Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01

the feature of the afternoon session.
AS she spoke of Uncle jack and
DIR. Spaulding" laughter would
sweep over the courtroom and peo-
pie would glance at Green, who him
self was chuckling and smiling.
"Uncle Jack"
Mrs. Ida Patterson, Of 701 Peach
tree street, at whose home Mrs. Brad
street boarded during her alleged
rapid rise from poverty to wealth,
was one of the chief witnesses of
the afternoon session. She described
in detail this phase Of the case, tell
ing how Mrs. Bradstreet arrived in
"a taxi wearing a cheap suit of clothes
and brir ging with her meager
drobe of cheap apparel; and tell
ngq how a few days later, as a protege
of Uncle Jack" she began to appear
in diamonds and silks, entering then
upon the royal road to wealth which
brought to her thousands of dollars
worth of lingerie, furs and automo-
biles and the equipage of an heiress.
do you see Uncle Jack in the
courtroom?" Mrs. Patterson was asked
by the solicitor.
Yves, there he isl she answered,
and pointed to the defendant, Green.
Mrs. Patterson gave an account of
the careful attention and kindly con-
sderations given Mrs. Bradstreet by
Uncle Jack" whom she knew also,
she stated, as "Dr. Spaulding."
After telling of a time when Mrs.
Bradstreet became i'll and was taken
to hospital by "Uncle Jack" and
Bradstreet, Mrs. Patterson testified:
"She was gone but two days when
I was telephoned that she was COM
ing back home again. DR.. Spaulding
brought her back. She was too weak
to stand. He took all her laundry
away in his car, and had it done
DIR. Spaulding' continued his visits
and they went riding frequently.
| While she was there I've seen be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000, she said it
was, in original bank packages lying
on her mantel. Piles of ones, tens
and twentics.
when she first came there she
looked like she was worth hardly
nothing; a few days after Or.
Spaulding' appeared, she began her
expensive purchases. When she first
came she had a glass ring. Then
she bought an .octagon wrist watch;
then a carat diamond; then a $500
seal coat.
Finds Two Letters
after Mrs. Bradstreet left found
two letters, one from Bradstreet and
| one from Green. That reminds me
that DR. Spaulding' put a check book
IN her pocket when she went to the
hospital and told her she might need
money. Give it to me- said Mrs.
Bradstreet, with money you can do
anything Yes I told her, any
thing but buy health and good
name.'"
THE letter I found from Mr.
Green called her Darling Angel and
said he wanted to buy her a little
bungalow to live in"
Olin Stamps, Jr., formerly with the
Brigham Motor company, testified
that he sold Mrs. Bradstreet a Dor
ris automobile, receiving a Stutz In
part payment. He admitted also
| lev roof on the night of October 8,
tie night that the Fairburn bank
was burned, they taking him home
at about 1 o'clock in the morning.
Statesmen for Maier & Berkele tes-
titled to selling Mrs. Bradstreet and
| Green many articles Of jewelry.
which were charged to the latter and
which aggregated about $4,000. The
purchases included two wedding
| rings.
Clarence Belle Isle, in charge of
the Georgian Terrace garage on Oc-
tober 9, testified that at 1 o'clock in
the morning following this night the
Bradstreets came into the garage IN
their Packard and wanted to get
their Doris. Another couple was
with them, he stated, but when they
returned at o'clock in the morning
| they were alone
Redwine Testifes
e. A. Fowler, cashier of the Lowry
National banlssS testified that Mrs.
Bradstreet had made deposits be-
tween June and October amount
ing to $1S,029, and that her present
| account was SO cents.
M. r. Redwine, director of the
Fairburn bank, offered testimony .
the effect that he had met Mrs.
Brandstreet and that he had remon-
strated with Green for his associa-
ton with her. He stated also that
the overdraft at the Fairburn bank,
referred to in testimony of Mr.. Rob-
erts Monday, was an overdraft by
Redwine Brothers, the firm of which
he was a member, and that it was
more than covered by cotton tickets
| held by the bank.