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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
The 'Diabo1ica1 Plot of Mrs. Grace
WEIRD GRIPPING STORY
By DUDLEY GLASS.

on suicide within the first year. So
Daisy was careful to place the weapon
where nobody could believe that Eu-
gene had shot himself. She was deter
mined to fix the crime upon this
friend" who had spent the night--the
next night-with Gene Cali this accord
ing to the state)
Locking the front doors, Daisy left
the house. her wounded husband lock-
ed in the room outside. On the way to
the station she mailed the letters adj
dressed to herself at Newman and
boarded the train which left at
o'clock
No one knows what she did with heI
time between leaving the house at II
o'clock and taking the train two hours
later
SO Daisy had carried out her plans
and completed her alibi. That after
noon or next morning she would re.
ceive the letters from Eugene and show
them to his mother, expressing regret
that he had missed his train, and calling
attention to the fact that the friend"
was to spend the night with Gene.
Eugene Grace would die In that lock-
ed room and his body would lie thers
until next Friday, when Daisy was ia
return. accompanied by Genes mother
Mrs. Hill. They would go into this
house together. chatting merr4iy Of 8
tea they had planned. Daisy would I'M
lcck the fatal room, would see her hus-
bands body lying there. and Mrs. Hill
would be witness to her anguish Then
the hunt for the mysterious down and
out friend" would begin. And Daisy
would collect the insurance.
But that strange working OF provi-
dence which almost inevitably betrays q
criminal, no matter how carefully the
plot is laid, stepped in and proved her
undoing according to the state) There
we're two unforeseen circumstances.
and by these the whole fabric Of the
plot broke through.
Eugene Grace did not die from Fia
wound He gave the alarm and was
found in time to accuse his wife. And
the letters, so carefully drawn to es-
tablish her innocence. proved instead q
link in the chain to prove her guilty.
They went to the wrong address In
Newman, and when they we're found
Mrs Grace was locked up In the police
station The finder, Mrs. Cleveland
Orr, did not send them to Daisy. who
might have destroyed them. but to Mrs
Hill instead Then they passed into the
hands Of the state, and constitute the
chief weapon to be used against the
woman.
This is the story Solicitor Dorsey will
tell the jury in his summing up-it is
the theory Of the state" Whether he
viii be able to establish its truth, step
by step. link by link, remains to be
seen. And upon this hangs the fate Of
the woman who sits day after day in
the court room. scanning the faces OF
the witnesses and the jurors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
Dorsey Will Forge
The Links Together.

But the state had submitted it's case
to the jury, all but the masterful sum-
ming up by the solicitor, the eloquent
arguments by the several lawyers for
the state. That summing up of evil
dence will be the great work of the
states counsel. The solicitor must take
each separate link of the testimony ex-
tracted from the numerous witnesses
and weave them into a chain so strong
that 1t can not break at any point.
chain which will stand the assaults of
the shrewd counsel for the defense
without a strain If there is link
missing In this chain, the case is lost.
fer the jury must find the defendant
eniltv "withong reasonable doubt"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
Doctor Gives
Expert Testimony.

DR.. ]. N Ellis a physician and sur
geon, was next.
IF a person is shot in the chest with
a q S2-caliber pistol and pressure
caused on the spinal cord would that
cause immediate paralysis?" he was
asked
mot necessarily" said the witness.
such wound would not necessarily
be painful wound"
Mr. orsey cross examined. He asked
about the character of shock at-the
time the wound was inflicted. Witness
said it would be rather severe shock.
How long would it hav can effect
on body and mind?"
Witness couldn't say. Shocks were
very variable. Might have been very
profound shock. Probably it was"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
ALEXANDER IS IN
GOVERNOR RACE
Dry Leader Enters at the Last
Minute declines to Discuss
His Plans Now.
Continued From Page Ono.

should be thrashed out. believe in the
initiative, referendum and the recall
All of these are big propositions, and
rank in dignity with prohibition, the
so-called Tippins bill, and other prob
lens.
''If the people win hear me-if can
get the ear Of the people, shall de-
liver them a message that will inter
est them and set them to thinking, If
it does not elect me governor"
While Mr.. Alexander evades and
smiles away the suggestion that Gov
ernor Browns veto of the Tippins bill
was the real cause Of his candidacy.
the impression is Arm in the minds of a
great many people today that 1t I'M
questionably was.
Mr. Alexander is, and always has
been opposed to the Brown element in
Georgia politics. He was one of Gov
ernor Hoke Smiths stoutest hearted
lieutenants in the days of Mr.. Smiths
most vigorous activity in Georgia af-
fairs. and much of the strength he
hopes to assemble in the forthcoming
fight will be drawn from that quarter,
ha ratc -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
Grace to Confront
Wife as She Testifies.

When Mrs. Grace goes upon the wit
ness stand in her own defense, she will
be confronted by the accusing face of
her wounded husband, who will lie fac
ing her upon a litter less than ten
feet away Grace was carried to the
court room today for that purpose. His
friends say that the plan of confront
ing her is Grace's own, and that 1t
grew out of his belief that if he faces
the woman who he says shot him, when
she begins to tell her version of the
case the sight of him there and the 81
lent accusation of his presence Will
break her nerve and confuse her testi-
mony so much that her own words Will
damage instead of help her
II was for that reason that the six
friends of Grace, who have stayed al
most literally at his side since he came
to Atlanta from Newman for the trial,
were told to be early at the SANTA
rum this morning to await instruc-
tions from the court room to bring him
there to face his wife. The same idea
had been in the mind of the prosecu-
ton yesterday when Grace was carried
from the hospital TO the clerks room in
abe court house. and lay there for hours
within quick call of his lawyers He
was not taken into the court room yes
terday because the long wrangle over
the admission of certain letters delayed
the closing OF the prosecutions case
land because the whole spirit Of the plan
was to have him confront his wife for
the first time again as she should be
,skine the oath. Then. when the DAVIS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01

and the court must 80 instruct them in
his final charge.
Here are the links of scattered testi-
mony which Solicitor Dorsey must
forge into the chain which will bind
Mrs. Daisy Grace in prison, the items
of circumstance which are the states
only dependene. For, it must be re-
membered, nobody saw Eugene Grace
shot; he has never been able to state
with positiveness that Daisy shot him,
and. so far as the jury is concerned, ne
does not exist, for the law forbids his
testifying There is nothing but cir
cumstance to prove the case Of the
state.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
SHOT HIMSELF
GRACE DEFENSE
Attorneys for Wife Spring
Sensational Theory and Ev-
idence.
Continued From Second PAGE.

She was shown piece of oilcloth and
asked to identify it. She said Daisy
had kept it on her little boys bed and
on her own, to protect the mattress
That was all the defense asked.
Mr.. Dorsey wanted to know what
marks were on the cloth which made
witness able to identify it as the one
used in Philadelphia.
Mr. Opie, Daisys first husband, had
died Then Daisy married Grace, said
the witness, on cross examination.
Mr.. Dorsey tried to bring out the
fact that Daisy's first marriage to
Grace, the false ceremony, was soon
after Opie's death. Opie died, she said,
on February %. Daisy married Grace
on March s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
BOY TESTS NEW RIFLE
BY KILLING COMPANION

LAWRENCE. MASS, Aug. L.
Louis Dion. II years old, was shot dead
by Henry Talbot, IL. as the result OF
a quarrel over new rifle. Dion hac
given Talbot permission to shoot him
to test the rifle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01

Mr.. Alexander pointediy refused to
permit a referendum clause attached to
the Tippins bill, and plainly said he
would seek and give no quarter on the
matter
1t has been charged, indeed, that Mr..
Alexander designedly declined to coun-
tenance anything by way of compro-
mise on the Tippins bill, with the view
of putting the governor in hole" on
that question. The governors veto,
therefore. has been accepted, so some
of Mr.. Alexander's friends say, as an
acceptance of the Alexander challenge,
and that Alexander's candidacy became
inevitable upon it's appearance.
The fact that they say that today,
and declined to say 1t yesterday Is
taken by observers to mean that MT
Alexander's candidacy, although pre-
sented with suddeness today, was. new
ertheless, carefully considered and has
much more behind 1t than some people
at first blush may think.
That Mr.. Alexander must have re-
ceived assurances Of support from in
fuential and powerful quarters is gen.
orally accepted. Otherwise politicians
can not figure how he hopes to win.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
IN CAFE FOUNTAIN
RID BIG HOTEL OF FLIES

CHICAGO. Aug. ducks placed II
a large fountain just for the novelty
have grown fat on flies and the Black
stone Hotel has ben saved severa
thousand dollars in keeping the dinin
room rid of the pests.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
MADISON BELL ENTERS
RACE FOR SOLICITOR

Madison Bell today formally entered
the race for county solicitor when he
paid the assessment ~ 1850 To become
candidate. Bell is preparing per-
sonal canvass Of the county.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01

Mr.. Alexander himself is as mum as
an oyster on that point. and in reply to
inquiry said ne had a lot of friends
among the old Hoke Smith faction in
Georgia and that he thought many of
them would support him. but that he
would not be Smith fractional candi-
date"
There is an interesting rumor abroad
to the effect that Seaborn Wright. OF
Rome. In a personal interview. has as
sured Mr. Alexander OF his cordial CO.
operation IN his fight. Mr. Wright is
the most prominent prohibition leader
in Georgia. and has always been "A
strong Hoke Smith man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
The Witnesses
For the Defense.

deterlnined
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
Death of Captain Walter lizard.

Captain Walter lizard died Saturday
at the home of his son, Mr.. Ralph lizard,
near Fredericksburg, Va. He was ma.
tive of South Carolina, and a descend
ant of Ralph lizard, one of the first
United States senators from that State.
de was civil engineer, and helped To-
cate and build the Virginia, Tennessee
Railroad, now part of the Norfolk and
western, from Lynchburg to Bristol.
he married Miss Sallie Goode, a sister
OF the Hon. John Goode, and made his
home at Goodies, in Bedford county. He
was gallant Confederate soldier. and
served through the war in the Second
Virginia calvary.
His son, Ralph lizard, was a former
resident here. and married Miss Retta
Lyons OF this place. He is the only one
of the family left.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
Cemetery Association.

The annual meeting of the Cemetery
Association was held yesterday after
noon at the Main Street Methodist
church. There was a good attendance,
and pleasant feature of the meeting
was the large turnout of colored citi-
zens, who are taking a timely interest
IN the work which the association is do
ing. The association is working out a
plan whereby they may become more
closely affiliated with the work.
Ga account of the unavoidable alb
sence OF the treasurer, Mrs. w. L.
Painter, the fiscal report was not pre-
scented to the meeting, but will be pub
lished later
The following were the officers elect
ed for the coming year:
President-Mrs. j. ID. Harrison.
Notwithstanding. H. w. Pobst.
Treasurer-Mrs. w. /. Painter.
Secretary-Mrs. W. G. O'Brien.
Board of Observation-Disclosures C. R.
brown, George W. st. Clair and j. A.
Leslie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
Death Of Mrs. Joseph HsIdrsih

Mrs. Joseph Heldreth passed peace
fully away at her home on the south
side OF town at o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. She had been i'll for several
days with the dread disease. pneumonia.
and in spite of the skill and care of low
ing hands the end came yesterday.
The funeral arrangements are not
as yet completed, but it is probable that
it will be held after the arrival of the
O'Clock train this afternoon. on which
it Is expected her father, Mr.. John P.
Corvin, of Wytheville, will reach here.
Her mother, Mrs. Corvin, reached Blue
field last night on her way to the bed
side of her daughter, and will arrive
here this morning.
Mrs. Heldreth is survived by her hus-
band and eight children who have the
sympathy of every one in the COM
munity.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
Gardening in Florida.

Tavares, Fla, Jan. lS-Our lettuce.
rsddishes, cabbage, peas, beans. onions
and turnips which we planted Christmas
day are all up. We are hoeing them
today and sticking" the peas. will
plant more of everything next week.
1t sounds like fable to hear of YOUR
snow and ice up there. Our girls are
romping through the orange and grape
fruit groves gathering all thew can
eat, which costs them nothing but the
fun OF pulling them. Peach trees are
in bloom. We pulled a ripe tomato
from a vine few days ago and left
several nice ones on the vine which will
soon be ready to eat.
Iwenty-three persons are now IN the
Virginia club house and cottage annex.
All but three of them are Virginians
Every room but one is taken. There
are half dozen cots on third floor for
men, one of which is now occupied. and
every room in town is occupied except
some at the hotel
We are so busy gardening, boating
and fishing you must excuse short let
tiers. Will give you a fish story later.
]. N. H.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
HAWKINS PHARMACY. 1,,,v.II v,
BLUE GRASS FARMS
OUR SPECIALITY

No. 803-300 acres-HERE is A
REAL FARM and we give below the
owners exact description and letter
Gents:-I have concluded to stop farm
ing, and as / am too old to keep it I'D,
and will not rent, have decided to sell
my big farm and get little home. |
bought the place in the year 1874 (33
years ago. at the price of SIS, 900 with
nothing on it but an old log house. /
have built sets of nice buildings that
cost me So, 900, and all are built of the
best timber, with good roofs snd spout
ing down to big cistern. All painted
inside and out. Finished up nice enough
for anyone. Two big barns, one 4Ox56.
All kinds of outbuildings. All in good
condition. There are 2 school houses
and churches within mile and 8 r. f.
ID, deliveries within / mile of farm. 8
railroads within 5 miles, and the best
of roads. The land is all limestone, as
good as the best, and the farm is layed
off in II fields; with best of wire fences.
Has 4 big springs on the place. Water
In each field. Land is just little roll
ing. Can cut wheat all over the place
with binder. Have cut with machine
for 81 years from 400 to 1900 bushels a
year. All nice, smooth, clean land and
clean fence rows. haul my feed and
straw to the barn yard and feed all of
It can and work it into manure to put
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
THIS ADVERTISING PAYS
Results Obtained by Sacramento De-
Veiopment Association Have Been
Very Satisfactory.

Although less than half OF the $50
600 advertising fund of the Sacramen-
TO valley Development association has
been available during the past three
months, tangible results have been OBJ
tanned, according to the report Of Sec
rotary o. H. Miller.
The report showed that big results
are commencing to accrue from the
eastern advertising, which the associ-
alton recently placed in about seventy
large publications. From July Is to
August is a total OF 1,O20 INQUIRIES
were received from this advertising.
OF the inquiries received, as stated in
the report, farm journals lead with
Dol, daily newspapers with 1877, and
magazines, 140; those received from
miscellaneous sources were SO. and
from the Sunset Magazine, so. This
Is an average cost Of 80 cents per in
quiry, and which is regarded as ex-
cepuonally good for the poorest month
OF the year, and is considerably below
the average usually established as the
cost for each inquiry.
The members OF the committee de-
c,ared themselves pleased with the re-
suits of eastern advertising and voted
to appropriate $500 to be used in
additional advertising during the win.
ter months.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18

Preaching in the Lutheran church
next Sunday at IL a. m.
Major R. r. Henry returned Sunday
from trip to the State capital.
Born to MIR. and Mrs. John Barnett
on last Sunday night, a daughter.
G. W. st. Clair left Tuesday for
Roanoke to take dispositions In the
Browning mine case.
DIR. ]. E. jackson is in Richmond this
week attending the sessions of the State
Board of Pharmacy of which he is a
member.
WANTED-A circular saving lob bv
DAY or contract. Have a mill if needed.
1-11-2w Honaker Va
The entire Alumni Association of
Emory and Henry College are hereby
notified that this college is now arrang-
ing new card index system for the
purpose of keeping in touch with all
former students of this institution. To
make this record accurate and complete
all who read this notice who have ever
attended Emory and Henry College are
requested to write President Charles C.
Weaver letter or postal giving COM
plete address, etc.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of the County of Tazewell on
the 9Th day of January, 1912.
w. l.. c. Burke Plaintiff
, against
R. B. Griffith, S. A. Griffith, Geo. w
Ball and Mamie L. Ball. Defends
Inc object of this suit is to subject
and have sale of, under the lien of the
judgment of the complainant against
n. b. Griffith and s. A. Griffith as dock
eIeo IN Iazewell county, Virginia in
Judgment Lien Docket, No. z, page l7s'
any real estate of the said RI Gle,
nth and S. A. Griffith on which iudo-
ment IS lien; also TO subject to sale
under the lien of said Judgment the fol-
lowing real estate, consisting of 8 acres
situate on the waters of Coal Creek in
the county of Tazewell, State of Vir-
Rinla, conveyed by deed bearing date on
the 18th day of August. 1910. bv the
said George w. Ball and Mamie T.
BAH, his wife, to the said r. B. Griffith
which said deed has not vet been placed
on record by the said R. B. Griffith
Said acres of land is bounded as fol,
lows; Beginning at stake in the CEN
branch, thence down the center of ss;d
Coal Creek S az w 121 feet to a stake
thence leaving said creek s So W 45S
rect running with the short line to a
small beech at the foot of cliff, thence
with the foot of same, N 6 80 w 65 feet
10 small sourwood, N. 8 w. 394 feet
to beech, N. 26 E. rs feet to a beech
N. ll-45 +. 70 feet to a beech. N 20 n
"a FEET to sugar tree stump. N. $40
+. l68 feet, passing small sprucepine
Sorner, 10 stake IN a branch, thence
down the center of said branch as IL
meanders, S. 1890 E. 20 feet. 8 Se-a0
F. 100 feet, s. IA E. l48 feet s. 50.S1
=: 24S feet to the beginning. And anv
other real estate subject to the lien Of
said Judgment; and to have ali Other
further and general relief.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendants. r. b.
Griffith and S. A. Griffith, are NOT resi-.
dents of the State of Virginia. II ia
ordered that they do appear here within
10 days after due publication hereof.
and do what may be necessary to nro,
tect their interest in this suit. And IL
IS further ordered that copy hereof be
published once week for four success
sive weeks in the Tazewell Republican.
q newspaper published in the countv ~
iazewell, and that q copy be posted at
the front door of the court house of this
county.
copy-Teste:
c. ". Greever, Clerk.
w. B. Spratt. p. q. i-iI.4w.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18
Problems Before the Legislature,

The following are among the princi-
pal measures of interest that will come
before the State Legislature now in ses-
sion in Richmond:
Taxing the rolling stock of railroads
in cities and counties in proportion to
value of the mileage therein.
Abolition of the fee system.
LOCALIZED Statewide primary law.
Revising taxation laws.
Statewide prohibition or bill to sub
NIT it to referendum vote of the peo-
pie of the State.
Redistricting the State into Congress
sional, Senatorial and House of Dele
gate districts.
Renewing the contract for the sale of
the labor of penitentiary convicts.
Constitutional amendment to give wo-
men the right to vote.
Federal income tax law.
Increased appropriations for schools.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-18

VIRGINIA
In the Clerks Office of the C;rcp;t
Court of the County of Tazewell on
the Sth day of January, 1912.
Snzs. G. Pickett and Lizzie Pucketf
Compliments,
against
Raztus b. Griffith and Sarah A. Griffith.
Defendants
HE object of this suit is to have re-
Slnded and set aside, on the grounds of
IrAud, contract entered into on the
1th day of February, 1911, by the com
plamants with the defendants for the
purchase OF acres of land situate on
tns waters Of Coal Creek. in the county
or IazeweIl, State of Virginia. convened
TO the said r. B. Griffith and Sarah Ann
Grim tn by Geo. w. Ball and Mamie l..
BSI, his wife, by deed dated August
Is III. 1910, which said deed the said r
b Griffith and Sarah Ann Griffith
rraudulentiy Withhold from record; and
Also 20 recover the sum of $780, 90. with
the interest thereon, which was paid by
the complainsnts to the defendants as
pRrt Of the purchase money on the said
acres of land, and to compel the said
defendants to have the said deed from
the said Ball and wife recorded. and
further to compel the said defendants
TO pay and satisfy certain judgment
liens against them which are liens
against the said acres of land. and to
nave ali other, further and general re-
lief.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendants, r. &.
Z rlthth and Sarah Ann Griffith, are not
residents of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that they do appear here within
10 days after due publication hereof,
and DO what may be necessary to pro
Sect their interest IN this suit And it
IL further ordered that a copy hereof be
ubilshed once week for four success
I've weeks in the Tazewell Republican, a
Newspaper published in the county of
Iazewell, and that a copy be posted at
the front door of the courthouse of this
county as prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste:
c. w. Greever, Clerk.
W. b. Spratt, .. q. jan11-w4