Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15

| couldn't be done to stop Cook. "
Said Cook wouldn't Talk
The next day, said Mr.. Adair. he call
ed Cook for a conference. but Cook re-
fused to discuss the matter at all, de-
claring he would talk to nobody but
Mayor Gambler.
Accordingly. said Mr.. Adair. he agreed
to arrange a conference between Mayor
Gambler and Cook and did so the next
day. leaving them alone for about an
hour in Mr.. Adairs office.
After Cook left, Mr.. Gambler told them
that Cook had demanded that Mrs.
Hirsch be sent out of town, said Mr..
Adair Cooks attitude, according to
what Mr. Gambler told Mr.. Adair. was
that he (Cook) was a very dear friend
Of MIR. Hirsch; and that he wanted
them to separate, and he wanted
Mrs. Hirsch sent away from Atlanta.
If this could be done, Cook is said TO
have declared that he would say noth-
ing to Mr. Hirsch about the whole mat
ter
Mr.. Adair said that he then decided
to arrange a series of conferences, striv-
ing to draw out Cook and Mrs. Hirsch
in an effort to get them to show their
hand and make a specific demand for
money.
At his next conference the following
day with Mrs Hirsch. said Mr.. Adair,
she did this very thing, stating that
she would leave town if she were pro-
vided with a sum sufficient to insure
her an income of $4,000 a year.
Mr. Adair said he had two more con-
versations after that with Cook in which
Cook insisted he had delivered an
"ultimatum," that Mrs. Hirsch must be
gotten out of town.
Said She Called Herself No Piker
His last interview with Mrs. Hirsch,
at which Asa q. Gambler, Jr., was pres
ent, was last Tuesday morning, said
Mr. Adair. He testified that at this in
terview Mrs. Hirsch declared she was
mo piker," that Mr.. Gambler had given
81, 100000 to Emory university and she
wanted at least half that amount, $780,
600, together with enough money to pay
her husbands debts.
Mrs. Hirshc had an itemized list of
her husbands, debts, said Mr.. Adair,
amounting to $1,000. He showed the
! list to the grand jury.
After that interview, ! told her |
would see her later said Mr.. Adair.
'1n the meantime, on Wednesday morn
ing Cook called on Mayor Gambler told
him he had given him a reasonable time
to get Mrs. Hirsch out of town, declar-
ed that nothing had been done about II
and said if she wasn't out of town by
Friday, he was going to Mr. Hirsch with
the whole story. That settled it. Mr..
Gambler called his attorney, Reuben R..
Arnold and told him to bring the whole
thing before the grand jury"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Adair's tes-
timony. the grand jury returned indict-
ments against both Cook and Mrs.
Hirsch.
Immediately following the return of
| indictments against them by the grand
4 jury, Cook and Mrs. Hirsch were placed
under arrest and taken to Jail Cook was
arrested at the real estate office where
/ he is employed, and Mrs Hirsch was
arrested i'm the office of her husband
! in the Trust Company OF Georgia build
/ ing The arrests were made by Deputy
/ Sheriffs Gordon Hardy, Lane Mitchell
| and w. o. Mckenzie Bonds of $4,000
each were fixed on each of the prisoners
when they arrived at the Jail
Mrs. Hirsch told a Journal reporter
| that she will not attempt to make bond
and will not employ counsel