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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06
The NAMES ARE KEPT SECRET
WARRANTS WILL BE ISSUED AT
ONCE, HOWEVER, AND AccUs-
ED WILL BE ARRESTED
IRON WORKERS NOT WORRIED
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY SAY
THEY HAVE NO FEARS OF
BEING IMPLICATED

Indianapolis, Feb 6.-Thirty-three
indictments, most Of them said to be
againstI labor union officials, were re.
turned by the federal grand jury to-
day as the result of the governments
investigation of the dynamite con-
spiracy.
District Attorney Miller announced
later that only 80 OF the indictments
petained to the dynamite conspiracy
one true bill being in any case not
to be made known.
The number and the names of the
defendants were ordered to be held
secret pending arrests. 1t is under.
stood warrants are to be issued Inn
mediately. Not only members of
McNamara's -'dynamiting crew" but
also men who are said to have knowl-
edge OF what McNamara did with
money at his disposal are believed to
have been indicted
Former associates of j. j. McNa.
mara in the office OF the International
Association of the Bridge and Struc-
tlral Iron Workers, received the
news of the indictments without sur
prise. Both Frank NJ Ryan, the
president and Herbert S. Hoclin, the
secretary-treasurer said they knew
the direction of the investigation, be-
cause the associations records were
evidence before the grand jury.
"But we have maintained right
along" said Hockin, that nobody in
this office was concerned with Mo
Namara in his dynamiting."
Part Of the indictments are known
to be against men who met Ortie e.
McManigal in Detroit in June, 1907,
and induced him, because Of his fam
iliarity with explosives gained while
working in stone quarry, to become
a regular member of the McNamaras'
"dynamiting crew."
Other indictments are believed to
be against men who met McManigaI
in Boston and showed him where to
put the explosives which blew up part
of an opera house there March ~.
1909 and who afterwards went with
him to Springfield. Mass, and showed
him where to blow up part of a
building and also who escorted him
to New York, Hoboken, N. j., and
Jersey City where he did a lob" in
1909 and 1910; men who met in
Cleveland in July, 1910 and arranged
for an explosion at Akron, Ohio, and
men who took charge of him when
he arrived at Peoria, ILL.,. to blow up
places there.
Another Indictment is said to deal
with a Chicago man who after Nc
Manigal wr "ked by dynamite an
iron works plant in South Chicago
IN February, 1911, handed him an en-.
velope containing $16O with the re-
mark, there's money in that. Men
who We're traced as having helped in
causing explosions at Omaha. Neb.,
Erie, T'enna, Davenport. Iowa. Per-
'hamboy, N. j., Pelham, N. Y, and
many points in Ohio, where 20 ex.
'losions occurred, are said to be in.
volved.
The charge of concealment OF
knowledge of the guilt Of others is
said to have been brought to bear in
connection with the $1,000 allowed
monthly to J. J. Mcnamara as secre-
Of the international AS
ISOLATION of Bridge and Structural
IRON Workers for which he was re-
luired to give no accounting.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06
BIG FACTORY BURNED

Moline, ILL.,. Feb. 6.-Fire this morn
ing destroyed the plant Of the Barnard
and Lea Manufacturing company,
one Of the largest builders of flour
milling machinery in the United
States. The loss is estimated at
s50O,0O0.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06

Savannah, Ca, Feb. photographic
instructions received today at Fort
screven. Tybee Islano, Ca, from the
war department, are for the one hun
dred and sixteenth, one hundred and
twenty-frst and seventy-fourth COM
panies of coast artillery to get camp
equipment and feld service ready to
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06
MURDER AT SILVER CRY

Ell Paso. Tex, Feb. 6.-Mrs. Bessie
Potter was found dead near her home
in Silver City, N. NJ, this morning.
Her head had been crushed win
stone. Tom Stewart, a white man,
and Philip Smith, negro. are unier
arrest.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06

go to Texas at once! The command
ing officer is to report to the adjutant
general as soon as his equipment is
complete.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-06

Continued on Page Four,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26

thought of her husband, prayed in
termittently, and read feverishly in the
attempt to throw from her mind the
dreadful nightmare Of the previous
days.
Eugene Grace-in his room at St.
Josephs hospital-swore vindictively
whenever the name of his wife was
mentioned
"She shot me-" he snapped. "She
knows she shot me She was tired
Of me-she wanted my insurance. I
was beginning to wake up to the fact
that | had been stung that my married
life was a farce, that ! had been the
victim of virago, a frequenter of cafes
and other popular resorts"
He stormed at his nurses, he was
fretful and unpleasant In moment
Of sudden anger he ordered that his
mustache be shaved off because SHE
had liked it
Mrs. Grace shook her head slowly
as she read the newspaper accounts Of
Graces conduct
~ Still Love Him, Anyway"
Il don't believe he said these things
she declared sadly. but even if Eugene
doesn't love me any more | still love
him, and viii be faithful to him"
The days tossed on Minor sensa-
tions sprung up and were exploded.
Letters purporting to be from women
who said they knew who shot Grace
We're received but created small notice.
Grace grew neither better nor worse.
HIS physicians continued to declare
that his death was only a matter Of
time The charges against his wife he
reiterated and amplihed from time to
time.
He was still bitter She was stin
sad. but firm in the declaration of her
own innocence
one night her lawyers managed to
negotiate her bond. An attempt was
made to carry it through secretly, but
with little success
Throng Follows Her to Station.
When Mrs. Grace left the Tower in
the company of her lawyers the night
of March 10. q mob Of the curious and
young army Of newspaper men SUR
rounded her She Was placed quickly
in cab ard the driver ordered to whip
up his horses.
TO the Terminal station he galloped.
followed by honking newspaper auto
mobiles and hundreds of the curious
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26

But as the policemen Strengthened him
out upon the bed he managed to tell
them:
1--WE been shot In my back while 1
was asleep in bed. I'm Eugene Grace.
I'm dying Get doctor"
Wood sought to question the wound
ed man but he seemed too far gone.
But when the ambulance attendants
came up and lifted him upon stretch
er to carry him to the waiting wagon
the policeman saw two big blots of
dry blood upon the bedclothing and
another blot of blood. also quite dry, on
the nightshirt of the wounded man.
The ambulance surgeon raised the
garment.
Hes been shot through the side"
he said. "The bullet did not come out.
It's lodged in his spine. I guess He
may live until we get him to the hos
pital. But he's mortaly shot"
They carried the wounded Grace
downstairs to the ambulance and
rushed him to the hospital
On the floor Of a room on the first
floor Wood stumbled over a pistol ~
ing there. When he examined the
weapon he saw that it was Grace's
own, and that one chamber in it had
been fired. Policeman Wood put the
pistol in his pocket noting mentally
that he had found it more than 30 feet
away from where the man had been
wounded, and that the door Of the
wounded mans room mad been locked.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER II.
Grace, Recovering Consciousness,
Accuses Wife, Who Is Ar
rested, Protesting In
nooancn

Meanwhile, on rallfoad traIh
Grace's wife Of less than year was
speeding to the home of his own people
in Newman. She had left the home in
West Eleventh street at noon to make
sure that she would not miss the train.
AT Newman She was embracing Graee's
mother and telling her that she had
hurried there because her husband was
leaving on a business trip to PhlladeI-
phia that same day-when the tele-
phone bell rang and a voice from po-
lice headquarters in Atlanta told
Grace's mother that her son had been
shot through the spine and was prob
ably dying at 81 Josephs hospital
Young Mrs. Grace evineed tremen-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER III.
"You Can Not Live" Grace Is
Told

The second day after the shooting
Mrs. Grace was released from the Tow
err after her bail had been furnished by
two professional bondsmen of the city.
During that night and for many,
many nights following Eugene Grace
seemed just at the point of death He
held his consciousness. it is true, but
the bullet seemed to have reached a
vital spot with telling effect.
Noted physicians worked and studied
over his case An operation was con-
sidered, but abandoned as an immedi-
ate possibly until the location of the
bullet, which had either severed or was
pressing against his spinal cord could
be determined. X-ray examinations
were held-the approximate position of
the=h bullet was located, but still no OPP
GRAFTON. The doctors shook their heads.
Grace's Death Sentence.
One day all of them gathered in the
little room at St. Josephs hospital and
the Wounded man could see that some
thing foreboding was in the air.
you can not live" said DR.. ]. w.
Goldsmith. end turned away DR.. VIII
lis Jones. by a nod of the head, con-
firmed this. Mrs. S. l.. Hill, Grace's
mother, wept softly, but Grace never
turned hair
Meanwhile, Solicitor General Hugh
Dorsey had been considering the ad-
visibility of Mrs. Grace's remaining on
bond Reports from the hospital were
that death to Grace was matter Of a
few hours. This urged him to a de-
cision and he accordingly ordered Mrs,
Grace arrested again, as her bondsmen
were men In the business of regularly
bonding people
At her temporary home in the Kim
ball house she was visited a second
time by the officers of the law and
taken to the Tower She was writing
to her mother at the time Her last
words on the sheet of paper were: Il
am innocent"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER v.
Mrs. Grace, Hardened by Accu-
sations, Turns Accuser-
Grace Taken Home to Die.

Plior to her Philadelphia trip the
mental attitude of Mrs. Daisy Grace
was one of meekness and resignation.
Each accusation by her husband was
like a lash across her face. but She
bowed a head of acceptance
A subtle change came over her as she
sped northward. Repeated statements
condemnng her came from the bedside
of the wounded man. one day she fin
ished reading and crushed the paper in
her hand.
why does he say that?" she cried
then hard look crept into her eyes
and she almost Kissed the next words
"He knows who shot him. He KNOWS
WHO SHOT HIM Why" turning to
the newspaper correspondents, q could
clear myself In three minutes before
any jury in the world. 1 could tell
things which would show clearly how
this thing happened He"
Lawyer Sealed Her Lips.
She was interrupted by her lawyer,
j. A. Branch. He put his hand on her
arm you mustn't talk too much" he
said quickly She sighed and turned
away. Inc newspaper men cursed ana
went to nickel show.
In Philadelphia friends of Mrs. Grace
and Mrs. Grace's family testified BIT
terly to the effect that Eugene had
pever been much-had always lived on
his wife's money. Indubitable evidence
that she owned property was shown
why should l kill him for his insur-
ance?" she asked ENORMOUSLY, holding
up a handful of stock in a well known
corporation.
Graces condition in his hospital pris-
on continued to ebb and flow His
condition one day was pronounced much
better. Then it turned and steadily
grew worse. His physicians had aban-
doned entirely the idea of an operation.
He was going to die.
His parents then put in a request,
Let him die at home-at Newman. This
was agreed to by the physicians
In an express car his cot was placed.
on the trip down to the Coweta county
seat he once more declared his wife
guilty of having shot him His removal
took place Saturday afternoon, March
90 The next afternoon Mrs. Grace
returned to Atlanta
The public, meanwhile, had been
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26

dous surprise and pitiful grief at this
sudden, tragic news. When both wom-
en- had recovered from the shock a bit
the wife agreed eagerly with the sug-
gestion that both of them hurry back
at once to the side OF the wounded man.
The telephone message Grace's mother
had received had told her of the nature
of the wound and its probable fatality,
but it did not tell her then that Grace,
once more recovered consciousness in
the hospital had declared that his own
wife had shot him.
The mother and the wife rushed back
to Atlanta by the next train, consoling
each other and both wondering who
could have committed the crime.
But on the arrival in Atlanta came
another shock to both.
Grace, lying in the hospital, had
made an ante-mortem statement when
the doctors told him that he could not
live As hours.
Statement Accusing Wife.
MY wife Daisy Opie Grace, shot me
while ] slept in bed early in the morn
ing of the 9Th of March" he said. "She
must have drugged me 50 that did
not hear the shot nor feel the pain of
the bullet in my spine. She shot me
because she was tired of me and be
cause she thought that by killing me
that way she could get the $4,000 in
insurance policies | have taken on my
life and made over to her name. The
night before she shot me we had been
to the Forsyth theater That night,
afterward, at home while my mind was
not clear she made me sign letter
that would revoke the power of attor-
ney she had given me to dispose of her
property in Philadelphia. These are
the reasons why she shot me-
The arrest of Daisy Grace followed
Immediately and she was locked up at
police headquarters charged with as
sault with intent to kill.
She denied the charge vehemently
Il do not believe my husband ever
said that" she declared He knows
had no reason to shoot him. A negro
burglar shot him after | had gone from
the house and was on my way to his
mother at Newman. 1t is all a terrible
mistake"
Sensation followed sensation rapidly.
Declaring that she wished to nurse her
husband back to life, Mrs. Grace main
tanned her protestatlons Of innocence,
even to the point of confronting her
wounded husband In the hospital.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CAPTER vi.
Mrs. Grace Held For Trial.
Grace Operated on Success
fully-All Ready For Trial

Things moved slowly now in the
Grace case.
At Newman, Grace lived from day to
day in spite of saturnine predictions on
the part of Atlanta surgeons. A new
physician was now in charge and he
refused to believe that Grace couldn't
live
AS the days wore on and public curl
osity in the case began to wane. Mrs.
Grace moved from her Kimbau house
room to the home of Mrs. Louise Will
son in West End.
Meanwhile certain letters had come
to light-letters from Eugene to Daisy
before their marriage, before she was
divorced by death from Webster Opie
In these letters he confessed to having
lived a wild life. He also declared his
love in passionate terms. The letters
revived interest in the case.
Other documentary evidence brought
to light revealed the fact that the
Graees had been married twiee-the
first marriage at the Little Church
Around the Corner in New York was
no marriage at all. A second ceremony
i'A'N 'Nfil i'i i0iliittA III view OI4eduSs
Mrs. Grace Bound Over.
The preliminary trial, held before
Justice Ridley, in which only the evil
dence of the prosecution was heard. re-
suited in Mrs. Grace being bound over
to the grand jury. An Indictment was
returned later.
For a third time Mrs Grace was re-
manded to Jail but after about two
weeks Incarceration was again bonded.
Now, at her home in West End, she
awaits her trial.
A few days ago an operation was
performed on Eugene Grace. The bull
let was located and the pressure
against his spine removed. For a while
1t looked as If he might return to full
possession of his faculties. That he
might live indefinitely, in any event.
was established beyond doubt. He
will not be able to attend the trial of
his wife. He says. however. that what
ever its result he win divorce her as
soon as ne can, as he still is convinced
of her guilt.
The last act in the drama begins
Monday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER vi.
Grace Tells the Police by Tele-
phone, II Am Shot and Dy-
inc. Send Help"

. 1t had been an unusually quiet day
at the Decatur street police station.
The arrests had been so few that only
the names of a couple of petty negro
offenders soiled the blotter. and back
behind the turnkey even the drunken
prisoner who had earlier polluted the
atmosphere with his demented curses
had lapsed into inebriate silence. Desk
Sergeant Lindsay was indolently eX-
planning to Call officer Wood that the
city of Atlanta should really provide
lounges for its inside police force on
such peaceful day. when the telephone
bell tinkled at his side. Lindsay, smil-
ing at his own jest. pulled the receiver
toward his ear.
Somebody probably wants to know
how long he can sleep before the base
ball season opens" he began in an
aside to the chuckling emergency po-
choking voice at the other end of the
wire stopped him in the middle of his
sentence.
I'm Grace" the voice said in agon-
lied accents, I'm E. H. Grace at 20
West Eleventh street. I'm shot. I'm
dying here alone. Send me help"
Heard Body Fall.
The sergeant at the telephone heard
the receiver at the other end drop and
sway against it's hook and family
over the same wire came the sound of
thud as though a body had fallen
heavily upon a floor. Then he turned
10 Call Officer Wood and said:
You take that other man and shoot
out to 20 West Eleventh street Man
who says his name is Grace is out
there-says he's been shot and thinks
hes dying. I think l heard him fall
On the floor after he told me on the
phone You get UP there quici. and
phone me what is the matter
Wood, with two other policemen at
MS heels, reached the house at 20 West
Eleventh street in ten minutes. AS
lhey reached the front door an ambu-
iance from st. Josephs hospital, or
uefed out by telephone from police
headquarters, also came dashing up.
woods hectic banging at the door
was answered by a colored servant
"Ao questioned in the hallway said
stupldly that he knew nothing of any
one being shot in the house.
The policemen dashed on to the sec
ond floor. They found the rooms that
.ney passed through in a state of some
disorder, but all the doors were open
TO admit of easy ingress. until they
came to the southeast corner. That
uoor was locked. Wood raped once
upon it; then put his shoulder to the
pdnels and sprawled inside as the oalen
barrier gave way.
A' the further end of the room he
ga" tall man clad in night clothes
5'hg sprawled horribly over the side
" a bed. His head hung downward
p" the edge and one leg doubled be-
"Valh his twisted body as though he
n"u collapsed in a final lnrch to throw
himself upon the bed
shot While Asleep"
ne man was only haif conscious
we gasped pitfully for every breath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26

Mr. Bushes Man or Woman: Aren't
you on a sharp lookout for competent help
Of all kinds? You know that 1t is good
business policy to get live wires with you
Let us call your attention to the "Situa-
tions Wanted columns of The Georgian
Here is where you have chance to select
the best help that can be had on the mar.
ket, These people that advertise car
furnish you the best of references. So
columns Of The Georgia and get the hell
that will be Of the most service to you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26

running beside the machines.
Attorney John Moore made a quick
purchase at the ticket window Three
newspaper men crowded onto the same
train, and the memorable trip to Phila-
delphia was begun
That's the last wen see of Mrs.
Eugene Grace" said Attorney Reuben
Arnold when apprised Of the fight.
-I-i,,,d
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
"shot While Asleep"

"e man was only haif conscious;
e gasped pitifuIy for every breath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER Nv.
Mrs. Grace Makes Bond and Hur-
riedly Departs For Old Home.

Mrs Grace in the Tower-surrounded
by felons and petty thieves and bug"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
Accused Woman Is De.
hant as Day of Trial
Approaches.

Here is the story of the Grace af-
fair, the most mysterious and
strangest criminal case which has
ever come before the Fulton coun-
ty courts. 1t is told as it devel-
oped from that first startling tele-
phone message from the wounded
man. to the release of Mrs. Grace
from the Tower and her retire
ment to a, suburban home to await
her trial;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
Wounded Man, Recov-
ering, Renews Con-
demnation of Wife.

famed into a frenzy of curiosity OF
minute reports Of what Mrs. Grace had
been doing in Philadelphia The in
coming train was delayed several hours,
but in spite Of that the Terminal sta
ton was blocked and crowded with
waiting men and women anxious for
one glimpse of the woman.
1t was repetition of the night Of her
departure, only on a larger scale She
was rushed into a taxicab and carried
rapidly up the street Ten, fifteen,
twenty automobiles followed. The first
and only stop was made at the Kimball
house
She was taken to room-in which
she locked herself, and with no COM
pany save that Of nurse remained for
more than week
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-12

REPUDIATED
IN MAINE
oBy us,.ss Pr....,

Portland. Ne. Sept. ic.-That the
Republicans not only elected their en-
tire state ticket but will regain con
Ercssmen and control OF tho iegisia-
tnre. but that Senator o. Gardner.
Democratic. will not be returned %
the upper house was made practically
certain by the latest returns OF yes
terday's election Former Congress-
man Burlelsh defeated Senator Gard
nsr In the primary vote and will sue
eeed Gardner unless the progressive
Republicans unite with the Democrats
in the legislature. Haincs' plurality
over Plaisted. democratic. in tho race
for governor. Is about 1000.
President Taft Gr~ifIed.
Beverley. Mass. Sept. io--President
Tar, sxpressed himself as highly graf
Ned with the election result In Maine.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-12
DAWSON
PROBABLY
NOMINATED
(By united Prss.)

Denver. Sept ii.-lt is generally
conceded that Clyde c. Dawson will
have a safe majority for senator for
the short term.
Around the regular Republican
headquarters II Is claimed that c. c
Parks will he nominated for governor
and chas. W. Waterman for Senator
for the two-year term.
II Is generally conceded that Ben.
Griffith has n safe majority.
chas> Ballerick will be the Repub-
lican nominee for congressman in the
second district and Rice Means in the
nrst district