The Washington times., 1918-05-29
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

WACKESHA, Wis. May 29.-Grace
Lusk sat in the court room at Wauke-
sha yesterday and heard herself de-
scribed in varying terms from an &C
cOmplished actress TO a cave-woman.
Prosecutor d. A. Tullar claims to
have seen some actresses in his day,
among them Maud Adams. but the
odds it seemed, were all in favor OF
Grace Lusk.
Back and forth like dogs contending
for a bone, counsel for the State and
the defense dragged the life story of
the school mistress through the mud
into the class room and back again
into the atmosphere OF court, where
the jurors sat. waiting to decide the
merits OF the battle.
At times the school teacher did not
seem to care who won. "Only let me
rest" every line of her tired body
seemed to say, as her head dropped
on her folded arms on the table before
her.
A red rose replaced the four-leafed
clover she had worn during the two
days she spent on the witness stand,
and sometimes she refreshed herself
with the rose, and sometimes with a
whiff from a bottle OF smelling salts
as the proceedings dragged.
Sense Of Humor Aroused.
There were times when she seemed
to be a spectator at another's fate
rather than her own, times when .-e
human comedy going on about her
made its appearance to her sense of
humor, and she would squeeze out a
rueful little smile.
The oratory OF Prosecutor d. A
Tullar furnished some OF the bright
spots in a day that was leaden
enough, with a driving rain beating
on the court house windows and with
an overcast sky.
Judge" Tullar Is Of the old school
that preceded the chill era OF cold
storage facts and statistics Oratory
OF this type used to be spoken Of as
''impassioned." And all over the
country, in State capitols. there are
steel engravings OF statesmen-of
fifty years back-taken in such states
Of eruptive eloquence.
When Judge" Tullar tripped over
the live wire OF English rhetoric,
Miss Lusk, with her ample knowledge
OF past and present lenses, did not
smile-smile is too definite a term
but she did look mildly appreciative.
Or. Roberts was described as
pawn, dragged from the pure atmos-
phere OF church socials in Waukesha
to the hectic atmosphere OF the "Bos-
ton Oyster House"
ELIMINATED the superluOus-
Prosecutor Tullar, warming to his
task, went on to say that after Miss
Lusk had eliminated the point OF the
triangle which she regarded as super
huous, she asserted her rights to DR..
Roberts.
My God! Think OF that. gentle
men, Calling for the husband OF the
woman she had just murdered"
Grace Lusk listened to this version
OF the affair much as one might listen
to an ambitious little boy recite his
piece on Friday afternoon. a piece
that was somehow too much for his
powers.
Mr.. Tullar asked for a decree of
murder in the first degree, saying in
effect that the verdict Of murder in
the second degree had been auto
matically eliminated by the evidence
OF the case. Third degree man
slaughter Grace LUsk herself had
made it impossible to fnd, by testi-
flying that she had not shot Mrs.
Roberts in the heat OF passion. BY
this time time Grace Lusk. did not
seem to care very much what verdict
was found. Her attitude was that
of utter apathy.
God made him; therefore let him