The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-15

secure entrance into one OF the boxes for the
purpose OF insulting the speaker and disturb
ing the audience was thing that no gentle
man would have done
| was told that the name of the vou1d-be
dlsturber, whose courage collapsed so sud-
denly was J. 0. Cochran, of the Atlanta
Georgian.
In reference to him comes the following
letter, which bears no date, but was received
by me today December 81
Hon Thos E. Watson Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir:--It might be of interest to you to
know that j. O. Cochran, formerly connected with
The Atlanta Journal, is the who went to
Columbus and got the affidavit from the woman.
Cochran is one of he most rabd Hoke Smith men
in the state, He is the Secretary of the Fulton
County Democratic Executive Committee, which
is controlled by the Hoke Smith forces
1t Seely had been sincere in his investigation,
would he not have sent fair-minded to see
The woman instead Of bitter Smith partisan?
Would Cochran have been made Secretary of the
County Committee if he had not been a sup
porter of Hoke Smith? After he had been mott
lied that he was to make the Columbus trip
couldn't he have gone to Smiths office and got
money with which to bride the woman? He is
known as bitter enemy of yours and it is reason
able to suppose that he would have done any
thing to discredit you. The Cozart before whom
she is supposed to have appeared before and swore
to her affidavit was appointed to office by
HOke Smith and is it not reasonable to suppose
that he, too, would have aided Cochran in the
scheme?
think that Cozarts father-in-law was also
appointed to some office by Hoke Smith. These
facts can be had by writing to Columbus. How
could Cochran go so unerringly to just the right
parties without a conference with some in
Smiths office if not with Smith himself? You
find out these facts about Cochran by writing
to anybody in Atlanta. He does not deny that he
went to Columbus.
Now we come to that Columbus woman :
How did j. Q. Cochran manage to find her
SO quickly?
True had given Fred Seely her name and
Post Office box number but not the place of
her residence. From whom did j. O. Coch-
ran learn the name OF her street and the num-
Der of the house in which she plies her trade?
Did Hoke Smith tell Cochran or Seely
where they could find the woman? IF not
who did?
At what time did Cochran 90 to this house
of ill-repute? Who went with him?
Did he give the woman any money? If So
how much ?-and whose money was it?
How long did it take Cochran to persuade
the woman to sign that statement? and where
was she when she took the oath?
Did she have her hand on the Bible when
she took the oath Or did she merely hold up
her right hand? Was the oath really admin
istered to her at all? If so, who was present
when it was done?
Why was it that Cochran did not include
in the affidavit a statement that she had never
accused Governor Hoke Smith of mistreating
her III his office?
The language in which the accusation is
couched is as follows:
ut seems that this woman, fresh from
Smiths office to Joe Sid Turner's Office with
crumpled hair and flushed face, intimated to
Turner that something wrong had been done
Turner told"
Can Mr.. Cochran take another trip down to