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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Malice Must Exist
For Guilt, Says Court.

He quoted the distinctions in murder.
An expressed or implied malice MUST
exist. Persons can be guilty of murder
even of persons they love. Malice
means deliberate intent to take human
life. no matter from what passion it
springs.
1T is charged that the weapon used
is likely to produce death This must
be shown by satisfactory evidence,
There have been two letters offered
here. purporting to have been addressed
to Mrs. Grace at Newman. 1t is claim
ed they were mailed here 1t is claim
ed further that the envelope inclosng
the two was addressed by f. H. Grace.
1t is claimed by the defense that one of
these was in writing of f II. Grace.
the other typewriter.
u simply let these letters go to YOU
for you to determine one point. If you
believe Eugene H. Grace backed that
envelope, or wrote one of the letters
and if he himself directed these letters
to his wife and had them mailed. in an
effort TO communicate with his wife
you must give those two letters no con
sideraton or weight
IF you find that f. n Grace did not
make an effort to communicate through
those letters to his wife they are be-
fore you to give you whatever assis-
tance they can to reach a verdict
IF you believe the defendant DELHI
erately or Intentionally shot her hus-
band. intending to kill him. l charge
she would be guilty OF the offense Of in
tent to murder
~ charge you. further that if YOU
believe this defendant and her hus-
band were in an alteration in their
home. if he shot himself in this scuf-
he with the pistol he had taken out,
If YOU believe that. charge you should
acquit her It makes no difference
who had the pistol in his or her hand
at the time
IF you believe the woman guilty,
you must say: We, the jury find the
defendant guilty You can go further
This is a felony You can recommend
that she be punished as for a misdc-
meanor and not as for felony
GIVE the prisoner the benefit Of any
reasonable doubt and acquit her the
object Of all these Investigations Is the
discovery or the truth The state
charges the defendant with crime.
The defense maintains her inuoncenee
This is the issue for YOU to decide
Before tina jury is authorized To
convict on circumstanual evidence
every hVpotbnsls other than tnat OF
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Put Bloody Towels
In Bath Room Purposely.

Grace was shot. locked in his room
Nobody knew that the key in his
pocket would unlock the Philadelphia
vault. She would have said Rufin
knew about the key She put those
towels in the bath room to show that
the murderer used them to dry his
hands.
so mercenary was she that she
padded the bed to keep the stains off,
because the bed was rented and she
would have had to pay the damage"
Nj Dorsey dragged the blood +
stained bed clothes to the floor and
spread them before the jury.
THE only spot of charity in the
whole case is that she tried first to
saddle the crime upon an unknown
man from South Carolina.
But If by hook or crook she could
tease Gene into writing a letter which
she could put In an envelope with the
typewritten letter, she had her alibi
fixed" said the solicitor 1t was the
first reference to the theory that she
persuaded Grace to write that pencil
note" which he had charged to her IN
conversation several months ago He
was willing to accept it As Genes leg-
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
To Save Grace Name
Dragged It in Mire.

At the same time that these surpris
ing revelations were made. the aston
shing fact was barred that Mrs. Graces S
lawyers. Moore & Branch, had known
of her claim that Grace shot himself
from the very beginning. Despite that
fact, they had permitted the entire po-
lice force of the city and detectives in a
host of other cities to waste many
weartsome weeks hunting supposed sus-
poets and "mysterious persons"
AS the testimony showed. Mrs. Grace
was pointing suspicion toward her hus-
involved many others not specifically
named.
While the lawyers were keeping Mrs
Graces alleged secret-presumably be
cause Of her alleged promise to Grace
to shield the family honor"-they were
giving out a mass Of letters and papers
and statements rejecting hideously
upon the wounded man and conditions
in the Grace home.
Their attacks. as we'll as those OF
their client-while she and they were
sending scores OF police on false scents
to shield the family honor"-made the
Grace family life a by word, and often
contained insinuations unprintable
The training in this case was nc
half-hearted affair. No playwright ever
worked more paiEstakirgly to eliminate
what might Lurt him with his audience
and insert what might benefit him thar
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02

Il am on to YOU, he declared and
if | catch you talking TO these wit
.nesses again l will lock you up
The Sans woman said she was only
talking to the Rutfins about their do
mestic relations, the Rufins having re-
Gently separated. But the Rufins told
the detective that she wanted them to
{esify for Mrs Grace.
Burke's Part
Newport Lanford, chief Of the city
detectives, told an interesting story to-
day about Detective Burke, special
agent for Attorneys Moore and Branch,
who has been companion of Mrs.
Grace much of the time recently and
helped her Chief Lanford said that
Burke made prodigious efforts to find
out what evidence the prosecution had
against Mrs Grace under the guise of
helping the detective department build
UP its case.
Burke was special agent of the
Southern railway and refereed boxing
matches at one of the local clubs. He
called on Chief Lanford for help in
catching some car breakers" Chief
Lanford gave him help and a number
of criminals were caught. Then for
weeks Burke made efforts presumably
to help the detectives collect evidence
against Mrs. Grace to show his appre-
citation.
He wanted to see the famous letter
from Grace to his wife at Newman
which fell into the hands Of the prose
U.f. ..TT
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Kept Servants
Out of Room.

"Shc never let these negroes get
hack in the room She rushed them
off in a hurry. She gave them orders
agains. going upstair:. This points a.
rectly to her guilt.
50 wildly infatuated was he with
this woman that he would almost at
her request have pulled the trigger on
himself and died to please her She
told him to buy that medicine and he
did it,
she says she loves him. but she
protests too much She even told poor
old Mrs. Hill she wanted to live in
Newman with her, something you know
she never dreamed Of.
She deceived the Hills. They even
went out and got counsel for her
In the name of right. don't be swept
off your feet by Jenny worship. We
All honor good women. but there is as
much difference between the good
women we, honor and this woman as
between day and night. We can not
sacrifice the laws of this commonwealth
upon the altar of woman
There is grave difference between
what Meckle said Grace said at the
telephone and what she said Grace
said. Meckle quoted him. I'll call
Mrs. Grace She quoted him. III call
NV wife I'd rather believe Meckle
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
lean t Liue With That Woman N o1U'
GRACE TO RUSH DIVORCE

NEWMAN, GA. Aug. Al can't live
with that woman!" exclaimed Eugene
Grace. back in his parents home here
today. Whatever happens
this trial turns out-Tm going to sue
her for divorce"
Grace awaited the verdict in the trial
of his wife with ill-concealed impa-
tience
Lamar Hill is going to get the di-
vorce for me" he added quickly. I'VE
would have applied for it before, only
have not yet lived in the state a year
until November Then | will not delay
that divorce a day And If she con-
tests it, will fight it to the last ditch
and / will get the divorce. My charges
against her will embody substantially
the charges already filed against the
woman, but there win be more evil
dence.
Would Have Gone to Reno.
"1 haven't wanted to wait the year
for that divorce" said Grace resentfully.
Il want to be legally separated from
her and her name forever and just as
soon as the law will allow. ! would
have gone to Reno to get the divorce
quicker but l was shot and paralyzed
and said to be dying ! could not go
But have that promise from my law
yer in Atlanta that he will not delay a
day after | have been In the state Of
Georgia year That's one more rea-
son I'm going to get well-to get that
divorce from that woman"
Grace talked considerably today
about plans he has formed TO leave
Newman after the Atlanta verdict has
been rendered, for some resort where
he will be less closely confined than in
this little town Many friends have
written him that he would surely re-
cover if he were to take some famous
"cure." but, pending the verdict his
plans for the future remain unsettled.
Grace commented briefly this morn
ing on his wife's statement Of yester-
day before the jury, but brief as his
comment was it indicated one thing
clearly-he will lend all his strength
toward redeeming what he considers a
cruelty besmlrched name.
"she's Detained Ny Character"
Grace had finished reading his wife's
statement, and he said with bitterness,
but considerable self control.
"sho has DETAINED my character
When the jury has rendered it's verdict
must take up her charges. rejecting
SO seriously on me. and refutc them.
The people don't know how things are,
and they must have the truth.
Grace again lay in a darkened room
Of the hin home on GrecnvIlc street
H. was taking his morning treatment
lie was feeling fine he declared, and
regretted only that he could not enjoy
the outside warm sunshine and breczes
Beyond saying that ne would take up
his wifes statement In detail hc de-
clned TO discuss the ease. but it is evil
dent he smarts under the latest and
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Plenty of Critics
And Stage Managers.

Coachers, dramatic critics ana stage
managers there were a-plenty When
It was first fashioned it may have been
a rough uncouth tale; when it left this
chief dramatists' office to be given to
the street and finally to the jury. 1t was
a gripping, well rounded melodrama,
with pistols and gems and attempted
killings and unexpected climaxes
aplenty.
Mrs. Grace did credit to her coacher
and the playwright, whoever they may
have been She had rehearsed with
her lawyers She had repeated the
story day after day to Detective Burke
and to a specially engaged assistant,
who found in that their principal work
She said her speech before Mr. Rosser,
and then recited 1t to his law partners
She studied faithfully and conscien-
tiously day and night
Her coachers were persistent and
tireless. Most of them could 60 on the
stand TO-DAY and recite the story them
seves-so often have they heard 1t in
the quiet north side home or the farm
on the outskirts of the city, where Mrs.
Grace may have treated the birds ana
the rabbits TO an eloquent phrase or
two of her masterpiece
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
MRS. GRACE'S STORY
REHEARSED LIKE PLAY;
WAS COACHED BY MANY

Mrs. Daisy Grace's remarkable story
of the shooting of her husband, Eu-
gene, recited to the jury. was a care
fully prepared defamation, pruned.
amended and polished by her lawyers.
and as carefully rehearsed as dra-
matte Offering by professional actress.
This startling fact was revealed by
the publication of the recitation before
it had been delivered in court by Mrs.
Grace
1t had been prepared in the Offices OF
her lawyers, John W. Moore and James
A. Branch There it had been decided
in numerous conferences what would
be good for the jury to hear and what
might best 5e omitted. There it's 1900
words had been intoned day after day
by Mrs. Grace. There, and in other
places the woman who was to recite it
in explanation of her part in a tragic
shooting had been rehearsed and guild
ed and trained by lawyers, d secretary
and a private detective. and from there
it found its way into type hours before
Judge Roam and the jury of twelve men
who possibly thought it an eXtempora-
neous masterpiece heard word OF it.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Took Pistol to
Upset Suicide Theory.

why did she take the pistol out of
that room? Because those policies
wouldn't be paid in case of suicide. That
pistol must be out of that room.
Mrs. Grace says she didn't know
anything about that letter. But she
could have told us whether or not he
wrote it, Did she do it? No!
Let's see about these little tricks.
Where's that typewriter? That ma
chine upon which that letter was writ
ten? Gone? Gone? Echo answers
where? Sixty days ago it disap-
peared Gone. Talk about suppress
ing evidence The pot calls the kettle
black.
Money in his business OF all the
money she is said to have given this
poor man, not a check is proven 10
have been cashed by him.
But the record shows this man Civ
ing money to the woman who shot him.
"Those policies we're to the name
of Mrs. Grace and no will Grace might
have made could have diverted the
money from her
Mr.. Dorsey contended that Mrs.
Grace had never given Eugene money.
or checks would be in evidence. He
would bet that Grace paid for his in
surance.
Il want something better than the
word of this woman" he said,
He believed the woman had artfully
persuaded Mrs Hill to suggest to Gene
that he take out insurance.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
Insurance Evidence
Establishes Guilt. -

If there is shadoW q oouDT IhaI
this woman is guilty. This insurance
evidence demonstrates her guilt to a
mathematical certainty.
why didn't she poison himE She
knows there is too great an opportu-
nifty for detection. No; she shot him,
and she shot him in the dead hours OF
the night. They say he was shot in
the daytime. Where is the man who
heard the shot9
"Why WIS Martina called to tne room?
That she mignt tell the police that
Grace was lying in the bed. But she
was hurried away.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
MRS. wALPoLE DEAD.

Mrs Mars Gardner Walpoie. aged
66 died AZ her residence pa Myrtle
street. at noon today She Is survived
ut one daugntcr MIS- Robert 4 Otis,
aud three sisters Mrs John Doonan,
Mrs Kate Lot'tt and Miss Elizabeth
Gardiner Funeral arrangements have
uot bofn completed
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02

statement all the guns in his battery.
He showed errors in grammar all the
way through it. He showed the same
errors in that typewriter letter The
words come for came and run"
for ran" were especially shown.
She made Eugene Grace write his
own death warrant" he shouted. THAT
poor. confiding boy How he must re-
gret he ever met this woman He will
regret it to his dying day.
She persuaded Gene to write that
note, telling him some sweet story.
She couldn't have made him write the
details in that typewriter letter So,
failing to get his writing, she had only
the typewriter to fall back on
See how carefully the plot was
worked out gentlemen of the jury? ?
She plotted in this letter to show that
Gene would take this bum home even
into his room. into his very bed She
even planned to have mother come
back and fall PROSTATE on the cankerei
BODY of her beloved SON
Mr.. Dorsey then quoted THE Female
of the Species Is More Deadly Than
the Male He delivered this second
Kipling poem at length. quoting several
stanzas. One stanza was
when the Himalayan Peasant meets
the He Bear in his pride
He shouts to scorn the monster who
Will often turn aside:
But the She Bear thus accosted rends
the Peasant tooth and nail,
For the female of the species is more
deadly than the male"
Mr. Dorsey concluded al 1924 p. M.
Judge Roam began his charge to the
jury at 1:25 o'clock. He said. briefly:
This bill of Indictment charges as
sault " ith intent to murder. The charge
is that Mrs Grace. on March 5, 1912
with d pistol, did unlawfully and with
malice aforethought, shoot f. H. Grace
with intent to murder him
Mrs Grace pleads not guilty. and
valves indictment, and. with the pre-
sumption of innocence in her favor
This presumption remains until the
state shall remove ii and convince you
beyond reasonable doubt of her guilt
"Gentl>men this presumption of in
nocence would entitle her to a verdict
of not guilty. unless the state has con
vinced you beyond REASONABLE
doubt of her guilt Not just any doubt
1t must be a real doubt, from the evil
dence honestly believed by the jury.
You have heard the evidence 1t is
for YOU TO take this evidence and pass on
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
coopERAGe PLANT euRNs.

YONKERS. \. y, Aug 2.-FYre ear
Is this morning completely destroyed
the plant OF the Federal Cooperage
Company and the warehouse Of the
Mariug Manufacturing Company here,
causing loss estimated at 100000.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02

those who had a part in the construc-
the stage was ever more carefully
trained to speak her piece effectively
and without the aid of the prompter
tn the woman accused of trying -
II 3,r Eugene Grace
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02
States Attorney Again
Denounced Accused
Woman as a Lucretia
Borgia, While Her
Lawyer Played Prose
cution and Wept.
Continued From Page Two.

took with her to Newman the precious
life insurance policies.
Just watch me weave the web
around her" Mr.. Dorsey shouted, cast
ing the policies on the floor before the
jury. Watch me build up chain. link
hN link
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-02

home where she is staying. and hel
mother remained with her until she
finally fell into sleep late last night
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26

for the dances, the first OF which viii
be held Wednesday evening, In the
upper dancing room of Columbus tenn
pie. For those who do not care To
dance there will be tables for cards
in adjoining parlors. The dances will
be informal and will begin at o'clock
and close at midnight
o
The marriage OF Miss Caroline
Bowen Sarmiento to Ensign Waiter
Elliott Brown, U. S. N. was celebrat-
ed Tuesday noon, in the home OF the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
j. Sarrliento. Arlington court. The
bride was attended by Miss Selenah
Butler, Miss Josephine Clay and Miss
Julia Cutler. Lieut.. II. III. Utley, of
the United States Marine corps. was
best man, and Edgar Bowen, Julian
Bowen and Robert Osgood Brown, OF
Chicago. brother of the groom, seated
the limited number of guests invited
to the wedding. Judge and Mrs. E. o.
Brown, the groom's parents, and his
sisters, the Misses Helen and Mary
Brown. and brother. Edward A. Brown
all of Chicago. we're present. Ensign
Brown Is stationed on the -erusler
South Dakota, of the Pacific squadron
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26

signing Is often an audible expires
slcn o. soEle emotion. But often IL n
an Involuntary inspiration and respira-
ton caused by insufficient oxygen "a
the body.
sishing IL then a health barometer.
In such cases IL Is merely another
name for oxygen starvation. And IL
Hheuld De taken as warning.
Otten the person who has becoms
subject 10 the signing habit Will ind.
on self-oxamination that he II IN a
more or less rundown condition.
The remedy Is frequently the rear
arrangement OF conditions which VIII
make IL possible 20 have more air.
more free. fresh air TO breathe.
III you are a "sigher," index the air
facilities and ventilation In the place
or places In which you customariiy
work or live
III you are signing and don't know
any good reason for the action. get up
and open a window; go through a few
simple exercises. move around brtskly.
get some more air into your lungs and
then go back 10 the occupation OF the
hour You will probably lind
signing tendency diminishing and IN
ally disappearing altogether.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-The rat
catchers. who stnl continue the hght
begun months ago when the bubonic
plague broke out In Havana, TO rid the
river front OF rats. MADE an unexpected
catch. In one OF the spring traps they
found a four-foot alligator. IL Is sup
posed to have come frcm the shallow
water under the wharves.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26
oM LEFT TO RIoAT-AMERcA MARTINEZ VICTORIA FRloeRo.

lishment OF department of agricu-
ture In their own public schools.
They are one of several delegations
sent out by Uruguay TO study condi-
uons In other countries.
The voluntary exile from home ana
friends began in June, 1911, and will
continue. they say, until June. 1913.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26

These four girls from Uruguay far'
far away in South America. are tour
ing the United States for the general
purpose OF studying farm life' conu'-
tons and improvements as they ma
be found In this country ana tue
specific purpose OF securing the estao-
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26
NILoA cAsTELLucgl. AND MARIA ssplNoLA.

Our country is essentially. agricul-
tural," says Hiss Martinez. who Is
spokesman for the party.
Everything depends on the filling
OF the soil. We have no big manu-
featuring industries. So We want TO
have agriculture taught from the very
earliest grade up, in our schools.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26
U.e = RicxcIe Pnmn-

To clean radiators. tufted leather
cloth upholstery, sewing machines. etc.
use a bicycle pump. II Is easier to
handle than a bellows and IL blows
out all the dirt and dust.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

Mrs. Robina Turnbull will give
studio musicale, Friday evening, NOV
% presenting the following pupils:
Misses Nav Ring, Maude Donaldson
Marian Bridge. Josephine Relne'
Louise Pfeiffer, Clara Torney, Mar.
garet Rienecke, Leila Trembley ana
Florence Rosenweig.
O.
Miss Mary Myrtalene Yokom, dauGh,
ter OF the Rev. ID. III. Yokom, anu
Charles salmon Mathews were quiet
" married. Monday afternoon, az
9 o'clock. in the chapel of the Cass.
ave Methodist church, the father OF
the bride performing the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs Mathews will spend their
honeymoon In Bermuda. and VIII he
at home TO their friends. in Pontiac
after Feb /
Chauncey Olcott the well-known
Irish romantic actor. now playing al
| engagement in the Detroit opera
house. accompanied by Mrs. Olcott
visited the home of Mrs. Frank e.
Pingree. No. So Eliot-st, Tuesday al
ternoon. where an afternoon tea and
bazaar was in progress, for the oene-
dt OF the Tabernacle society or SS
Peter and Paul's cathedral. NJ.
Olcott won much applause for his
graciousness in singing two or three
favorite ballads.
The Young Woman's guild OF 81.
Johns Episcopal church VIII give
supper. Tuesday evening, i'll the parish
house A sale OF fancy and practlcai
articles. suitable for gifts, VIII De
held
Mrs. Neil Mcmillan will present 10
society her daughter. Miss Carrie
| Mcmillan. at a luncheon and reception,
| Monday. Dec. 9, in the Hotel Pont'
. chartrain.
Mrs George II. Lothrop gave
. debutante reception, Tuesday. for ner
daughter. Miss Frances Lothrop. in
the family home, No. 526 Jefferson
ave.
Mrs. William C. Standish has issued
Invitations for a bridge party, Satur-
day afternoon. Nov 30, in honor OF
Miss Mary selenah Buffer.
Miss Marjorie Metcalf gave
luncheon, Monday, for a group OF the
seasons debutantes.
o
st Elizabeths commandery,
knights OF ST John, will present a
four.act rural comedy Uncle Rube,
TUESDAY evening. in the hall at Car,
field and McDougal-aves
The frst of a series OF informal
HANGING parties will be given by
holden Rule lodge. Star Of Bethlehem,
|Tuesday evening, in Bamlet hall.
60
Friendship lodge, No, All. F. & A.
M will give the annual Thanksgiving
pve bail, wednesday evening, In the
Masonic temple. The ball is looked
Forward 70 annually as one OF the en-
Movable social events held in the
Masonic temple. Every EFFORT mas
been made this year TO insure the
success of,the ball. Dancing will fol !
ow the grand march at o'clock, ana /
turkey supper will be served in the
banouetting hall from 10 to IL o'clock.
O.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hubbard, OF
krosse Polnte Shores, are in Norwalk,
n. j.
The golden jubilee OF Mother Mary
BIZ st. Stanislaus Mueller OF the Con-
ent of the Good shepherd, will be
observed Wednesday. Solemn high
mass will be celebrated at $3.50 o'clock
the convent chapel Luncheon and
M informal reception will follow.
o
The annual bazaar and supper OF
mmanuel Presbyterian church Will be
.eld in the church parlors, Tuesday
afternoon and evening.
s.
A marty of members of the Crosse
bolnte Hunt and Riding club will go
cleveland for Thanksgiving day 10
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26

I'VE also wish To send part OF
our population back TO the country
from the city. The schools, II mop.
erly constituted, can do this
The Detroit times., 1912-11-26
KnIfe-Staip.

1t is very easy TO remove the I'M
slightly stain from a knife by rubbing
II with piece OF potato dipped in
brick dust