Read all about it: the madcap love affair of Gene Grace - an "Adonis from a Georgia town" - and his new wife, Daisy, a glamorous, wealthy Yankee widow. It was all fun and games until her money ran out. Gene was found shot in a locked bedroom inside his locked house. Paralysed, he was later carried into court on a stretcher. "Surely, she shot him," they said. But Gene was blocked by Georgia law from testifying against his wife. Could the prosecutors prove their "diabolical plot?"   The Atlanta newspapers--led by the Georgian, under the very new control of Mr. Hearst, that giant of "yellow journalism"--covered the case relentlessly. In 1912, a sweat soaked Atlanta jury had to decide a classic locked door mystery. This is the never-before-told story of a sensational crime and an extraordinary trial that gripped the nation in 1912. “In this study, Hughes, a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, examines the local and national newspapers’ sensationalistic coverage of the case and the trial, and explains the mystery of what actually happened between Eugene and Daisy”― Reference & Research Book News ; “a century-old scandal about an Atlanta woman’s alleged shooting of her husband that became the dominant headline for weeks in al three Atlanta newspapers of the day”― AccessAtlanta.com . CHECK OUT THE NEW PRICE FOR THE KINDLE VERSION! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. FOR MORE INFORMATION: richgeorgian@aol.com In March of 1912, Eugene Grace, a young businessman, was found shot and paralyzed in the locked bedroom of his very posh home a few steps off Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street.  Suspicion immediately fell on his wife, a glamorous and mysterious woman from Philadelphia.  Fanned by a "loopy" trio of Atlanta newspapers at the height of "yellow journalism," the story dominated the headlines for weeks.  The national press was equally fascinated.  Even the sinking of the Titanic that April couldn't force it off the front pages.  The remarkable shooting was framed either as a classic locked room mystery or a tragic romance and ultimately it led to a weeklong sensational trial conducted in the grueling heat of a Georgia summer.    This is the story of an "Adonis from a country town" and the woman known to all as "Daisy of the Leopard Spots." Rich Georgian Strangely Shot is history, Southern history, Atlanta history, social history, legal history, newspaper history and true crime.  It's a compelling period story and a courtroom drama.  There's a bit of race, not much sex, but a lot of human nature.  It will be of interest to scholars of the American South, journalism, law and readers of true crime.   There is currently a screenplay in preparation for "a major motion picture." Table of Contents Preface                                    1.  Rich Georgian Strangely Shot                        2.  Gene, What Have You Been Saying?       3.  The Adonis of a Country Town           4.  The Philadelphia Belle                 5.  A Heart-Broken Man                     6.  Between the Peachtrees                 7.  Burglar or Butler?                    8.  To the Tower                           9.  The "Diabolical Plot"                 10. Hell, No, I'm Not Going to Die        11. The House of Mystery                  12. To Philadelphia                       13. Gene Grace in a Bad Light             14. Hearst is Stirring up Atlanta        15. An Operation                         16. A Deathlike Stillness                 17. The Bloody Bundle Redux              18. Mother Hill's Ordeal                  19. The Alibi Letters                    20. A Grocer Calls                        21. Gentlemen, I am Innocent              22. Inhuman Creature or Persecuted Woman 23. We, the Jury                         24. Purely Speculation                   25. The Final Chapter                    In March 1912, Gene Grace, a young Atlanta businessman, was found shot in the locked bedroom of his fashionable home "between the Peachtrees." Daisy Grace, his flashily dressed Yankee wife from Philadelphia, was soon arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Gene Grace was left paralyzed but, more importantly, he was powerless legally. Under Georgia law, he could not testify against his wife. Prosecutors were forced to rely instead upon the circumstantial evidence of an alleged "diabolical plot." The Atlanta newspapers--led by the Georgian, under the very new control of Mr. Hearst, that giant of "yellow journalism"--covered the case relentlessly. Papers across the country followed the drama for months, which concluded with a five-day trial held in the searing heat of a Georgia summer. This is the never-before-told story of the tragic romance between "the Adonis of a country town" and the woman known to all as "Daisy of the Leopard Spots." In March 1912, Gene Grace, a young Atlanta businessman, was found shot in the locked bedroom of his fashionable home "between the Peachtrees." Daisy Grace, his flashily dressed Yankee wife