Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
GONFESSES
SHOOTING At
OWLSCLUB
Declares Wounding Of County
Warden Was Accident-Both
Drinking, She Says.
Continued From Page I.

The detectives, unable to find either
the girl or Mr. Raoul at the club
rooms started 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 ueared Pryor and Garnett
Streets the detectives saw a man and
a woman lurking in the shadows Of
the building. Not knowing whether
they were Mrs Ballue and Mr. Raoul
or strangers. Doyal and Waggoner Sc
GREETED 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 Raoul and Mrs. Ballue rushed
across the sidewalk and started to
enter the cab the detectives recog-
nized them and hurried across the
street They accosted the two.
Woman Denies Shooting.
According TO stories told to Night
Chief Jet by Detective Waggoner.
both Raoul and the woman we're
nervous when confronted by the Of
hcers. Raoul did not speak, they said,
after they grasped 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?
didn't shoot himi"
The woman then tried 10 break
away and enter the waiting cab. but
the officers ordered her to go 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-
goner. 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 walt a moment,
catching them just as they started 10
hurry into the cab
At headquarters Friday night the
woman answered the questions put
10 her by Chief Jett readily and com
posedly. and emphatlcally denied that
II
version OF the affair, as told to Chief
Jett, 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 at one Of the
tables. She claims she had drank but
one glass Of wine before the shooting.
Hey escort. il is said. was drinking
highballs and rickeys, but was not
intoxicated. Two other men. seated
at a table near the doorway, were
the only other occupants Of the room.
After they had sat at the table for
perhaps an hour. the woman saws.
Captain Thompson asked her 10 play
the piano. She played popular mu-
sic for some moments, she said, and
did not hear a shot which she said
came as she was playing raEtime in
a particularly loud key She said
she supposed the sound Of the pianL
drowned the shot. As she sOftened
the tones Of the piano she heard the
sound Of a fall. and turned around on
the piano stool
Then she heard Captain Thompson
cry that he was shot and saw him
fan to the floor. His revolver Law
on the floor beside him The two
women near the door were standing
by their table and gazing in horror
at the figure Of the captain on the
floor.
Mrs, Ballus declared she was dazed
by the sight and covered her face
with her hands, and when she looked
up again the women were gone. 4
number OF men. she declared. We're
standing over Captain Thompson, and
he was telling them he had accident
ally shot himself
Thompson had been accidentally shot
and had been taken 10 his home in a
cab. The gr0ans Of the wounded man
as he lay on a table in a nearby room
gave them away, however, and it was
discovered that he was still in thu
club. He was then taken TO Grady
Hospital for medical attention Prior
10 his removal TO the hospital Can
tain Thompson was questioned by
Detectives Nickery and Handy. who
answered the first call to the club.
but he refused TO talk, and would give
no explanation Of the shooting.
The officers accompanied the am
bulance 10 the hospital, and continued
their quizzing OF the wounded man
They claim he remained sullen and
defiant, hut after being placed on the
operating table admitted he had been
shot by the girl during a quarrel
Handy and NiCkery visited the hos