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Prosecuting Attorneys for the State and Counsel for the Defense Have Completed Their Final Arguments in Impassioned Speeches
MRS. GRACE'S FATE IS PUT IN HANDS OF TWELVE GOOD MEN
State’s Attorney Again
Denounced Accused
Woman as a Lucretia
Borgia, While Her
Lawyer Flayed Prose
cution and Wept.
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took with her to Newnan the precious
life insurance policies.
“Just watch me weave the web
around her," Mr. Dorsey shouted, cast
ing the policies on the floor before the
jury. “Watch me build up chain, link
by link.
“Took Pistol to
Upset Suicide Theory.’’
"Why did she take the pistol out of
that room? Because those policies
wouldn’t be paid in case of suicide. That
pistol must be out of that room.
"Mrs. Grace says she didn't know
anything' about that letter. But she
could b.ave told us whether or not he
wrote it. Did she do it? No!
“Let’s see about these little tricks.
Where’s that typewriter? That ma
chine upon which that letter was writ
ten’.’ Gone’.’ Gone? Echo answers
‘where?’ Sixty days ago it disap
peared. Gone! Talk about suppress
ing evidence. The pot calls the kettle
black.
“Money in his business! of all the
money she is said to have given this
poor man, not a check is proven to
have been cashed by him.
"But the record shows this man giv
ing money to the woman who shot him.
“Those policies were to the name
of Mrs. Grace and no will Grace might
have made could have diverted the
money from her."
Mr. Dorsey contended that Mrs.
Grace had never given Eugene money,
or checks would be in evidence. He
would bet that Grace paid for his in
surance.
"T want something better than the
word of this woman,” he said.
He believed the woman had artfully
persuaded Mrs. Hill to suggest to Gene
that he take out insurance.
“Insurance Evidence
Establishes Guilt."
"If there is a shadow W a doubt that
this woman is guilty. This insurance
evidence demonstrates her guilt to a
mathematical certainty.
"Why didn’t she poison him’:' She
knows there is too great an opportu
nity for detection. No; she shot him,
and she shot him in the dead hours of
the night. They say he was shot in
the daytime. Where is the man who
heard the shot"
"Why w:.s Martna called to me room?
That she might tell the police that
(trace was lying In the bed. But she
was hurried away.
Kept Servants
Out of Room.
••She never let these negroes get
back in the room. She rushed them
off in a hurry She gave them orders
against going upstair- This points di
rectly to her guilt.
"So wildlv infatuated was he with
this' woman' that he would almost at
her request have pulled the trigger on
himself and died to please Iter. She
told him to buy that medicine and he
. did it.
"She says she loves him. but she
protests too much. She even told poor
old Mrs. Hill she wanted to live in
Newnan with her, something you know
she never dreamed of.
"She deceived the Hills. They even
went out and got counsel for her.
"In the name of right, don’t be swept
off your feet by 'Jenny worship.' We
all honor good women, but there is as
much difference between the good
women we honor and this woman as
between day and night. We can not
sacrifice the laws of this commonwealth
upon the altar of a woman.
"There is a grave difference between
what Meckle said Grace said at the
telephone and what she said Grace
said. Meckle quoted him. 'l’ll call
Mrs. Grace.' Site quoted him. Til call
my wife.' I'd rather believe Meckle.
“Put Bloody Towels
In Bath Room Purposely."
"Grace was shot, locked in his room.
Nobody knew that the key in his
pocket would unlock the Philadelphia
vault. She would have said Ruflin
knew about the key. She put those
towels in the bath room to show that
the murderer used them to dry his
hands.
“So mercenary was she that she
padded the bed to keep the stains off.
because the bed was rented and she
would have had to pay the damage.”
Mr. Dorsey dragged the blood
stained bed clothes to the floor and
spread them before the jury.
"The only spot of charity in the
whole case is that she tried first to
saddle the crime upon an unknown
man from South Carolina.
“But if by book or crook she could
tease Gene into writing a letter which
she could put In an envelope with the
typewritten letter, she had her alibi
fixed,” said the solicitor. It was the
first reference to the theory that she
persuaded Grace to write that "pencil
note,” which he bad charged to her in
conversation sitveral months ago. He
was willing Io ace pi it as Gem’s le--
ter
Admit Grace
Wrote Note.
"I believe that Gene Glare did w He
that letter, because it is grammatical,
because II contains not a word to
K.-rnse his suspicion, while the type
written letter contains tin- same un
it .immatiial phrases found in ih.i
Carefully ptepa *-d statement she mad"
y. <terday."
» Mt. Ido.sey poured into Mis Grace's
statement all the guns in his battery.
He showed errors in grammar all the
way through it. He showed the same
errors in that typewritten letter. The
words "come” for “came” and "run"
for "ran” were especially shown.
"She made Eugene Grace write his
own death warrant." he shouted. "That
poor, confiding boy! How he must re
gret he ever met this woman. He will
regret it to his dying day.
"She persuaded Gene to write that
note, telling him some sweet story.
She couldn't have made him write the
details in that typewritten letter. So,
failing to get his writing, she had only
the typewriter to fall back on.
"See how carefully the plot was
worked out. gentlemen of the jury?
She plotted in this letter to show-- that
Gene would take this bum home, even
into his room, into his very bed. She
even planned to have mother come
back and fall prostrate on the cankered
body of her beloved son.
Mr. Dorsey then quoted “The Female
of the Species Is More Deadly Than
the Male.” He delivered this second
Kipling poem at length, quoting several
stanzas. One stanza was:
i "When the Himalayan Peasant meets
the He-Bear in his pride
He shouts to scorn the monster who
will often turn aside:
But the She-Bear thus accosted rends
the Peasant tooth and nail,
For the female of the species is more
deadly than the male '
Mr. Dorsey concluded at 1:24 p. nt.
■ Judge Roan begtfn his charge to the
. jury at 1:26 o’clock. He said, briefly:
i "This bill of Indictment charges as
sault with intent to murder. The charge
is that Mrs. Grace, on March 5. 1912.
with a pistol, did unlawfully and with
■malice afon thought, shoot E. H. Grace
I with intent to murder him.
: ".Mrs. Grace pleads not guilty, and
| waives indictment, and. with the pre
. I siiinpl!■ n of innocence in her favor.
, I This presumption remains until the
: I state shall remove it and convince you.
| beyond reasonable doubt, of her guilt.
"Genth men. this presumption of in-
■ I nocenee would entitle her to a verdict
of not guilty, unless the state has con
’ vinced you beyond REASONABLE
- doubt of her guilt. Not just any doubt.
It must be a real doubt, from the evl
' dence honestly believed by the jury.
"You have heard the evidence. It is
| for you to take this evidence and pass on.
| “You Have Right to Believe
■Or Reject Statement.’’
“You "heard the defendant make a
’ | statement. She was not subject to
I cross-examination. The defense has a
; I right to make a statement. You have
a right to believe it all or reject it all,
or believe a portion and reject a por
' tion. That is entirely with the jury.
, You have the right to believe it in the
face of all the sworn testimony if you
- ’see fit. nr to reject it.
' | “Intent to murde: embraces ail the
i facts of murder except killing. Here
lis the definition of murder:
"If the defendant assaulted him in
the manner charged and he had died it
: would have been murder. Then you
i are authorized to find her guilty of
i intent to murde if you can find that
she intended to kill him and used a
weapon likely to produce death
i "It must appear that she Intended to
kill him and used such a weapon No
i person can be guilty of assault with in
• tent to murder unless they intended
■ to kill.”
Malice Must Exist
For Guilt, Says Court.
i He quoted the distinctions in murder.
An expressed or Implied malice MUST
exist. Persons can be guilty of murder
i even of persons they love. Mallee
means deliberate intent to take human
life no matter from what passion it
' springs.
' "It is charged that the weapon used
I is likely to produce death. This must
’ be shown by satisfactory evidence.
"There have been two letters offered
1 here, purporting to have been addressed
to Mrs. Grace at Newnan. It is claiin
-1 ed they were mailed here. It is claim
‘ ed further that the envelope inclosing
the two was addressed by E. H. Grace.
' It is claimed by the defense that one of
1 these was in writing of E. H. Grace.
the other typewritten.
"1 simply let these letters go to you
for you to determine one point. If you
believe Eugene H. Grace backed that
envelope, or wrote one of the letters
’ and if he himself directed these letters
L to his wife and had them mailed, in an
1 effort to communicate with his wife,
you must give those two letters no con
sideration or weight.
! "If you find that E. H. Grace did not
make an effort to communicate through
’ those letters to his wife, they are be
fore you to give you whatever assis
tance they can to reach a verdict.
“If you believe the defendant delib
’ erately or intentionally shot her lius
-1 band. Intending to kill him, I charge
she would be guilty of the offense of in
tent to murder.
>
“I charge you, further, that if you
believe this defendant and her hus-
I band were in an altercation in their
’ home, if he shot himself in Ihis scuf
fle with the pistol bo had taken out,
. if you believe that. I charge you should
i acquit her. It makes no difference
who had the plBto) In his or her hand
. at the time.
"If you believe the woman guilty,
you must say: 'We. the Jury, find the
defendant guilty.’ You can go further.
This is a felony. You can recommend
that she be punished as for a misde
meanor and not as for a felony .
"Give "the prisoner the benefit of any
reasonable doubt ami acquit her. The
objc t of all those investigations is the
' dis every of the truth The state
' charges the defendant with a ■ Him-.
The iiefense maintains het innomeneo.
This I the issue for VOII to decidi
Before tiw in. y Is authorized Io
convict on circumstantial evidence
■ et cry hypoth«rt» otlwt than tnai ot
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRIDAY. AUGUST 2. 1912.
MRS. GRACE’S MOTHER |
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during the trial.
Tracing Bribe Attempt in Grace Case
TRAILGO-B E T W E E N
Detectives were today making vigor
ous efforts to run down charges of at
tempted bribery and tampering wit!
state witnesses in the Grace case. The!
investigation revolved about Rebecca
Sams, the mulatto dressmaker for Mrs
Grace and a witness for the defensi
in the Grace trial. J. C. Ruflin. the ne
gro servant in the Grace home, anr
his wife, Martha, both important wit
nesses for the prosecution in the trial
swore on the witness stand yesterdai
that Rebecca Sams told them that Mrs
Grace would take care of them if thiq
would testify for her.
The detectives believe that they <-a,
develop much stronger evidence. Th<
attorneys for the prosecution tried li
establish at the trial yesterday that sh<
was a medium for the defense in ;
scheme to influence witnesses. The
detectives are working under the di
rection of Solicitor H. M. Dorsey.
Witnesses Approached.
rhe detectives have the statement o
Abe Peloat. father of Martha Ruflin
that Rebecca Sams sought to get tin
Ruffins to testify for Mrs. Grace ant
that she endeavored to get them to gi
with her to the office of John W. Moore
attorney for Mrs. Grace. Peloat sair
he went to Mr. Moore’s office himsel
to find out what was wanted.
"Mr. Moore told me that he jus
wanted to talk to Martha and for me t<
bring her to his office,” Peloat declare!
to the detectives.
Peloat was ill the court room yes
terday ready to make his statemen
under oath, but it was too late to eat
him to the stand.
Detective Doyle found Rebecca Sam:
talking to the Buffins in the com
house just outside th.- room in whirl
the Grace trial was taking place las
Monday.
the state must be removed beyond a
reasonable doubt."
The case went to tin- jury al l:4f
p. m.
Mother and Nurse
With Mrs. Grace.
Mrs. Grace was attired in a dark skirl
and white shirt waist todax and wotr
the big whita panama hat which ha
become so familiar to tin- court roon
throng. Her mother, Mrs. Martha I'l
rich, and her nurse. Mrs. Loin ■ Wil
son. w<-ri’ at her side again, havini
given their lestiinonx and being n<
longer excluded from the room. ]|ei
bom’;•■ u 11. 100. were al her table, am
the private detective and prize llglil
■ Ti-lee ■’ \\ . Burke, was’ with Ini a.-
usual. Burke has been engaged by het
counsel In working up et Idem . in tin
■ a'a atid ha- acted as personal body
guard foi tin woman on trial.
Tile b.ood --I aim-il cloiiiing and ,-il
the i-xhlliits in cvlil'-n e Wi-tv piled or
the tabl( of tin- state’s coups. 1. I. . a
bool,s io -<ln- r . ,ttiorlt -. • i. ■ i■ •
in lore Loth s. ls of coups. .
"I am on to you," he declared, "and
- if I catch you talking to these wit- i
h nesses again I will lock you up." (
|. The Sams woman said she was only (
a I talking to the Ruffins about their do-
s. Imcstic relations, the Ruffins having re- 1
;c|cently separated. But the Ruffins told 1
-- the detective that she wanted them to ■
d tesify for Mrs. Grace. ■
Burke's Part. ■
1, Newport Lanford, chief of the city <
y detectives, told an interesting story to
s. day about Detective Burke, a special ■
y agent for Attorneys Moore and Branch, i
who has been a companion of Mrs. f
,i Grace much of the time recently and j
io helped her. Chief Lanford said that (
o Burke made prodigious efforts to find
e out what evidence the prosecution had ;
a against Mrs. Grace under the guise of
ie helping the detective department build
I- up its case. i
Burke was a special agent of the ■
Southern railway and refereed boxing i
if matches at om- of the local clubs. He
ii, called on Chief Lanford for help in
e catching some "ear breakers." Chief
d Lanford gave him help and a number
o of criminals were caught. Then for :
e, weeks Hu Io made efforts presumably |
d to help the detectives collect evidence |
If’ against Mr-. Grace to show his appre- ;
ciat ion.
<t "lie wanted to see the famous letter I
o from Grace to his wife at Newnan :
d which fell into the hands of the prost- ■
cution." said Chief Lanford. "He wanl-
- ed to helt> us identify the typewriter i
it on which it was written. But he never
1! got his hands on ilia: letter or found ■’
out anything else about our evidence. I
IS A few weeks ago lie quit coming 1
I
■ .j mind Whi'i; in became frank about 1
.j liis con nevi ion with the Grace case, w - >
realized his *game.’ ”
I
a brighUT than on the previous day. The .
tool night had -vidently b ought them
S a good r* st, and the \ .:ad been supplied ,
with fresh linen and I'm ser'i< » s of a ,
barber or safety razors.
Mrs. Grace Nervous
t As End Approaches.
■p ’Well, thank lieav»n. thi is th< last ‘
da\ of this ••ideal." said Dais' G'a« •• ,
n to her kiw.’vei. when -Jid •ntor»d Judg< j
. ißikhG court romii and sank down by ’
_ : tin* side of her moth< r and hei bod' - 1
g | guard I )et«*cti v< Burke.
(l <)m of lii' lav,’<r: told her that tin '
r | pkad ing would b« llnislnd b\ •arl.x ’
,i aft ••! iio< >n. ami that the )ur\ would al
ii 1 mod surely rea- li a v rdu’t before
s n I gli tfa 11.
r Pray Go<‘ d do<>.' -be -..iu fmA/ nt-l
■ly ‘ I hr\<- all. "Intk faith that the |
-jp i ' ill sa> *,X'H guilty.
\’e\ •rtln le Mi> Gia* ' pent a bad | »
)| . night n mi to (Im last <ia\ of the trial. ! ■■
nJSi • •\ id ent I vor> nt I o\ i the i• - i
a I purl -1 bat the < iis<- v otild l» a mb t rial, ,
hiough another ord<al Sh» did not <
home where she is staying, and her
mother remained with her until she
finally fell into sleep late last night.
Inquires if Husband
Reaches Newnan Safely.
But she seemed immensely relieved
this morning when, upon entering the
court room, she was not confronted by
the prostrate, accusing form of her
irttsband. She asked if he had reached
Hewnan safely, but she declined to com
ment upon his last words when he
said just before departure that the
story she had told yesterday upon the
stand was a story of rehearsed lies
"My lawyers will not let me make a
statement,” she said. "But I am glad
that I went upon the stand and told the
truth of the story. There’s not one line
in it that 1 would change, although I
did not tell all that I could have told.
After the case is ended. I will have
something to say Just as Important aa
whatever Eugene may say."
Mrs Grace said that she wanted to
correct a statement made by a paper
yesterday afternoon which declared
that she hissed out In the court room,
"Oh, what a liar!" at Attorney Lamar
Hill, who had said she did not own
property she claims to own,
She says that her words were “What
a lie Hint is!” She said that it burst
from Iter in the moment’s indignation,
but she declares that she never uses
the word "liar" to anyone, and regrets
that she said what she did In the court.
Aged Miniser Finds
Delight in Witness Chair.
Rev. ('. N. Donaldson, an aged min
ister, achieved his heart's desire today
when he found the witness chair empty
and climbed into il. For several days
lie had been haunting the corridors,
trying to gain entrance to the court
room. On Wednesday he managed to
get through a private door, but was
pulled out again by an exasperated
bailiff. Yesterday he came early and
found a good seat in the court room,
and today he was the most conspicu
ous figure in the house, occupying the
witness (•hair fixed high against the
wall.
The ( row d was not so great today as
when the curious had still to look for
ward to hearing Mis. Grace’s story on
lhe stand. The room was filled, but
there were not so many standing In the
■ orrldoand the atmosphere of the
room was not so disagreeable. The
news that Grace had returned to New
nan, too, ma’ have kept part of the
throng away by removing one item of
the "show" which has drawn the at
tontion of Atlanta for five torrid days.
Judge Roan said today that in his
opinion the case would go to the Jury
before nightfall.
MRS. WALPOLE DEAD.
Mr; Mar- Gardner Walpole, aged
(il>, died al Io ri'sldcnee, 254 Myrtle
-.'(.■t .it noon today. Six- Is survived
'■ om* daugntf i Mrs. Rolx-rt It Otis.
■ ibr-* -i-tei-- Mrs John Doonan,
Mr- lx.it' Lo\>tt amt Mis Elizabeth
<;.i i)i-r Funeliil at rangeini-nts have
MRS. GRACE'S STORY
REHEARSED LIKE PLAY;
WAS COACHED BY MANY
Mrs. Daisy Grace's remarkable story
of the shooting of her husband, Eu
gene, recited to the jury, was a care
fully prepared declamation. pruned,
amended and polished by her lawyers,
and as carefully rehearsed as a dra
matieoffering by a professional actress.
This startling fact was revealed by
the publication of the recitation before
it had beep delivered in court by Mrs.
Grace.
It had been prepared in the offices of
her lawyers. John M . Moore and James
A, Branch. There it. had been decided
in numerous conferences what would
be good for the Jury to hear and what,
might best be omitted. There its 7,500
words had been intoned day after day
by- Mrs. Grace. There, and in other
places, the woman who was to recite it
in explanation of her part in a tragic,
shooting had been rehearsed and guid
ed and trained by lawyers, a secretary
and a private detective, and from there
it found its way into type hours before
Judge Roan and the jury of twelve men
who possibly thought it an extempora
neous masterpiece heard a word of it.
To Save Grace Name
Dragged It in Mire.
At the same time that these surpris
ing revelations were made, the aston
ishing fact was bared that Mrs. Grace’s
lawyers. Moore X- Branch, had known
of her claim that Grace shot himself
from the very beginning. Despite that
fact, they had permitted the entire po
lice force of the city and detectives In a
host of other cities to waste, many
wearisome w eeks hunting supposed sus
pects and “mysterious persons.”
As the testimony showed, Mrs. Grace
was pointing suspicion toward her hus
band’s servant, s.nd indirect accusations
Involved many others not specifically
named.
While the lawyers were keeping Mrs.
Grace’s alleged secret presumably be
cause of her alleged promise to Grace
to shield “the family honor"—they were
giving out a mass of letters and papers
and statements reflecting hideously
upon the wounded man and conditions
in the Grace home.
Their attacks, as wen as those of
their client—while she and they were
sending scores of police on false scents
to "shield the family honor"—made the
Grace family life a by-word, and often
contained Insinuations unprintable.
The training in this case was no
half-hearted affair. No playwright ever
worked more painstakingly to eliminate
what might hurt him with his audience
and insert what might benefit him than
‘lCan't Live W ithThat W oman Now'
GRACE TO RUSH DIVORCE
NEWNAN, GA.. Aug. 2.—“1 can’t live
with that woman!" exclaimed Eugene
Grace, back in his parents' home here
today. "Whatever happens—however
this trial turns out —I’m going to sue
her for divorce."
Grace awaited the verdict in the trial
of his wife with ill-concealed impa
tience.
"Lamar Hill Is going to get the di
vorce for me," he added quickly. "We
would have applied for It before, only I
have not yet lived in the state a year
until November. Then I will not delay
that divorce a day. And if she con
tests it, I will fight It to the last ditch,
and I will get the divorce. My charges
against her will embody substantially
the charges already filed against the
woman, but there will be more evi
dence.
Would Hove Gone to Reno.
“I haven't wanted to wait the year
forthat divorce,” said Grace resentfully.
"I want to be legally separated from
her and her name forever, and just as
soon as the law will allow. I would
have gone to Reno to gel the divorce
quicker, but I was shot and paralyzed
and said to be dying. 1 could not go.
But I have that promise from my law
yer in Atlanta lhat he will not nelay a
day after 1 have been in the state of
Georgia a year. That's one more rea
son I’m going to get well—to get that
divorce from that woman.”
Grace talked considerably today
about plans he has formed to leave
Newnan after the Atlanta verdict has
been rendered, for some resort where
he will be less closely confined than in
this little town. Many friends have
written him that he would surely re
cover if he were to take some famous
"cure,” but. pending the verdict, his
plans for the future remain unsettled.
Grace commented briefly this morn
ing on his wife's statement of yester
day before the Jury, but, brief as his
comment was. it Indicated one thing
clearly—he will lend all his strength ,
toward redeeming what he considers a .
cruelly besmirched name.
"She's Defamed My Character."
Grace had finished reading his w ife’s i
statement, and he said with bitterness, •
hut considerable self control:
"She has defamed my character
When the Jury has rendered its venllct, i
I must take up her charges, reflecting
so seriously on me, and refute them.
The people don't know how things arc,
and they must have lite truth.”
Grace again lay In a darkened room
of the Hill home oh Greenville street.
Hi was taking hi: morning lie itinctit
H(- WHS feeling fine he declared, and
regretted only that he could not enjoy
tlx* outside warm sunshine ami breezes
Beyond saving that he wnilil tale U|>
his wife’s statement In ditull, he de (
to dlsem s the vase, Imt It i.s evi
dent he smarts under lite latest and ■
those who hnu a part In the construc
tion of Mrs. Grace’s story. No star of
the stage was ever more carefully
trained to speak her piece effectively
nnd without the aid of the prompter
ti- a the wi-rnan accused of trying t*
n ]< r Eugene Grace.
Plenty of Critics
And Stage Managers.
C'oachers, dramatic critics »n# stag*
managers there were a-plenty. When
It was first fashioned it may have been
a rough, uncouth tale; when It left the
chief dramatists’ office to be given to
the street, and finally to the Jury, it was
a gripping, well rounded melodrama,
with pistols and gems and attempted
killings and unexpected climaxes
a-plenty.
Mrs Grace did credit to her coacher
and the playwright, whoever they may
have been. She had rehearsed with
her lawyers. She had repeated the
story day after day to Detective Burke
and to a -pecially engaged assistant.,
who found in that their principal work.'
She said her speech before Mr. Rosser,
and then recited it to his law partners i
She studied faithfully and conscien
tiously day and night.
Her coachers were persistent and '
tireless. Most of them could go on the
stand today and recite the story them
selves-—so often have they heard It in
the quiet north side home or the farm
on the outskirts of the city, where Mrs. 1
Grave may have treated the birds an 4
the rabbits to an eloquent phrase or
two of her masterpiece.
Learned Her Speech
Os 7,500 Words.
As a result, Daisy Grace accomplish
ed the difficult feat of committing to
memory and repeating 7,500 words
without an error except when her Ig
norance of grammar caused an occa
sional slip. She had droned them and
intoned them so often she could have
probably spoken them in one of ths
dreams helpless Gene says she occa
sionally had
The recitation in court was, there
fore, tittle of an ordeal. With her
wounded husband lying before her, his
eyes fixed steadily and clearly upon
hers, she spoke her piece, dropping a
word here or a phrase there occasion
ally, but in the main sticking to manu.
script with commendable accuracy.
Very skillfully Mrs. Grace was re
served for the last witness. She was
not under oath, and the state could not
cross-question her. The fact that her
surprising story was a painstakingly
prepared and oft rehearsed story could,
therefore, not. be put before the jury.
sharpest lash of his wife and unwilling
ly holds himself In restraint until the
Jury has returned its verdict.
Mrs. Grace had previously attacked
the character of her husband, but Grace
considers that she went to superlative
extents in her last effort.
The readers of Mrs. Grace’s stories
of abuse would get a much better Im
pression of Grace if they could study
the face of the wounded man. Grace
has an extremely winning smile and
large blue eyes that beam forth hon
esty and confidence In the stranger and
high regard for friends. He Is ap
proachable affable, kind and consider
ate, and If he did all his wife charges,
his face shows none of It.
Interest in the case has not waned tn
Newnan. Newspapers still are eagerly
gobbled up, and the question of Mrs.
Grace's guilt or innocence Is still the
main topic around the postofflce, the
depot, the public square and the lead
ing hotel. Sentiment naturally Is with
Grace, although there is much doubt
that the evidence is direct enough to
bring a verdict of guilt.
The Trip on the Train.
Lying on his cot in the baggage car
of train 35 of the Atlanta and West
Point yesterday, Grace scanned his
wife's prepared statement as closely as
blurred print and two dim lights would
permit. On being told that the state
ment had evidently been given out prior
to her statement before the jury, he
said, ' Then she must have guessed at
It when she went on the stand.” This
was the most direct reference he made
to the case during the ride, and after
it, he checked himself with the remark
that he could not pursue the subject
further.
The trip down was uneventful, but
marked by pleasantries and the good
humor of Grace's host of "brother”
Elks. In the escort were T. G. Farmer,
Jr., E. M. Carpenter, R. E. Platt and
H. H Kirby, Grace's boyhood friends
from Newnan who had come up to the
trial with him. A picture of these
friends in an Atlanta newspaper held
the wounded man's eye several mo
ments, Then he turned to his wife's
allegations as the very newest thing in
the case. Grace's stepfather, S. L.
Hill, of Newnan, and Robert Bailey,
the negro boy who lias been with him
constantly for four months, were also
along
Conductor “Jim" Lynch passed
through the car several times and once
he paused opposite Grace to play a
game of solitaire on an empty soda
water Grace lay on ids cot near
the middle of the baggage ear, at the
left, facing toward Newnan. On his
right was an < ypc ss strong box. be
hind him a big consignment of flowers
tagged to a LaGrange florist, and tn
front a couple of trunks ami a block of
ice, ami farthc: front, a crated calf
billed to a wayside town.
COOPERAGE PLANT BURNS.
YONKERS, N. V.. \ug. 2. Eire ear
ly Hits morning completely destroyed
the plant of the Federal Cooperage
Company and the warehouse of the
M .ring .Manufacturing Company here.
. .tlising a lorn estimated at |20b,000.
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