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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-11-12
M. B. McKinnon.
For Alderman. Third Ward.

At the RICHEST of a number of my
fellow citizens, l hereby announce as
a candidate for reelection as alder
man from the Third ward, for the en-
suing two years, subject to the white
primary, and respectfully solicit the
support of my friends and public gen
orally g.. T. CALNAN.
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| hereby announce my candidacy
for the, office Of mayor of the city of
Brunswick and will appreciate the
support of my friends and the vot-
ers generally. Respectfully,
]. HUNTER HOPKINS.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Learned Her Speech
Of 1900 Words.

AS result, Daisy Grace accomplish
ed the difficult feat Of committing to
memory and repeating 1900 words
without an error except when her ig-
norance of grammar caused an occa-
sional slip. She had droned them and
intoned them so often she could have
probably spoken them in one of the
dreams helpless Gene says she occa-
sionally had.
The recitation in court was, there
fore. little of an ordeal With her
wounded husband lying before her. his
eyes fixed steadily and clearly upon
hers, she spoke her piece. dropping a
word here or a phrase there occasion
ally bat in the main sticking to manu-
script with coumendable accuracy.
Very skillfully Mrs. Grace was re-
served for the last witness. She was
not under oath, and the state could not
cross question her The fact that her
surprising story was painstakingly
prepared and oft rehearsed story could.
therefore, not be put before the jury.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Aged Miniser Finds
Delight in Witness Chair.

Rev G. n. Donaldson, an aged min
ister achieved his hearts desire today
when he found the witness chair empty
and climbed into IT, For several days
he had been haunting the corridors,
trying to gain entrance to the court
room. On Wednesday he managed to
get through private door. but was
pulled out again by an exasperated
bailif Yesterday he came early and
found good seat in the court room,
and today he was the most conspicu-
Gus figure in the house occupying the
witness chair fixed nigh against the
wall
The crowd was not so great today as
when the curious had stll to look for
ward to hearing Mrs. Grace's story on
the stand The room was filled, but
there were not SO many standing in the
corridors. and The atmosphere OF the
room was not so disagreeabe. The
news that Grace had returned to New
nan, too may have kept part OF the
throng away by removing one item Of
ihc show" which has drawn the at
toution Of Atlanta FOR FIVE torrd days
judge Roam said today that in his
opinion tnc case would 20 TO the jury
orforr nightfali
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Malice Must Exist
For Guilt, Says Court.

He quoted the distinctions i'm murder
An expressed or implied malice MUST
exist. Persons can be guilty of murder
even OF persons they love. Malice
means deliberate intent to take human
life no matter from what passion il
springs.
1T is charged that the weapon used
is likely to produce death This must
be shown by satisfactory evidence,
There have been two letters offered
here. purporting to have been addressed
to Mrs. Grace at Newman. 1t is claim
ed they were mailed here 1t is claim
ed further that the envelope inclosng
the two was addressed by f. H. Grace
1t is claimed by the defense that one OF
these was in writing of E H Grace
the other typewriter.
Il simply let these letters go to you
for you to determine one point If you
believe Eugene H. Grace backed that
envelope, or wrote one of the letters
and if he himself directed these letters
to his wife and had them mailed. in an
effort to communicate with his wife
you must give those two letters no con-
sideration or weight
IF you find that F. H Grace did not
make an effort to communicate through
those letters to his wife. they are be-
fore you to give you whatever assis-
lance they can to reach a verdict.
IF you believe the defendant delib-
erately or intentionally shot her hus-
band, intending to Kill him, 1 charge
she would be guilty Of the offense of in
tent to murder
q charge YOU, further, that if YOU
believe this defendant and her hus-
band were in an alteration in their
home. if ne shot himself in this scuf-
file with the pistol he had taken out
! if YOU believe that, ! charge you should
acquit her. II makes no difference
who had the pistol in his or her hand
at the time.
"If you believe the woman guilty
YOU must say We the jury, find the
defendant guilty You can go further
This is felony You can recommend
that she be punished as for misde-
moanor and not as for a felony.
GIVE the prisoner the benefit 81 amy
reasonable doubt and acquit her Tnc
obicci OF an these Investigations is lh'
discovery OF the truth The STATE
charges the defendant with crime
/ The defense maintains her innoncence
This is the issue for YOU 10 decide.
Before the jury Is authorized 10
convict on cayumslantia evidence
/
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
inquiries if Husband
Reaches Newman Safely.

But she seemed immensely relieved
this morning when, upon entering the
court room, she was not confronted by
the PROSTATE. accusing form OF her
I'm sband. She asked If he had reached
Newman safely. but she declined to COM
ment upon his last words when he
said Just before departure that the
story she had told yesterday upon the
stand was a story Of rehearsed lies
My lawyers viii not let me make a
statement" she said But I am glad
that l went upon the stand and told the
truth OF the story. There's not one line
in it that | would change, although
did not tell all that I could have told.
After the case is ended ] will have
something to say just as important as
whatever Eugene may say"
Mrs. Grace said that she wanted to
correct statement made by a paper
yesterday afternoon, which declared
that she Kissed out in the court room,
ooh, what liar!' at Attorney Lamar
Hill, who had said she did not own
property she claims to own.
She says that her words were What
a lie that isl" She said that it burst
from her in the moments indignation.
but she declares that she never uses
the word liar" to anyone, and regrets
that she said what she did in the court
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
You Have Right to Believe
Or Reject Statement.

You heard the defendant make a
statement. She was not subject to
cross examination. The defense has a
right to make q statement. You have
la right to believe it all or reject it all.
Ter believe a portion and reject a por-
ton. That is entirely with the jury.
You have the right to believe it in the
face of all the sworn testimony if you
see fit, or TO reject it,
Intent to murder embraces ali tine
facts of murder except killing Here
lis the definition of murder:
IF the defendant assaulted him in
the manner charged and he had died it
would have been murder. Then you
Iare authorized to find her guilty OF
intent to murder if you can find that
she intended to kill him and used a
weapon likely to produce death
1T must appear that she intended to
kill him and used such weapon No
person can be guilty of assault with in
tent to murder unless they intended
Ia kin
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
MRS. GRACE'S STORY
REHGARSED LIKE PLAY;
WAS COACHED BY MANY

Mrs Daisy Grace's remarkable story
of the shooting of her husband, Eu-
gene, recited to the jury. was care
fully prepared defamation, pruned.
amended and polished by her lawyers,
and as carefully rehearsed as a dra
matte Offering by professional actress.
This startling fact was revealed by
the publication of the recitation before
it had been delivered in court by Mrs
Grace.
1t had been prepared in the offices OF
her lawyers, John w. Moore and James
A. Branch There it had been decided
in numerous conferences what would
be good for the jury to hear and what
might best be omitted There its 1900
words had been intoned day after day
by Mrs. Grace. There, and in other
places. the woman who was to recite II
in explanation of her part in tragic
shooting had been rehearsed and guild
ed and trained by lawyers, a secretary
and a private detective, and from there
it found its way into type hours before
Judge Roam and the jury of twelve men
who possibly thought it an eXtempora-
neous masterpiece heard a word of it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
lean Liue With That w on1a71 NoU'
GRACE TO RUSH DIVORCE

NEWMAN, GA, Aug. Al can't live
with that woman!" exclaimed Eugene
Grace back in his parents home here
today. Whatever happens-however
this trial turns out-Im going to sue
her for divorce"
Grace awaited the verdict In the trial
of his wife with ill-concealed impa-
tience.
Lamar Hill is going to get the d.
vorce for me-" he added quickly. 1--WE
would have applied for it before, only l
have not yet lived in the state year
until November. Then ] will not delay
that divorce a day And If she con-
tests it, I will fight 1t to the last ditch,
and ! will get the divorce. My charges
against her will embody substantially
the charges already filed against the
woman. but there will be more evil
dence.
Would Have Gone to Reno.
II haven't wanted to wait the year
for that divorce" said Grace resentfully.
II want to be legally separated from
her and her name forever. and Just as
soon as the law will allow. would
have gone to Reno to get the divorce
quicker. but was shot and paralyzed
and said to be dying | could not go.
But have that promise from my law
yer in Atlanta that he viii not delay a
day after l have been in the state Of
Georgia a year That's one more rea-
son I'm going to get well-to get that
divorce from that woman"
Grace talked considerably today
about plans he has formed to leave
Newman after the Atlanta verdict has
been rendered, for some resort where
ne will be less closely confined than in
this little town Many friends have
written him that he would surely re-
cover if he were to take some famous
cure" but pending the verdict his
plans for the future remain unsettled.
Grace commented briefly this morn
ing on his wife's statement of yester-
day before the jury, but, brief as his
comment was 1t Indicated one thing
clearly-he will lend all his strength
toward redecming what he considers a
cruelty besmirched name
shes Detained MY CHARACTER.
Grace had finished reading his wife's
statement, and he said with bitterness,
but considerable sef-control
"She has detained my character.
When the jury has rendered It's verdict
! must take up her charges. rejecting
$50 seriously on me. and refute them.
The people don't know how things are.
and they must have the truth
Grace again lay in a darkencd room
Of the Hi nome on Grcenville street
He was taking his morning treatment
He was feeling fine. he declared, and
regretted only that he could not enjoy
the outside warm sunshine and breczcs
Beyond saying that ne would take up
his wifes statement In detail he de-
elined 90 discuss the case but Il Is evi-
dent he smars under the latest and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02

sharpest lash of his wife and unwilling
~ holds himself in restraint until the
jury has returned it's verdict.
Mrs. Grace had previously attacked
the character of her husband, but Grace
considers that she went to superlative
extents in her last effort
The readers of Mrs. Grace's stories
of abuse would get a much better i'm
preston of Grace if they could study
the face OF the wounded man Grace
has an extremely winning smile and
large blue eyes that beam forth hon.
esty and confidence in the stranger and
proachable affable, kind and consider
ate, and If he did all his wife charges,
his face shows none Of it.
Interest in the case has not waned in
Newman. Newspapers still are eagerly
gobbled up. and the question of Mrs
Grace's guilt or innocence is still the
main topic around the postoff1ce. the
depot, the public square and the lead
ing hotel Sentiment naturally is with
Grace although there is much doubt
that the evidence is direct enough to
bring a verdict of guilt
The Trip on the Train.
Lying on his cot in the baggage car
of train 35 OF the Atlanta and West
Point yesterday, Grace scanned his
wife's prepared statement as closely as
blurred print and two dim lights would
permit. On being told that the state
ment had evidently been given out prior
her
said, Then she must have guessed at
1t when she went on the stand" This
was the most direct reference he made
to the case during the ride and after
It, he checked himself with the remark
that he could not pursue the subject
further
The trip down was uneventful but
marked by pleasantries and the good
humor Of Grace's host Of brother"
Elks. In the escort We're r. G. Farmer,
Jr. r.. M. Carpenter. r. f. Plat and
b. ii. Kirby. Grace's boyhood friends
from Newman who had come up to the
trial with him. A picture of these
friends in an Atlanta newspaper held
the wounded mans eye several mo-
ments Then he turned to his wifes
allegations as the very newest thing in
the case. Grace's stepfather, S. l..
Hill, Of Newman, and Robert Bailey,
the negro boy who has been with him
constantly for four months. were also
along
conductor Jim" Lynch passed
through THE car seYera times and once
he paused opposite Grace to play
game of solitaire ON an empty soda
water case Grace lay on his cot near
the middle of the baggage car, AT the
left facing toward Newman. on his
right was am express strong box be-
hind him q big consignment of flowers
tagged to g LAGRANGE florist, and in
front q couple OF trunks and block of
ire. ana farther front Grated calf
billed 10 a Wayslde town
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Plenty of Critics
And Stage Managers

Coachers, dramatic critics ana stage
managers there were a-plenty When
It was first fashioned it may have been
rough. uncouth tale; when it left the
chief dramatists' office to be given to
the street and finally to the jury. 1t was
a gripping, we'll rounded melodrama,
with pistols and gems and attempted
killings and unexpected climaxes
a-plentv.
Mrs. Grace did credit to her coacher
and the playwright, whoever they may
have been She had rehearsed with
her lawyers She had repeated the
story day after day to Detective Burke
and to a specially engaged assistant
who found in that their principal work
She said her speech before Mr.. Rosser,
and then recited it to his law partners
She studied faithfully and conscien-
tiously day and night
Her coachers were persistent and
tireless Most of them could go on the
stand To-Day and recite the story them
selves-so often have they heard 1t in
the quiet north side home or the farm
on the outskirts of the city, where Mrs.
Grace may have treated the birds ana
the rabbits TO an eloquent phrase or
two of her masterpiece.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Tracing Bride Attemptin Grace Case
TRAIL CO. BETWEEN

Detectives were today making vigor-
Gus efforts to run down charges of at
tempted bribery and tampering with
state witnesses in the Grace case. Their
investigation revolved about Rebecca
Sans, the mulatto dressmaker for Mrs
Grace and a witness for the defense
in the Grace trial j. G. RufIin. the ne
gro servant in the Grace home. and
his wife. Martha both important wit
nesses for the prosecution in the trial
sWore on the witness stand Yesterday
that Rebecca Sans told them that Mrs.
Grace would take care of them if they
would testify for her
The detectives believe that they cal
develop much stronger evidence. The
attorneys for the prosecution tried 10
establish at the trial yesterday that she
was a medium for the defense in Il
scheme to influence witnesses The
detectives are working under the di-
rection of Solicitor H. NJ Dorsey.
Witnesses Approached.
The detectives have the statement or
Abe Peloat father of Martha Runin,
that Rebecca Sans sought to get the
Ruffins TO testify for Mrs. Grace and
that she endeavored to get them 10 go
with her to the office of John w Moore.
attorney for Mrs Grace Peloat said
he went to Mr. Moore's office himself
TO find out what was wanted
MT Moore told me that he just
wanted to talk to Martha and for me to
bging her 10 his Office Peloat declared
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
To Save Grace Name
Dragged It in Mire.

At the same time that these surpris-
ing revelations were made. the aston
ishing fact was barred that Mrs. Grace S
lawyers Moore & Branch, had known
of her claim that Grace shot himself
from the very beginning. Despite that
fact, they had permitted the entire po-
lice force of the city and detectives in a
host of other cities to waste many
wearisome weeks hunting supposed sus-
poets and mysterious persons"
AS the testimony showed. Mrs. Grace
was pointing suspicion toward her hus-
bands servant, and indirect accusations
involved many others not specifically
named.
While the lawyers we're keeping Mrs
Grace's alleged secret presumably be-
cause of her alleged promise to Grace
to shield the family honor"-they were
giving out mass of letters and papers
and statements rejecting hideouslv
upon the wounded man and conditions
in the Grace home.
Their attacks, as well as those OF
their client--while she and they were
sending scores of police on false scents
to shield the family honor'--made thu
Grace family life by word, and otter
contained insinuations unprintabe.
The training in this case was nc
half hearted affair. No playwright ever
worked more pai1stakirgly to eliminate
what might hurt him with his audience
and insert what might benefit him thar
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02

Il am on to you, he declared, and
if I catch you talking to these wit
nesses again will lock you up"
The Sans woman said she was only
talking to the RufIins about their do
nestle relations, the Ruffins having re-
Gently separated. But the Rufins told
the detective that She wanted them to
testify for Mrs Grace.
Burke's Part.
Newport Lanford, chief OF the city
detectives told an interesting story to-
day about Detective Burke, special
agent for Attorneys Moore and Branch,
who has been companion of Mrs.
Grace much of the time recently and
helped her. Chief Lanford said that
Burke made prodigious efforts to find
out what evidence the prosecution had
against Mrs Grace under the guise of
helping the detective department build
UP its case
Burke was a special agent of the
Southern railway and refereed boxing
matches nit one Of the local clubs lie
called on chief Lanford for help III
catching some "car breakers" chief
Ianford gave him help and a number
Of criminals were caught Then for
weeks Burke made efforts presumably
TO help the detectives collect evidence
against Mrs. Grace TO show his appre-
citation
He wanted to see the famous letter
from Grace to his wife at Newman
which fejl into the hands Of the prose
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Put Bloody Towels
In Bath Room Purposely. :"

Grace was shot, locked in his room.
Nobody knew that the key in his
pocket would unlock the Philadelphia
vault. She would have said Ruffin
knew about the key She put those
towels in the bath room to show that
the murderer used them to dry his
hands.
so mercenary was she that she
padded the bed to keep the stains off,
because the bed was rented and she
would have had to pay the damage.
Nj. Dorsey dragged the blood :
stained bed clothes to the floor ana
spread them before the jury
The only spot Of charity in the
whole case is that she tried first to
saddle the crime upon an unknown
man from South Carolina.
But if by hook or crook she could
tease Gene into writing a letter which
she could put in an envelope with the
typewriter letter, she had her alibl
fixed" said the solicitor It was the
FIRST reference to the theory that she
persuaded Grace to write that "pencH
note" which he had charged to her IN
conversation several months ago He
was willing to accept IL as Genes lel-
tor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
MRS. wAlpoLE DEAD

Ar Mary Gardner Walpole. aged
49, died 9 ne residence. "a Myrtle
eir,t a noon today She is survived
b. one daugnte MIS- Robert r OTIS.
and tuto sisters Mrs John Doonan.
Nt- Kate Loyeu ana Mics Elizabeth
go aaer funera arrangements have
uol Dern completed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
Kept Servants
Out of Room.

She never let these negroes Se'
back in the room She rushed them
off in hurry. She gave them orders
against going upstairs. This points d.
rectly to heI guilt
50 wildly infatuated was ne with
this woman that he would almost at
her request have pulled the trigger on
himself and died to please her she
toId him to buy that medicine and he
did it.
She says she loves him. but she
protests too much. She even told poor
old Mrs. Hin she wanted to live In
Newman with her. something you know
she never dreamed of.
She deceived the Hills. They even
went out and got counsel for her.
In the name of right don't be swept
off your feet by Jenny worship. we
All honor good women, but there is as
much difference between the good
women we honor and this woman as
between Gay and night. We can not
sacrifice the laws of this commonwealth
upon the altar of a woman.
There is d grave difference between
what Meckle said Grace said at the
telephone and what she said Grace
said. Mecke quoted him. I'll cal
Mrs. Grace She quoted him. ri call
my wife I'd rather believe Meckle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02

those who had part in the construc-
ton of Mrs. Grace's story. No star of
the stage vas ever more carefully
trained to speak her piece effectively
and without the aid of the prompter
IMAM the woman accused of trying to
II urd, Eusene Grace.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02
States Attorney Again
Denounced Accused
Woman as a Lucretia
Borgia, While Her
Lawyer Played Prose
cution and Wept.
Continued From Page Two.

took with her to Newman the precious
life insurance policies.
Just watch me weave the web
around her" Mr.. Dorsey shouted, cast
ing the policies on the floor before the
jury. Watch me build up chain. link
nv link
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-02

home where she is staying, and her
mother remained with her until she
finally fell into sleep late last night