Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-15


question. he stated that he had nothing
10 do with the arrangement of the ph,,-
,Ographs. the photographer arranging
the groups he wanted.
Pictures at Lunchson
II remember" the mayor stated, that
4 appeared in one snapshot with Gen
eraI swift. Mrs. Hirsch and perhaps
some others.
some time after this l saw Mrs.
Hirsch when she came TO my office N
the Gambler building to talk some more
about the rattle. After that visit L did
not see her again until the present
year. when Mrs. Hirsch spoke to me
as l was coming out OF my office IN
the Gambler building"
Continuing. Mayor Gambler said:
think il was in January that 1 met Mrs.
Hirsch at the corner of James and
Peachtree streets, while on my way 20
the city hall. Sometime previous she
had told me that she was going to a
hospital for an operation.
The next time l saw Mrs. Hirsch
was on the morning of February 4th.
when 1 met her on Forsyth street near
the city hall. She was coming from the
direction of the Grant building across
the street"
Here Attorney Arnold brought out the
ed to be employed. in a real estate Of
fee located on the ground floor of the
Grant building on the Forsyth street
side.
She asked me-" continued the mayor.
for an appointment to discuss the ques-
ton OF securing more efficient hu-
name officer. On a previous occasion
she had come to my office with a lady
who was interested in this matter. l
told her l would be in my office in the
Gambler building after 8 o'clock on Wed
nesday, February 9Th.
ION the afternoon of that day, WED
nesday) she came 10 my office about 4
O'Clock When she entered she said she
was tired and hot, and took off her coat
and sat down near my table. The win
dow shades on the Pryor street side
were up. We talked for a few moments,
when suddenly she exclaimed that she
saw a man outside the window. i told
her il was probably a window washer.
but she claimed It was well-dresseu
white man 1 got up out of my chair
and turned my head to look out Of the
window, but l could not see anyone.
When l turned around. she had taken
of her hat and had opened the door
leading into the hall. A man whom 1
had never seen before was standing
there
This Is Hiee!' Nan Saia
"'Our honorable mayor he said, this
is nice"
II Immediately left the office and went
to the Office of my son, Asa G. Gambler.
Jr., which is on the second floor. ]
suspected something was up, and l
thought / needed assistance. When 1
returned to my office with my son. the
man was gone. and when 1 asked Mrs.
Hirsch, who was still there, the name
OF the man, she said his name was
Cook and he was a casual acquaintance
of hers. She asked me who the man
with me was. and when 1 told her 1t was
my son she left the office.
Il Immediately called Forrest Adair
on IA. telephone and asked him to come
10 my Office. He arrived in about ten
minutes He had been there but few
moments when Mrs. Hirsch Jared on
the phone, asking that a conference be
arranged. / told her that 1 had turned
the matter over to Mr.. Adair. Then Mr..
Adair talked with her on the telephone,
and left my Office.
subsequently he notified me that he
had made an appointment for me to
see Cook the next morning in his (Mr.
Adair'sD office. and me him there. This
was on Thursday, February Z. Cook
said he wanted TO tell me that he was
a friend of Mr.. Hirsch, and that il was
his duty to protect his friend against
this woman. He said she ought to be
gotten away from here. He told me
he was a man of the world, who had al
ways done as he pleased, but recently
during the Billy Sunday meeting he ex-
perienced change of heart, and now
wanted to do the right thing. He
claimed he had seen me in my office IN
a compromising position with Mrs
Hirsch. I tolI him he had seen nothing
of the kind. He wanted me to get a
written agreement from Mrs. Hirsch
to leave town. I saw Cook once more,
on Wednesday. February Is, in my Office
in the city hall. l did not send for him.
He Just walked into my office. He said
1 wasn't giving him time to do anything
and was trying to make a monkey out
OF him. He said he would give me until
Friday to make arrangements for send
ing Mrs. Hirsch out of town, and if I
didn't act by that time he was going
straight to her husband"
Cross-Examtnation
This concluded Mayor Gamblers direct
testimony. Before placing him under
cross-examination. Judge Russell moved
to strike from his testimony all state
ments by Cook that were not made in
the presence of Mrs Tlirsch. Judge Hill
overruled the motion. Mrs. Hirsch
moved around the table and sat in a
chair close to Judge Russell. where she
could direct him in his croe,s-examina-
ton of Mayor Gambler.
did you buy any chances on the au-
tomobile raffled by Mrs. Hirsch?" ask
ed Judge Russell
Yes, 1 took several chances at her
solicitation, though 1 do not remember
exactly where or when I bought them,
but my impression is that l bought
Piedmont hotel"
" making the remark to you in your
office, when you bought some of the
tickets, that you were an accessory be
fore the fact?"
II do not"
when Mrs. Hirsch spoke to you on
James street in front of the Gambler
building. wasn't she across the street
from your
Yes, / think she was"
did you not cross over and tell her
you we're glad to see her out of the
hospital?"
Il think 1 did cross the street. and i
might have made some such rema rk. -
Didn't you tell her you had tried to
call her on the phone while she was in
the hospital?'
Il did not. never telephoned her,
or wanted to telephone her, on any &C.
casion. My recollection is that she all
ways did the calling"
When Mrs. Hirsch called at your Of