Evening star., 1922-08-22
GAMBLER EXPECTS
TWO MORE SUITS
Husband Of Woman Alleging
Attack, and Lawyer.
Plan Action.
sneei.I Dispatcb:to The Star

Special Dispa tch 10 The Star.
ATLANTA. Ga. August 22.-The
Gambler affair is becoming ID veri-
table legal maze as we'll as a con-
tinuing social sensation.
Walter T. Gambler. banker and null
timillionaire son of the multimillion-
aire inventor of Coco Cola. was pre-
pared today to ses,iye .notifica ton
that two more, suits foridamages had
been filed against. him as a result of
the famous wine party" the night of
July 16. last, on board the Cunarder
Berengaria, en- route to LIVERPOOL.
One of the suits, it is said, will be
filed by Clyde K. Byfield, the automo-
bile agent. whose wife already has
sued for 100000. alleging that Can
dler broke into her stateroom aboard
the Berengaria and struck her.
Th1 second slris7.ttt was learned here
todaN is n contemplation by August
DRsT Qf New Iefk. the. lawyer who
garia and who already has appeared
in the case. Dryer is to. sue because
CandleT.ahaS charged in a statement
that the attorney tried to hold him
up in Paris as a result of the state
room incident on the liner.
Just what charges Byfield will make
in #his suit have not been disclosed.
He and Dryer. together with Attorney
Luther u. Rosser of this city have
BEEN in consultation in New York, and
the suits are said to be the outgrowth
ofathis pow-wow. One suit. it is re-
ported, will be for 100000 and the
other for $250.000. Attorney Rosser,
representing Byfield. was chief coun-
SET for Leo Frank during the famous
trial which resulted in the conviction
Of. the pencil factory manager for
lynched outside Marietta, Ga. after
his death sentence had been commut-
eds by Gov. Jack Slayton.
Divorce Action Expected.
On top of all these suits. it is ex-
peeted that Mrs. Walter Gambler
shortly will enter a plea for divorce
from the banker. They have been
is in Honolulu. She has been cabled
ALI the details of the Berengaria af-
fair. but even before that episode 1t
was the understanding in Atlanta. so
ciety that divorce was only mat
ter of time. Mrs. Gambler is taking
up a residence in California and viii
prosecute her action from there
The suits and countersuits, in which
Walter Gambler: has become involved
reeall the blackmail case in which his
father. Asa G. Candles. @sr., was a
complainant two years ago. The
senior Gambler Is known as the
wsalthiest man in the south. He
charged Mrs. Margaret Hirsch and
Handsome" Joe Cook. of Atlanta
with an attempt to extort money
from him and both were convicted
and sentenced to a year in jail. The
defendants claimed they were rail
roaded' as result of the wide can
dler influence in this city.
Scenes Described to Jury.
Mrs. Hirsch asserted. in her state
menr to the jury. that the Coca Cola
king often sought to have her visit
him in his office and that one day
She complied. While she was seated
inS Mr.. Candler's lap. Handsome joe
broke into a;., the room: 70. n. Mr.. Mrs. Hirssh'.
claimed that she tore 1t. Cook told
the same story. as Mrs. Hirsch. hui
Gambler entered . sweeping denial
and declared that the man and
woman had connived to blaclmail
him. The Jury upheld his contention
bS t9AftctthEs tbdff sthe de fenaanfs
COOK served a year in prison, but