Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
GETS MAXIMUM
$1,000 Fine and Year in
Chain Gang
Find Cook Guilty Of Attempt to Black
mail A.lanta's 67.Year.Old Multi
Millionaire Mayor-State Commended
Close Relationship Between Cook
and Woman in Case

and Woman IN Case
Atlanta Ca Feb. 2,.-One year AT
hard labor N the chain gang and a
are Of Si0o0--the maximum penalty fcl
a nisdemeanor. was the sentence lnc-
rosed in Fulton county superior court
todsv uron J W Cook. real estate
agent indicted Jointly with Mrs. Mar
rare, Hirsch. wirs ~ r. II. Hirsch, an
insurance man. for an attempt I"
nlackmsil Asa G. Chandler. Atlanta
swear old multi millionaire mayor. TOT
$500 ooo Mrs. Hi'sch will be placed or
trial Friday
Jury Out But Half Hour
Tho Jury deioerated less than haIi
ar hour and the entire trial consumed
no, ouite eight hours. A jury was
,uicklv secured and the state had pre-
s,rted most of it's evidence before me
mann recess. in the testimony of MI.
chambers agent in dealing with COOK
and Mrs. IIirsch The defense depend
,d on a brief statement by COOK him.
self.
AMER sentence had been imposed by
Iudrc EilI. counsel for Cook made
motion for Il new trial. The court SET
Marc 4, as the date for hearing ar2u-
mon, in rlea and fixed the amount OF
cooks bond AZ 10000 in default "f "hlcl
he was demanded to jail
The court room was CROWDED
,hroushout tho Trial, the spectators
,,,l,di,. many women and childien-
Mrs Hu.ch, who il - years OLD. eN-
,,,ed court wearing heavy veil. but
.r,r taking her seat with counsel lol
oil and smiled ana
nodded a. those about her in an nr-
concerned manner.
Cook Denies Conspiracy
When ,'ook took the stand in his ""'
defense. ne denied any conspiracy o'
any charge Of blackmaiL
.'ook declared his attention was Nv
directed t. Nj. Chandler ana Mrs'
ursch on Jan. %, when he was IN 'he
chandler building and saw MIS-. HltScn
going into chambers ONCE. Il 'houS tt,
nothing Of it then, he Salu. un'i
Jaw him J.ut his arm around iie' "
fare he closed the door. Wal"eu oN'.
ana raised the flap ON The man n"N 80
saw him pun Mrs Hilsch INTO ms i"r
and HISS heI." He said he looked again
and they were standing close |" 'h'
door t,,o,,
nn the ,oliowlng Wednesday afternoon
,'oN testified, l 50" MIS- .,,,
lanes street toward the 'andIer pul'u
re Win couple ~ friends OF NINE
E,,bert Ice aud Mr.. smith. was eo'hs
dacp Icachtree street when saw her.
.Ro,s / SAID 10 them, do YOU want
s,. sonethin. good in Mr Gambler
once" They said they did
50 We went UP l" 4" "'''
thtid Nooi "i the "u"u's "'''' ~
satd he wanted /" measure '''e "'"'D
Ttcre was broad coping ]us' ou'a'"o
'n' "'"oo" , ,'o''' ".nn. smith wen, on,
,ta ANNA and I went TO tho mail slot
~ NJ, ,,ndIers once door leading into
,n. b,llu,,
rb. o,,ness s,,d Mrs. tilrslh and Mr.
,..,dta, uero. IN 9. very COMPROMISING DO
.t,,o, ",u Al once. he continued. she
,r,bbod ber h.l and coat and ran to-
u,rd Inc door As she opened it | stood
nm
.u,. cad sho said
.., r,ro ,ociet, lad, and our honor
t-. ,,,,or said This is certainly
a,,o
A, ,h,s main, Cook disnlayed a garment
r,icb ne said he had picked IN on the
90, ,nd m, g., h,s nocle.
,.a,lnd an, ,.ool, continual .Ief,
,hc mace ana went Immediately 10 Mr..
u,.ch. ono whore left a note telling
hin, - cau mo nm that afternoon witbout
TAN 1 heard nothing from, hin, bowsy
o. did hear though from ror.,,
,dat,
"Af,.ruard. l mat Mr. capdlsr ,,d Mr.
,d,,r ,vice o,,h ,,,,. y, .a,,r.s sol,oi
tation have never made any demand
o" anybody in this case.
Money Psvment Suoosst.a
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'Hf 'ii' 'tSi'pN VI NV WAS
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IN later conversation Adair said Mrs.
H,rsch said she thought she should