New Britain herald., 1924-01-31
Attorneys Produce Warm Epistles Said To Be From Coca Cola King To Woman Who Alleges Breach Of Promise.
One Gives Reasons for
 Broken Engagement

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 31.-When Mrs
 Onezima de Bouchel's s500,000 sui
 against Asa G. Candler. Sr., was re
 stunned today. additional letters, alleg
 ed to have been written by Candlel to Mrs. de Bouchel, were read.
 The letters included that of Sep tember 15, 1922, which is alleged tt have broken the engagement. Thi' letter begins without salutation, ana was as follows: Ut almost killed me to have to wire you this morning circumstances such impossible mo leave Saturday. Writing full infor, nation l am in a state of great per. plexity.
 Information has just been brought to me from sources entitled to belief lanta who claim to have ip times gone by visited you by your invitation at night in your room at hotel in this city. To marry you with these re- ports in force could not in any case be right or fair to either of us. Even though they be untrue.
 Your reception in Atlanta would be so painfully affected thereby as to make me unwilling to bring you here and have you subjected to sights by people you will have to meet. To carry yoai elsewhere would not aXoid this trealment. The situation is Nor rible, anb difficult to handle. I must and will be kind and fair to you. We must and will not do that which when done cannot be undone. No man should marry any lady if he has doubts that such marriage could not bc happy for both parties. It is far better to realize that fact before than sfaer marriage I know you so well and esteem you so highly that till hear from you, l am sure you will Q. ice that we should not, in justice so you and myself. go further now. hope you win promptly reply to this fn the same spirit as it is written. Nothing has ever so disheartened mo as this.
 "l wooed and won you because I loved you. My heart is yet pure and true. will not subject you unjustly to rudeness or undeservsd affront. Please think kindly of mo as l nov and eyermore will of you.
 sincerely.
 ASA G. CANDLER."
 Trying To Get Truth
 \ letter on September 30, alleged Co have been written by Mir. Candler, with no salutation, stated:
 As promised l am doing my best Co get the actual truth of the state- ments made to me, that the reference was made to ip my letter Of Septem- Der !, 1922. I have been told by a citizen in Atlanta that while you were n guest of the Piedmont hotel during the reunion convention of the T.. C. V. he saw you in a room, at least two other ladies being also in the room. That afternoon he saw you alone fin the corridor or hall of the hotel, when he gave you his telephone number, later .on telephoned him that you were alone in your room asking him To call He declined. saying that the hotel was very carefully policed, that he did not visit ladies at their rooms n hotels. You assured him it would 1 je perfectly satisfactory that he visit | you. He did not go. You gave him | your home telephone. invited him to 1 risit you when in New Orleans. He | promised to do so. When in New | Orleans hc tclephoned to the number, | a as informed you were not then in | New Orleans.
 "T got tho above statement by | igrceing not 10 divulge'his name until I such time as he will consent. I am | the investigation so privately l ts.4
 Another letter was:
 Mrs. De BouclJcl's Defensc
 \ letter said to have been written 1y Mrs. De Bouchel to Mir Candler, September 2S. 1922. was introduced n evidence. There was no saIutation.
 My attorney informs me-" the let- CT said. that yesterday you refused o divulEe the names of the men in stlanta you say claimed to have visit .d me there in my rooms. for impro- Der purposes. Do you expect me to et this hideous islander go unpunish- .d? I'll publish it to the whole world md we will see if the world is as reduious as you seem 10 be, and you xpeet me to De. If there arc such nen. and ] certainly do not believe here are, who make such statements. hey have been paid to do 1t and they hall go to the penitentiary along lith those who hired them. This Is
 clumsy conspiracy that imposes on obody but you. Why did 1t come up D Atlanta right at the time, in fact, ust b time. to stop you from com rg Co Heno for our wedding on the Oth7
 ''why does it come ID in Atlanta { all. except that it is distant from By home and friends and where it .fI be harder for me to meet perjury nd punish hired assassins. My attorney stated you said the tarswas a traveIing salesman. That respectable class. 1 will call on be traveling sslesmen of the south , protect an innocent. defenseless -onan from a dog. cur. who Is a ' -oi Of my enemy. You must divuIge ' 1e name of this person. unless you '
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