Long-time Atlanta resident Tom Hughes was a radio news host and journalist for more than 30 years and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He is a contributing writer to the London-based Marylebone Journal.

“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.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. “Rich Georgian Strangely Shot”      2. “What have you told these people, Gene?”      3. “Adonis from 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. “A 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 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      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Long-time Atlanta resident Tom Hughes was a radio news host and journalist for more than 30 years and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He is a contributing writer to the London-based Marylebone Journal.

“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.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. “Rich Georgian Strangely Shot”      2. “What have you told these people, Gene?”      3. “Adonis from 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. “A 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 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      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Long-time Atlanta resident Tom Hughes was a radio news host and journalist for more than 30 years and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He is a contributing writer to the London-based Marylebone Journal.

“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.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. “Rich Georgian Strangely Shot”      2. “What have you told these people, Gene?”      3. “Adonis from 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. “A 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 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      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index