Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
RECITAL AND HIS
WIFE'S AT WIDE VARIANCE
Her Story

From the beginning until the pres
ent Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace has helo
that she is innocent of having snot
her husband. From time to time n
has intimated that she does know VINO
did the shooting, but has never maze
a definite statement.
In regard to statements ~purportlng
TO have come from her husband sne
has, for the most part, taken refuge
| in the belief that he did not authorize
them. The statements themselves she
denies.
Her version of the case, as told to
renorters, is as follows:
THE first information of Eugenes
having been shot came tome when l
was in Newman. l left him sound
and well, so far as l know.
Says She Was Shocked.
"a telegram came to Mrs. Hill and
told that Eugene had been found
wounded in his home in Eleventh
street. l was terribly shocked and
depressed an immediate anxiety to
go back to Atlanta at once. 1t was
not until | had alighted from tie
train that I learned he had accused
me.
Il went to the hospital and begged
him to keep me from prison by tell
ing the truth. He said nothing.
From time to time statements we'e
issued by him which accused me of
the most cold FLOODED quit. I do not
believe that he said all that he was
credited with having said.
Calls Married Life Perfect,
eour married life had been perfect
SO far as | could see. | had no earth
~ reason to shoot. The obviously ri
diculous charge of the deed having
been done for money fell FIAT with
everybody, If the marriage was 81
marriage for money the idea existed
with him. He had no money. / fur
nished him with money to start in
business,
Il knew Eugene before Mr.. Opie,
my first husband. died.
I'm three minutes | could clear my
self before a jury. If he was shot.
he knows who shot him. He knows
hat ] didn't do it.
Here is what happened the day OF
the shooting:
my husband was to go to Phila-
delphia. While he was absent was
to go to Newman and stay with his
mother. When Mr.. Grace arose he
complained of feeling i'll. / left the
the house at t2:l5 o'clock. He was
still in his nightclothes, and insisted
that I>should go. He had at first in
tended going on the II O'Clock train,
but was feeling so bad that he de-
cided to wait until 3 O'Clock. MIR.
Grace never showed up at the ter
minal station. as he promised, before
| left, but | thought nothing of it.
Horrfhed by Accusation.
Il had no intimation that anything
was wrong until / reached Newman.
His parents had received a telegram
saying he was shot. | was so dis
tressed that / didn't even remove my
hat and cloak. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill and
came back to Atlanta on the next
rain. It was bad enough to learn
suddenly that my husband had been
shit, but | was Mortified to learn that
he had accused me.
Il did not lock the door to his room
when | left. The key was always left
in the outside of the door, and when
the door was locked it was placed
over the door. | usually kept it
locked, in order to keep the servants
from meddling. But as Mr.. Grace
was still in the room the morning of
March the 5th, did not lock it. " .
NO matter what my husband has
said of me-if he has said anything
| will go to this trial without any Bit
terness toward him. My whole pur-
pose will be to- clear myself abso-
lutely before the jury and before all
people"