The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-30
GRACE TRIAL GOES
FORWARD SWIFTLY
Jury Quickly Secured and Ski
Witnesses Give Their
Testimony.
NO SENSATIONS DEVELOP
Attorneys for Defense Are Keep
ing Their Batteries Care
fully Masked.

Atlanta. Ca. July 2a.-Airs Daisy.
Cpie Cruces tr.a! on the charge OF
shooting her handsome young husband
moved forward swiftly to-day Withiu
mo hours after the former Phi!adc,-
Dhia woman mad entered her plea Of
not guilty "a 1ufy mad been secure
and the prosecution had begun the IN
PRODUCTION OF witnesses
When court adjourned late IN the
day. the sixth witness was UNDERGO ny
direct examination More than twenty
others have oeen summoned. but IT )
doubtful 81 the prosecution Will call
them all. II was a day devoid nt sem
sational developments. The police
men who found Grace bleeding in rs
bed on the afternoon OF March . last
merely retold tho stories already mad,
public through the newspapers. me
Two negro servants AZ lie Grace home
detail. what happened IN the house on
the morning OF the shooting.
Grace's entrance into the court room,
stretched on a cot, furnished the one
dramatic moment OF six tiresome
hours. Mrs. Grace brought face T..
face with her husband Tor the nrst
time since the nisht Of her arrest.
paled and trembled she would hav.
swooned II tE- nurse at her side had
not administered Q nypodermic. Gracs
showed no sign OF recognition. sub
seqUenty he manifested a lively in
terest in the proceedings. col errins
frequently with the prosecutor Never
cnce. however. did ne bend his glance
In his wifc's direction.
Defense not Inmaskcd.
Throughout the day the attorneys
Tor Mrs Grace thwarted every enort
OF the prosecution 70 unmask the bat
teriss OF the defense II did not even
recome known whether the defense
would offer any witnesses.
Not the slightest inkling was given
rs TO whether Mrs. Grace herself would
take the stand. All their anergies
were bent apparently. toward finding
weak links in the chain OF c'rcumsian-
t!al evidence which the State has at
tempted 10 draw around Mrs Grace.
The prosecution seemed to attach
much Importance to the testimony of
the Tolice that a piece OF oilcloth be-
tween the sheet and the mattress pre-
vented the blood from Grace's wound
from dripping through. Martha Ruftin.
the maid, who had made all tho beds
in the Grace home for months, snbse-
quenuy testified that She had never
seen o!lcloth on any OF the beds The
presence OF this oncloth on this occa-
sion i is alleged is evidence that the
shooting was premeditated
During the cross examination Of J.
c. Runiu the negro butler. tho name
maker. was injected Into tho case
OF Rebccca Sans. mulatto dress
for the nrst time. when Attorney
Rosser asked.
Was Rebeoca Sans al the Grace
house on the night OF March -"
4 don't know. never saw her"
the negro replied
Judge Rosser did not pursue the
matter further and what subsequent
part she Will play g. the trial. il any.
was not indicated He did ask tho
negro. however whether he had ans
trouble with his wife Martha Runin.
the maid, short time before Ia.
shooting The question was ruled out
as irrevevani but Judge Rosscr served
notice tina, he would have tho witness
recalled after subsequent evidence had
made the question relevant.