Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-25
MRS. BACHELOR
LOYAL To HUSBAND;
NOW UNDER ARREST
Palmetto Banker Held in
Dallas for Alleged Embez-
element of $4,000, viii
Be Brought Back

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The announcement Monday morn
ing of the surrender in Dallas, Tex,
of r. c. Bachelor, wanted in Geor-
gia on the charge of embezzling
about $4,000 frim the Bank of Pal
metto, came as a shock and yet
relief to one Atlanta woman-the
wife of Bachelor, who has not seen
him since the day, ten months ago.
when .he kissed her goodby in the
front parlor of their little Palmetto
home.
at am glad he has given up, glad
that it's over at last and that he's
coming back" she declared. Il love
him as I have always loved him LOT
twenty years, and am going to stick
by him through thick and tnih'
Whatever the world says, know ne
Is not guilty Of a moral Wrong-he
was inst too ambitious and the luck
was against him"
Mrs. Bachelor, pretty, blue-eyeo
woman Of 3S, has been working Tor
several months past behind the coun-
fer of an Atlanta department store,
and living with her sister at 400
South Pryor street. Her family is
with her-the eldest boy, John, who
also works in the department store;
Gertrude, IS, and Elizabeth, IL.
AS she talked to a reporter dur
ing q pause in her work Monday
morning, tears stood in her eyes and
her voice shook with feeling.
1--WE have been married twenty
years." she said, "ever since he was
seventeen and I was eighteen. HIS
mother died when he was only
little boy and his father. who re-
married, sent him to a boarding
school. He was unhappy there. 80 ne
quit school and got him job as
telegraph operator at Alamo, Ga.
That's where I first met him. He
told me he was % to overcome OBJ
jections to the marriage. so mar
ried him and at eighteen he was
father
Good Husband
HE was the best husband and IA
Their in the world" she went on,
crying softly. HE was never in any
trouble before. It's not true that he
left me penniless. He had provided
for me years before this trouble
came up. But he had not put the
house in my name. so last August,
when I saw they were going to take
1T away from me. I left Palmetto
and came to Atlanta
Mrs Bachelor declared that her
husband never meant to rob any
man.
II didn't know that he was specu-
lating, for he never told me much
about his business affairsi," she said
derstand what motive prompted him.
He wanted to get ahead, to be
wealthy man and to give his family
good position in life, and he want
ed to make the bank the best in
the chain. The luck was just against
him; he was caught where many an
other man is never caught"
Mrs. Bachelor declared her hus-
band ran away because he wanted
to recuperate his losses and pay the
bank back.
Il know that's the reason" she as
serted. Eyes, I'll admit I've heard
from him since he left, but I don't
want to talk about that. He left
in terrible hurry; hardly time to
kiss me goodbye. But he told me
why he was going. He was crying,
and he said he was going to make
up the money and pay it back.
suppose that's why he gave himself
up-because he failed"
Mrs. Bachelor said she had al
ready retained a lawyer to defend
her husband, but would not state
the attorneys name. She said she
and her children would stick by him
no matter what happened.
Sheriff Leaves Monday
A warrant is out against Bachel-
lor, charging embezzlement, sand
Sheriff Jenkins, of. Campbell coun-
ty, will leave Monday night for Dali
las, it is stated, to bring Bachelor
back to Georgia. He is reported to
have waived extradition. 49,.
Dispatches from Dallas Monday
said that Bachelor refused to dis
cuss his surrender, his statement be-
ing that he "had wife and children
to think about" and he didn't want
to cause them any sorrow"
Bachelors surrender Saturday
night in Dallas to the Pinkerton Ma
tional Detective agency, put an end
to ten months search for him that
has led to every part Of the United
States and is said to have developed
the fact that Bachelor won and lost
fortune on the stock market after
fleeing from Georgia. .
Why he gave himself up volun-
tarily after the many months he
has remained in hiding, is a point
not yet brought out in dispatches
from Dallas.
The Atlanta office of the Pinkerton
agency has received word, however
that Bachelor says he will waive
extradition and will come back to
Georgia to stand trial for his alleged
crime. He is said to have confessed
to the Pinkertons that he embezzled
the banks funds.