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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
missed
Says Grace Has
Not Improved.

Dr. Willis Jones, one of Graces sur
geons was called to the stand.
DR. Jones examined Grace yesterday.
He was asked Grace's condition. De-
Tense objected His condition today
was irrelevant. The objection was over
ruled
Grace was absolutely paralyzed yes
terday from hts waist dowr. He has
lost ground since March .. a pistol
wound was responsible for his eondi-
ton The bullet was suilfin the mans
body Or Jones was dismissed
The state rendered in evidence le-
gal document. The defense objected
and the jury was ordered out 1t was
lease signed by Grace and Mrs John
Klser Mr. Rosser held II was not rel
evant Mir Dorsey contended that the
signature OF Grace had been proved
Mir Rosser denied this. Mr. Dorsey
couldn't remember which witness had
proven the signature, Defense insisted
the lease Nas not In order Mr.. Dor
sey insisted that it was, because il had
stipulatlons as TO the care of furniture
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Marriage Certificate
offered in Evidence.

The state rendered a marriage Ger
tihcate The defense said it could not
be offered as evidence, but offered no
objection TO the certificate being ten
dered 1t was dated at New orleans
on May 10. 1911, 1t was shown to the
jury. This was the real marriage, the
ceremony performed in New York hay
ing been. it is alleged, a false and IL
legal ceremony.
Mrs. Lewis Hill was sworn. She said
Mrs. Grace told her, during the holi-
days. that she was going to leave her
home on the Boulevard.
Mr. Dorsey again desired to tender
the noted letters as evidence, and again
the jury was sent out While the dis
cussion ensued.
The papers in question We're.
The lease of the Eleventh street
nome.
Two letters, \ and B. and their en-
velopes
The letter "A" was. in brief as fol-
lows
Ny Dear Wife Daisy
After saying good bye to you at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Dorsey Says She
Thought Out Plans.

Mr.. Dorsey insisted that the woman
was 50 mercenary that she had. thought
out all her plans for shooting Grace
even before she left the Boulevard
home, where the typewriter was at
hand He asserted that she had used
the typewriter even then. long before
the shooting, to forward her plans He
argued that her worry over her hus-
bands financial welfare and the dam
age to the furniture was a matter Of
evidence in the chain against Mrs.
Grace. He held that her use of doubled
sheets, her oilcloth on the bed. was
mercenary care for the furniture far
above her love for her husband This
woman showed 100 times the solicitude
for the furniture and property that she
did for her wounded husband" de-
clared the solicitor"
The court ruled out the lease.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

AS large a crowd as usual was IN
the court room today when the case
opened. More women than on former
days were present. expecting to hear
Mrs Grace tell her own story on the
stand Whether or not they Will be DIS
appointed remains to be seen, for coun-
sci for the defense refused to state
when the case opened whether they
would introduce Mrs. Grace or any Wit
nesses whatever. They have kept the
states counsel absolutely in the dark
as TO the line of defense.
That the defense has made prepare
lions to introduce witnesses in case
they deem it necessary is indicated by
the fact that Mrs Martha Ulrich. moth
er of Mrs. Grace. has been put under
the rule" and excluded from the court
room during the proceedings Mrs, VI
rich and Mrs Louise Wilson. trained
nurse of Mrs Grace, SIT in an ante
room near the court chamber all day
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

Examined on the face, said Mr.. Ros-
ser, the letters were clearly written by
Grace and not Mrs. Grace.
There is no evidence as to Newman
carrier of this letter except this and
Mr.. Rosser referred to the mere post
mark How Mrs. Orr got the letter
and what became of it in Newman did
not appear, he said. 1t next appeared
in Atlanta at the Marion hotel. The
substance of Mr.. Rosser's objection was
that the letters could not be connected
with Mrs. Grace by any evidence pre-
scented. The letters were sealed and
sent under the authority of Grace and
were therefore, his letters under the
law. To substantiate his claim, Mr..
Rosser quoted the Georgia Reports, .
citing three cases to prove his point
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Cleveland Orr, who received the let
tiers, has disappeared and can not be
located by the state, which summoned
her { a witness
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

When the afternoon session opened
today it was seen that fully half the
crowd had kept their seats throughout
the hour of recess, going without
luncheon or eating from packages they
had brought with them. trio of
young girls in front seats had been
there since shortly after dawn. never
leaving their seats for an instant,
through fear of losing the precious
places. The men are quickly tired out.
but the women are immune to heat and
suffocating atmosphere. Some of them,
in the rear. stood in their chairs
throughout the long session to gain an
occasional glimpse of Mrs. Grace.
Grace had not been brought into the
court room. His negro servant told
reporters that Mr.. Grace had suffered
from a chill since being brought to the
building.
When the afternoon session was re-
sumed Colonel Rosser again took up
his argument seeking to exclude the
letters as evidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

expert. He had judged typewriter
documents only from a salesman's
standpoint. He handled three ma
chines-Smith Premier, Monarch and
Remington. He was shown the type
written letters. Exhibits A and b. He
said he had been shown the letters be-
fore
Witness had examined letters under
a microscope He testified that the two
letters were written on the same ma
chine, because the letter ID" was light
.er on one side than on the other. and
there were other marks to prove the
statement There were no two used
machines alike, any more than any two
grains Of popcorn are alike.
Witness said "B" was written drst.
They were both written on a Smith
Premier. model or model 4.
ON cross examination witness said
he believed the two were written on
the same machine. No. he couldn't
swear positively
Mr. Rosser offered him a document
and asked whether it had been done
on Smith Premier
Witness couldn't say, The testimony
was much the same as that of H. NJ.
Ashe on the previous day.
Witness admitted he couldn't tell
which was written first. The ribbon
might have been changed. He was dis
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Grace Better,
Says Lawyer.

Lamar Hill. Grace's personal counsel
said today that Eugene was better to-
day and was expected to return to
court
At the opening of court today, Solici-
tor Dorsey asked the court to make re-
newed effort to secure the presence OF
Clarence Bell, subpenaed by the state
as a witness. who is quite i'll. 1t being
agreed that Bell was too i'll 70 be pres
ent. Mr.. Dorsey asked that it appear on
the records that he desired Mi Bells
presence to add a certain link TO the
chain of evidence
Louis Welhouse was the first Wit
ness called He is in the paper bust
ness. and connected with Paul A. elem
ents, a witness of Yesterday
1t was at his mothers suggestion that
Wellhouse found out who was Mr.
Clements attorneys
Mr. Dorsey desired To swear Luther
Rosser and put him on the stand. Mr.
Rosser objected to being sworn, but was
put on the stand, not on oath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Luck Breaking
For Mrs. Grace


If Mrs. Grace had had the benefit
of the most learned counsel to guide
her movements, she could not have
plotted her crime more skillfully," saic
Lamar Hill, of counsel for the state.
today.
1T seems that the rules. of evidence
are baking the state at every turn,
Mrs. Grace is protected by them in
point after point.
IF we can place those letters before
the jury our case viii be won. There
could be no more convincing evidence
that she had planned a murder.
Yes. l am convinced that she shot
Eugene Grace. | am convinced from
what he told me and from the evidence
we have obtained"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Mrs. Grace to Take
Stand Tomorrow

Mrs. Daisy Grace will take the stand
in her own defense as the climax OF
the case, probably tomorrow morning.
She is in mortal fear of the ordeal OF
undergoing the terrific cross examine
ton and of facing her wounded hus-
band. She soon is to become mother
Mrs Grace has suffered greatly I'M
der the strain of the trial. She dares
not permit her mind to dwell on what
may be as the result of the strain on
the witness. stand. A trained nurse
physician and a table are waiting in a
room across the corridor. C. w. Burke
private detective, and a strong man SIT
by Mrs. Grace's side. He is ready 10
bear her from the court room to the
waiting physician and nurse.
Dr. Samuel H. Green. physician al
the Tower when Mrs. Grace was
prisoner there, will testify she will be-
come a mother within few months
He has been present at the court house
all day. but remained outside the room
during the proceedings, being kept uil-
der the rule
says Orace answered TH0"N'
Rebecca Sans, a negro seamstleas
who was at the Grace home the day
before the shooting, will testify as 70
Mrs. Grace's condition then.
The defense will produce a wines
it is reported. who called the Gfaee
home by telephone on the day OF ll'
shooting, about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing He will testify that EuH'4
Grace himself answered the phone aii.
that there was nothing to indicate ''i
thing Out of the ordinary.
Grace said he was shot early Nd
morning o'clock he tholN'
Martha Ruffin. the negro servant u
fed that Grace was grooming WheH
made the fire that morning.
The defense had given the sla''
inkling Of its intention 70 lnlf''
witnesses when the morning
closed today II had been though
perhaps Mrs Grace would not Dc
duced as witness The state
erless to force her 10 TESTIFY hul
She IS put on the stand by heI
counsel the state may cross ques''e
her 20 It's hearts content.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Declares Mrs. Grace
Wrote the Letters.

Nj Dorsey argued. in the absence of
the jury, that he desired to prove that
these letters. written he contended, by
Mrs. Grace and not by her husband,
constituted part Of her plan to shoot
.her husband He maintained that the
WpeWitten letter had been written as
early as January. before the Graces
left their Boulevard home. on the
smith Premier machine in that house.
lie asserted that this letter, in the
same envelope with the pencilled note.
were sent to Newman on the day Grace
was shot addressed to Mrs Daisy
Grace. They went by mistake to Mrs.
cleveland ORR
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Another Victory
For Mrs. Grace.

Mr Rosser declined to answer any
questions. He was questioned as to
whether he had smith Premier type
writer obtained from Paul Clements,
the man who occupied the house at
one time occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Grace. Mr. Rosser claimed immunity
from testifying. as one Of counsel Mr..
Dorsey said he wanted to bring out the
facr that the Graces had such "a type
writer. obtained from Clements
A sharp colloQuy between Dorsey and
Rosser followed. Mr. Rosser in the
witness chair. argued points of law with
the court.
Mr.. Rosser escaped questioning upon
the ground that his information was
confidential as between lawyer and
client
Paul Clements resumed the stand
He was asked whether or not he de
clned 70 give detectives any informa-
ton as 10 the typewrlter The defense
opleeted and WAS sustained
The solicitor is incorrigible.e SAID
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Mrs. Grace Wears
An Old Costume.

Mrs. Graces costume, when she put
in her appearance at court this morn
ing, was the same she wore the after
noon she returned to Atlanta from
Philadelphia
She wore, on that memorable occa-
sion brown coat suit. brown slippers
and stockings and a new brown hat
which she purchased in the Quaker city.
When she removed her coat this
morning. the women in the audience
gave gasp. A marvel in the shape
of peek-a-b boo lace shirtwaist was ex-
posed The lace work was intricate IN
its creation She wore simple locket
about her neck and diamond earrings
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Sensational Letters
Now Looming Up.

Witness identified a letter as one he
had seen at st. Josephs on March Z,
two days after the shooting 1t had
been in an envelope identified by wit
ness Yesterday The two typewriter
letters were then shown him. He said
one Of them had been in the same en-
yeope with the note he had just iden-
tilted. No clew as to the real impor-
tance of the letters could be gained
from the questioning. The state seems
to place tremendous importance upon
these documents.
Mr. Rosser asked whose handwriting
was on the note The state objected
Witness could only state his opinion
Defense tried to prove the note was
written by Grace.
Legal authorities were read to settle
the point Witness had identified
Grace's writing yesterday. The steno-
graphic report was consulted, after a
hot debate. The state was vigorously
combating any effort to have the writ
ing on the pencilIed note identified as
Eugene Grace's
Witness was permitted to testify He
admitted knowing Gfaces signature
but couldn't say as to his writing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Prosecution Trying to Show Woman Had Notes
Written to Cast Suspicion on Fictitious
Friend Typewriter Experts Called.
Continued From Page One

Mr.. Rosser. He doesn't regard your
honor's ruling"
A long argument, with the jury pres
ent. followed Mr. Dorsey was making
strenuous effort TO prove that the
Graces pos essed a typewriter formerly
owned by Paul Clements, and upon
which two mysterious letters had been
written The context of these letters
has not been made public. but they are
a part Of the states evidence to prove a
carefully prepared plan to kill Grace
and provide a false cew to set the po-
lice on the wrong trail. The witness
was dismissed without the state having
gained the information desired.
Lewis Hill took the stand for the
third time
He said that Mrs. Grace told him at
Newman on March that she wanted 10
spend the night at her home in West
Eleventh street. She knew at the time
that her husband was at ST. Josephs.
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the station today ! ran into an old
friend fellow of mine from Charles
ton, S. C. He was down and out.
Ny heart went out 20 him. He
was dead broke. II is a pitiful
story. He is out of Job. I'm go
ing to take him home with me, give
him a bath and let him sleep all
night with me. He can wear a suit
of my clothes. for he is tall fell
low.
I'm sorry / was delayed and
missed my train to PhiIadeph
which will throw me a day late
going and coming back. You bring
mother hack to Atlanta with you
instead of waiting for me to come
to Newman. Hope you wrote to
your mother. With all my love,
GENE.
This letter was not dated and til,
text and signature We're written on ,
typewriter
The note in pencil was then read t.
The court II said, briefly:
Ny Own Darling Wife:
After | put you on the train
got left. shall be a day late
getting back. Shall bring you
something nice. Dear girl, my
friend is here at the house with
me now. I've been telling him how
sweet you are. I'm sorry for every
thing | said. shall be as good as
know how. With a billion kisses,
GENE.
This note was written and signed il
nppTif
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Mrs. Grace Weeps
At Sight of Letter.

The pencined letter. which the state
is trying to discredit is a note written
and signed by Eugene Grace to his
wife saying he was sorry for certain
things he had done and expressing his
love for her The state is trying to
keep the defense from proving the sig
nature to bs Graces
The brief typewritten letter, Exhibit
A. Is also signed by Grace and Is said
to be a message OF similar nature.
The first trace of tears in Mrs
Grace's eyes We're noticed when the
pencilled letter was handed to the wit
ness, though it was not read They
welled in the great brown eyes of the
accused woman and began to trickie
down her cheeks She wiped them
away with a lace handkerchief and
bent low over the table In "A few mo
ments she had recovered herself and
resumed her conversation with c. w
Burke "A private detective who has SAT
by her side at every moment OF the
trial
a recess was taken while the baihn
searched for the missing witness.
G A Beauchamp took the stand anc
a Remington typewriter was placed OF
a table before him
! Witness claimed TO be typewrite
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
DR.. J. T. GORDON FINED
FOR BEATING HIS WIFE

Dr. j. T. Gordon, As Larkin street,
arrested Sunday afternoon charged
with beating his wife, was fined S25.75
in police court this morning. He paid.
Mrs Gordon swore her husband
knocked her unconscious. Dr. Gordon
declared that his wife struck him with
an ice cream freezer, threw tomatoes and
dishes in his face and cut his head.
DR.. Gordon's chauffeur testified that
Mrs. Gordon hurled a churn, which
nsrrowly missed the husband.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Rosser Accuses
Dorsey of Tyranny.

Witness couldn't swear that sigma
ture to letter in evidence was that of
Grace. He didn't believe it was.
He had never seen letter just
signed Gene" All ne had seen had
been signed e II Grace" The word
Grace was the word by which he
could Identify Grace's writing.
A half hour was consumed in argu-
ing whether the witness could compare
the letter with others known to be
Grace's.
Mr. Dorsey protested al the defense s
producing letters of which the state
had not been informed He claimed
that the jury would be misled The de-
Tense would not state whether or not
they intended to offer the letters in
evidence
Mr. Rosser insisted that he wanted
to show the witness Grace's signature
and ascertain whether or not the pen
Cilled note WAS written by Eugene
Grace The court seemed in doubt as
to the proper ruling Mr. Rosser
charged hat Mr. Dorsey was using the
rule as the. "grossest tyranny" against
he defense
Mr. Dorsey said he merely .wanttd
he rule of the statute on evidence APP
piled He didn't want the court to be
no., e,,eol
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

and because it appears to have been
written on January g. 1912, and two
days after this, at least, Mrs. Grace
knew she was going to occupy 20 West
Eleventh street. He wanted to prove
that Mrs. Grace was responsible for the
furniture and that she expressed more
soicitude for its damage than she had
for her wounded husband.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Defense Loses
In Letter Fight.

II came out In the discussion that
one OF the mysterious letters, Exhibit
b." was one written by Grace to Paul
Clements in reply to one written to
Grace by Clements 1t is presumed
that this letter is merely in evidence as
"A basis for comparison with letter Of
real Importance and asserted to be a
forgery
Mt Rosser said he wished to offer
the witness one signature of Grace to
refresh his memory He wished to
make the witness prove that he really
did know Grace's signature. The court
ruled against the defense and the wit
ness was dismissed.
c. A. Beauchamp was the next wit
ness. Calls for "Bokamp' failed to get
him Neither did calls for "Beecham.
He was not in the court house. The
bailiff was sent to the Remington
TyDeWritar COmpanV's Office for him
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Here s the Plot
As State Sees It.

These letters constitute the most sig
nificant testimony yet offered by the
prosecution. 1t will be the purpose of
the state to show that the letters were
prepared by Mrs Grace; that 1.-THE man,
Grace's friend" was brought into the
letters so that suspicion would fall upon
him C"Graces friend"O when Grace's
body was found.
1t is the claim of the prosecution that
these letters We're mailed by Mrs
Grace, went to Newman and were sent
back to Atlanta by Mrs. Cleveland Orr,
of Newman and fell into the hands Of
Mrs, Hill. The letters reached Newman
the day Grace was shot, the postmark
of receipt being 7:30 p. m.
Mr.. Rosser in Directing to the let
tiers as evidence claimed that no evil
dence had been introduced which
showed directly or by circumstance that
Mrs. Grace wrote or supervised the
writing of the letters.
Mr.. Rosser contended that the letters
would show that they had been mailed
after Mrs. Grace left Atlanta, which
ruled out the possibility of her having
mailed the letters
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Woman S Lawyer
Escapes Grilling.

Mrs Daisy Grace achieved an impor
tant victory when her chief attorney,
Luther Rosser placed upon the stand
by the prosecution. was upheld in de-
clining to answer any questions con-
corning his knowledge of the type
writer at the Grace nome upon which
was said to have been written the mys-
FERROUS and sensational "alib' letters.
Solicitor General Hugh NJ. Dorsey
sought to question Mr.. Rosser in an
evident effort to prove that there was
a typewriter in the Craze home. and
that Mrs. Grace might have written
upon il the letters signed by Grace
which told Of their happiness and Of
Graee's departure and of the bum
that he took home from the station
after seeing her away. The obvious
inference vas to connect Mrs. Grace
with these letters through her use Of
the typewriter.
Rosser said
Il decline to answe r amy question
concerning the typewriter because it
would be violation of confidence with
my client"
The judge upheld the lawyer ana the
prosecution. baked once more, again
delayed its promised production OF the
sensational "alibi" letters Whieh' y
SAYS. were forged.
While the trial went on. Eugene Grace
fnu4d at the Piedmont sanitarium. me
SUPERINTENDENT said he was no worse
this morning than when he came TO
Atlanta from Newman two days ago
and was perfectly able to be taken to
court.
He was kept in the sanitaium await
ing word from his counsel to attend
the trial again.
The prosecution viii probably close
its case today. The defense VIII be
very brief. The case viii reach the jury
either tonight or early tomorrow. and
the verdict should be known before to-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

discussing the admissibilitv of these
letters, Solicitor Dorsey contended
that the letters were not communica-
tions between husband and wife. be
cause Eugene Grace had had no hard
in their preparation possibly a
mechanical one-that the preparation
and the mailing was done by Mrs.
Grace.
Mr. Rosser said that the state would
have to prove this more clearly before
the letters could be- admitted-that the
burden of proof was upon the state
and not the defense
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

thence came into the hands of the state.
1t is the purpose of the state to prove
that Mrs. Grace wrote these letters in
the hope of fixing the murder of het
husband upon this unknown friend who
was, as shown in the letters, taken into
his home. The failure to kill Grace and
the accidental going astray of the let
ters sent to Mrs. Grace by herself as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

This note was written
pencil.
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Mrs. Cleveland Orr
Reported Missing.

mailed the letters.