The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28

Atlanta, March 2f.-(Special) )-=lf there is
 any impression that there is any feature
 of the now celebrated Grace ease which is being held back from the public it Is
 not well founded The biggest part of the detective work in connection with the
 shooting of Eugene II. Grace has been
 done by the newspaper men. and far from
 suppressing any possible feature, they
 have occasionally added some 10 il which
 have not been borne out by later develop
 nlents.
 No ease ever came nearer to being tried
 out in the newspapers than' that of Mrs. Daisy Grace, now charged with assault with intent to murder her husband. If
 the court record were to contain one-half 1 that has been printed about II in all the papers it would take weeks for a judge properly to review it.
 The public generally is familiar with
 the two sides of the case; they couldn't
 heln being even If they have read only
 the newspaper eraheadlines. For the head
 lines have been big enough ana surficien,-
 ly extensive to tell everything in the case
 if not more.
 But what is the public sentiment regard ing it2 Inquiry here where the shooting
 took place develops the fact tnat there IS
 wide division Possibly because she IS a woman the burden of the sympathy ap- pears to be with Mrs. Grace. Bug there are any number of people who will not believe that sne shot her .hus- band, some even consider 1t preposterolis. Take d vote in any crowd on q street cor | her, or in the homes of prominent Atlau- | tans, and Mrs Grace wll get as many | votes for innocence as she will for guiit. "I have read every fine tnat has oeeh published about the case says one, and 1t is imposslble for me to beueye that she m ed mat snot.
 .So nave l. another will say. and 1 l cannot See any soiuuoh pdt ,naeFv~4'e dio 1t.
 nul even those who believe her su,lty' in the najortly of instances express .ne opjnion tuau sne can ncN CT be eOnVicted. {, ,ot4slaering tue tacL tnat sae is a wOn- an of attractive and interesuns iype, ai4d lne nature ol the eHloence, the general belief Is that no jury can be 'o'..'" s'" pronounce ner guilty beyond reasonable
 doubt.
 II IS true, as many construe H. that the cir, umstances all point strongly to Mrs.
 
 mating the testimony or her husband, which, under a recenI court o1 appears decision, cannot be used against her. whether he lives or dies, II would be iin- possible for anyone to say beyond mele peief that she did 1t.
 It is gong lu be case in which 1t will de difmult to md q Jufy. There IS haid- ly a man Tn tultun county but has formed anu expressed an opinion In the case. or course, 1nat does not OlsquaiilS hiin, uit- lcss sucn opInIon were 1ufintd ana eN- ore ssed from nearing the testimony given under oatn but where IS the man, alter eac1 discussion of the case as has tahsn place in the newspapers, who could pro
 ceed to A Judicial uUtel mlndtlun Of tnis case wholly free from the bias which the newspaper accounts have created one way or another? 1t will be diificuit problem to find F of him. 10 say the least
 There is a good deal of sympathy for Grace it is true, and 1t IS natural in Ine
 case of a man, big, fine looking fellow who is said to be dying. But his con- duct. many stories of which have come to light, has In a great measure lnitgated thai syInpathy This effect has been pro- duced too in great measure by Grace s persistent and oft repeated tirades against his wife, the effect of which has been to create sympathy for her rather than against her.
 | Her present position also is one to in duce pity rather than scorn. wherein she
 Is waiting daily and hourly for that death ] tlAe physicians say Is certain, only to face