On September 26, Lucinda Boddy, a cook in a home near the university, went up the street to the home of attorney Major W. D. Dunham, where her friend, Gracie Vance, worked.  Gracie lived in a servant's cabin behind the house with her common-law husband, Orange Washington.  Saylor describes Lucinda as being ill and in need of care, so she had gone to stay with Gracie to heal.  That day passed uneventfully, but by evening, Gracie and Orange had an argument over his