Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-01

/ Hirsch was still there. but the man
had left. Mrs. Hirsch was crying and
I asked her who tie man was. She
told me his name Was Cook and she had
| visited at the home OF his mother and
! sister She asked me who the man was
with me- and l told her it was my son,
Asa q. Gambler. Jr. She then left the
office.
! Il at once got in communication
Z with my brother. Judge John :. Cand-
! Ter. and with my friend, Forrest Adalr.
I I explained the situation to them in de-
/ tail, telling them that I thought these
! people had attempted to trap me for
4 a purpose. They advised me to allow
4 them TO take charge OF the case and l
I did so. turning the matter over to them
! entirely. Mr.. Adair arranged a confer
/ erce with Cook for the next afternoon
! in Mr.. Adsir's office. l went there to
/ hear what Cook had TO say. He re-
/ fused TO talk with anyone except my
I sci and / conferred with him alone.
He declared that ne was a friend
| of II. II. Hirsch. that he had been
watching Mrs. Hirsch for some time.
} had seen her come 10 my Office. and
I had finally surprised us in a compro-
I missing position. 1 mad to restrain my
! self when he talked like that. He
| showed me an usher'S badge which he
claimed 10 have used at the Billy sun
/ day meeting. l had frequently attended
the sunday meetings. but never saw
MIN. He told me that he had been a bad
man. and had gone fast pace. bu. had
reformed and was now shocked by
what ne had found out concerning my
I self and the wife OF his friend. He
threatened 10 expose The whole s:tua-
jiOn. telling me that he expected Mr..
Hirsch TO return to Atlanta in a day
or two and that there was only one
.,F al
everything. and that was for me to get
Mrs. Hirs-h out of town. He demanded
that I secure from Mrs Hirsch writ
ten agreement which was to read as
follows:
- agree to your proposal
The agreement was TO be turned
over TO him Cook.
Cook Threatened Exposure
Il saw Cook again on Wednesday,
February Is, in ,he mayors office in
city hall. The meeting was not by APP
pointment. Cook walked into the office
unexpectedly. 1 asked him what he
wanted He replied: You are trihing
with me, and l will give you until next
Friday TO do what ! have outlined. If
YOU don't do il by that time 1 will eX-
pose the whole thing
Il told HIM ii was no easy job to
separate a man and his wife. Cook said
ne would tdNE all inc Diane.
This concluded Mayor Gamblers di-
rect testimony, and he was taken for
cross-examination by Attorney John =.
Cooper.
Ibid you know Mr.. Cook before you
met Mrs. Hirsch:' asked Attorney
Cooper.
Il never met him or SOW him until
he walked into my office in the Gambler
building
Did you ever have anything much to
say TO Mrs. Hirsch?"
No. no more than gentleman would
say TO lady"
DO you remember saying to Mrs.
HiTsch that this picture Iholding up a
photograph OF Mrs. Hirsch in company
with the mayor would not De complete
without herr
No. l never made such comment"
Questioned by Cooper
Attorney Cooper then showed the
mayor another picture of himself in
company with Mrs. Hirsch.
You had two pictures taken. didn't
you?" asked Attorney Cooper.
Il did not have any taken
Did you say anything to Mrs. Hirsch
to get her by your side?'
NO. l had nothing to do with ar
ranging the picture. The photographs !
arranged them
In one of the pictures Mayor Gambler |
was wearing some sort of a badge on
his coat lapel
Did YOU remove that badge and pre- !
sent it TO Mrs. Hirsch?" asked Attor-
ney Cooper.
No. I nave no recollection of doing |
such a thing"
do YOU remember Mrs. Hirsch going |
to the hospital at one timer
no. but I do remember that she told
me she was tired out and needed some |
rest.
do YOU remember telling her that you
could rot call her up, but would like to |
have her call YOU up and tell you hei |
condition
y have no such recollection"
Replying to further questions. Mayor |
Gambler said he did not see Mrs. Hirsch |
again. after the auto rattle and the Red !
Cross activ.ticsi until, January.
Did you throw your hand on her |
shoulder them
II did not
And tell her you were glad to see
herr
Il might have made some such pleas
1nt remark
before the first OF January when |
she visited YOU: did you take liberties
with her. kissing and hugging herr"
No certainly / did not"
Did YOU do everything short OF &C
tuaI intimacy with herr"
No"
Did YOU ever ATTEMPT to persuade
her to become intimate with you"
Interest," Lmpersonal Il
Il did not After the first of the
year I only saw her twice. l took no
,pe,is liking for her. or interest in
her. beyond ;hs impersOnal interest l
would feel for any apparently nice
lady engaged in good work.
Didn't you once tell her that she was
the best. worker the Red Cross had, and
that she was overworking herself?"
Il think do recall telling her. casual
ly that she ought not TO overwork her
self"
Didn't Mrs Hirsch go to you once
and ask you to make a speech at some
club meeting?'
NO. she came once and asked me to
Introduce a speaker.
Did you charge anything for the
speech?"
NO. my speeches are not like yours.
II was not so valuable
Did you refer TO Mrs. Hirsch in
complimentary manner in your speech?'
No, / only introduced the speaker,
who made some reference to her"
Going back TO visit in January
which Mrs. Hirsch made TO the mayor
in his Office in the Gambler building, At
torney Cooper asked:
Did you on that occasion embrace