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2 FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN COURT OF THE GRACE TRIAL PS " • ' sh ~ —— 2 « . £/dH ' *w * f W is 19 iff®* 2 «... e k i i IkAJWi V'vqv **4 / OfeuK '* ' f 1 A’ I&. ■ irt ‘ W "T -Jm- >' z 1 i B Wk JjL w<«l " - Jf wwOmWI * i i < MUM'^^w k ‘ '« IHMM HHMI W > << 4 M*' j/X Io ,M '' ''o'l ir w k jM> vJL. MMMMMr Om fyrfiM 'L* <x /"m WMBQTsW BMb»*mß...->y< fek« MBr a/ -MB ,f Wa IB ; ; 4, „, IW-W w ffk ; * il in! IKSx© » j®3 k v _s,ii|Hyj ftbm.zr • WE- 4 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 It w .ws . sty lisi.ly or. - .■■•■>, . n On Mon la, night h.<d le-.-i |... H■ . < --.■■< n.. ■. s 11. -. ;u pos. n. • f ■ I'm to c ■ I'.oi.me,ph. 1 s ,el t ■- was Grace a signature H*- to N. mm r-m ~ m ( . . , , . . . sited I' It bad been pam to mad.- Im tie tri| ..m. a or. trn .. 1 .1 >■' 1 ,\ Moo. e I • ' fl H zs< • re It M ,m. ChecK Drawn DELAY 111 i. I KID . 1. u . On Mdt’Ch 5 'I !<♦' i, »• - !11.1 L- ; <■»! 'ilil II I"•' > •> k ■ will \ . | !'if pelh l| tr > Mt> . udk< ii uni tun* f<»i liu |{. .«- »ttaiu the hm of it '* I-'!.. |.-’ .!■ iah j.-. k . (! ; it,,. »; lu «. , H»‘ ■ *' 1 ; K , iji.ij! t a .. H i Gih< ♦ Alai. all. H>. u< nl t•* b» - i ,< <>■'a' 1- *■» uhd •i i .J*/ mo hi aihat «;».»«** diu but he ’ • • >. - Uhh.d h« » »uhi i ..oulUii i ■ IL u.j.m »<t»' I hl in.;. t«. !..< .-..,.11! I Tin » l.ft Kwh m < if-.- but Ml Doi ** % . .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 i 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. 51 ■ I ■■ k :- •!• ■ ~i; i i' >■ -<, i, ; , ,r imd :■ : ais.i his v 01... I■ sw , h'J . ' wIS >G ■. , ,11 s Did, Continued on Page Three.