The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-02
Husband, On Cot, Ha: Cynical
Smile Throughout Her
Talk to Jury
Declares Grace Tried to XIII Her
When He Shot Himself With
Revolver

AheAoA~N 1A-t NNefS' - ANt'
cynical face OF her husband gazing
at her from tho pillow ol her couch,
Mrs Daisy Opin Grace today told her
story TO the jury that is to decide
If she Is guilty Of the charge Of at
tempting to kill Grace.
Il did not shoot Mr.. Grace and he
knows it. As God is my Judge that
Is the solemn truth site declared
emphatically and Graces lips part
ed In a cynical smile. 1t was a re-
markable story in calm, even voice.
Mrs. Grace occupied almost an
hour In telling her story and the de-
fensc rested at its conclusion. -
she did not make the statement un-
der oath the prosecution was denied
the privilege of cross examination.
The state then put on one or two
witnesses in rebutal and then rested.
Five hours are to be divided by the
two sides In summing up. The case
Ab I8 pIPAbIa w S,o w AilG july apUIt
noon tomorrow
Grace Cannot Testify.
Efforts Of the prosecution to have
Grace awofB TO Fefute tile statement
of the accused woman did not sue
cead, Jude Roam ruled tnat under
the Georgia law a husband was not
competent to testify against the
wife.
Mrs, Grace declared nshEt8 state
ment that Grace shot hiAskif dur
ing a scuffle with her, forsnossession
of pistol with which hHfNas at
tempting to shoot her fRsWas not
his first attempt, she said
Last summer after she AHN made
her will in his favor at iRta insist
ence, she said he tried to sbufow her
overheard from steamertpa which
they were travelling from New York
to st. Johns, N. F. Some Nine after
that in Atlantic City, shRsstestified,
he had held pistol at hefsbead, de-
elaring he would kill her she did
not stop talking to him about going
to work. 5E
Beaten Her often.
She said he had beaten her and
choked her frequently. From the
time she met him until the day OF
the shooting, she said. she had given
him $4,000 in cash.
Soon after they came to Atlanta
last November Mrs. Grace testified,
she began to realize that her hus-
band was neglecting her. Another
woman began calling him UP over
the telephone and when she would
say anything to him about her he
would get mad AS he usually beat
her when they quarreled, she de-
clared, she was careful not to arouse
his anger.
Then Grace went into the build
Ing business, but with such poor
success that he constantly was drain.
ing on her money. Finally he pre-
vailed upon her to give him power
OF attorney to go to Philadelphia
ami sell her home. He was to leave
on the morning of the shooting, she
going to the home of his mother 10
stay during the absence, Grace
awoke that morning feeling BADLY,
and she insisted that they defer his
departure until the next day. "His
answer made me very suspicious
she said, "and ! made up my mind
that he was going to get me out of
Atlanta SO he could take a woman
with Him, or worse still, into my
own home"
Business Better.
She said Lawrence, Grace's part
ner called MP about II o'clock and
asked her to tell Grace he had Just
received sum OF money and things
were looking brighter Mrs. Grace
said she commented that he could
wait before selling her home If busi-
ness was picking up.
AT that suggestion he raised his
voice very loudly, cursing and abus-
Ing me-"
She testified that she s<,was CON
WINGED there was a womair SAnnected
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