New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
HUSBAND ACCUSES WIFE
Of TRYING TO KILL Him.
Young Atlanta Contractor Found
Wounded and Locked
in Bedroom.
WAS INSURED FOR $4,000
Servants Say Woman Told Them
to Tell Physician He Was Not
Wanted-She Leaves City
is Arrested on Return.

is Arrested on Return.
Atlanta. March Good knows I am
Innocent" exclaimed Mrs. Daisy Ulrich
Opie Grace this afternoon after her re-
lease on bail pending a hearing on the
charge of assault with attempt to mur-
der her young husband, Eugene II.
Grace. a prominent building contractor
who was mysteriousy shot at their
handsome 1lth street home yesterday
Tonight physicians stated that Grace
has but slight chance for recovery. The
bullet penetrated the left side, going
through the lung and lodging near the
spinal cord Pneumonia already has set
in. they stated
Developments have followed fast since
Grace telephoned the police to rush
doctor to his house
Did your wife shoot you?" asked
policeman after breaking down the door
of Grace's room and finding Grace on
the bed
1T begins to look that way" the
wounded man replied.
Mrs. Grace was found at Newman, Ga,
al the home of her mother-in-law, who
accompanied her back TO the city on
her arrival Mrs. Grace was arrested and
taken al once on her own request TO the
hospital to which her husband had been
removed. Seeing her, he said:
Daisy YOU are the one who shot me.
why, how can you?" she protested.
You are trying TO make me out a mur-
derer, and they will take me to Jail to-
night"
You are the one who tried to kill mt"
Grace repeated.
"1f you persist in that I will take the
power Of attorney which YOU exercise
away from you" said Mrs. Grace, who
was formerly the wife of wealthy
Philadelphia.
Grace then relented Il don't know
who did it," he said
Protests Her innocence.
Mrs Grace tonight made the follow
ing statement:
/ left the house at 1918 o'clock 10 60
TO Newman, where ] was To stay while Mr..
Grace was in Philadelphia. for which place
ne planned to leave on an afternoon train.
When ] left him my husband was about
ready TO get up. / knew that he was not
feeling well. but did not think he was
very sick. He said he would meet me al
the depot. but when he failed to do 50 |
went on TO Newman. thinking he had been
detained on business The next thing !
heard was when ! reached the home Of my
mother. They said there that Gene had
Ia.
Of nv husband are. all Il horrible mistak".
Grace told the police when they first
reached him that he first discovered he
was shot at q O'Clock in the morning,
when he awCke with a burning sensation
in his side. Il told my wife" ne said,
and asked her to get a doctor. She left
the room and came back later, saying
she was unable 10 reach one over the
telephone" Grace says then he became
unconscious, and when he next awoko
he worked his way 10 the telephone and
called the police.
Much Importance is attached by tho
police to the corroborative testimony Of
J. c. Ruhin and his wife negro servants
The woman saws she made a fire ir
Grace's room about o'clock, at Mrs.
Grace's request. While she was In the
room she says Grace groaned several
times and Mrs. Grace said
You are not sick Gene. You are
sleeping"
Ruffin says Mrs. Grace told him a.
she was leaving the house that her hus
band was sick and that he had wanted
n doctor. but had changed his mind. and
If the doctor came he was to be sent
away. Mrs. Grace denies giving any
such instructions.
Revolver Found in Lower Hall.
A .32-calibre pistol was found on a
window sill I'm the hall on the floor be-
low Grace's room. It had one empty
chamber. The key to the door OF the
room, which the police found locked.
was in receptacle in the hall, where
Mrs. Grace said It usually was kept
The police arrived about two hours
after Mrs. Grace says she left Chief Of
Detectives Lanford said this afternoon
that the blood found on Grace's pillow
was clotted and dried, and he did not
think it could have dried that way in less
than three hours.
AS furnishing a possible motive the po-
lice are said to have discovered to-day
that Grace recently had his life insured
for S25 900. naming his wife as the bene
hciary. 1t was also said that an at
tempt TO place another $4,000 policy on
his life was made recently. On the other
hand, friends Of the accused woman
point out that Mrs. Grace was possessed
of considerable means through her for
mer marriage, and such a sum would lie
no incentive. The Graces had been mar
ried less than a year and apparently
were living happily.
Mrs. Grace's hearing was set for next
Wednesday afternoon. Her bond was
fixed at $500.
philadelphia. March 6-Mrs Daisy Ulrich
Onie Grace was the widow Of a salesman
for Philadelphia pulp manufacturing
firm when she married Grace, who Is q
member Of a prominent Georgia family,
abouf ten months ago At the time OF his
death Opie was said TO have been worth
over $4,000.
Mrs. Grace came mere from l|eDdnon sew
eraI wears ago She is striking brunette.
Z feel I inches tall. with splendid figure
and clothes that drew enVious glances from
women. and wore furs that won her the
sobriouet of Daisy of the Leopard skins"
Her husband owned al the time OF MS
death a handful OF uncut diamonds worth
thousands of dollars. For some reason
neither ne nor his wife cared TO dispose
OF the gems. a.,
tried to crank his automobile week be-
fnra and skinned his arm Blood poison