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W. J. COOK.

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he had ehanged his mind, and
that he had decided he would not
come to my office. I said, “Let
us not talk it over the telephone;
suppose you leave your office and
meet me on the Whitehall street
viaduet in 4 few minutes.” He
said, “All right.” I left my of-
fice, wo walked out on the side-
walk. He said, “I will arrange
a place to meet him, T don't
want to talk to him in your office
or his office. I will talk to him
in the place I suggest.” J told
him be could not have any sus-
pieion about meeting him In my
office, We had a private room
there and it would be all right,
and after some persnasion on
my part he went up in the pri-
vate office where Mr. Candler
was and shut the door and they
remained in there for some time,
and Mr, Cook left without eom-
ing back through my main affice,
but opened the door of my pri-
vate office into the hall and left
the building. Mr. Candler re-
ported to me what Mr, Cook de-
manded of him to do. I then, in
response to a telephone message
from her made an engagement,
brought her to my offiea that aft-
ernoon and my brother George
and I talked to her. Told her
that Mr. Cook had demanded he
arrange for her to leave town,
and her husband or he would
expose her; she said that was
pretty hard to demand ahe should
Jeave her home and husband;
told her Mr. Candler was not de-
manding it, it was Mr. Cook’s
demand of Mr. Candler. Asked
Mra. Hirsch what kind of a man
Mr, Hirach was, she told me he
was a pretty cool determined
sort of man, and that if Mr.
Cook did go to her husband she
didn’t know just exactly what he

would do; she said, “Whether he
would immediately kill me and
then probably go and try to kill
Mr, Candler, or whether he
would sue me for divorea and
name Mr, Candler as co-respond-
ent.”

Hr. Cooper. I object to what
Mrs, Hirseh said about her hus-
band on the ground that he was
cool courageous man and £0
forth, it doesn’t bind the defend-
ant Cook on trial.

The Covrr, Objection over-
ruled.

Mr. Adair, She anid, “As be-
tween the two, rather than risk
my husband’s taking one or the
other of these stepa, it might be
better for me to leave, but I cer-
tainly ought not to be required
to leave iny husband and my
home, aud all of my friends here
unless I were properly provided
for.” Up to that time I had not
in any way mentioned money,
never. Cook was the first who
suggested her leaving her hus-
band. She said, “Mr. Candler
is very wealthy, he bas given a
good deal fo charity, he is a
philanthropist and he ought to
be willing to provide liberally
for me. I would rather talk to
him directly about this.” I as-
sured her, 28 I had before, that
Mr. Candler would not talk to
her and would only deal with her
through me. She said, “If you
put the situation on that basis,
T am going to be mercenary. I
have to be provided with -
thing I have now, My husband
gets a good salary of $300.00 &
month as insurance agent; he has
some other income from prop-
erty and I have a good home.”
She said nearty all his income he
spent on her, and if she left At-
lanta and quit him, she thought

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