Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
His Story

Erom the first, except for a brief
interval at ST. Joseph's Hospilal mi :
mediately following the discovery VI
his being shot, Eugene H.. Grace con-
tended that his wife had shot MN.
Her reasons, he said, were that slle
was tired of him and that she Wanlea
his insurance money.
His version of the case is IN SUD
stance as given to the press from lliis
10 fine as follows: ,e.
at am not certain That my WE
shot me. but the circumstances looh
snsnicious > s. Yes. she shot me.
She was tired of me. For a long time
T have noticed that she was tired OF
me. but / did not suspect that sne
would choose such desperate meas
lres to rid herself of me. HOW she
can deliberately claim otherwise Is d
mystery to me. she shot me, ana she
knows h she did. She was a
Gciary. o know, of my Insurance
policies.
Finally Notified Police.
II walked TUESDAY morning with a
main in nv side. / examined myself
as hest I could. and found blood at
my side. Itold Daisy3that | had been
shot and asked her to call Il doctor.
She seemed in no hurry to 90 SO. l
pleaded with her. Finally she Went
to the teIephone-came back presently
and said that the doctor could not De
located. Then the servants came
into the room.
she fooled around for a while and
then left-lockine the door behind
her. There | FAY. weak. help'ee and
diving. During the afternoon J man
aged finally to reach the telephone
and in that manner ] notified the
police.
says stories Are Lies.
".Daisy, you know that o shot
me, | told her when she came int
my room at st. Joseph's Hospital.
Eugene, how can you say such a
thinge?' she replied. She threatened
TO take from me the power of attor-
ney | exercised in her properties II
continued to say that she shot me.
II wish to lie set right before the
people. Many wild and untrue stor-
les have gone out about my life be-
fore / was married. | may have been
in a measure indiscreet - what boy
hasn't?-but the most of the stories
are lies-lies told in an attempt to
blacken my character.
'As a boy my life was blameles5 B.
so far as | could make it. | was
never a goody-goody, but was no
worse than many, As for women
aDd 1vfDa-Iipz all 1ipS
81 Want Her Punished"
IF | had known the true charac-
ter of my wife | would never have
married her. She was a woman of
the boulevdrds-a f%requenter of cafes
and other well known resorts. She
was fond of the gay life. After she
had lived with me a while she be-
gan to grow tired. 1 suppose that
she was dissatisfied with the quietude
of my Iife-then she needed money.
She shot me-that is all there is
10 If. . = 9
IF | could look my wife in the
face when she testified before a jury
she couldn't lie about this thing.
Shed have to tell the truth. l guess
it sounds as though | were seeking
r~etribution. but am not. But I want
her punished. / could convince any
jury.
Will Seek Divorce.
IF | were going to die this minute
I'd swear she shot me. I'd swear she
shot me cold bloodedly and left me
as | am. ] was a man. / was siN
feet foul inches tall and | weighed
1876 pounds. Now look at me.
II reiterate that she shot me. She
shot me as | lay asleep because she
was tired of me and needed money.
She refused tc get a doctor and she
stuffed the telephone with paper.
The only reason she didn't cut the
line was because she was afraid the
telephone company would make an
immediote investigation.
mo matter what the outcome of
the trial is / will take immediate steps
to obtain a divorce as oon as pos
sible."