The Washington times., 1922-10-11
COCA KING
SA YS
RUINED
NAME
Will Accept No Money and Bit
terIy AssaiIs FamiIy-Ar-
rives to Fight.
Interna tionaI News Service.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 11.-Pcr-
sistent refusal of Asa G. Gambler,
the aged millionaire, to divulge
the name of the informant. who
she charges with maliciously
dragging her name through muck
and mire, will bring proceedings
to force the coca cola "king" to
have the courts pluck the name
from his unwilling lips, it was
asserted today by Mrs. Onezima
DeBouchellc, the New Orleans
beauty, as she waited at her hotel
the arrival from New Orleans of
Harry Gamble, her attorney.
This alone will be the motive
back of any legal action which she
may institute against the financier.
She again insisted that she does
not want one penny Of the
Gambler money.
Explains Her Motive.
IT don't want 1t for myself nor
do l want II for any orphanage. or
hospital. l want to find the name
of the man who has so basely SIAN
dered me. then II there is law in the
land to protect outraged womanhood.
1 want that law to mete out its full
punishment" she said.
"I don't know what form legal
action may take. for am not law
YER" but / do know that If Mr. Cand-
Ter is forced to take the stand, he
will have to answer questions or
stand in contempt Of court. II any
suit is brought that and that alone,
will he the object"
Mrs. DeBouchelle arose early to-
day and was heartened by kilograms
and long-distance phone calls that
had poured in to her from Maine
to California" as she expressed 1t.
She took a light view of the report
that Mr.. Gambler has left Atlanta.
"If he Is out of town." she said,
land l doubt whether he is, he mas
been spirited away. This wouldn
surprise me in the least. ] know tho
magnitude of this fight as a lone
woman l am waging. l am fight
ing the whole family, with all Of
their millions, and except for the
consolation and expressions of con
fidence from my friends, l am tight
ing single-handed."
Mrs. DeBouchelle revealed how, in
his courtship, Mr.. Gambler had fol
lowed the methods made famous by
Othello in wooing Desdemona. "He
told about his early struggles and
his later triumphs," she said "All
he said appealed to my imaginatiCn,
but now l see that my idol has clay
feet. More than that, l see that my
idol was pretty much all clay, plIable
in the hands of his family"
1t was also indicated by Mrs. De-
Bouchelle today that she would put
detectives to work in an effort to dis.
close the identity of the Gambler IN
formant. She made list of several
Atlanta agencies, and will submit the
list to Attorney Gamble upon his ar
rival in Atlanta today.
Sees Future Ruined.
This hideous slander and Mr..
Gamblers reception of it, COntinu ID
Mrs. De BouChelle and his saying
my future is ruined, have brok N
my heart; but my will is not broken
and l have faith that God will give
me courage to defend myself.
| Il have come here against all my
| training, against all my instincts, but
good name is all that woman has.
and l mean to put the dastards who
have contrived this despiCablc
scheme to destroy me behind the
bars, II there Is any justice in
Georgia.
"I have always known that the
Gamblers opposed my marriage 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 suggest II.
who is cruel now?
"It was never necessary on that
count to put this foul dishonor on
| me.
But they have blundered.
IT was chaperon general at the re.
union of Confederate Veterans IN q
suite Of rooms with other women OF
unimpeachable character and under
conditions 90 highly honorable 20 me
that none but desperate, stupid dolts
or people recklessly certain OF their
power In Atlanta would ever con.
'ceivs the idos Of making me out .