Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
SW|NDLE DENIED
BY MRS. WHITE
Or. Turner's Charges Are All
False, She Says Insists
She Has Estate.

DR.. Turner has no basis for his
charges of swindling and misrepresen-
tation,' said DR.. and Mrs. Oliver T
White, in their apartments at the Hotel
Imperial today, following Mrs. Whites
arrest last night upon a warrant al
leging that she obtained upward of
$1,000 from DR.. J. E. Turner well
known local druggist, upon false state
ments that she soon expected settle
ment of an estate in Kentucky from
which she would receive a large amount
of money.
"All such charges as DR.. Turner
brings are false" said DR.. White today
The matter is simply this: | borrowed
various sums, totaling a trifle over ST.
500, from Turner during the past three
months. l needed this money to tide
me over until my wifes estate was set
tied. The sums ranged from 500 to
$500 at time. | gave but one note to
Turner He holds that now 1t was
simply loan agreement between two
men. | had known Turner for the past
twelve years. l knew him so we'll that
we mad nicknames for each other |
again assert the charges are simply the
outcome of Turner's anger. | called
him on the phone last week and told
him that the estate had not as yet been
settled, but that we expeced to hear Of
the settlement daily. He told me then
that he needed the money [ borrowed
badly, but would not push me-"
Mrs. White CoIlapses.
Mrs. White is today in a state of
total collapse. An officer guarded her in
her rooms at the Peachtree street
apartment until friends of the couple
furnished bail in the sum of $4,000 for
her.
DR.. White, who halls from Milledge-
vile, came to Atlanta some years ago
and took up what is reported to have
been lucrative practice. He was re-
ported to be a man of some wealth
among his circle of friends.
Last July DR.. White married Miss
Ella Harrison, well known locally She
originally came from Kentucky, where
it is said she had fallen heir to a rather
large estate. The lands and suburban
improvements in and about Louisville
came to her, 1t is reported through the
death of her mother and an uncle. The
estate became involved in litigation
through the sudden appearance of a
nephew who made protesting claim.
The matter was placed in the hands of a
Louisville attorney, declares DR.. White.
This attorney was later dismissed as he
refused to prosecute Mrs Whites
claims in a sufficiently vigorous man
ner.
Borrowed From Friends.
AS to the charges that Mrs. White
went among her husbands friends and
borrowed various sums of money on
the strength of the estate story and
the promised early settlement. DR..
White declares that such is not the
case.
Il knew all along just what Mrs.
White was doing. She has not person
ally borrowed any of this money charg-
ed against her. l borrowed it from nv
friends. That is all there is to the
matter"
Dr. Turner today alleges that Mrs
White came to him during last January,
before she was married to DR. White
and that he, on her representa- tions,
loaned her money in varying sums from
that time until September of last year
"Since that time | refused to extend
her further cash." said DR.. Turner to-
day
"She declared to me that she owned
valuable lands in Kentucky, Atlanta
realty and some $4,000 worth Of gov
eminent bonds. These, she said, were
soon be settled. On the strength of her
story and her acquaintance and mar
riage with my friend, DR.. White, | be-
came involved in her speculations. until
yesterday I was forced to seek recov-
cry through criminal proceedings"
DR.. Turner declares Mrs. White
showed him a letter signed by Senator
Joseph S. Blackburn, of Kentucky. in
which he was writing her as her attor
ney. Dr. Turner says he later wrote
Blackburn, who replied, saying he
knew nothing of the White family af-
fairs"
DR.. Fox former postmaster today adj
mitted that Mrs. White before her mar
riage had secured an unnamed sum of
money from him on representations that
she owned valuable real estate here and
in Kentucky. He declared, however
that he did not contemplate court pro-
ceedings
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