The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-01
EXPECT MRS. GRACE
|. COCOON THE STAND
|. At TODAy'S 'SSESS|ON
Mysterious Alibi Letters In
tr0duced After Desper-
ate Battle
GRACE is TOO ILL
TO ATTEND COURT
State Claims Mrs. Grace Wrote the
Letters-Doctor Says Grace Is
No Better and Is Losing
Ground

Atlanta. July sl.-After forging the last
link in the chain of circumstances which
1t claims connects Mrs. Daisy Grace with
the shooting OF her husband. the prose-
cntion rested its case late today.
Mrs. Grace is expected 10 go on the
stand at the opening of court tomorrow
to tell her own story
The state played its big card today
and won two important points. Two let
ers, which it was claimed Mrs. Grace
wrote to herself over her husbands nick
name. Gene and mailed as she was
leaving for Newman. to establish an alib
We're offered In evidence and admitted
by the court after a desperate battle be-
tween opposing counsel lasting more than
two hours
Mrs. drace's words of greeting to her
husband when they met in the hospital.
which the defense had fought hard to
keep from the jury, also were admitted
George c. Bullard. city detective. was the
meeting.
Detective Testifies
Who spoke first?e asked Solicitor Dor
sey.
Mrs. Grace"
What did she say"
''She said; How did this happen, Gene?
What have you been telling these peo-
pie? They tell me you say shot you.e
did she kiss her husband?"
No; she stood straight up beside the
bed"
Judge Roam would not permit the wit
ness to relate TO the jury the subse-
quent conversation between husband and
wife. He admitted her first statement
because the prosecution claimed that Il
had proved by witnesses who were with
Mrs. Grace from the time she heard tho
news until the meeting at the hospital
that no one had told her she had been
accused.
Although the prosecution attaches great
weight TO the alibi getters.p and con-
tends that the @shew. that the shooting
Of Grace as @isa ed w It's wif5.
the defense cleisns that Mrt Grace has
not been connected With them In any way
by the evidence, either with having writ
ten, mailed or received them BY some
strange trick Of fate Mrs Grace did not
receive the two letters, which were en-
closed in one envelope, through the mails
They were postmarxed Atlanta, 4.30 D.
m, on the day Of the shooting and they
reached Newman after she had returned
to Atlanta. They were forwarded to her
but fell into Graee's hands and were
turned over to the attorneys by him. The
handwriting on the envelope has been
identified as that of Grace by witnesses
but none of them were able to identify
the hapdwriting of one of the letters,
which was scribbled with a pencil
Grace Not in Court
Grace was suffering from a slight fever
today and was too III to be brought into
court. DR.. Willis Jones testified today
that he examined Grace yesterday and
found that he was completely paralyzea
from his waist down. Asked IL he seemed
to be improved, DIR. Jones said that on the
contrary he was losing ground
The mysterious letters mentioned so
frequently yesterday were again under
inspection when court opened todav
J. HID, Grace's step-nncle was shown
by counsel for the defense a letter
written in pencil and asked If 1t was
Grace's handwriting. Hill said he did
not know.
Did you not identify Grace's hand
writing on an envelope yesterday" he
was asked
Yes" he replied.
witness was not sure 1t was Grace's
writing because 1t was signed Gene"
He said every letter he saw written
by Grace was signed Eugene II. Grace.
Counsel then endeavored to show the
witness another letter signed Gene"
which he thought the witness could
Identify Solicitor Dorsey objected and
was sustained The letter in point of
question is said to be one OF the ia
n
dated Tuesday night" and to start,
MY own Darling Wife,
Letters Are Read
In this letter supposed to have been
written on the night of the day Mrs.
Grace left for Newman was one phrase
reading, After ] left YOU at the traiu.a
The state is attempting TO show 1t is
averred that Mrs. Grace wrote this let
ter to herself, post-dated II and signed
her husbands name TO II and had
mailed it to herself In Newman in or
der TO establish an alibi
The full text Of the letter written in
pencil was:
Tuesday Night
MY own Darling Wife-After | put
you on the train I got to talking to
an old boyhood friend of mine and
got left. which viii make me a day
late in getting back. / am terribly
sorry that that is going to keep me
away a day longer, but I shall hurry
back, dear girl. and bring you back
something real nice.
MY friend is here a he house with
me now and I have been telling what
nice girl YOU are all the time I'm
sorry for what I said and for what
happened Sunday. and | know it will
not happen again. | hope you are hay-
ing a fine time In Newman and that
you will like and see lots of people
| think of you all of the time | am
away Be as good as you can and IN
do the same. Be good, sweet girl
and think of me lots.
with all my love and a billion
kisses"
Second Letter
The other letter. which the prosecu-
tion claims Mrs. Grace wrote on
typewriter weeks before the shooting
read as follows;
my Dear Wife Daisy-After saying
good to you at the station TO-DAY
run into fellow. friend, OF mine
from Charlotte. \. c.. and. Daisy. be-
lieve me. my heart went out to him
completely. The chap is dead broke
and he had such pitful story that
am going to try and get him Job
/ am going to have him come out to
29 west Eleventh and make him take
bath and let him sleep all night with