Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10
DAISY SHOT
Me- DYING
MAN SAYS
"She Will Not Come Clear in
Higher Tribunal" He Whis-
pers-End Near

His bitter spirit intensified rather
than softened by the near approac h
OF death, Eugene H Grace, with only
a few minutes or, at the most a few
hours to live, Saturday gasped out d
denunciation of his wife, Daisy Opie
Grace, who was acquitted of shooting
him nearly two years ago in one Of
the most sensational trials Atlanta
ever has witnessed.
Nov, just as at the trial he haif
whispered. II am sure that Daisy is
guilty. If | finally lose my long fight
for life, l will appeal from the earth
ly courts to the higher tribunal. She
will not come clear them"
Weakened by his excited utter
ances, he sank back on the bed. His
mother, Mrs. S. l.. Hill, at whose
home in Newman he has lain a help
less cripple, and his sister, Mamie
Lou Hill. were at his bedside weep
ing
Eaten Into His Soul.
he dIOuStu again ~ Nciii
fort them. Maybe l shouldn't talk
that way" he muttered. But | am
thinking Of it all the time, and it has
eaten into my soul.
She did it; she did it, he repeated
time and time again. She shot me
and left me locked in the room. After
she failed to return, | telephoned the
police. and | wasn't sure then that
she had soht me, but now | am sure
that she is guilty.
81 have not slept well and my body
feels cold" were the words with which
he greeted DR.. A. A. Barge Saturday
morning. Give me hypodermic. |
think it may do me good"
He has not given UP hope. He
knows that he is sinking and that the
CHASTITY figure of death is right at his
bedside. But he is going to fight for
his life until he lapses into the last
Inconsistencies.
lie has astounded all his physicians
by keeping alive to this time and
even appearing to improve. He con-
fidently had said that he was going
to get entirely well, but the bullet
that Embedded itself in his spine did
its work too well,
Can't Live Through Day.
For the last few days he has sunk
into semi consciousness at times. At
other moments he has been in full
possession of his faculties and has
discussed his shooting with members
of the family.
DR.. Barge gave out to the anxious
inquirers Saturday morning the in
formation that Grace could not live
through the day. The heroic battle
for life has aroused the sympathy of
all Newman, and everyone is awaiting
the slightest intelligence of his con-
dition.
Traffic on Greenville street before
the little yellow house where Grace is
dying has almost eased lest Gene
as he is affectionately known, might
be disturbed. Even yet many believe
that his will power will pull him
through another crisis.
Shortly before noon DR.. Barge gave
uul d statement say ING lildl uTefnlC
poisoning and gases from the ulcers
are gradually pushing their way into
the upper part of Grace's body and
that he had no rational pulse what
ever.
His Fight Remarkable.
1T is remarkable" he said that
Eugene has survived so far. A man
of less vitality and will power could
not possibly have lived more than a
few months after such terrible
wound. | think that his death Is only
a matter Of hours"
Mrs. Grace has not been communi-
Gated with regarding Mr.. Grace's con-
dition and in the event of his death
the Hill family will ignore her. Mrs.
Hill Is very bitter against her and
In discussing the case with her son
and others OF the family frequently
described her demeanor when she
came to Newman.
Those who have watched by the
victims bedside believe that he will
make no new revelations in his dying
statement in case She should make
one. This, they say, Is written on his
countensnce when Ell tells his story TO
the keeper of the death vigil