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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. MF Continued From Page Two. took with her to Newnan the precious ’ ’ life insurance policies. "Just watcli me weave the web around her." Mr. Dorsey shouted, cast ing the policies on the tloor before the jury. “Watch me build up chain, link by link. k “Took Pistol to V Upset Suicide Theory. - ' * , "Why did she take the pistol out of L 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 F anything about that letter. But she k, could have 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 I 'where?' Sixty days ago it disap- L peared. Gone! Talk about suppress or ing evidence. The pot calls the kettle black. “Money in his business! <»f all the money she is said to have given tiiis poor man. not a check is proven to have been cashed by him. | “But the record shows this man giv- I ing money to the woman who shot hint, k “Those policies were to the name of Mrs. Grace and no will Grace might iAS have made could have diverted the L *-■ money from her.” <4 yr r . 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. “I 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 of a doubt that I this woman is guiltv. this insurance tt|'l evidence demonstrates her guilt to a ■ y mathematical certainty. J ~ "Why didn't she poison him? She knows there is too great an oppot lU n nt'ty for detection. No; she shot him. and she shot him in the dead hours of M the night. They say he was shot In Hi the daytime. Where is the man who f heard the shot? "Why ws.s Martha called to toe room? That she might tell the police that Grace was lying in the bed. But she I was hurried away. Kept Servants r. Out of Room. t “She never let these negroes get i** back in the room. She rushed them 1 off in a hurry. She gave them orders against going upstair’. This points di » roctly to her guilt. ••So wildlv infatuated was he with i tills woman that he would almost at ■J ’ her request have pulled the trigger on ’ himself and died to please her. She told him to buy that medicine and he t . did 1 “She says she loves him. but sue T ' protests too much. She even told poor | 4 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 he swept off your feet by '.Jonny worship.' We \ all honor good women, but there is as A much difference between the good I A, jF women we honor and this woman as I between day and night. We can not sacrifice the laws of this common wealth upon the altar of a woman. "There is a grave difference between what Meekle said Grace said at the telephone and what she said Grace said. Meekle quoted him. 'l*ll call Mrs. Grace.’ She quoted him. 'l’ll call my wife.' I'd rather believe Meekle. “Put Bloody Towels | In Bath Room Purposely." W "Grace was shot, locked in his room, f Nobody knew that the key in his ■ * pocket would unlock the Philadelphia vault. She would have said Ruffin knew about the key. She put those I towels in the bath room to show that | the murderer used them to dry his I hands. I "So mercenary was she that she I padded the bed to keep the stains off. ' because the bed was rented and she JL would have had to pay the damage " KV Mr. Dorset dragged the blood- jil stained bed clothes to the floor and I” spread them before the jury. I "The only spot of charity in the I whole case is that she tried first to f saddle the crime upon an unknown man from South Carolina. I "But if by hook or crook she could Al tease Gene into writing a letter w hich she could put In an envelope with th 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 had charged to her tn conversation several month- ago lie was willing to accept ft as Gene's loi ter. * Admit. Grace Wrote Note. "I believe that Gene liuir, did w tie that letter, because it is g ,im i.it,. K I" ■ aus‘ it contain- no; , «,u,| Hh tji oust Ills suspicion w'l'ih tin- i> i > / wYltten letter contains t-n- sarm uti- k g’ammatical phra ■ front 1 in 111.1 (Bl larefuli.v prepa <d statement sh> mad' ’J. ’* yesterday." / s Mr. Dm sej pouted into Mrs G • ■ statement all the guns in Ids 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." lie shouted. “That poor, confiding box ! How lie must re gret he ever met this woman. He will regret it to bis 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 w riting, 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 p ostrate on the cankered body Os her beloved son. Mr. Dorsey then quoted "The Female ads the Species is More Deadly Than the Male." He delivered this second Kipling poem at length, quoting several stanzas. One stanza was: "When the Himalayan Peasant meets the He-Bear in his pride He shouts to scorn tire monster who will 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. m. Judge Roan began his charge to the jury at l:_'i> o'clock. He said, briefly: “This bill of indictment charges as sault w Ith intent to murder. The charge is that Mrs. Grace, on March 5, 1912. with a pistol, did unlawfully and with I malice aforethought, shoot E. H. Grace I with intent to murder him. "Ml.-. Grace pleads not guiltv, and | waive- indictment, and. with the pre i sumptb u of innocence in her favor. This presumption remains until the | state shall remove it ami convince you. j beyond •< asonabb doubt, of her guilt. “Gent! -men. this presumption of in nocence 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. I II must be a real doubt, from the evi 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 I Or Reject Statement.” “You heard the defendant make a I statement. She was not subject to cross-examination. The defense lias a fright 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 I see fit. or to reject it. “Intent to murder embraces all the : facts of murder except killing. Here iis the definition of murder: "If the defendant assaulted him in the mariner charged and he had died it would have been murder. Then you are authorized to find her guilty of intent to rnurde- if you can find that she intended to kill him and used a weapon likely to produce death. "It must appear that she intended to kill him and used such a weapon No person can be guilty of assault with in tent to murder unless they intended to kill." Malice Must Exist For Guilt, Says Court. He quoted the distinction:- in murder. An expressed or implied malice MUST exist. Persons can be guilty of murder even of persons they love. Malice means deliberate intent to take human life no matter from what passion It springs. "it is charged that the weapon used is likely to produce death. This must be shown by satisfactory evidence. "There have been two letters offered here, purporting to have been addressed to Mrs. Grace at Newnan. It is claim 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 these was in writing of E. H Grace, the other typewritten. "I 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 tile letters and if he himself directed these letters to his wife and had them mailed, in an 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 ts n<e they can to reach a verdict. "If you believe the defendant delib erately or intentionally shot her hus band. Intending to kill him, 1 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 band were in an altercation in their home, if lie shot himself In this wof fle with the pistol he had taken out. if you believe that. I charge you should acquit her. It makes no difference who had the pistol In his or her hand at the time. "If you believe the woman guilty, you must say: ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilt.'.' 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 and acquit het. Tur object of all these Investigations i- Hie dis. ov< twos the truth Th, state chargis the defendant with a ,Tillie. Tli, defense maintains her innon, • n, „. Tins ilo Issue f-.r von t„ de,-id, Before th. jure i« authorized n, convlel on ci: - uinsla nt l.i ev Idem ,' even It.'p-d 8 util, : Ilian thm ot THE ATT,ANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRIDAY. ATGUST 2. 1912. MRS. GRACE’S MOTHER I ltA Wllglr 1 < \\ L \ wop®* -■■■* ■■ i GA •. Wm .. I 4 w A .jOW/ Q lit '/Will- Mrs. Marl ha \ 'O ririoh. who has Hi been al her . J daughter's side ' during the trial. —_—.— —.—— T racing Bribe A ttemptin Grace Case TRAIL GO-BETWEEN Detectives were today making vigor ous efforts to run down charges of at tempted bribery and tampering with state witnesses in the Grace ease. Their investigation revolved about Rebecca Sams, the mulatto dressmaker for Mrs. Grace and a Witness for the defense in the Grace trial. J. Ruffin, the ne gro servant in the Grace home, and his wife, Martha, both important wit nesses for the prosecution in the trial, swore on the witness stand yesterday that Rebecca Sams told them that Mrs. Grace would take care of them if they would testify for her. The detectives believe that they e.'i.i develop much stronger evidence. The attorneys for the prosecution tried to establish at the trial yesterday that she was a medium for the defense in a scheme to influence witnesses. The detectives' are working under the di rection of Solicitor H. M. Dorsey. Witnesses Approached. The detectives have tin statement of Abe Peloat. father of Martha Ruflin, that Rebecca Sams sought to get the Ruffins to testify for M s. Grace and that she endeavored to get them to go witl) her to the office of John W. Moore, attorn, v for Mrs. Grace. P,float said he went to Mr. Moore's oflici himself to find out what was wanted. "Mr. Moore told me that he just wanted to talk to Martha and for me to bring her to his office," Peloat declared to the detectives. Peloat was in the court room yes terday ready to make his statement under oath, but it was too late to call him to the stand. Detective Doyl, found Rebecca Sams talking to the Ruffins in tin court house just outside the room in v. hici the Grace trial was taking pla •< l.i.st Mon day. the state, must be removed beyond a reasonable doubt." Tin- case went to th, jury at 1:18 p. m. Mother and Nurse With Mis. Grace. Mis. Grace was attired in,a dark skirt and white shirt waist today and wore the big whit, panama, cat which has become so familiar to the curt loom throng. Her mother, \l - Marti,a I'l - and iter ours, Mr:. Lou: < Wil son. w er- at lie, sid- again, iiavir:: given ih'flr testimottv tt-c le-itia to long- 1 i-Xcluc,,! Iron, 111, rem H' r Itotti.-er, n, too. w et, at her I , bl, . and the l-t i - He d, le.-tiv, and prize light ref, tec •' W. Burke, was with her x ItsiJ-'H. Burke has It, <I) engage,! I,v le t < out,-< I in vorkliig up id- m - m th, < , < nti,| It;,- acted as u- : -,tia I bo-tv guard sot H e .vo,mu, on Tli, idood - sI-I ilie,l clot nog at,,: the exhibits in cv!d,-nc, •. ■t, |>il<-I on th, tattle of the stat, > - -.ill, •• 11. oefor, hoi i, s. ■ . ~f I <i,ll • - "I ant on to you,” lie declared, "and if I catch you talking to these wit nesses again I will lock you up.” The Sams woman said she was only i talking to the Ruffins about their do pmsti, relations, the Ruffins having re • cently separated. But the Ruffins told the detective that site wanted them to tesify for Mrs. Grace. J Burke’s Part. Newport Lanford, chief of the city detectives, told an interesting story to day about D, tective Burke, a special agent for Attorneys Moore and Branch, .w ho lias been a companion of Mrs. Grace much of tlm time recently and helped her. Chief Lanford said that Burke made prodigious efforts to find out what evidence the prosecution had against Mis. Grace under the guise of helping the detective department build up its case. Burke was a special agent of the Southern railway and refereed boxing ' matches at one of the local clubs. He called on chi, f Lanford for help tn catching some "car breakers.” Chief Lanford gave him help and a number , of criminals were eaught. Then for weeks Hu k-- mad,- efforts presumably Io help th, detectives collect cvldenc' against Mr-. Grace to show bis appre ciation. "11-- wanted to see th, famous letter , from G.- .i, to his wife at Newnan I which fell into the hands of the prose cution " said Chief Lanford. "He want ed to help us identify tin- typewriter on which it was written But h, never got his itands on that 'letter or found I out anything else about out evidence. A f,-w weeks ago he quit coming a ound. Wh'-n q,- 1,0, atm frank about I iu.- '-onnecti'-it . i'li th»- Gi;,,-, w I realize-! his 'ga me ’ " — brighter ;tn.n on tie- previous day. Tito cool night hm: viibr'lv brought tm-m a good rest, atldtl;- ~<lb<-,-n supplied with fresh linen ami lit,- services of a ba ' her or sa ft I y razor'. i Mrs. Grace Nervovs As End Approaches. •‘W'eli, thciiik tiii. ) Ilf lasi day of this ••rd<‘ai." >aid Daisy <ha<« | to h» r law \< i. a h»'ii Ji- • n’on d Judg ■ | i Kuaji'.- c ourt room and -ank down by i (la- >f|t of* < t op 'i la ■ ;• nd h< i h»fd ( ' L'li-uo D< • »iv Burk* (hh <T th.- lav. '» r told * r that tin | ; p|.’a<T'a. ■■old In llnl hrd by « ar|v! ,i fl •? t»o< at and that tha jin v w<aild all nit. - m »dy i • arb a V< fdh • h* . i ; nightfall. I’r.< < ;*p ! ’ do* ' sb'- -nd Li v< nl ly. { ba • faith that th<* ; jur\ A m - Xol g ld! \ A \ . I? ji If, , Ml ( ; j,' < < ’j” nl H bad I ! nik'H' i»j hh io th. L i oh y of t In- 1 1 ml ' ■ ii: IH‘ pon IbflH «»f Io;. mg hoi I ' ~,ii.-h <ooJh«'i , (*d«al * did hot | i home where she is staying, and her mother remained with her until she finallj’ 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 rhe prostrate, accusing form of her ItßSband. She asked if he had reached Kewnan safely, but she declined to com ment upon his last words when he I said just before departure that the story site had told yesterday upon the stand was a story of rehearsed lies "My lawyers will not let me make a statement," site 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 I 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 as 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 site did not own property she claims to own. Site says that her words were "What a lie that is!” Site said that it. burst from her in the moment’s Indignation, but she declares that she never uses the word “liar" to anyone, and regrets I 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 In- found the witness chair empty land climbed into it. For several days he had been haunting th* corridors, I trying to gain entrance to the court i loom. On \\ ednesday he managed to | get through a private door, but was , pulled out again by an exasperated ! bailiff. Yet-1, t da.v he came early and | round a good seat in the court room, and today he was the most conspicu ous figure in the house, occupying the witness chair fixed high against the wall. The crowd wits not so great today as when the curious had still to look for ward to hearing Mis. Grace’s story on tin- stand. Tin- room was filled, but there were not so many standing in the ■ orridots, and the atmosphere of the ■ room was riot so disagreeable. The news that Grace had returned to New nan. too. may have kept part of the i i : >,,t,g a . .i.v by removing one item <>f | ■ I, -ho-.v' whi,-h ha.< drawn the at feiiti"tt of Atlar.:., sot five torrid days Judg-' 1t0.,r said today that io Ills i -pinion t-i, -.is, would go to th, lury I I„-for»- ttightfall MBS WALPOLE DEAD. dr Mat v Gardner Wulpol, . aged 1 -■ ,! H It- r- sidi n- - •_!', I M>rt le ■ i to --n toda v S’- . survived cm daugnti ! \1 - Itole i t It Otis, it-, i-t, Mia. Joint Dorman, I wi K.,1, Lovett and Mis- Elizabeth IGa nil Fiiit'-I ■ ill rangenients 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 matic offering by a professional actress. This startling fact was revealed by the publication of the recitation before it had been delivered in court by Mrs. Grace. It had been prepared in the offices of her lawyers. Joint W. 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 wav 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 gam' time that these surpris ing revelation! were made, the aston ishing fact was bared that Mrs. Grace’s lawyers. Moore N- 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 weeks hunting supposed sus pects and “mysterious persons." As lhe testimony showed, Mrs. Grace was pointing suspicion toward her hus band's servant, and 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 tn 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 well 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 ‘I Can't Live W ithThat W oman N ow' 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 1 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 1 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 Have Gone to Reno, "I haven't wanted to wait the year for that divorce,” said Grace resentfully. “I want to be legally sejjarated from her and her name forever, and just as soon as the law will allow. I would have gone to Reno to get the divorce quicker, but I was shot and paralyzed and said to be dying I could not go. But I have that promise from my law yer In Atlanta that he will not delay a day after I 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 itave written him that lie would surely re cover if he were to take some famous “cure,” but. pending the verdiet, his plans for tit'' 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 wife's statement, and he said witli bitterness, but considerable self-control "She has defamed mv , hat in ter. When tin- Jury lias rendered its vet diet, I must take up her charges, t, fle- ting so seriously on nt,. and refute them. Tit, people don't know how things are. and they must have the truth." Grace again lay In a darkened room of the Hill home on Grenville -treei ll< was'taking his morning tie ttiueiit. He was f, ,-lliik fim . he de, lnr, d. and K-gretled only that he could not enjoy the outside will til omshlne and breeze Beyond saying that h, would take up his w ife's siatetu'nt in detail. In d< ■ elhn <| to discuss tile etise, but it is evi dent it" •marts und< r tin- lutest uttd those who had 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 , and without tire aid of the prompter than tin woman accused of trying t* n urd< r Eugene Grace. Plenty of Critics And Stage Managers. t'oaehers, dramatic critics anff stag* managers there were a-plenty. When ’ <t was first fashioned it may have been f 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 r killings and unexpected climaxes 1 a-plenty. Mrs, Grace did credit to her coacher and tile playwright, whoever they may have been. She had rehearsed with her lawyers. She had repeated the story day after day to Detective Burke 1 and to a specially engaged assistant., who found in that their principal work. She said her speech before Mr. Rosser, and then recited it to his law partners She studied faithfully and conscien tiously day and night. Her coaehers were . persistent and I . tireless. Most of them could go on tha s stand today and recite the story them selves—so often have they heard It in f the quiet north side home or the farm j on the outskirts of the city, where Mrs. 1 ’ Grace may have treated the birds and the rabbits to an eloquent phrase or I two of her masterpiece. Learned Her Speech ■ Os 7,500 Words. p I As a result. Daisy Grace accompllsh -3 od 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- J slonal slip. She had droned them and p Intoned them so often she could have probably spoken them in one of the s dreams helpless Gene says she occa sionally had. s The recitation In court was, there for'", little of an ordeal. With her f wounded husband lying before her, his eyes fixed steadily and clearly upon s hers, she spoke her piece, dropping a word here or a phrase there occasion ally, but in the main sticking to manu. II script with commendable accuracy. Very skillfully Mrs. Grace was re o served for the last witness. She «as r not under oath, and the state could not cross-question her. The fact that her surprising story wa« a painstakingly e prepared and oft rehearsed story could, n 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 consides ate, and If he did all his wife charges, his face shows none of ft. Interest in the case has not waned in Newnan. Newspapers still are eagerly gobbled up, and the question of Mrs. Grace’s guilt or innocence Is still the ' main topic around the postoffice, 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 Welt Point yesterday, Grace scanned hie 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 Tin- trip down was uneventful, but marked by pleasantries and the good humor of Grace's host of "brother'' Elks, in the estort were T. G. Farmer, Jr, E M. Carpenter, Tt. E. Platt and B. H. Kirby, Grace's boyhood friends front 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 has been with him constantly for four months, were also along. Conductor "Jim" Lynch passed through tin ear several times and vn< * lie paused opposite Grace to play a game of solltal’c on an empty soda wal» . a « Grace lay on Ills cot near tin middle of the baggage car, at. the left f.mlng t"\'.ard Newnan On his right was an Cyprus strong box. be hind lb.n i big consignment of flowers tagged to .1 LaGrangi florist, and in from a couple of trunks and a block of in . ind fartin ' front, a crated calf hilled to a wayside town. COOPERAGE PLANT BURNS. Y< INKERS, N Y., \ug 2 Fire ear ly this moi nlng completely destroyed tin |ilnni of Hu Federal Cooperage Company and the wirihouH of tile Witring Manufacturing Company here, . .iiising a lo* t.muted at Jf'mi.OOO. 5