Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12
their crime against me-they

Snall De Jalled.
"Only as a last resort have I
gotten my consent to make this
disclosure. Silence and retreat
only expose me more at future
periods of my life.
can open fight against these
underground borrowers is my
only safety. have no other
course. I have not living male
relative"
Mrs. DeBouchel stated that her
lawyer, Harry Gamble, Of New Or
lean, would arrive here on the mid
night train Tuesday nigh: and join
her Wednesday morning She said
she would probably be here for
some time" She declined to state
what line Of procedure, if any, she
expected to taf1e in her effort to force
a disclosure of the id nifty of her &C
cuSer or accurerS.
There is no such man." she de-
c1ared vehemently. "Mr. Gambler
first claimed that two men were in
my room in the Jtel here, during
the Confederate reunion three years
ago, under circumstances rejecting
upon my character. l reminded
him that three other ladies were
with me in-the hotel, the four of us
occupying two adjoining rooms to-
g2ther, and that we were together
constantly, and he would have to
answer to them. Then he claimed
that a man had been brought to
him, a travelling salesman, no told
him that I had attempted to entice
him into my room in the hotel, for
an improper purpose.
Imagine such a thing. I was
here as chaperon general # the re-
uni I was decorated from head
to foot with badges and ribbons. I
as corr ntly with friends every
day and every evening. Yet it SEEM
ed that 1 had seen a travelling sales
man and become so violently infatu-
ated with him at sight that l tried
to entice him into my room. 1
asked Mr.. Gambler why this travel
ing salesman did not accept the in
vitation. He explained that the
tr yelling salesman seemed to be a
gentleman of such virtue that he de-
clined. All of this, mind you, when
three ladies and myself w re jointly
occupying two adjoining rooms.
ST demanded to know the name of
this travelling salesman. He refused
r. tell me. He still refuses. But
now he tells me, when he and his
son ONE here to see me, that she
did not talk to the man himself
that the man talked to his son,
ASA, Jr., that there as not one man,
but two, I suppose they decided
there must be two men because
there were two of II in the hotel
room"
Blamed Members of Family
Mrs. DeBouche1 put the blame for
her situation on members of Mr..
Gamblers family and not on him.
"They have harraSsed him to
DEATH" she exclaimed. HE was al
most beside himself at times during
our talk last night. felt sorry for
him. Certainly l did. But yet it is
beyond my comprehension that he
should refuse to give me the name
fthis man or these men whom he
says he does not believe.
His family are responsible for
this. They have bounded me all over
the country with private detectives.
They raked my life in New Orleans
with a fine tooth comb and could not
find a word against me. They tried
to persuade him to break the en-
gagement because L had been di-
vorced. Then because 1 am a Cath
Ole. Then for some other pretext.
Finally they took him this bastard
ly story-this absurd and preposter-
Gus story. OF course Mr.. Gambler
does not believe it. Nobody else will
believe it. Unless they can produce
this man or men, their whole fabri-
cation crumbles."
Mrs. DeBouchel was in Reno, New,
she said when she received Mr..
Gamblers letter informing her that
it would be best to break the en-
gagement.
"I wrote and demanded the name
| of my accuSer," she said. when l
got no satisfaction, L came to Chat
| tanoga for the purpose Of calling
him on the telephone. could get no
| satisfa ction, though I entreated him
| to do me the fairness to furnish me
J the identity Of this man or men. My
! lawyer came here and held confer
ence with them. He could get no
! satisfaction. Then I came on to Ma
rietta and stopped overnight and
came on to Atlanta for the purpose
of seeing Mr.. Gambler and making a
final appeal to him.
Came to Atlanta
Mrs. DeBouchel stayed in Chatta-
nooga about ten days, she said, be-
ing registered at the Patten hotel
under the name of Mrs. c.. D. Rog-
ers." She explained that she used
this name for the purpose of "es-
Gaping those nasty detectives who
were following me-"
''They were clumsy, bungling fell
lows" she said. They bribed the
maids to tell me that a gentleman
certainly is anxious to meet YOU"
I told the maid to tell the gentle
man that 1 would kill him if he
dared to look at me.
On arriving at Marietta, Mrs. De-
Bouchel went to the home OF Mrs.
Bacon, who takes boarders and a
few transients at 'Roxana Hail." She
registered there under her real name,
but did not at first disclose her iden-