The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-02
PUBLIC BELIEVES MRSe.CRAcE.W
 BE ACQUITTED.

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 2-Odds of to 1 were offered today thai Ms Daisy Opie Grace, on trial f6fsstheS murder of her husband. would be acquitted, While wagers were being made and there were far more offers than there were takers. theA jurors listened to the oratory of the attorneys on both sides summing un <theiT. ease. It is expect ed that the case would get to, the jury late this, aftgrnOof1 and about the courtroofn, is the prediction that the defendant would walk out of the courtfodm tonight a free woman.
 While attorneys for the State pro-, fessed to believe that Mrs. Grace's Fe- fusal to be sworn when she took the stand would strengthen their case, they were generally alone in that be- lief ss
 When Mrs. Grace entered court to- day, 15 minutes before court conven- ed, she had to fight her way through corridors filled with an overflow of spectators. The tiny courtroom was damned to suffocation. Dozens of women pre-empted seats of vantage by 6, o'clock this morning. Great crowds thronged the halls unable to gain ad- mission an hour before the principals arrived. In the crowd were members of the deni-monde, rubbing elbows
  men composed a majority of the audi ence.
 Mrs. Grace was pushed through SwarmS of spectators to her seat be- side her attorney. She appeared wan and haggard. neep, dark circles ring ed her eyes A trained nurse easat at her side.
 The. defense claimed today to. have discovered a new witness who they said could corroborate the most ma terials portion of Mrs. Grace's state ment yesterday, but attorneys were undecided whether they would attempt to obtain permission from Judge Roan to -Permit this evidence
 !. Attorney La Mar Hill, of the prose cution. resumed his argument as soon as court had been called to order. He made a careful legal analysis on the testimony on which the opposition
 In fiery oratory, counsel for Mrs. Grace attacked the persecution of their client and alleged there was, a vpkfTr to g ruin 7tflefg defendant by $trumped up charges
 Ms -4race,s .-tfefense was, summed up in Attorney Moore's speech. It was the general belief that, following . as brief resume by Solicitor Dorsey, the jury would be instructed late this afternoon. A quick verdict was ex- pected-
 Grace was not present at the clOSlng scene in his wife's trial.
 When the prosecution. was barred from placing him on the stand to tes- fify against his wife, the paradytic, suffered & feaap pse hN S@s T
 T will return in a. few weeks to take treatment at local sanitarium, Grace said as he was being removed to Newman. sI am sure T can be cur ed of this paralysis
 Nnores pounded the table in front of thef 5fr9 in his fervor and then turned defiaht1y toward the States attor- ney.
 he, this jury has witnessed scene that should so mortifys the perpetra- tors that they could not look honest men in the face. This poor, perse- cuted woman is made the object of thezens9Hzstn force. aebreakdown while she Ras. making her simple state--
 you thought when you brought Grace in here that yeuewouid make her break down. but she did not. This defendant has sustained despite at tacks. oh her innocence. There was the ring of innooence in every word she uttered. They tell you she was neresnary E EESidenes that d,,,e fell lsf,ad from that iE was they who were struggling. with financial difficulties, The theory of the State was born in the kennel of mercenary motives"
 The attorney then feelingly referr- ed to Mrs. Graces testimony of her husband's cruelty to her. !. For the first time since the trial started Mrs. Grace wept openly at his dramatic1 denunciation of her husbands cruelty