The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-02
Says Her Husband shot Himself
While lie Was Trying
to Kill Her.
WILL LEFT ALL TO HIM
She Declares lie Had Pre-
viOusly Attempted Twice
to Take Her Life.

lTldl jury to-uay ana testlilPu tnut EsuRtHe
Grace shot himself after II quarrel over 4
another woman on whom. Mrs. Grace
alleged, he had been spending her money. !
Mrs. Grace told in detail how. she said /,
her husband had tried to kill her several
times. once attempting 10 drown her,
again stabbing her and finally seizing a
revolver in their Atlanta home on March
. last and in the struggle that followed
wounding himself.
Her frs, words on tho stand We're.
"Gcntlemcn l am innocent did not
shoot my husband and he know, II.
nodding her head toward her husband. who
lay on a stretcher near the witness stand.
Mrs Grace told enc of the most re-
markable stories ever heard in court
room. With flushed face and hands
trembling she spoke III clear but low
voice. Her statement was hong. its de-
livery occupying most Of the afternoon.
The salient features follow:
Il did not shoot Mr.. Grace and he shows
H. A God is my judge that il the olenin
truth. Mr.. Grace and | TOOK an cath
over the Bible that We would never tell
how this trouble happened and not until
after was indicted did even tel! my at
torneys.
Week after week lay suffering III
jail trying to decide upon the right thing
to do. knew that ] was innoc"nt and
knew that | was being unjustly pun
i-hed. hut | also knew that had taken an
oath never to tell how Mr. Grace was
shot. Finally decided that owed il To
the nam. of my old mother and my little
blind boy regardless Of my oath /" tell
the whole truth about this difficulty no
matter whom II might dsgrace.
"ro ne Mr. Grace WAS the mos. fas-
cinating man | had eyer met, and without
shame and without strength To resist
il | have made for him every sacrifice
i'm this world that "A woman could make
for man. From the time ! met him until
Alarch ! gave him sl5nn in cash. was
as true 10 him us any wife could be to her
husband and always humored and pe,i"d
him like a spoiled child.
Il dressed him in the height of fashion.
cooked his meals for him when my ser
wants couldn't please him. and ceased
to correspond with my widowed mother
and sister 10 please him. tool; his abuse
and beatingS time after time becaus e
of my extreme devotion 20 him.
Mrs Grace gave complete history
of her relations with Grace and admitted
she married him two weeks after the
death Of her first husband. Webster Op!e
of Philadelphia. From the first. she said,
Grace treated her cruelty and made con-
slant demands for money. She then
told about several alleged attempts on
her life. one Of these attempts she al
leges. was made while they were on a
steamer bound from New York to Nova
Scotia
zone night. Will" the steamer was
between Nova Scotia and Newfound-
land, at about $50 p. NJ. she said. my
husband came TO me and suggested tina,
We take promenade on the deck, He
went to the stern of the ship and there
WAS no one around. He suddenly picked
me up and sat me on the railing and pre-
tended to frighten me by pushing me
backward.
He became 40 persistent in his efort'
that was very much alarmed and cluni
TO his neck with all my might and threat
ened to scream il he did not let mo dow
at once, and az soon as he had done 80 w
went at once to our cabin. where | ac'
cused him OF trying to push me over
board and ! deman nded that he return
to me the will had signed before leaving
New York.
He told me he had only been playing
with me, but I was satisfied he intended
to drown me.
Then she said her husband tried I
push her over blum at ST, Johns, bu
failed. though her knee was badly in
jured. She offered to show the jur
} the scar on her knee, She said Grac
J wanted to kill her because she had mad
} will in his favor,
Another attempt to kill her. she sait
was made in Philadelphia because sll
refused to take Grace on u trip to Europe
"He sent my little boy out on the porch
she said, then renewed the fight abou
, my refusal to go to Europe. and upon IN
still refusing t o 20 he became more furiol
than ever, and he took his pistol out q
L his chiff onier and told me he would pu
: an end to il all. and ] snatched the pist'
!. out of his hand and ran upstairs Wit
!. it. and he was running after me. but G
:, my flight had thrown the pistol anon
some pillows in bay window. Whe
> he caught me and found | had dispose
p of the pistol he took his knife out Of h
!. pocket and grabbed his hand. and in II
Y struggle he stabbed me in the fac,
y which has left scar, a. you can see Fl
= yourselves,
d Later he came to me and said that i
y wanted to go to Hot Springs. Ark. +
a went from Philadelphia to Hot Spring
g Then he went to New Orleans. In a
y elevator Grace met an old friend Il
went out with him and didn't come ba,
y until A. NJ.
q Finally he admitted he had been
o the Tenderloin.
@ "It WAS In New Orleans We were marri,
the second time.
when We came to Atlanta and st opp,
at tho Piedmont an old sweet heart Of h
he said, called him up to congratula
', him on his marriage
" Alter settling in Atlanta. Wl.r- Nj
=, Grace established her husband in busine,