Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23
MAJOR VIM JUST
RAV|NC, NURSE
DECLARES
Soldiers Home Trustee Called
%Lothario of "a" by Veteran
Defending Her.

Major Thomas +. Wins reply toI
charges Of improperly and drunken
ness brought against him chairman
Of the investigating committee Of the
board Of trustees OF the Soldiers Home,
IS scathingly denounced as false and
absurd by Mrs Mackie Glare, head
nurse a the home, in statement is
sued today. Her reply is supported by
a statement from H H Colquitt, vet
eran inmate
WINS reply is termed "a raving
He himself is declared by the accusing
nurse to be too low down. too CON
temptfbie for notice of decent people
Laughs at Asthma Cure.
His allegation that Mrs. Clare was
under the hypnotic influence Of Colonel
Colouitt when she filed the charges are
scoffed His statement that he took
whisky only as a cure for asthma IS
laughed at. She spiritedly reiterateS
her statement that ne was uTuilh aHN
attempted to approach her.
In all her charges she is vigorously
and completely supported by Colquitt'
In a signed statement he defends Mrs.
Clare's character and does not spare
wtnns.
Here is Mrs. Caxe's statement in
full;
Having read the extraordinary raw
5nrs IN your issue OF Tuesday, ascribed
20 Major Thomas E. VIM can hardly
credit them as coming from man OF
discretion.
Il preferred charges against Mr..
WIN on October 10 and presented them
20 the board of trustees / regret that
these charges were not acted on
promptly. was invited 10 present
them to the governor. some OF the trus-
tees claiming that was the proper
course The charges we're drunkenness
and assault.
Every word OF these charges was
supported by affidavits OF reliable wit
nesses and the board must convict
VIM. Certainly any jury would.
No Soldier at Home,
"The charges that he says that he has
preferred sgaiust me are absolutely I'M
true. No United States soldier from
Mcpherson barracks has ever been
seen so far as I know, at the dead Of
night at the Soldiers Home: certainly
not at the hospital No United States
soldier has ever called on me either in
the dav or night
LAS 10 my being 'hypnotized' by any
body. il is too absurd to answer Major
VIM knows every statement against
my private character is untrue and IL
he has given to your journal such
charges as you print he is too low
down. too contemplate for notice of
decent people.
Il have served at the home as nurse
for four years and have written in
dorsement OF the old vets and OF the
board. Not one word Of oensure has
ever been given to me by any off1cial.
Major VIM has never given me ia
the.lv advice and I have always treat
cd him as my duty required. No good
or wise man would try 80 recklessly to
destroy the good name OF IA woman. |
will prove every word of the stuff
printed In The Georgian false.
MRS. MACKTB CLARE"
Calls VIM lothar4o.
The statement of Colonel Colquitt is
no less fiery Rest assured" says he
chat every charge against VIM is
fully sustained by aff1davtts OF the best
men at the Soldiers Home He is very
guilty and II ia laushable TO read his
statement in your paper.
'Hypnotized by II, H. Colquitt-
WINS father1y advice" while strug
Cling with the asthma cure. His very
statement that the lady is no saint or
angel and his anxiety to get near her
proves that whisky for asthma viii
make a double -dyed ass OF a young
Lothario OF ~
Mr. Colquitt had not seen the lady
in two weeks when Winn 'scorned her
and was pulled away by the superin-
tendent and put 10 bed drunk by the
Lieutenant at the home"
Interest in the controversy is run
ming high at the Soldiers Home and II
is said that the old veterans are taking
sides for and against the accused truS-