The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-27
NOTED TRIAL
WHICH BEGINS
ON MONDAY
THE GRACE CASE PROMISES TO
FURNISH MANY SENSATIONAL
FEATURES,

Atlanta, July 2I.-Wnat prom
ises to be one of the most sensa-
tional trials ever held in this city
is now in progress in this city.
Orie Grace is in court charged with
n,uting her husband, Eugene H.
Gr: ce, on the 5th of last March, as
he lay asleep in his home in this city.
The chief feature of the trial will
be the presence Of the accusing hus-
band. who will sit in the courtroom
IL an invalids chair, with the lower
pert of his body paralyzed, aiding in
the prosecution OF his wife. who. he
says, shot him to obtain $4,000 in
surance he had taken out on his life
for her benefit.
Case Full Of Mystery
The circumstances surrounding
this strange case necessarily give 1t
a romantic air of mystery.
It will be recalled that shortly af-
ter IL O'Clock on Tuesday, March 5.
tie police headquarters of Atlanta re-
ccivcd feeble call for help over the
telephone. A number of policemen
were dispatched to the home Of Eu-
gene II. Grace. frcm whence the call
came. and they found every outside
door OF the house securely locked.
Forcing an entrance they mado the
way to an upper bedroom. There the:
tO"nd Grace lying unconscious, with
y gaping bullet wound in his side
On further search they discovered :,
revolver. with one chamber empty,
lying on the floor in the room i'm
ricdialcly below the one in which
Grace w;lA lying After Grace was
revived he said he had ben snOt
while h was asleep, some time dur
ing the early part of the morning,
and that he had every reason to be-
licvc that his wife had done 1t.
Gracr charges his wife with hay-
ing h''vily ,lruggcd him before
sEOOtin% him. This, he says, az
counts tor the fact that neither tn,
report nor the pain accompanying
tlc shot awakened him.
.Ln Motivo for Cr;ma
The motive for the crime, as held
by the prosecution, was to obtain
the $21 900 life insurance policy
hold by her husband. and of which
she was 'he beneficiary
In rerly to this the attorneys for
US. Grace say tnat their client was
wealthy in her own right and had
70 ned of the insurance money
They also claim that she l.; not the
type OF woman capable OF such q
deed. and state that she was genuine
~ in love with her husband and he
with her until outside influences be-
Sdll III NDTk Oh HIS lHlHU.
The conrtsIip of Eugene II. Grace
aud his wife WHO is about twenty
years hi, senior WAS as spectacular
- il WAS brief
Mrs. Grace Wa the widow of Viii
liam II. opio. wealthy Phi,adcl-
Thia tailor AnA before his death
from blood poison. in Fcbruary
lall. his wifr had already becom
known a. Daisy of the Leonard
skins. bcraust e her mania for
oats made from The skin of thot
;Eotted animal
After the death of her busbard
rom which she inherited 500. 600.
irs. Grace becat,c a conspicuous fig
ire in the gilded cafe life of the
'cnnsylsania metropolis
About this time her eyes had been
t'racted by the tall form OF a b.,nd
ONE young MAJ: of immaculate at
ire
Graces Courtship
Then the tall young man saw the
eopard furs and the vivacious face
hey caressed and Il mutual attrac-
ION spranG up. An introduction was
ttained, and as result Eugene II.
race was married 10 Mrs. Opie z.