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NO. 1 IS ATTORNEY JOHN W. MOORE, MRS. GRACE’S COUNSEL; NO. 2 IS LAMAR HILL, GRACE’S LAWYER; NO. 3 IS JUDGE ROAN, AND NO. 4 IS MRS. GRACE.
pi f"j Ipi r fl "T*nr r IITF 111 r ■ IM * Grace bad a cold mill t 11» v want'll
MAI k HI II” HI I Illi” i ,o la, ‘‘ That wasn't unusual.
rill hi 81 hi i r iii 11 w■' s! ''' m<> ’ " p " f ‘ xt “'° rn|r “f. |ia<i “ ,irc
UIIIIUL. 11l I L.II I IIL. j built tlivi.. carried his bnakto I upto
—, —, _ _ . _ I him nothing unusual. She was about
I 111 fl III| Fl I 111- lions.- He w .13 not in bed all tin
lUANUIntn,
’ Ine dressmaker ..ailed tip about 9
I| 11 [” I” OB I/O * .o'clock The phone was by Grace's
IRIII I LnVL plead. Mrs. Grace answered and had a
HU | J j gill |g| j talk with Mrs Williford. The plan
■ ■II l» will w leas for Grace to leave at 11, but he
I delayed nnd delayed, and finally said
he'd go at 2:45. She saw that lie was
Startling Line of Defense Is |; " *"' i ' " ,ta
he hli She b< lit \ e<i hn w;i- tr\mg To
Sprung When Court Recon- 1 """
vened This Morning. J‘tohT'X
I so at J 45 instead.
Lawrence said he had made a deal
Cont.noed From Pag. One. , Concea]
He didn't want his < ondltmn made Tlieil Negl o Row
pubil. She made him a promo*- and Thon Daisy Grate accused hei hus
she kept her promise But NOW SHE band of trying to .-ell her home nnd
IS GOING TO TEI.L Yol' THE making a date with a woman. He
W HOI F THING grabbed het and .'linked her and
Sb/ promise’she wouldn't t- and "" l ' d '<> kill her. ami he grabbed
sm has suffer.c G.th. . i :>•• il his pistol ami she st ruggled with all her
might and thej fell on the bed and
Will PI’OVC Grace the pisf o | he had in his hand went off
Wrote Alibi Letters. and he was shot. He wasn't paralyzed
, . . ~ then. It wasn't a wound which would
W. w.d Show toil a. O. j U1 , H . th ht „ f his
was written bx Grate minH-.t ahu Ha-
, „ . ... , , j . !*»<'tal standing and Im went to work to
dressed b\ Gran himself, .«Ih; thr\ *
, , ; inak»» her conceal their nigg*- »ou
know il and rvhig to d.min io ■
and she has kept his serret until now
", She wanted to call a docto and he
Mr 4 * Grate forme \ " »o\\. no
, , . , insisted he didn’t need any doctor. He
mom v and property, ano - • < -p» nt it , ' .
.. .. , < aid he w.tsnt hurt and he hurried het-
on Grace not all. but huge sums s.m
.. K iwav !!♦ made he* lake the pistol
hftF some est W • are going to s.iow H
, ~.M and told her to throw it away. She
was ridiculous io mens. or tins , . ,
, . v .s e. hip in didn ( take it to Xewnan, but put it in
dmbolH a plot <.iac» was Ruing lo , , 3 ,
, . . , . i f , «... the loom downstairs. she tried to
Philademhia to I he piopeiix to ge.
. „ phone him trom the station and
moriex to himse . .
< b , Gw - m sp.te of the >'»uldn t gel him She didn t know
f.ct that he repeatedly beat her and «'’«< >” but obey his instruction.,,
cruelly mistreated her. He split he. " ai "be '"'l b ». told her to keep
n „ e rcm■ be A with m:w ir 'ather than injure his somal
belonged 1-. be: standing He made |ier swear to keep
' MotivG We will show how il>su’ i bis soviet
He «.<- trn- man who wauled th. in- ''‘.at concluded M. Branch s outline
suiame b. ..us. il w-.md giv. him tothejm, It was the first time since
busim >s standing - !>■ "anted to the shooting tluit the del.-nse had been
pose as a rich man Pnbln
Wife Set Him Grace s Writing
Up In Business Figures in Dispute
M o. Jackson, of the Soutliein Be :
She set him up m mi.-, i.es. ...tel .
~ e *-phone and Telegraph t ompany, the
the, had t aveled about lib moth.-
, first witness for the uetense. was sworn,
urged her to make Grace go to wo k.
... . lb knew Grace well since 191.3 or 1904
and ft wa- on I, ll.eti tnii | - .i.,; o
, Ilin., worked there Witness Knows
on him t- g" into misim-s- am. sit
put up th. mom-v ..ml I I 1..01 ..." Gia>. s writing
. . ... rU .„ . sh( ..... . . m itness identified a lettei as Mi
gave him I: wasn't .rngbefee <Uu-e's he thought Tile lettei was
he wanted mor. atjd shi signed s marked and laid aside Mi Horsey
powe- of at’., il.. -1 : ass .questioned
rest of In ; ope Witness hud only 2W minutes ago seen
~ o G c < s w riling, taken from toe compa-
Chaiges Grace Saw , Stu|t . to bl , u ., un
Former Sweetheart ability to identify writing He
odd not identif, auotiie. letter shown
"Gra. .- .... 1 hied -. I’l .: . O
~ turn as Graces. Ihe .ourt ruled out
some tin . H- Ail.-w -1 c 1: r.
this I tel fereu tor . < npa . is-m.
who ha - sm. . ... ■ ■ • A ’ at.' \f■ ~
S . • I odd. of th" Hill, e I I st
he came to Atlanta h< eommuim .ite.i . , .
I. :u| >u, was culled He knew <.ia> - s
a good deal wttli this, woman < ■
.wi nun He examined tile same letter
»W eet 11. ... t t MI ► Gl a •
• ■■fi Mt Jackson and Identitleu b,
w er- at a matinee oi.t ~.>> wm n n ~ , , , , , , ,
.m H. said th. pencil had beep shaip
usher 1a me in and t a ..1 ■■ - n ■•. .
. .it first and dull al the last, and he was
I mz.led b, US He thought It was
•»ltl 11 inis a Ilian l.ul th. lei" 1 . ...i , . , ,
tiimrs > iituis but wouldnt sweat to
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On Mon la, night h.<d le-.-i |...
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,el t ■- was Grace a signature H*-
to N. mm r-m ~ m ( . . , , . .
. sited I' It bad been pam to
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It M ,m. ChecK Drawn
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. .MS .A i LANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. T HURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 1912.
MRS. ULRICH THINKS STATE
HAS FAILED TO MAKE A CASE
Mrs. Daisy Grace's motlur is entirely confident that the
state has failed to establish a ease against her daughter, anti
that she will be freed. Here is her view:
By Mrs. Martha Ulrich.
The prosecution has done all that it can do. The solicitor
general has brought out everything that possibly could be
brought out. but nothing has come to light which would lead
in any way to a conclusion that my daughter shot Eugene.
•lust as I thought, there have been a lot of suppositions
and theories.
I belive that the trial will end shortly, and that the jury
wdl not lake long to make up its mind on a verdict. Although
my daughter is. of course, feeling the strain of the trial, she
is hi no wise fearful of what the result will be.
Mv only .•oneern is that she shall get through it all with
out becoming sick.
'since 1 have been in Atlanta il has seemed to me that
the majority of the people here believe in my daughter's in
nocence. They will be convinced shortly.
>•-, obj,-< ted to its admission as evi- >
d< r< <- as irode, am.
Mr. Moore said it was a cheek drawn
Merer. 5 Mr. Dorsey objected to the ;
jury hearing this. I'iie > ase of the state
amt defense were revei. -d noyv. the de
fense becoming the alleged leader of wit
nesses and tin- state their cross-ques- .
lionets and baiters Mr. Dorsey proved
lie could hold his own with even the
famous llosser a.s a > ross-examiuei and
an objectoi He denied vgioronsl.v that
the check was written on March 5. de
spite its date It didn't prove anything
• 'hecks weie dated ahead tier, day in
the world, nnd for various reasons
Check Admitted
And Shown to Jury.
The check was admitted and shown
to the juiy
.1 I' Sturgeon ,i notary, was mxt j
He was shown the famous jowei of
attorney given Gia,<- by his wife, and i
identified Grace's signature. It whs
signed in Gim e's ofti< on March |
1912. three days before Gra. . was shot
Gtaee and Mis Grace w > re there
fck E. Lawrence. Grates partm-i. was|
next called
He hail seen Mrs Grace sign the
power of attorney He had called up
the Grave home on Match 5 at between
10 :tt> and 11 o'clock. Mrs. Grace an
swered. He had asked if Grave hau
bft Mr-. Gru. e said no. he was feel-j
ing bad SHE SAID HE WOI LD UK 1
AT THE 01-'EU'E 1.-XTEIt Mr Dot
>v.\ objected to witness sa\mg he had
told Mis Giihe cf a deal being closed
which wculd bring in money to Grace
\ discussion t’ dlowed The judg* rulvti
for the defense M?s <lra<» nodded hei '
head in approbation and satisfai tion
She Declared That
He d Be Down Later
I tolu Mrs Gi.u. sir. lb. w tness,
that 151 Just i : .se ( i a contrail ami'
had s.‘>ei> 1 didn't want to . ury In my >'
pocket. It was Grace s business to han- : t
die t . asl slid go to the bank ' '•
Ms G l. the witness suld. le, lieoil
that Eug.-ne would be down later This '
i- taken to indl- it. that lie was not
shot then, m it would have been fooiikh
to make su h a j>n>mlse |<
1 l Mei-i, i g.... ~| w, . acxi iip ,
Mint Ii ;> he was , a np t<, some oii>-
fiom th.- i;i,io. numbei He wa« out.
but w h- n I.' return.-d he < all.-d up that
numtiei V MAN answered tv- plum*
Mi Dois.-y -‘bjecteii to admttttng this.
|i<fet;s, In .»ti-i' Hie. would show that
Grace himself answered the 'phone. No
other man was in the house. Witness
could show it was Grace talking, and
at the time the state claimed he was
shot and drugged.
The jury was sent out and the witness
told his Story freely. He said a man
answered tile 'phone. The man had
said he would call Mrs. Grace, who
soon came to the 'plume. They dis
cussed a grocery bill for a few mo
ments.
Witness recognized Mrs. Grace's voice
but no: that of the man.
This was between 10 and 11 o'clock.
He had talked to her every morning
over tile 'phone for three months. Had
talk' d to her in person three times only.
Judge Roan ruled that the phone talk
could be admitted
He thought that if Mis. Grace was
talking business then, without evidence
of perturbation, it would tend to prove
that nothing was out of the ordinary at
the home
Repeats His Story
Before the Jury.
The jury returned and the witness re
peated Ins st'/ry in tliei: presence. • m
cross-examination he said he didn't
know positively who the man was at
tile 'phone.
Mr. Dorsey endeavored to break down
the witness to make him admit he
didn't hear any man's voice there, but
the witness stuck to his story and was
not shaken.
Judge Roan called down the solicitor
for impatience with the witness. Meckle
said he had told several persons of talk
ing over the phone to the Grace home.
No. he didn : remember that lie had told
anybody that hr I.ad talked to the man
there Mr. Dors,, said he wanted to
show :h> defens-- was trying hard to
j.ii'ti that Gr was uj. and well a:
la . lock, lb said tiiat if Meckle Lad
talked to a man tlieie he would cer
tainly have told j.'-ople in talking, be
cause the j'les'iic'- of the man was tlie
gist of tl. ■• w hob «tm y and the only
thing about the conversation worth re
membering.
Tin , out t was son eil to listen to an
otl-.-i -mg argmm-iit ov.-r a point of ad-
THE SUMMER HEALTH DRINK
Horeford's Ac d Pboeohate
y "ali'-.fiil invigorating and <ie.ici->u«
tieier.igs more cooling atiu retresb
i.g n ti lemonade. •••
mitting evidence. The witness was dis
missed.
The power of attorney was admitted
as evidence and read to the jury .
Dressmaker Gives
Important Evidence.
Rebecca Sams, negro dressmaker of
Mrs. Grace, now working for Mrs. John
Kiser. She testified to having been at
the Grace home the night of March 4.
Mrs. Grace was unwell at that time.
Martha Ruffin, the servant, was there.
Her left arm seemed injured and she
was crying.
She stayed at the Grace home until
after 10 o’clock. As to a black dress,
the dressmaker said that black dresses
were in style at that season, and were
not necessarily signs of mourning.
Airs. Grace was anxious about a dress.
The dressmaker asked Mrs. Grace why
she couldn't stay over and have the
dresses decently made. Mrs. Grace re
plied that her husband was anxious for
her to get off. The dressmaker then
volunteered to stay and finish the dress.
Which she did.
The dressmakei declared tiiat Mis.
Grace gave her husband keys to Phila
delphia properties.
She stated that, having left the dress
unfinished, she called the Grace home
over the telephone the next morning,
about S o'clock, and spoke to Mrs. Grace.
At this time Mrs Grace chided the
dressmakei for not having finished the
1 dress.
Some One Else
I :In the Room.
She then spoke to Airs. Grace about
1 Mrs. Williford wanting Mr. Grace to
1 do some shopping for her (Mr«. tVilli
-1 ford) while be was in Philadelphia,
' At this time, according to the wit
ness, Mrs. Grace spoke to some one else
in the room and said
' Lizzie May wants you to do some
' shopping for her.”
Rebecca Sums further testified that
she was at the hospital the next aft
ernoon after Grace was found.
The witness said that she told Mrs.
Grace: Tm so sorry about this, and 1
know you are innocent." The de
fense got in this testimony to rebut
the statements of the prosecution tiiat
Mrs Grace had not been told by any-
■ body of her husband having accused
hei
Intimates. They Used
Endearing Terms.
Mi. Dorsey, in his . i"ss-exaininatioii.
endeavored by his questions to show
that Rebecca was on unusually good
terms with Mis. Grace.
He asked the witness if terms of en
dearment ever passed between them. He
asked her if she ever culled Mrs. Grace
"Daisy of the l.eop ird Spots."
Th- witness admitted having gone to
Newnan Ga . once Mr Dorsey asked
If she had gone to Newnan at the sug
gestion of the defense's counsel She
said she went to see a sick relative, but
Went to see the Hills because they had
been so nice to her in the past
Site denied having been actively en
gaged in working up evident ' .
Indirectly Charges
Bribery to Mrs Grace
The >olicitoi' endeavored to show th it
sb, (Rebecca I had acted as a go-be
tween with tie defense and Martha
Ruffin He asked if -la hail told Mai
lt ha that Mrs Grin would pay her
• Mmtliai if >l' wouldn't testify. Re
becca admitted liav.ng visited Morris
Prudeau and expostulated with iiim
i about giving evidence against Mrs.
j Grace
The solicitor asked Rebenu the di
rect question
\r" you ie, etv ing p.G for , >ui -- v
fet'v m this ■ ase
She • p!i» i
Emphat iealy not Sin aid that
She Skilfully Conceals Her Emotions
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MRS. GRACE AN ENIGMA
By T. B. SHERMAN.
i Tile outward composure of Mrs. Eu
. gene Grace has been a subject of much
. comment since the beginning of her
. trial last Monday, in the last few days
. the word "expressionless" has grown
■ stock in all accounts of the woman.
To the person who at intervals makes
momentary studies of the defendant
, she undoubtedly seems but a study in
; statuary. Her mouth, thin-lipped and
■ slightly drooping, never loses its east
It never curls, rarely ojiens wide for a
conventional smile and hardly ever, has
the appearance of anger.
From moment to moment and hour
. to hour that set expression remains.
Yet, little evidences, the slightest con
, traction of the eyes, a faint quiver of
the chin muscles immediately beneath
the nether Up. a tendency to lean heav
ily upon her escort —these and other
signs all indicate to one who can watch
her steadily that she is undergoing a
. tremendous emotional strain. He can
. see that every new turn in the trial,
whether significant or not. superin
duces in her a high state of mental ex
. citement.
When Mis. Grac,- first put in her ap
pearance at court she was accompanied
by Detective Burke. From the rear en
trance of the room to the prisoner’s
dock was but a few feet. Yet when she
entered she seemed in a panic to reach
her scat. Her steps, while not falter
’ ing. seemed to lack a firmness—she
walked as if she might collapse at any
moment.
Once seated, she looked around and
then fell into that much talked of leth
argy.
Will Not Talk of Trial.
At intervals the several reporters
engage her In lively conversation not
germane to the trial, and she talks with
a moderate show of interest. When-
■ ever any one attempts to speak of the
ease, however, she folds up like a bell
flower in the dew. This is not alto-
- gether a lack of disposition on her part.
She has received orders not to talk
and she resents all questions because
' they would make her disobey.
The second day of the trial a reporter
approached her with this question:
Did you sleep well last night. Mrs.
Grace?"
her interest in the . ase was due to tile
' fact that in her "poor heart" she firm
ly believed Mrs. Grace innocent
Rebecca in her answers spoke clear,
good English, and leasoned with good
intelligence The court had trouble in
preventing tier from speaking her own
conclusions.
Solicitor Dorsey brought "lit tile fact
that the witness had a large amount of
white blood in her veins, although she
was classed as a "negro."
Dorsey Angers
Luther Rosser.
I The solicitor harried the w itness con
| siderably. and she was visibly worried.
Mr Moore endeavored to show tiiat
the witness had i good character by
the kinii of work she did. Mr. Doi sey
contended that the defense could not do
this unless tin defen-e believed that the
witness had been impeached.
Luthe Rosser Jumped up angrily at
this.
"Such riiiiiluvl. your honor," !:• de
clared, heatedly, "is beneath the dignity
of the state of Georgia, and a man who
would knowingly resort to sin u tactics
is not tit to be an ofll' er of the • ourt."
This flurry caused a wild o ns.ithm in
tin court. M Dorsey remained undis.
torbed file court sustained Mi. Dor
sey 's idlj. cttotl.
Dr. E. L I'hunn was called He
The questioner had no intention of
leading Mrs. Grace into a traji. II ■
simply wanted the detail foi the sake
• of adding "color" to his story .
She looked up at him without an
swering. There was something of mu
tiny in her wide, brownish-yellow ish
greenish eyes, but the expression was
more of a cowed, "don’t-strike-me"
. sort.
■ She turned to her lawyer.
' These reporters keeji asking me how
1 slept,” she complained in an injured
i tone.
"Well, you don't have to answer
them." responded Mr. Moor
"You understand how it is." she told
the reporter, anxious apparently not to
’ offend, but determined not to cominii
herself to anything—not even to having
slept well or ill.
Helps Examine Witnesses.
L Every once in a while during the ex
amination of witnesses Mrs. Grace can
be seen nervously to clutch her at
, torney. She will then w hisper excited
ly to him. The whisper is often tele
graphed to t'olonel Rosser, who has
been doing the cross-examination for
the defense, and a further question is
I jiut to the witness. Her manner be
speaks a fear lest the court and jury
i labor for a moment, even, under some
• manner of misapprehension.
l Only once has she been visibly dis
turbed by testimony. When Morris
• Prioleau took the stand she regarded
him intently. All during his testimony
she kept her eyes glued upon him. Ev
idently it did not please her. For a
minute or more her lips moved, her chin
quivered and her eyes biazed. She,
seemed to be saying something which
she wanted him to hear.
The eyes of the witness clashed with
hers only once—and then he turned
quickly away.
When Mrs. Grace leaves the court
room in the afternoon and begins the
journey to her West End home she im
mediately begins the practice of a kind
of self-applied hypnotism. By means
■ of this she pulls herself out of the men
tal slough in which she has been ail
■ day.
She thinks of other tilings besides
the trial, ami -•metimes hei manner
becomes almost gay.
■ knew Grace by sight. <'hunn is a drug-
gist. He was asked about Grace’s j>ut -
eha-e of medicine. i'hunn hail sold
G: ~-e a bottle of l atent medicine on
March 4. He identified the bottle shown
h i in .
Nurse Tells of
Mrs Grace's Bruises.
Judge Roan announced at the after
noon session that the case must be
bin i"il up i 1" w 0'.i1.l i jend tin?
hours.
Most of t..■ witne-ses ".died we e
absent when tin bailiffs ■ /nt out for
t hem.
Mrs. Louis Wilson was put on the
stand. S'. Ilv.s in A-hby street, and
has been Mrs. Grace's nurse and com -
panion since he- return from Phila
delphia.
"I first im t M - G- ice in Man n and
♦ Xuiuim . h body. I found a bruise
on hei right limb above the knei It
■ - in ies ■ i.g and s eenish
■ on .an i i> uis - hl th< wit-
I ess
M s Ma It'll ('i r■. >. m th. of Mrs.
Gl .11 was b: ■■!,•; .: ... 11., -:,. in d. She
was i. . q in bl.ii k th: oughmit.
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