The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-07
ATLANTA STIRRED !. BY GRACE SHOOTING Prominent Contractor Is
 Fatally Wounded WIFE IS UNDER BOND
She Protests Her Innocence-St0ries of Shooting Are Contradictory. Police Are Searching for Eyi-
 dence Against Mrs. Grace

Atlanta, March 6.-"God knows I am innocent" exclaimed Mrs. Daisy ulrich 1 Opie Grace this afternoon after her re- lease on bail pending hearing on the charge of assault with intent to mur- der her young husband. Eugene II. Grace, prominent building contractor. who was mysteriously shot at their handsome Eleventh street home yes terday.
 While the doctors at st. Joseph's in firmary are cndeavoring to save the life of the seriously wounded husband, the police are searching for more facts 10 support their theory that the crime was committed by the wife. Tonight the physicians stated that Grace has but slight chance for recovery The bullet penetrated the left side, going spinal cord. Pneumonia has already set in, they stated.
 Atlanta Stirred Not in years has Atlanta been stirred as it was today when details of the mystery became generally known. De- velopments have followed fast since Grace phoned the police to rush doc tor to his house.
 Did your wife shoot you?' asked a policeman.
 Tt begins to look that way" the wounded man replied.
 Mrs Grace was located at Newman, Ga. at the home of her mother-i Jaw, ,,-I, foJ ha, ha 9lx fa t1a pitN On her arrival Mrs. Grace was arrested and taken al once, on her own request, to the hospital to which her husband had been removed.
 Meeting of husband and wife was dramatic.
 Daisy you are the one who shot me"
 Why, how can you, she protested you are trying 10 make me out a murderer and they will take me to jail tonight
 You are the one who tried to kill me- Grace replied.
 "If you persist in that l will take the power of attorney which you ex- ercise away from you" said Mrs. Grace. who was formerly the wife of a wealthy Philadelphia pulp manufac- turer.
 Grace then relented.
 q don know who did it, he said
 Mrs. Grace's Story
 Here is the story told by Mrs. Grace:
 "I left the house at 1215 o'clock to go to Newman, where I was to stay while Mr Grace was in Phila- delphia for which place he planned to leave on an afternoon train. When left him my husband was about ready to get up I knew that he was not feeling well, but did not think he was even sick. He said he would meet me at the depot, but when he failed to do so I went on to Newman, thinking he had been detained on business. The next thing heard was when l reached the home of his mother. They said there that Gene had been shot. Then don't know what l did. l may have tainted. was mortified when told was accused of shooting my husband. My arrest and the accusation of my husband is all horrible mistake"
 Grace told the police when they first reached him that he first discovered he was shot at o'clock in the morn ing when he awoke with a burning sensa ton in his side. "I told my wife" he said, "and asked her to get a doctor. She left the room and came back later. sa wing she was unable to reach one over the telephone Grace says he then became unconscious and when he next awoke he sqIrmed over to telephone and called the police
 Ruffin's Evidence Important
 Much importance Is attached by the police to the corroborative testimony of J. C. Ruffin and his wife, negro ser wants The woman says she made a fire in Graces room little after at Mrs. Grace's request. While she was in the room. she says. Grace groaned several times and Mrs. Grace said: You are not sick. Gene. You are sleep ing"
 Ruffin says Mrs Grace told him as she was leaving the house that her husband was sick and that he had wanted doc tor but had changed his mind, and if the doctor came he was to be sent away Mrs. Grace denies giving any such in- structions.
 A .32 calibre pistol was found on a window sill in the hall of the floor below Graces room. It had one empty cham Der. The key to the door of the room. which the police found locked. was in a receptacle in the hall, where Mrs. Grace said 1t usually was kept.
 The police arrived about two hours after Mrs Grace says she left her husband. Chief of Detectives I.anford said this afternoon that the blood found on Graces pillow was clotted and dried and 
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