Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-04

also came to the door. I asked her
if there was anyone else there and
she said No Then [ looked around
in the living room, in the bed
room in the dining room-and there
was no one else there. / thought
was in the wrong pew.
Tries Another Apartment
Then [ walked to the other end
of the hall-to apartment Z. The
woman was standing in the hallway
watching me. l turned the knob
on the other apartment and it was
locked. I turned around and asked
this woman if there was anyone in
this apartment and she said No "
This brought another objection
from defense counsel, who declared
the chief should have produced this
woman in court.
81 tried to set her here but she 8
gone; they are all gone" replied the
chief.
"Then I heard a noise like a chair
moving in this other apartment. I
took hold of the knob and shook it
but I didn't knock. / heard some
one walk to the door, and Mr.. Kee-
ling, I think it was, unlocked it. I
asked him if he lived there, and he
said No, I'm just up here to see
a friend
Finds Mrs. Gambler
The door was cracked a little, and
so I walked in by him and went
down a little hall that opened into
the living room. Mr.. Stoddard was
the first person l saw there. He
was coming from the door that led
into a little room about ten by
twelve feet; it was the bedroom. The
door to this room was being shut
and so I stepped over, caught hold
Of the knob, pulled back the door
and Mrs. Gambler was holding to the
knob on the other end.
What is your name? I asked her.
She didn't answer but came out into
the room, and so I asked her a sec
ond time: What is your name,
please?'
''She said: Tell me who sent you
here and I'll tell you anything l
asked her again What her name was
and then said, I know who you are
at least think do. CThe chief ex-
planned to the court that he never
had seen her before and could not
have sworn to her Identify. You are
Mrs. Gambler
''She said, Did the family or Mr..
Gambler send your and I replied:
Mr. Gambler knows all about this,
and I am sorry. You ought to be
ashamed of yourself to treat Mr..
Gambler this way She said: I don't
care, we are not the only folks do
ing this way
Bottle Almost Empty
II then turned to the table and
picked up a bottle that was almost
empty. There were three glasses
there and I asked them if they had
all been drinking. [ couldn't smell
on account of a cold, although
picked up the bottle and another bot
tie, containing vinegar, and tried to
detect their odor. Then [ tasted
them, and about that time Captain
Holcombe said: That's whisky
about that time Mr.. Stoddard
said: Yes, we've all had a drink and
he also declared that he and Mr..
Keeling would take the responsible
ty for the liquor. [ turned around
and asked Mrs. Gambler whose
apartment it was and she said it
belonged to a friend-a Mrs KILLER.
[ asked her where this friend was
and she said: L don't know, think
she's in Decatur
'Mr. Stoddard told me to let Mrs.
Gambler go, and [ started to give
her copy of charges, but then |
said [ couldn't make any distinction.
[ had to let them all go down to po-
lice headquarters and sign their
bond"
The chief then described how he
had brought them to headquarters,
and later had taken them back to
their cars.
Chief Beavers then testified that
three small glasses were on the table
with the bottle of whisky, and intro
duced into evidence the bottle. which
contained a small quantity of spirits.
In answer to a question by Attorney
Conyers as to who had partaken of
the whisky, the chief replied:
"Stoddard said, We all had
drink"
You started to let them all so on
a copy of charges, didn't your" At
torney Conyers asked.
Wanted All Treated Alike
NO" the chief replied, Il started
to let Mrs. Gambler CO.
did you consult anybody before
1ofy