Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-30
MOTHER IS WITNESS
SAYS Mrs. Grace Voiced Belief
Butler Did Shooting.
ASKED LOCATION or SHOT
Expressed Surprise That Wound in
Lung Was Not Fatal.

ATLANTA. Ga. July 30.-How Mrs.
Daisy Grace. on trial here. accused of
having attempted to kill her husband,
once declared that If anybody had
shot Grace it was u. c. negro but
Ter. was recited on the stand today by
Mrs. s. L. Hill. Mrs. Grace's mother.
Mrs. Grace arrived at the Hill home in
Newman. Ga. testified Mrs. Hill. and
was informed that Grace had been
shot in his home in Atlanta after
had told of the shooting" testified
Mrs. Hill. Daisy said she did not be-
Iieve it. 1 told Daisy that I was afraid
Gene had accidentally shot himself
IF any one shot Gene she said
Mrs. Grace declared, it was j. c. the
negro butler). Yesterday he nearly beat
Martha to death, and Gene told him II
he touched her again he would wear his
cane out on him. !"
Asked Where He Was Shot.
Mrs. Hill said Daisy asked her where
Eugene had been shot. Through the lung.
she replied. When later she told Daisy
that Eugene was still alive and had been
taken TO the hospital, Mrs Hill said
Daisy inquired as to the proximity of the
she did not know anybody who had been
shot through the heart could live.
Asked as to whether Mrs. Grace had
ever spoken about insurance, the wit
ness said Mrs. Grace remarked in Novem-
Der 1911 that she thought Gene should
have his life insured for her protection"
Next month. Mrs. Hill said, her daughter
told her that Grace had had his life in
Sured.
The witness was asked:
m
liminary examination what you have just
said about Mrs. Grace's remark con-
corning the proximity of the heart and
iungs?
Il was excited at the time. and did not
remember" Mrs. Hill replied
Expect Disclosure Of Defense.
Interest in todays session of the trial
centers in the probable disclosure of her
defense.
Developments along this line are ex-
pected when the status OF Rebecca Sans
mulatto dressmaker. is explained. Her
name was brought into the record yester-
day. but her connection with the shooting
was not indicated.
Also ii is intimated that Mrs Grace
will try to show that her husband is not
paralyzed from the waist down. During
the proceedings yesterday she created a
mild excitement when she remarked to
e.
When questioned about the twitchings
of his limbs Grace attributed them to re-
feX action. IF any one thinks | am
feigninS helpIessness,' he said IN al
low them TO stick a pin in my body. If
bat eye I'll submit TO any punish
ment'
Undergoes Ordeal Well.
Grace underwent the ordeal of the first
day 10 the courtroom better than his
physicians expected. His nervous condi-
ton, However. is indicated BY fear of
death. He has appealed to city detec-
tives for protection in tho courtroom. II
don't trust that woman. and l fear her
friends still more" he is quoted as say
ing.
Within two hours after the former
Philadelphia woman had entered her plea
of Not guilty. a jury had been sworn
| and the prosecution had begun the intro
duction of witnesses.
When court adjourned late in the day
the sixth witness was undergoing direct
/ examination. More than twenty others
have been summoned, but II is doubtful
| il the prosecution will call them all
The policeman who found Grace bleed.
| ing in his bed the afternoon of March
last retold the stories already made pub.
| lie through the newspapers. and the two
| negro servants at the Grace home ex-
planned once more. and in greater detail
| what happened in the house the mornine
/ OF the shooting.
Wife Turns Pale and Trembles.
! Grace's entrance into the courtroom.
!, stretched on a cot. furnished the one
\ dramatic moment Of the six hours Mrs
Grace. brought face to face with her
! husband for the first time since the
!, night OF her arrest, paled and trem-
/ hlcd She would have swooned IL the
| nurse az her side had not administered
| a Eypodermio injection.
/ Grace showed no sign OF recognition
Subsequently he manifested lively in
teres. IN .ke proceedings, comforting fire.
auenr.y with the prosecutor. Never once
| however did he sSnd his glance in his