The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-09
mrs. GRACE TELLS
: A DRAMATIC STORY
Her Remarkable Story Dramatically
Told the only Defense She Makes
Before the Jury.

Atlanta, Ga, August With her
husbands face leering at her from the
pillow of his cot, Mrs. Daisy opie
Grace today related her story to the
jury.
Il did not shoot Mr.. Grace, and he
knows it; as God is my judge that is
the solemn truth" she exclaimed dra-
matically, and Graces lips parted in
cynical smile 1t was a remarkable
story, told in a calm, even voice with
out pause, as though it had been well
rehearsed. Grace was revealed in dark
,S5iors as a creature who had reward
wifely love and generosity with the
grossest cruelty and infdelity.
Mrs. Grace occupied the better part
lof an hour in its telling, and at its con-
clusion she left the stand and the de-
fease rested its case. AS she did not
make the statement under oath, the
prosecution was denied the privilege
of cross examination. The state then
put on one rtwo witnesses in rebut-
tai and finally rested.
Mrs. Grace declared in her state
ment that Grace shot himself during
a scuffle with her for possession of a
pistol with which he was trying to
shoot her She said that he had
beaten her and choked her frequent
ly, but that in spite of his mistreat-
ment, she had made for him every
sacrifice in this world that a woman
could make for man"
From the time she met him until
the day of the shooting, she said, she
had given him $4,000 in cash. Il was
true to him as any wife could be" she
said. and always humored and
petted him like spoiled child"
He sprang out of bed and grabbed
my left wrist with his right hand and
NY right wrist with his left hand" she
said in relating the circumstances of
he shooting at the Grace home one
morning several weeks ago in fash
enable Atlanta suburb. "We struggled
md he backed me over against the
bureau and twisted my left hand so
.lard that dropped the power of attor-
7ey papers he did not want me to de-
troy on the floor Then he let go of
hat hand and grabbed my throat with
lis right hand and reached into the
bureau drawer and took out his re-
oliver. He was cursing in low voice
md his face was so distorted with rage
hat | was badly scared. When he
made a motion to hit me with the pis-
oil and then tried to shoot me, I threw
III my weight and strength against
i'm, grabbed him around the arms,
,acked him over the bed. AS soon as
lis legs came in contact with the bed
le fell over backwards with me on
op of him | was pushing. pulling and
showing to keep him from shooting
ne when suddenly the pistol went off
ind l screamed and jumped up. He
old me to stop screaming, that he
vas not hurt and that the thing for
ne to do was to get out of the house
nd leave the rest to him. He made
ne kiss a Bible that | would never tell
What had happened as it would dis
race us both forever.
Gentlemen, / did not shoot Mr.
race and he knows it; as God is my
udge that is the solemn truth"
She said she wanted to call up a
soctor but Grace refused to permit
Ter and insisted that she should go
Ie said "if this damn thing should
ct out in the neighborhood like this
II his business and social prospects
yould be gone forever"
.mGrace's only comment after his wife
ad finished her story was:
ct sounds slim to me; doesn't it
you?"