The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-08
MRS. GRACE DENIES
SHOOTING HUSBAND
The Woman is Arrested and Furnishes
5ond-"A Horrible Mistake"
She Asserts.

! | am innocent" exclaimed Mrs Daisy
Ulrich opie Grace yesterday afternoon
after her release on bail pending hear.
ing on the charge of assault with at
tempt to murder her young husband,
Eugene H. Grace. prominent build
ing contractor, who was shot myster-
iously at their home yesterday
Physicians last night stated that
Grace has but slight chances for re-
covery. Pneumonia already has set in.
Developments have followed fast
since Grace telephoned the police to
rush doctor to his house.
Did your wife shoot your" asked
a policeman after breaking down the
door.
1T begins to look that way" the
wounded man replied.
Mrs. Grace was at Newman, Ga, at
the home of her mother-in-law, who
accompanied her back to the city
When she arrived, Mrs. Grace was ar
rested and taken at once, at her own
request, to the hospital to which her
husband had been removed. Seeing
her, he said
al Don't Know" Husband Says.
Daisy, you are the one who shot
me-"
why, how can your" she protested.
"You are trying to make me out
murderer and they will take me to
Jail tonight"
You are the one who tried to kill
me,55 Grace repeated.
"If you persist in that l will take
the power of attorney which you ex-
ercise away from you," said Mrs. Grace
who formerly was the wife of veal
thy Philadelphia pulp manufacturer
Grace then relented.
Il don't know who did it." he said.
Here is the story told by Mrs. Grace
Il left the house at 1916 o'clock to
go to Newman, where l was to stay
while Mr. Grace was in Philadelphia,
for which place he planned to leave on
an afternoon train. When | left him
my husband was about ready to get
up.
Mistake" Says Wife.
q knew that he was not feeling well,
but did not think he was very sick.
He said he would meet me at the de-
pot, but when he failed to do so /
went on to Newman, thinking he had
been detained on business. The next
thing / heard was when I reached the
home of his mother They said there
that Gene had been shot My arrest
and the accusation of my husband is
horrible mistake"
Grace told the police when they first
reached him that he first discovered
he was shot at o'clock in the morn
ing, wnen he awoke with a burning
sensation in his side.
Il told my wife" he said "and ask
ed her to get a doctor. She left the
room and came back later, saying she
was unable to reach any one over the
telephone"
Grace says he then became uncon-
scious and when he next awake he
worked his way to the telephone and
called the police.
Much Importance is attached by the
police to the corroborative testimony
of j. c. Ruffin and his wife, negro SER
wants. The woman says she made a
fire in Grace's room about o'clock,
at Mrs. Grace's request While she
was in the room, the woman says.
Grace groaned several times, and Mrs.
Grace said:
"You are not sick, Gene You are
sleeping.
Ruffin says Mrs. Grace told him as
she was leaving the house that her
husband was sick and that he had
wanted a doctor, but had changed his
mind and If the doctor came he was
to be sent away. Mrs. Grace denies
giving any such instructions
A 32-caliber pistor was found on a
window sill in the hall on the floor be-
low Grace's room. 1t had one empty
chamber. The key to the door of the
room, which the police found locked,
was in a receptacle in the hall, where
Mrs. Grace said it usually was kept.
The police arrived about two hours
after Mrs Grace says she left Chief
of Detectives Lanford said Yesterday
afternoon that the blood oa Grace's
pillow was clotted and dried and he
did not think it could have dried that
way in less than three hours.