The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-30

HUSBAND ON sTRETcEER
Accused Woman Makes Great Dlspiay
OF Costumes and Has the Pub
lie on Hor Side at tha
start

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ATLANTA. Ga, July so,Ths sec
ond day of Mrs. Opie Gracs's ordeal
began with jostling. curious mob IN
the corridors Of the court house and
overflowtng out on the siaewalks An
ticipatiag an even more tense series
of dramatic episides than yesterday
furnished there were twice as many
would-be spectators on hand today.
clamoring for admission.
1t was the hope Of lawyers on both
Sides that the trial might be conclud-
ed late today, but inasmuch as tho
defense has not yet given an inklins
of the number OF witnesses 1t expects
to call, or intimated the course TO be
pursued 1t was conceded that the trial
nay continue over until tomorrow.
The prosecution still had twenty-six
witnesses. but expected to call only
half of these In establishing their d.
rect case.
Despite the pathetic figure present
ed In the paralyzed spectre that once
was Eugene II. Grace, halefeliow-
well-met. and scion of an old Georgia
family, as he lies on stretcher In the
court room, his yengeful eyes never
/ leaving the face OF the wife he ac-
cuses of attempting murder. public
opinion ia emphatically with Mrs.
Grace. The defendant is not worrying
over the outcome OF the trial. Rut
she does her best to avoid the baleful
gaze OF her husband. The dramatic
scene when the injured man was car
ried into the court room and Mrs.
Grace nearly swooning was re-enacted
today. The accused woman is aston.
ishing society with her costumes. To
day she wore white rcss, heavily
embroidered with Irish lace, white kid
gloves, small golden brown straw
hat with one of the longest plums that
she invariably wears, brown shoes and
carried a brown parasol. Her jewell
ry included loclSet and diamond
bracelet and diamond ear rings.
! Opening of court was delayed and
when Judge Roam finally mounted the
bench, he ordered an hours recess so
. that members of Grace's family, who
{ were delayed by a late train In com.
t ing from the family home at Newman,
I Ga, might be present.
a The heat in the little court room
e was intense Two hundred people
}, jammed every seat and were packed
y In the aisles Two-thirds were wo-
L men, who literally fought for points
e OF vantage The ventilation waa
:. abominable and counsel on both sides
d protested against crowding OF tha
8 room, fearing interruption of the trial
/ by fainting women.
u Grace spent the night at private
y sanitarium and was taken TO the
! court house early. Mrs. Grace was
Y among the first persons in the court
y room, arriving before the doors were
+ opened to the spectators. She tool
= the same seat she occupied yesterday
o. but pushed the chair back further
le from the place where her husbands
70 cot lay evidently desirous of avoiding
. his eyes.
When the hours recess was III
n there was still another delay Grac'
n had been carried on stretcher Int
I'd the elevator, and the lift wedged be
le tween floors on its upward trip t
ls the fourth floor. where court os bein
e. held. Nearly an hour elapsed befor
the cage could be repaired.
K" Hamilton Hill, Grace's half brother
In was recalled for cross examination
as Attorney Rosser had him Identify sti
lg further the pearl.handled revolver gi'
ill en- him by Mrs Grace at Newnar
when she arrived there after tn
ne shooting, bringing out the fact tha
We the weapon was only 22-calibe
ad toy"
se- Mrs. s, L. Hill, Grace's mother wa
ee then called. She said that Mrs. Grae
lid arrived at Newman late in the afte
ast noon Of March 5--the day the shootir
las was discovered,
an "The first thing Mrs. Grace sa
dla when | saw her" the witness test
tie fled. was What's this hear aoo'
ar, Gene being shot? l told her VIII
de had been telephoned me from Atlant
lon She insisted that Gene could not ha'
shot himself and intimated that
anyone did 1t. the man was j. c.
IS meaning the negro butler. Ruffin. s
lee. said Gene was complaining when S
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