The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-29
MRS. GRACE GOES
ON TRIAL TODAY
She Must Answer Charge OF At
tempting TO Murder
Husband.
,SE is SENSATIONAL
Injured Man VIII Be Carried
to Courtroom on
Strctchcr.

Atlanta. ca. July 2s-Confronted by
her husband lying on "a stretcher sui
ierins from the wound which ne ac-
cuses her Of INJECTING Mrs. la So Opie
Grace VIII be placed on trial in the
superior Court hare Tomorrow on
tho charge OF assnul, with intent to
murder Eugene II. Grace at their home
IN the fashionable residence section Of
this city on March :.
The trial comes after weeks OF wait
Ing on the part OF the public for the
denouement OF one Of me most unique
criminal cases in the history OF the
courts OF this State. Grace will be
brought here on cot from the home
Of his mother Mrs 5. L. Hill ~ New
nan. Ga. The mother OF Mrs Grace.
Mra Martha Ulrich. OF Phnadelphia.
also Will be at her daughters side
during tho trial.
i'rInl May BE short.
Attorneys 0n DotA SIDES have com
pleted arranscments for The conduct
of the case and /, lis believed that not
more than three days VIII be required
esta blish the guilt OF the innocence
OF the accused. One hundred and eight
venirencn. from whom the Jury VIII
be rejected. have been summoned TO
appear AZ the opening OF court to-
morrow. Little difficulty In nlllng the
jury box is anticipated. Owing 10 the
satlonal re"eiations Will be developed
during the progress OF the trial. It IS
expected that the courtroom viii hold
only small pax, OF those who VIII
attempt 70 gain admittance. on this
account Il was reported several days
ago that tho public would be excluded.
However Judge + <. Roam. who wul
admitted aa tho courtroom VIII accom-
mediate
Euscne II Grace was mys,erlossiy
shoi ~ ms bedroom !r the home Of
tho Graces on tho morning OF March
Tho shooting occurNd little more
than year afior hts narriage lie
told tho pol'c' who found him that
afternoon, that his wife had shot him
While DE was in bed asleep and She
nad gone on 90 visit. previousiy av-
ranged TO his mother IN Newman Mrs
Grace. an attractive woman several
Years her husband senior, was To-
Gated IN Newman. and returned TO At
lanta Of her own accord when she was
notlned that her husband had been
shot she was arrested here as she
sferPed from tho train ~ her request
The police took her 20 tho hospital to
see her husband. and he accused her
TO her face s.-s Grace protested her
Innocence theu and mas continued 20
do SO ever since.
Admitted 20 bail the day after the
SHOOTING M.s Grace was rcarrested
when hes husbands condition took
tlru for the worse severa! times
since then. A. different STAGES OF the
case she has been rearrested and as
often released under bond During one
of these Intervals ~ freedom she paid
a visit 10 Philadeiphia TO sec her moth
az and yolng blind son by former
marriage. Finally she was indicted
10y the grand iury on the charge OF as
sauit with intent to murder.
Life Dcspnired or.
az Grace's lie. before he left the hos
ptal here he was told that ne could
not live Tho bullet penetrated lung
and lodged against the spinal column.
causing paralysis OF the lower part OF
b body on March % Grace was re-
moved 10 hts boyhod home IN Newman
70 die among his lifelong friends. Re
peatedly he denounced his wife. and
declared she had shot him for the
$4,000 lifc insurance taken out At her
request.
within two months after the death
Of Mrs Graces first husband. a wealthy
named Opie. she married
Grace. They came TO Atlanta TO live.
with money. which Mrs Grace claims
she furnished he set himself up In
business as q building contractor. lie
was 50 engaged when the shooting
took place.