The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-30
DRUMMER MAKES AFFIDAVIT HE
SAW A STRANGE WOMAN
AT GRACE HOME.
Abe Steinberg Swears He Was Pass
ing the Residence and Saw Wo-
man Leave the House After Shot
Was Fired.

Atlanta, Ca, March 29.-The mys-
terious and oft limited at woman" in
the Grace shooting case figures prom
lnenTly in the affidavit of Abe Stein
berg, New York travelling salesman,
which, if authentic, would prove that
Eugene H. Grace was not shot by his
wife, Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace.
According to this affidavit,made be-
fore Joseph F. Smith, Jacksonville,
Fla, notary, the mysterious woman"
was seen by Steinberg on the stoop
of the Grace home on March 5 talk
ing with a negro and Immediately
| after Steinberg had heard the report
of a revolver. Mrs. Grace, the affi-
davit states, was seen by Steinbeg a
few minutes later in front of local
+ downtown hotel, and he is positive
she could not have left the residence
after the shooting and reacncd the
hotel before he did, even had she an
object in doing so. .Steinberg was
riding in an automobile at the time.
When seen, according to the affi-
davit, the mysterious woman was
talking to negro who seemed great
ly excited. This negro later was seen
by Steinberg enroute to Macon and
from him, the affidavit states, Stein
berg gained information that which
he is convinced that Grace was asleep
and doped (when shot) and that he
owes his present plight to an attempt
at robbery rather than to any act of
either. woman. 1t would appear from
the negro's conversation that the wo
man was at the Grace house at the
time with the express purpose of in
terviewing Mrs. Grace"
The alleged mysterious woman in
the affidavit is referred to as a friend
of Grace and "a frequent caller at the
Grace home, although the affiant could
not state positively that the woman
and Mrs. Grace. knew each other.
Abe Steinberg is surrounded by
about as much mystery as the Grace
case. A man bearing the name A,
Steinberg and travelling for the New
York firm which the alleged affiant
was said to have been connected with
was located today in Henderson, N.
c., and denied he had made any such
affidavit or had heard of the Graces
or Opies. He said there was an Abe
Sternberg travelling ir this territory
for another house. This man is being
sought by the local newspapes.
Kept Wedding Secret.
Eugene H. Grace and Mrs. Daisy
Ulrich Opie were not married until
two months after the date they an
nounced had been their wedding day.
They were wed in New Orleans on
May 10, 1911. They had told frien
the ceremony had been performed on
March 8, 1911, in New York at the
Little Church Around the Corner.
This was learned this afternoon,
after several days search TO che mar
riage certificate extending to. Phila
delphia, New York, Hot Springs, Arr
Mobile, Savannah, Camden, N. j.,
Wilmington, Del, New Orleans and
other places the couple is known to
have visited after leaving Philadel-
phia only few weeks after the death
of the woman'g first husband, Web
ster Opie.
The ceremony was performed by
Judge l. V. Stentz of the New Or
leans city court so the records show.
Jacksonville, March 29-Joseph F.
Smith lives at 126 Washington street,
this city and when seen this morn
ing he said that Steinberg had made
the Grace affidavit before him, but
that ne had been instructed by Mrs.
Grace's attorney not to say anything.
However, when the report of the affi-
davit was read to him, he said, "That
is correct"