The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-12
MRS. DEBOUCHEL
WILL RETURN TO
HER HOME TODAY
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1T is fabrication of scandal
mongers. There is no finer woman
on earth than Mrs. DeBouchele."
Legette said that he had not seen
Mrs. DeBouchel for more than year,
tn elast meeting being in New York.
when Mrs. Legette and lie met her at
a hotel prior to her departure for
Paris The first information Of the
reported charge against her charac-
ter, he said, came to him yesterday
upon reading a local newspaper.
Met in Atlanta
"I met Mrs. DeBouchel in Atlanta
on the first day OF the Confederate
reunion some time in the fall Of 1919,
having been introduced by a young
lady from Virginia." he said. Upon
reading the newspaper statements OF
Mrs. DeBouchel that Gambler accused
her OF receiving attentions of two
men in her room, I realized that l
must be the salesman referred to.
mr.. Gambler and were the only
tive men who could be mentioned as
spending time with Mrs. DePouchel
during that convention and she was
constantly in my company, she being
chaperope general of the conv ention,
and l entertaining delegates, and
there were always several young la
dies present.
But never at a single time was
she with me alone. AT noon that first
day she informed me that she had
an engagement with Gambler for
luncheon. The young ladies and my
self accompanied her to tho Piedmont
hotel and on that occasion first met
Gambler.
Was mt Hotel
Later the whole party left the
hotel to inspect a new piano in a
store at which ! was engaged as
salesman. While in the store Gambler
made an engagement with Mrs. De-
Bouchel to go to his home that eve
ming. | was at the hotel that same
night when Mrs. DeBouchel returned
from Gamblers home with several of
the girls.
Il was not her sweetheart--far
from it, I almost played the part of
a chauffeur for her. She made a
practice during the convention of
loading old soldiers into my car and
taking them on sightseeing tour
of Atlanta.
"And I want to say in defense of the
finest woman I have ever met. that
1t was practically an impossibility
for her to entertain gentlemen in her
rooms. except in the presence of the
girls she chaperoned and during the
whole convention she was kept busy
from in the morning until the
next day.
IF there were any men associat-
ing with Mrs. DeBouchel outside of
myself and Mr.. Gambler, they had to
go some. Mrs. DeBouchel was a
pleasing and beautiful character. She
always conducted herself as lady
and never gave any man an oppor-
tunity for making unconventional ad-
Legette said that he had not COM
municated with any one in Atlanta
since reading the statements by Mrs.
DeBouchel. but had imm ediately
sought newspapers to say what he
could to clear charges against Mrs.
DeBouchel.
He said the charges were astound-
ing to any one who knew Mrs. De-
Bouchel and that he was prepared to
go to Atlanta at any time to defend
the honor of an insulted woman. as
becomes southern gentleman"
Refuses Information
Mrs. DeBouchel again Retired to
efforts she said she had made to OBJ
tain from Mr.. Gambler the names OF
the persons whom she said he told
HtT Hdu pIOuGn III Icpolto w MN
about her. She had communicated
with him by letter. telephone and
telegraph, she asserted, and said
that he had refused to give her the
information. Finally, she added.
she had come to Atlanta in person
on her own motion in an effort to
obtain the information, which, up to
now she had been unable to do.
In the course of her conversation
with newspaper men. in the pres
ence of her attorney, Mrs. DeBouchel
referred to copies of letters which
she said she had kept In writing to
Mr.. Gambler. Her counsel, Mr.. Gam
Bile, declined, however, to allow her
to make the letters public at this
time, intimating that he was keeping
them in reserve for possible future
use.
Mrs. DeBouchel, in announcing her
intention to leave Atlanta, for New
Orleans, said she blamed the Cand-
Ter family more than she did Mr..
Gambler for the present situation.
What Mr.. Gambler needs is back
bone" she declared, adding that she
was sorry for him. Sne reiterated
her belief that Mr.. Gambler still
loved her, she said, however, that no
reconciliation was now possible. and
that she was determined to obtain
vindication.
Asa g. Gambler, ST., appeared at his
business office today, but stated that
ne mad nothing to say regarding the
case.