Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-30

Grace"
The witness was excused. The OBJ
ject of the testimony was not clear.
The letters were withheld from the
jury until after a consultation to be
held after the close of the session.
William J. Franklin, of the Penn Mu-
tual Life Insurance company, was
called as q witness. He identified two
policies, totalling $4,000, as those de-
livered to Mr. Grace early in January.
Subsequently they were cancelled. This
was after the shooting Of Grace.
On cross examination he said the
words mot taken" on the policies were
not put on in the Penn Mutual office.
The witness did not know whether they
were cancelled because of false state
ments made by Eugene Grace.
Colquitt Carter, neighbor to the
Graces, was next called.
Saw Mrs. Grace at
Lawyers Office.
Mr.. Carter said he was present at
John w. Moore's Office on the day after
the shooting or two days after. Mrs.
Grace was in the office. Mr.. Hill came
to the office and talked to Mr.. Moore.
Mrs. Grace was in the left hand office.
This was to establish the fact that
Mrs. Grace had refused to surrender
the insurance policies when Hill de-
manded them through her attorney.
Mr.. Garter said he was among the
first persons athe Grace home when the
alarm was given He went up and
spoke to Grace. He asked somebody to
telephone for doctor The negro,
Ruffin, was in the house. Mr.. Carter
had gone to the hospital He saw Mrs.
Grace come in. Mr. Will Kiser was
there. He saw several people there.
He was excused.
Lewis H. Hill resumed the stand.
He had seen Mr.. Carter at Mr.. Moore's
office. This was the time he had de-
manded the policies
The court still refused to permit a
question as to whether the demand for
the insurance policies had been refused
by Mrs Grace.
The policies, in which Mrs. Grace was
the beneficiary. were admitted as evil
dence Mr.. Dorsey called the attention
of the jury to them and their dates.
One was for 100000, the other for $15,-
000 They were dated in 1911.
g. A. February stenographer at the
city detectives office was next. He was
present when Mrs. Daisy Grace made
her statement to Chief Lanford.
Mr. Dorsey desired to tender as evil
dence the statement taken by MIR. Feb
ruary The latter identified the report
he had written The defense objected.
as none Of Mrs. Grace's counsel had
been present to cross examine her The
court ruled that the witness might use
the deposition to refresh his memory
but the document itself could not be
received as evidence.
Mr. Rosser urged that a recess be
taken
Gentlemen. Of the jury, do you wish
to go on and finish this case tonight ?"
asked the court.
All the lawyers urged a recess. II
was 4.30 p. m, and the case was ad-
journed until O'Clock tomorrow
The state. through its succession of
witnesses, is endeavoring to weave Il
web Of evidence about Mrs. Grace, from
her instructions to the servants to re-
main away from her husbands room,
to her actions when she confronted him
In the hospital Here, briefly. are the
points which the state expects to prove
BY its witnesses:
That Grace was drugged and
wounded when Martha Kuftin laid
the fire in his room on the morn
ing Of March 8.
That Mrs Grace instructed the
servants to take their day off that
day and hurried them from the
house
That she had locked the doors
upstairs leading into Grace's room
and had gone to Newman, leaving
him locked in.
That she had persuaded him 10
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