Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
.BATEMAN, FREED FROM
FRAUD CHARGE, SCORES
FIELDER AS PERSECUTOF

tain statements about me. or he
ought TO have known 3d.. as he could
have known By the slightest inquiry
But Fielder specializes in cases OF this
sort, and In order to clean this old
man Rothleutncr up Of large. round
number OF his dollars for fees and 10
get cheap notorIety by his case being
published in the papers. he was will
ing 10 have my good name and char
acter sacrificed,
81 am not surprised AT Fielder hav-
Ing 10 specialize. for a lawyer who
does not know any better than 70
bring suit which he did for dam
ages on account of q warrant being
sworn out against his so-Calied de-
tcctive and client. l.. b. Cheatham,
before the issues in said warrant
were determined. needs "a specially in
which there is not much law.
Calls Him a Bully.
He delights 20 much. however, in
seeing his name I'm the papers that he
Is willing TO resort 70 most anything
10 get such notoricty.
This insOlCnf swaggerer and pre-
tentlOus and would be bully in an in
terview with reporter Of The At
lanta Georgian on Monday March ~
last, said IN substance that / had
been in the fake pOolroom business
for several years: that the prosecu-
ton would not be limited to me, but
would include some ten or twelve
more or less prominent men in the
conspiracy, and that they would pro-
duce evidence so strange as to be
hardly believable. but beyond doubt
unreasonable.
Where Is his evidence. placing me
In the fake noolroom business, as he
alleges Even his attempts to prove
such were proven tn be absolutely
falsel Where are the ten or twelve
more or less prominent men in the
conspiracy Where IL the evidence
so strange as to be hardly believabIe,
but beyond doubt unquestlonabl e2
such clustering statements az
these and the conduct Of this creature
for some tim epast has convinced me
that ne Is made mp OF two special
ties. three -fouTths buster and the
other one-fourth hallucination of the
brain.
Quotes Interview.
In his interview above referred to
! quote him specially as follows:
'Bateman has been doing this
thing for a number or years; the re-
suit OF Investigations OF our private
detectives convinced us Bateman was
in with the gang In Miami and later
Investigations have proven he Is
rather an old hand in the game.
kothleutner met him In Miami; the
acquaintance became to be little
intimate and Bateman enticed him To
place similar to the one that was
operated in Atlanta Bateman is the
king bee" Of the bunch, who oper-
ated in Palm Beach Miami and sew
eral Florida resorts, Atlanta. ST. Paul.
kansas city and probably through
the East
These several statements made by
inns creature are positive statements;
~" does not pretend they are hearsay
He asserts they are true. and NV
selt-respect, my honor and my dig
nifty as gentleman demand that I
denounce each and every one OF them
as a willful, deliberate anc malicious
falsehood
His conduct in this matter has
proven him to be lower and meaner
than the cowardly assassin unworthy
OF the association with gentleman. as
lawyer dishonor TO the profess
SION. and his name ought TO be strjck-
en- from its roll. and should this
Would-be bully and character assas-
slh ne called upon to explain to the
court why he is not guilty OF ylolat-
ing the law which requires an attor.
ney to abstain from all offensive
personalities and to advance no fact
preJudicial to the honor or reputation
or the party or witness unless re-
quired by the justice OF the cause
with which they are charged. and to
employ such means only as are con-