The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
Sensations Promised in
The Trial of Mrs. Grace
Daisy of the Leopard Skins" win Face Hus-
band as Accuser in Court Room Tomorrow.

Atlanta. July 2o..what promises to be
one Of the most sensational trials ever
held in this city win open Monday when
Mrs. Daisy Ulrich Opie Grace will be
brought into court charged with shoot
ing her husband. Eugene H. Grace on
March last, as he lay asleep In his home
in this city.
The chief feature Of the trial will be
who will sit IN the courtroom in an In
valid chair. with the lower part of his
body paralyzed. aiding in the prosecu-
tion of his wife. who. he says, shot him
to obtain $1,000 insurance ne had taken
out on his life for her benefit.
The circumstances surrounding this
strange case necessarily give 1t a roman
tic air of mystery.
II will be recalled that shortly after
2 o'clock on Tuesday, March 5. the po-
lice Headquarters of Atlanta received a
feeble call for help over the telephone.
A number Of policemen were dispatched
to the home of Eugene II. Grace, from
whence the call came. and they found
every outside door Of the house securely
locked. Forcing an entrance they made
their way to an upper bedroom.
Accuses His Wife.
There they found Grace lying uncon-
scious with a gaping bullet wound In his
side. On further search they discovered
revolver. with one chamber empty.
lying on the floor in the room Immediate
ly below the one In which Grace was ly-
ing. After Grace was, revived he said
he had been shot while he was asleep.
some time during the early part Of the
morning, and that he had every reason
to believe that his wife had done II.
W.. A.
had left the house some time during the
day and had gone to Newman. Ga. to
visit her mother-in-law.
That evening Mrs. Grace was arrested
at Newman and brought back to Atlanta.
On facing her husband the latter direct
ly accused her OF shooting him and leav-
ing him to die alone.
Then Mrs. Grace told him unless he
withdrew the accusation she would take
the power OF attorney which he exercised
away from him. This threat seemed to
have the desired effect. for Grace at
once declared that he must be mistaken
Mortgage Plays Part.
The power OF attorney. the threatened
OF which caused Grace to with |
draw the accusation for the time being !
was in regard to the mortgaging of Phil |
adelphia property that Mrs. Grace had |
TeCeiNcu HOII1 neT FORMER husband. Grace 1
was TO have gone to Philadelphia on the |
day he was shot 10 arrange for the mort |
gage.
Mrs. Grace admits that she did not |
eave her husband until after II o'clock !
on the day of July 5. She says that her |
husband had complained of not feeling |
we'll. but she supposed he would soon /
recover from the indisposition and go to |
in the afternoon. as planned. |
"a cha to ha,.
husbands mother and TO Join the former |
IN a later train and go on to Philadelphia |
with him.
On the other hand, Grace says that he
awoke about o'clock on the morning |
II July with burning sensation in
his side He didn't know what was the
natter with him. and requested his wife
20 call a doctor. He says Mrs. Grace
made a pretense OF going to the telephone
md calling up a physician. but that in
'eality she never took the receiver from
he hook. On the contrary. he says. she
stuffed cotton in the instrument to pre-
'ent it from ringing.
Says She Used Drugs.
Grace charges his wife with having
heavily drugged him before shooting him.
This, he says. accounts for the fact that
neither the report nor the pain accom-
,anying the shot wakened him.
The motive for the crime. as held by
he prosecution, was to obtain the $1,000
ife insurance policy held by her husband
md OF which she was the beneficiary.
In reply to this charge the attorneys
or Mrs. Grace say that their client was
Wealthy in her own right and had no need
Il the insurance money. They also claim
hat she is not the type OF woman cap
Lble Of such a deed, and state that she
vas genuinely in love with her husband