Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12
SLANDER RUMOR
To Be DEFENDED
IN GAMBLER CASE
lawyer in Statement, Says
Mr., Gambler Regrets Publ
city Given Affair and Can
not Give InformerS' Names

IIOl SlVO IillOI lIlOi y :NOltiOS
ST am not here to make any de-
nands Of a financial nature on Mr..
Gambler. 1 am here to get the names
of the man or men who have slan-
dered me to him or to members OF
his family. That is what want ana
the only thing I want"
This statement was made Tues
day morning by Mrs. Onezina De-
Bouchel, the New Orleans lady who
was engaged to Asa G.. Gambler. and
who issued here statement assert
ing that he broke the engagement
because of a report brought to him
reflecting upon her character, and
that he had refused and was still
refusing, after repeated entreaties
on her part and after final appeal
made to him Monday night, to fur
nish her the names Of her accusera
New Orleans dispatches were to
the effect that Mrs. DeBouchel
would bring suit against Mr.. Can
der for breach Of promise unless
he gave an endowment for a Grip
pied childrens hospital in New Or.
leans and contributed to other charit-
able institutions in that city sin
which she is interested.
Reached City Monday Night
Mrs. DeBouchel arrived in Atlanta
Monday night by automobile from !
Marietta She had arrived there Sum-
day night from Chattanooga. Before
leaving Marietta she called Mr.. Can
dler on the telephone and asked him
to see her. On arriving here she
went to the Winecoff hotel and en-
gagged a suite of rooms and tele-
phoned him that she was waiting.
He and his son, Asa G. Gambler, Jr.,
came at once to the hotel and were
in conference with her nearly two
hours in the private parlor on the
meZZanine floor.
Following this conference, Mrs.
DeBouchel gave out for publication
a statement of her position. She de-
clared that Mr.. Gambler was firm in
his refusal to give her the name OF
the man or men VINO accused her,
and that his son supported him in
this refusal.
Mr.. Gambler was very much brok-
en- up" she said. Il felt sorry
for him. He told me he still loves
me and wants to marry me, and thai
he does not believe this hideous sfans-
der which has been taken to him,
and yet he refused to give me the
name of the man or men who accuse
me. / cannot understand his atti-
tude. He told me he was wretched
and unhappy and did not care wheth-
er he lived or died. He said he would
prefer for me to go home and wait
a while and announce the breaking
of the engagement and give as my
reason anything detrimental to. his
character that 1 might see tit. OF
course, I would not do such a thing.
for I know nothing against his char
dCICIs I1AS]S AAS O"Oe-
it to me to give me the names OF
those who accuse me"
Mrs. DeBOuchePs Statement
Mrs. DeBouchels statement
follows:
"Mr. Gambler and I were to
have been married on the Goth
Of September. All arrangements
were made, clergyman engaged,
cards Of announcement, printed,
and we were to be at home here
in Atlanta on October 10.
"On September Is he wrote me
that it would not be fair to mar
ry me and bring me here where
would be sighted on account
of reports circulated here against
me.
"The reports, according to
him, were that during a Com
federate reunion in Atlanta,
three or four years ago, when
1 had the supreme honor of be- ,
ing chaperon general, and when
I was attended every moment,
had solicited two men to visit
me at the hotel at night.
"These reports had been
brought to, him, he said, from
sources he was bound to be-
lieve,' just before he was to take
the train for our wedding. They
would, he said, follow me wher-
ever I might go; l would never
be able to hold my head up
again.
This hideous SANDER and Mr..
Gamblers reception of it, and
his saying my future is ruined,
have broken my heart; but my
will is not broken, and I have
faith that God will give me cour-
age to defend myself.
81 have come here against all
my training, against all my in
stincts; but a good name is all
that woman has, and I mean
20 put the dastards who have
contrived this despicable scheme
to destroy me behind the bars
if there is any justice in Geor-
gia.
Il have always known that
the Gamblers opposed my mar
riage to Mr.. Gambler, and he will
not deny that twice after our
engagement, long after, offered
to release him.
'He vehemently refused and
cried that I was cruel to sug-
gest it.
who is cruel now?
"It was never necessary on
that account to put this foul
dishonor on me.
Clumsy Conspiracy
tBut they have 'blundered.
"This clumsy conspiracy fixes
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