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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. Continued From Page Two. 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 | ' - \ \ rW Mr \\ '1 diSSL JBk WM Bp? \\ ft. < Ml iHwy - JsW i ' '■ .■-' ■ „ X » ■ ;■ Mrs. Martha I’lrieli. who has been at her J daughter's side 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. 5