Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-19

! have sworn to tell the truth, and |
I am telling the truth and nothing but
l the truth"
You arc q modern Joseph. aren't
you? Where did you leave your coat?'
No. I don't pose as any Joseph
Did you tell your father or your
/ mother about this awful temptatiOn?
lit was no temptation to me what
I ever"
This concluded Mr.. Gamblers cross
examination.
Tells Alleged Plot
! Assistant Solicitor L. A stephens was
| the next witness called. He testified
that he went to the Jail to hear the
statement by Rosa Bell HUMPHREYS hav-
ing been informed that she had i'm
Portant information. lie stated that
! after some general conversation he ask
/ ei her what she knew about the HirSch
/ case and at first she refused to talk,
! declaring she had been given a dirty
, deal by everybody in Atlanta and was
sore on the town" He stated that DR..
! w. ]. Auten. Jail physician, who was
/ present advised her to talk. and she
Jnen talked about an hour, telling him
that Mrs. Hirsch had confessed to a
: plot between herself. her husband and
/ J. w Cook to get some money out of
/ Mayor Gambler He stated that Miss
/ HUMPHREYS refused to go into details
! and refused to go into court as a wit
ness, declaring she would go to Jail
J first. On a second visit to the Jail.
( Mr.. Stephens stated, she again refused
I TO testify, explaining that in SO doing
I she would "betray a confidence
/ On cross-exam!nati ton by Judge Rus
/ sell, Mr.. stephens vigorously denied
/ that the subject OF money was ever
( mentioned to Miss HUMPHREYS. At the
conclusion of his testimony Judge Rus
| sell moved to strike it from the record,
and the motion was overruled.
! The next witness was George Adair.
4 who testified that he was present at
three of the conferences between For-
! rest Adair and Mrs Hirsch, and on
! none of these occasions did ne or mis-
/ brother make the suggestion that she
/ leave town or accept any money. On
| the contrary, he stated, these sugges-
ton came from Mrs Hirsch. Cross
examination developed nothing mate
! rial.
! The next witness was G H. Bald
/ win, the taxicab driver, who testified
at the trial of Cook that Cook offered
/ him 5000 to get a master key for the
! second floor of the Gambler building
| He gave this testimony again, SUBJ
stantially the same as he gave it IN
! Cook trial. on cross examination by
] Judge Russell he admitted that he had
Z DN5iA uituGl lAiulNtiAl6iiL III uiNOh SupS-
/ rior court on a charge of highway rob-
I berry.
Arguments Begin
The next witness was June Stoddard
who testified that he was with Bald
win on the night when Cook made the
/ offer to get the master key, and that
he overheard the offer. Cross-eXamina-
ton developed nothing material.
The next witness was Mrs. Hayes,
matron at the Fulton county Jail, who
denied that she cashed a money order
for SIS for Rosa Bell HUMPHREYS. who
claimed in Lcr testimony that."the lady
in charge got the money for her. She
Was not crOss-eXamined.
City Detective John Starnes was the
next witness called. He testified that
ne went to a rooming house at 10 II
Auburn avenue to see the man named
Lee who went with Cook, according TO
Cook, TO spy on Mayor Gambler. He
testified that Lee was gone when he
got there. He was not cross-examined.
This closed the case Tor the state.
The defense announced that they had
no witnesses in sur-rebuttal. They
asked for an hour and a half to pre-
sent arguments to the jury, and Judge
Hill granted their request. 1t was
stated that Attorneys Cooper and
James and Judge Russell would speak
nounced that he would open for the
state and Solicitor Boykin would close.
! Arguments began Immediately.
Nothing is so good as a good wom-
an" said Attorney Arnold. opening for
the state, and nothing is so bad as a
bad one"
Mrs. Hirsch began to cry.
II am convinced, after hearing Mrs
lIirschs statement, that she was the
brains of the plot. As for J ". Cook
1 he is just an ordinary, common crook.
| That is shown by his own statement, by
his own boastful Dragging about his
past record with women. Her associa-
ton with him and the plot on Mayor
Gambler do not reflect any credit on
Mrs. Hirsch's intelligence. It was a
| case of money-making and she lost her
| judgment She was determined to land
on some member of the Gambler family
| She went after William Gambler first
| He was married man and she knew it,
| She telephoned him that her husband
| was out OF town a great deal. You
| all know what that means. 1t wasn't
necessary to make her invitation any
more explicit. She invited him to come
| to see her, and it was plain to any man
what she was after. When they posed
for the picture she reached out and
| took hold Of his arm and put it on her
shoulder
Mayor Brave Man
Their whole defense seems to rest
on the proposition that Mrs. Hirsch was
intimate with Mayor Gambler. He is d
brave man, and ne deserves the thanks
Of the community for exposing these
crooks and bringing them TO trial Il
took a great deal Of courage to face
the barragc fire of mud and slime he
knew they we're going to throw on him,
he knew his enemies would believe their
lying charges, or pretend to believe
them. But this did not deter him. and
the community owes him debt of
thanks for bringing these plotters to JUS
tica
THE whole plot is as plain as the
nose on a mans face. Cook was to
sneak up to the Gambler building at u
certain hour, when ne knew Mrs. Hirsch
would be in the mayors office, and was
TO walk into the office when she opened
the door, and claim he had caught the
mayor in a compromising position with
! Mrs. Hirsch. And she was not to deny
the base accusation. good woman
would have furioUsly resented and de-
nounced his defamation Of her charac-
| ter but she admitted it.
Great Actress
when il comes to acting, this wom-
| is in a class with the Divine Sarah
Bernhard She can turn on the tears
as easily as turning on the water at