San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
BROKE OFF MARRIAGE
Writes That Two Men Wis.,
tied Her in Hotel Room,
She Says.
THEN HITCH OCCURS
Declares Shameful SLAM
der" Caused Heavy
Financial Loss.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 1I.-Asa G. Can.
dler ST., multi-millionaire founder of
the Cocs-Cola Company, late today
was made defendant in a suit for
S500,000 damages filed by Mrs. One
lima DeBouchelle, wealthy New Or
leans beauty, in Federal District Court
here,
The petition Is based on charges Of
breach of promise and aggravated dam
ages, which. Mrs. DeBouehelle alleged
she suffered when Gambler slmmarily
broke their engagement in 1922.
|. Mrs. DeBouehelle gave her legal re-
sidence as Nevada, where she obtained
divorce from her husband in order
TO marry Gambler. Gamblers residence
is given as Dekalb county, Georgia.
According to the suit filed today,
Mrs. DeBouchelIe met Gambler in At
lanta, in 1919, when she was attend
ing a national convention of the
Daughters Of the COnfederacy. She
maintains he began paying her atten-
ton from their first meeting.
Ripens Into Love Match.
He continued to shower her with at
tentions throughout the convention
and. after she left Atlanta, wrote her
ardent letters describing his lonely
condition as a widower here, the petit
ton states. Their friendship ripened
into love match, the suit stated. In
1922 be asked for and obtained her
consent to marry him.
ID. o., hsN,h n,aurrnI xphan ('ou1lar
announced his marriage plans to men,
bers of his family. who strenuOusly
objected. Mrs. DeBouchelle, the suit
states. offered to release him from the
engagement but he refused, urging her
to set an early date for the marriage.
Shortly afterward, Mrs. DeBou-
chelle charged, members OF the Cand-
Ter family appeared in New Orleans,
her home. to investigate her character,
with a view to finding evidence with
which to stop the marriage. -.
When she informed Gambler of the
investigation, she said, he told her that
! he did not know Of it, and, that the re-
suits had merely served TO confirm his
estimate Of her character and make
| him feel more secure in the promise OF
happiness that his marriage would
| bring.
Picked Reno for Wedding.
On his urgent request, the suit
states. they set the wedding date Tor
! September. 1922. in Reno. Nevada
Wedding announcements were pre-
pared, an expensive trOusseau was or
dered for the bride. and elaborate prep
arations were made for the honeymoon
of the soft drink king and his beauti-
full bride, the suit charges.
Then. cut of clear sky, Mrs. De
Bouchelle said, she received a letter
from Gambler. dated September 10,
1922, stating that he had changed Sis
plans about the marriage and was cam
ceiling the engagement.
The letter declared. according to the
suit, that Gambler received reports
from sources that he was bound to be-
Iieye that two men had. at Mrs. De
BouchcIle's solicitation, visited her in
hotel room on a night in October.
1919. On this ground. he declared,
he was compelled to terminate the en-
gagement.
Suffered SANDER. She Says.
On receipt of the letter. the suit al
Ieges. Mrs. DeBouchelle requested
Gambler to make public the names OF
the two men alleged TO have visited
her. but he refused. This refusal, she
charges, caused her to suffer the
stigma of shameful SANDER and
heavy financial loss.
In filing the suit, Mrs. DeBouchelle
asks for damages resulting from the
breach of promise of marriage and to
compensate her for heavy financial
losses which were aggravated. she
says, BY Gamblers ruthless and wan
ton conduct" in refusing to furnish
the names of the men alleged to have
visited her,