Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
GIRL CONFESSES
SHOOTING At
OWLS CLUB
Declares Wounding Of County
Warden Was Accident-Both
Drinking, She Says.
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know what 10 do. ! dropped the gun
on the floor and covered my face
with my hands. ! was so scared ]
didn't know what TO do and I don't
remember how got out Of the room"
Lanford Believes Her Story.
Chief Lanford announced he be
lieves the woman's story. and his
opinion Is concurred in by detectives
who have been investigating the case.
They declare the nature Of the wound
Is such that it could not have been
made save by a weapon that was
pointing downward.
After Mrs. Ballue's confession Chief
Lanford reduced her bond from 81. 900
20 500 and changed the charge to
disorderly conduct It was signed by
her brother-in-law. W H. HoIbrook.
with whom she resides at is Lynch
Street.
After the womsn's release Captain
Thompson was brought 10 headquar-
tiers from Grady Hospital in cab,
and a charge OF disorderly conduct
was docketed against him. His bond
was fixed at 800. 1t also was signed
by Holbrook. After he was released
Mrs. Ballue entered the cab and drove
away with Captain Thompson.
Members Of Mrs. Ballues family
said Saturday morning that Captain
Thompson has been paying her atten-
tions for about a year. She is the
wife Of John Ballue, a structural iron
worker, from whom she has been sep
hrated for three years She has no
children. For the past year she has
been employed at Nunnally's overall
Factory at Marietta and Alexander
Streets.
Arrested on Street.
Detectives Doyal and WaREoner
attached TO headquarters, arrested
Mrs. Ballue at Garrett and Pryor
Streets after what they asserted was
an attempt to spirit her away by l..
G. Raoul secretary OF the owls Club.
The detectives, unable to md either
the girl or Mr.. Raoul at the club
rooms, started a search. They learned
the girl and the secretary had slipped
quietly down the back stairs half an
hour after the shooting of Captain
Thompson They hurried down Pryor
Street, hoping to intercept them be-
fore the girl was taken away.
As they neared Pryor and Ganett
Streets the detectives saw man and
q woman lurking in the shadows OF
the building. Not knowing whether
they were Mrs. Ballue and Mr. Raoul
or strangers. Doyal and Waggoner Sc
creted themselves across the street
and awaited developments. In a few
minutes a cab drove rapidly up to
the curbing and the door was flung
open. A voice from within the cab
commanded the man and woman 10
enter, and to hurry up"
As Rar~l ana Mrs Ballue rushed
across the sidewi-k and started 10
enter the cab the detectives recog-
nlzed them and hurried across the
street. They accosted the two.
Woman Denies Shooting.
According 10 stories told to Night
Chief Jett by Detective Waggoner,
both Raoul and the woman were
nervous when confronted by the Of
ficers. Raoul did not speak, they said,
after they graspcd his arm. but the
woman twisted away from the de-
tective who held her and faced them.
She demanded;
What do you want me for? I
didn't shoot MINI
The woman then tried to break
away and enter the waiting cab, but
the officers ordered her 10 so TO head
quarters with them. Raoul, too. went
along.
The detectives claim the utterance
of the woman when they placed her
under arrest was significant. Wag-
EOneT whom she asked why she was
wanted, and whom she told she had
not shot Captain Thompson, declared
that he had not mentioned the shoot
ing or told her why she was wanted.
He and his partner, Doyal. had sim
ply told them TO wait a moment,
catching them just as they started TO
hurry into the cab.
At headquarters Friday night the
woman answered the questions put
10 her by Chief Jett readily and com
posedly, and emphatically denied that
she had shot Captain Thompson. Her
version Of the affair, as told TO Chief
Jet, is as follows:
Other Women in Room.
She has known Captain Thompson
for some time, she declared, and last
night had gone with him to the club.
They entered the reception parlors of
the club and took a seat al one Of the
tables. She claims she hau drank but
one glass Of wine before the shooting.