlanta so that
be might meet this woman in his own home unmolested, after first
getting control of his wife’s property, when the fight on the bed oc
curred with its tragic termination.
“Lie,” Says Grace
When Eugene Grace, lying on a cot in another room of the court
house, was told this, he exclaimed, “|t’s a damned lie!’’
Attorney Branch, of the defense, put witnesses upon the stand
to prove that Grace could not have been shot early in the morning,
while drugged, as the prosecution alleges, because ho had answered
the telephone, himself at half-past
“testified to the important fact that
to Mrs. Grace and to a man in the
The defense declared it would sin
Grace, because there was no other
The prosecution indirectly
charged Mrs. Grace with attempt
ed bribery when Solicitor Dorsey,
cross-questioning Rebecca Dorsey,
the negro dressmaker, asked her
if she had not told the negro ser
vant, Martha Ruffin, that Daisy
Grace would pay her well if she
did not testify at the trial.
Numerous witnesses were placed
upon the stand by Attorneys
Branch. Moore anil Rosser to pave
the way for the statement that
Mrs. Grace will make if she is
called to the stand.
Will Give Testimony
Reflecting on Grace.
These witnesses are designed to
prove that Grace had been unfaith
ii) to his wife even while she was
giving him money amounting to
$15,000 or $20,000, and after she
had started him in business. The
defense declared that after tearing
down the alleged case against the
wife made by the prosecution, it
would go further to show that
Grace had frequently beaten
Daisy; that he had threatened to
kill her, but that notwithstanding
his inhuman treatment she still
loved him so that she swore an
oath after the shooting never to
tell how it had come about, and
promised even to get rid of Grace’s
pistol in order to save scandal and
his name in society.
Daisy Grace had made a promise in
this case and she had kept it," said her
lawyer. “Now she will tell the whole
story, and tills whole disgraceful mys
tery will be cleared away."
Branch asserted that the defense
would clearly prove that Mrs. Grace
had not married her husband for his
money, but, on the contrary, had given
him sums amounting to $15,000 or $20,-
000 in one year.
In return for these gifts, the lawyer
said, Grace continually mistreated his
wife, beating her on many 'occasions,
and had even “run around" with a for
mer sweetheart of his from Philadel
phia.
The attorney said he would establish
that Grace could not have been shot at
the time he said he was, because he
had been using the phone in the house
as late as 10 o’cjpck on the morning of
the shooting. “And we will prove,” said
Branch, “that on that day Grace had
sought to get his wife to leave At
lanta.. presumably because h<- wished to
make an appointment with a former
sweetheart and meet her
In explaining why Mrs Grace iia.
hithcrto kept silent the "real story of
HOHL
IDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
10 o’clock. C. F. Meckle, a grocer,
he had talked over the ’phone both
• house between 10 and 11 o’clock,
ow that this man must have been
man in the house at that time.
the shooting," Branch said that she hart
promised Grace to keep their “nigger
row" a secret for the sake of the fam- ’
ily reputations.
Branch Outlines
The Defense’s Side. I
Mr. Branch outlined the defense. He
said: ?
“We expect to show, by disconnected
evidence, our theory of the defense.
"Our contentions are:
"That the contentions of the state ’
are not well founded. We expect to
prove certain things to show that the
state's case Is rotten, or almost rotten.
That their theory that Grace was shot
at night or early morning is not true.
“By that we will show that the very
foundation of the state’s case is un
sound. We are going to show that in
several different ways. The idea that fl
Grace lay there all the morning, doped
and shot, is ridiculous. That the defend
ant was around the house, keeping
people away from him, is absolutely
absurd." %
Mr Dorsey objected to comments.
Talked Over Phone As f
Late as 10 o’Clock. f
“We shali prove,” said Mr. Branch. /
"that there was nothing unusual there
that day up to 11 o’clock. That Grace J
only had a cold. That the effort to I
charge Mrs. Grace with this medicine
here is false, and they know it Is false.
Dr. Chunn sold Mr. Grace himself that
medicine on March 4. Dr. Chunn sug
gested the brand of medicine sold.
"We are going to show you it couldn’t
be true Grace was lying there al! morn
ing drugged and shot. He was up and
about the room. He never got up until
late, always had breakfast in his room. ,
He got up that morning and wrote a
check He talked over the telephone
as late as 10 o’clock. We will prove
that.”
Will Show She Spent
Thousands On Him.
"We will show that Mrs. Grave was
about the house in her ordinary, usual
way, just as every day. She played the
piano about 11 o’clock, as a caller will
prove. This was Mrs. Kiser’s negro
servant.
“Grace was shot after 11 o'clock. He
wasn’t doped until after he was shot.
“We are going to show that this
woman did not marry to get hfs money.
She spent thousands on him while he
wasn't making a cent. She gave him
between $15,000 and $20,000 within a
year. We will show he didn’t have any
money We will show that the very
foundation of their case is rotten.
Will Explain
Whole Mystery.
"But w. won't stop there. We would U
not be satisfied to leave a mystery. B
"We will show you the whole miser* B
able affair B
We wt". show you that Grace ex. B
acted a promise from her. after he wa B
shot, B
"He didn’t think he was hurt badly B
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