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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
1
A dated report outlines Mrs Grace's divorce case remarks and a financial summary for Orange County schools. It lists expenditures for teaching staff and buildings, and notes a not guilty verdict stage amid ongoing press attention. It records total funds from sources as $30,846.27 and total expenditures of $29,830.41 with balance on hand $1,515.88.
Theodore A. Bell faces a jury verdict as the plea ends with not guilty for the defendant. Mrs. Grace shows emotion and a telegram startles her. The crowd erupts in mixed cheers and boos while bailiffs intervene and the judge thanks the jurors.
Reports from Juarez and Sonora state two unnamed American men were hanged by rebels near Cananea. Authorities ordered an investigation to determine if the killings aimed to trigger American intervention. General Orozco dismissed US government recognition and received the American consul’s message.
Clyde Sims formerly of Georgia vanished a decade ago and lived under the name C E Van Wormer. Detectives in St Louis identified him, and his wife, long seeking him, reconciled with him in the Chief of Detectives office. Sims was linked to a $5 000 life policy case.
Daisy Ulrich Opie Grace was found not guilty of shooting her husband Gene Grace at their 29 West Eleventh street home. The tense verdict followed a dramatic courtroom scene as Grace faintly trembled and prepared to leave for Philadelphia amid her sister’s telegram about her blind son Little Webster Opie’s illness. A divorce action is planned as a sequel to the tragedy.
Reports from Tokyo describe the Taisei era starting after the emperor's death, with widespread mourning and calm business activity. Telegrams of sympathy arrive from Taft and Knox via American officials, while flags remain crepe bound and banks closed. In Washington, Bonaventura Cerretti says the papal order on mixed marriages does not change U S law, restoring a provision suspended in parts of Europe.
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