The sun., 1912-08-10
MRS. GRACE WANTS TO
co BACK TO HUSBAND
Says She Still Loves Man in
Spite Of His Charge She
Shot Him.

| Ulrch Opie Grace announced to-day ON
was acquitted of shooting her husband,
that she wanted to return tn the man
who accused her and caused her trial.
| IN the next moment Mrs. Martha IL
J rich, mother Of the acquitted woman.
who accompanied her daughter home.
! Coniidcd TO a friend that she expected
to have a second grandchild in a short
| time. Webster Opie the blind son Of
Mrs. Grace 10y her first husband. is the
first grandson Of Mrs. ulrich.
81 still love Mr.. Grace" said Mrs.
Grace. mo matter what he may have
said about me or what he has charged
me with doing. ! love him. ] simply
| cunt help ii. | believe that IL his FAM
! lily would only let us alone we would
live together happily. Perhaps We may
! find some place where We may hide
ourselves and still be happy
During this statement Mrs. Clrich
| looked with amazement upon her
daughter.
Daisy has told me all this before"
she, explained, but I never thought she
| was in earnest about it. suppose II a
woman loves man like that It can't be
helped. but perhaps II is a blessing that
all women do not love in that manner"
Mrs. Grace refused to tell in what
manner she expected to effect a recon-
citation with her husband. She denied
that she had taken any action "as vet"
To. revoke the power of attorney which
she had given him.
THAT is something I will not talk
about" said Mrs. Grace THAT is an
AFFAIR strictly between Mr.. Grace and
myself. and We will settle II to our own
satisfaction"
Mrs. Grace acknowledged that she had
sent a postal card to her husband from
Savannah and that she had wished hi IN
many happy returns upon his birthday
and had expressed the hope that they
would be together again before his next
birthday.
She refused to discuss the statement
OF fSolicitor-General Hugh NJ. Dorsey of
Atlanta. who prosecuted her. and who
declared yesterday that he had heard the
shot which wounded Grace and that il
was fired al O'Clock in the morning and
not at II O'Clock. as Mrs. Grace had de-
clared. Solicitor-General Dorsey Reside d
on tne same street and just across from
the Graces in Atlanta.
II don't care what Mr.. Dorsey said
Mrs. Grace answered. $50 far as | am
concerned wish never to discuss my trial
again. 1t is something that is in the past.
So long as | think of it | always must
think how Mr.. Grace endeavored TO harm
me. and that is something l wish to for
get. For the present shall devote nv
life to my baby Webster"
Mrs. Grace and her mother arrived here
al noon to-day on the Merchants and
Miners liner Frederick, whiSiI they
boarded AT Savannah. They did not sail
under assumed names as telegraphed from
savannah but We're on the sailing list as
Mrs. Ulrich and daughter.
When the Frederick docked at the foot
OF Lombard street more than 100 of Mrs.
Grace's old friends were at the pier to
greet her. Mrs. Grace and her mother
were the last passengers to leave the
steamship. endeavoring to dodge pub
licity.
But Mrs, Grace had been recognized
waited. Eventually Mrs. Grace and her
aged mother came down the gangplank
to the cheering of the crowd. Mrs. Grace
was surrounded by numerous friends
almost immediately and she laughingly
greeted them all. She was the picture Of
OF having been through trying ordeal.
her Trends We're not backward in asking
about all the details of her trial, but to all
she gave the same answer;
want to forget II.
just once she showed her temper when
one of her men friends made al, uncom-
plimentary remark about Grace:
"You will kindly stop talking in that
manner, said Mrs. Grace. Please re-
member he is my husband and he il a
cripple at present, but ] hope to see him
well before great while.
The impromptu reception on the pier
lasted for several mo, ents, after which |
Mrs. Grace and her me lh"r were whirled
away in large touring Car to 800 South
Sixtieth street, where the seven-year-old
blind son of Mrs. Grace had been waiting
on the front porch all morning for thelar-
rival of h il mother. He had been informed
that she would arrive last night. He
didn't sleep wink and at S O'Clock this
morning he insisted that the nurse dress
MIN and let him sit on the porch. He
even refused TO enter the house for his
mea Is. His companion was his dog and
the bark Of tho dog told him that his
mother had actually arrived.
Mrs. Grace had no eyes for any ono
but her son after her arrival home. She
took the boy in her arms. He clung to
her and refused to let go.
Your mamma never will leave Won
again, son. said Mrs. Grace "Where /
60 You will so and nobody will be unknd
Mrs, Grace will reside at Aao8 Spruce
street, tho house owned by her and upon
which her husband holds the power of
attorney to sell il h" sees IT.