The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-27
Mans Life Was Despaired Of For
Many Days But Says He Will
Live to Jail Her.
WOMAN WAS WHITE WAY SIREN
Prosecution Claims She Married for
Money and Tried to Murder for
the Insurance.

lnal division of the Superior Court,
Judge L. S. Roam presiding, will meet
here next Monday and the opening
OF the session is awaited with unus-
ual and statewide interest, for the
nrst case to be taken up is that of
Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, who is charg-
ed with having attempted to murder
her husband, Eugene Hamilton Grace.
This intense interest in the case ia
due not so much to the social promi-
nence of the defendant and her al
legged victim, but to the peculiar cir
cumstances surrounding the case and
the mystifying features which prom
Use to make the trial one long to be
remembered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grace came to this
city from Philadelphia, their former
home, about eight or ten months ago:
According to statements made by Mr..
Grace since the shooting, his wife,
who is an unusually handsome and
attractive woman, used to be one OF
the numerous sirens Of the Great
White Way of New York, when she
became acquainted with her a few
years ago. She fascinated him and.
after a brief courtship, he married
her and took her to PHILADELPHIA,
where he held a responsible position.
Less than year ago Mr.. Grace, who
is well to do and has property inter-
ests in the South, decided to remove
to Atlanta, where he owns some val
liable real estate.
Grace and his wife made a good
impression and freely mingled in To-
cal social circles. They seemed to
be devoted to one another and no.
body ever suspected that bloody trag-
edy lurked behind the all-deceiving
mask of happiness. The catastrophe
came in the night of March 5. What
really occurred within the secrecy of
the Graces' beautiful home on West
Eleventh street, is still a mystery.
the solution of which at the coming
trial is awaited with intense interest.
Beyond general denial of the chare-
es made by her husband Mrs. Grace
has volunteered no statement that
would throw any light upon the
events of that night. Mr.. Grace,
however, has not been SO reticent.
According to his statement, made
On the day after the shooting, when
the doctors expected that his death
would be merely question of a few
hours. Mr.. Grace was in bed, asleep.
when his wife shot him. Awakened
by the shot, he found himself power
less to move and begged his wife to
call doctor. She leftthe house. &C.
cording to Mr.. Graee's story, but in
stead of calling a doctor, she took
the next train for Newman, the home
of Mr.. Graee's mother. There she
was arrested upon the charge OF at
tempted murder, and brought back to
Atlanta. Later she was released I'M
der $4,000 bail. .-
Mr.. Grace was desperately wound
ed and at first the physicians enter
tanned no hope that he would live
more than few hours. But his
splendid constitution helped him to
fight of death. He was taken to a
where he gradually gain
ed strength, although his lower limbs
remained completely paralyzed. At
ter month or more he was taken to
his mothers house at Newman, in
this state, where he continued to i'm
prove. Although the physicians have
no hope Of his complete recovery
from the injury caused by the bullet,
he Is able to get about with the help
of crutches.
The victim Of the tragedy has dis
played great bitterness against his
wife since her arrest and has supplied
all the evidence in the
hands of the prosecution which is to
be used at the trial. He openly de-
clared that his wife was an adven-
turess and had duped him into mar
rying her. although she did not love
him and cared only for what she
could get out OF him. He stated that