The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
STRAIN BEGINS ID WEAR ON MRS. GRACE Shows Signs of Nervous
 Breakdown NEW EVIDENCE FOUND Letter Which Grace Is Alleged to Have Written Her in Hands of Family = She Believes He
 Was Shot by a Robber
NEW EVIDENCE FOUND

Atlanta, March S-For the first time since she was arrested in connee'iop with the shooting of her husband Mrs Daisy Opie Grace today showed sis"s of breaking down under the nervous strain. She expressed a desire to le- main in the county jail pending the result of Grace's wounds and no ei- fort was made to agree upon bona TOT her. MT. Graces couGition showed slight improvement today and he sum moned his attorneys to the hospital and made his will. It is understood he made. his mother. Mrs. S. L. Hill of Newman Ga, sole beneficiary.
 Denounces Grace's Attorneys
 Denouncing the effort of Grace's at torrreys to get possession of the in- surance policies for s27,000, Mrs. Grace. through her attorney, today charged that her husbands alleged will Was forgery. The policies have not been surrendered. but are said to be With other valuable papers belonging to Mrs. Grace in local safety deposit vault.
 Little progress has been made by detectives working on the various the ories growing out of the mysterious shooting of Grace and a statement made II injured ma.- to the effect that if his wife did shoot n it must have been while having a h. sntmare about her former husband, only adds to the mys- tery. Grace heretofore has made pos itive statements that his wife did shoot him. but no cause for the deed has been advanced.
 Arnold Believes Her Guilty
 Attorney R. R. Arnold, who has been retained by the Grace family, today charged that Mrs. Grace shot her hus- band after carefully making all prep arations to prove an alibi
 Mrs Grace drugged her husband and then shot him." declared Arnold. Her action was the execution of a plot to murder Grace for his insurance money, which the woman planned several days before He says she drugged him be- fore she shot him and all the evil dence so far uncovered proves it.
 He also stated that Mrs. Grace was in straightened circumstances, the large fortune which she received on the death of her former husband, w. IT. Obie of Philadelphia, having been largely dissipated
 Mrs. Grace's Statement
 Mrs, Grace issued another statement today in which she clings to the be- lief that Grace was shot by a burglar She said:
 "I believe he was shot by a robber and I think l know who it was that stole the 10 $1 bills that 1 left on the mantel in Genes room. but it would be unwise for me to make public any name at this time. My attorney, MT Moore, is Investigating the matter new.
 While 1 have tried to he brave fear I will break down any minute But I had rather stay right here in this room than any other place until my .naple. is elea red am no anxious to be freed on bail"
 Reports that neighbor of the Braces, who lived in an exclusive res idence section of the city, heard a pistol shot in the Grace home on the night Grace was wounded. tonight stirred the detectives on the case to renewed activity This citizen is said to have refrained from giving his in- formation before because of the mo- toriety which would follow.
 New Evidence Found
 Now evidence in the form of let ter which Mrs. Grace is alleegd to have forced her husband to write to her is reported tonight to be in the hands of attorneys for the Grace family.
 The letter, it is said, was in Grace's handwriting and was mailed from At lanta to -each her at Newman, Ga Her sudden return to Atlanta the day Grace was round Shot, however prevented her receiving it. The contents, it is al- leged were couched in endearng terms. mentioned a quarrel of the night be- fore and ended by stating that Grace would take a friend home with him 10 spend the night while she was out of the city. The letter, if is said, was turned over to Peter Hill. Grace's uncle, who took it to Grace for iden- ,ihcation. Grace is reported to have said that he was forced by his wife 70 write it.
 Rueben R. Arnold, of counsel for the Grace family, declined to admit that such a letter was in their possession, put said it was correct that they had evidence enough to convict Mrs. Grace without any statement from her hus- oand. T have investigated far enough 70 know that she is overwhelmingly guilty. he said.