The Washington times., 1932-09-17
TERROR SEIZES
/ HERAT STORY
Of DECEIT
Prosecutor Reveals Shock to
Grace Atwood at Hint She,
Too, Faced Staying
BY DOROTHY DUCAs
Copyright. 1882. by International
News Service)

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MIDDLEBORO, Mass, Sept.
II Q.N.S.) - Grace Atwood,
blonde sweetheart of Charles E.
Dubois, turned against her
lover five days ago, when evil
dence of his guilt in the killing
of his wife was laid before the
girl.
This was revealed today by AS
sistant District Attorney John V.
Sullivan, who was in charge OF the
search that finally frightened Du-
bois into committing suicide.
Girl "In Trance"
Sullivan, propped up in bed in
his home here, is suffering from
a heavy cold and exhaustion,
having got out of bed yesterday in
O binding storm to direct the dig
ging for the body of Mrs. Dubois.
He said:
'When I went to the Atwood
home last Monday, 1 talked with
Grace, her father, and the At
wood family counsel. Grace was
absolutely cOlOrleSs, as If in a
trance, answering questions just
yes or no.
"She already had told every
thing she knew about Dubois
movements to two of my detec-
tiVes and semeed to be appalled,
by the significance of her knOwl-
edge.
"If she had had any suspicion
Of the crime before we ques-
toned her, she never would
have talked so freely, we felt
certain. She acted as if she
were Mortified by a sudden dis
cOvery.
MISS ATWOOD IN TERROR
'As 1 was leaving, I said to
her: Grace, this mess may be
q blessing in disguise for you.
I am convinced Dubois MUIR
dered his wife. And if it hadn't
been discovered, your parents
may have been looking for your
body some years from now"
Miss Atwood, silent, stared at
him in terror, Sullivan said.
Sullivan then asked Levi o.
Atwood, her father, if he could
depend on the Atwood family to
keep him informed if Dubois at
tempted to communicate with
Grace. Atwood, turning to his
daughter, replied affirmatively.
Defiance Revealed
It was then, according to Sui.
livan, that Miss Atwood made
her Illuminating remark. She de-
clared:
"He will never cone to see
me-"
There was disgust, difiance
bitterness in her voice. 1t was
obvious from the remark that
she felt Dubois would be ashamed
to face her, now she had learned
there was blood on his hands.
So far as is known, Grace At
wood never got in touch with
Dubois from that day to this, has
received no word from him, al
though rumor had it he posted a
good-by note, and has not de
clared to anyone how she feels
about his death.
Miss Atwood was madly in love
with Dubois, Sullivan believed
Her condition when she learned
of what had happened made that
apparent.
"Only One of Many"
Contrary to reports, Sullivan
did not know Miss Atwood before
he started his Investigations, al
though he knew her father very
we'll, having served with him as
co-director of a local bank.
Even her love for the jeweler,
who told police she was "only
one of many women in my life, y
could not have stood the shock
of knowing him a murderer, ac'
cording to Sullivan.
She spent at least one day
and night at the summer camp
on Great Herring Pond near Ply
mouth, Sullivan said, and it is
inconceivable to him she would
have dared remain in that de-
serted spot all alone with a muir
derer and the body of his victim
in the house, had she known.
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