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W. J. COOK, 627

absolutely the charge of immoral conduet made by Cook and
Mrs, Hirach. He was followed by Mr. Adair, who told of the
conspirators’ demands as they were made to him as the repre-
sentative of Mr, Candler. Two nurses at a hospital where
Mrs, Hirsch had been a patient for some weeks, testified to
Cook’s calling on her nearly every day, and the proprietor
of a cafe, and one of his waiters testified that the couple vis-
ited it together on several occasions, remaining there several
hours, and choosing a part of the room where they would not
be likely to be observed.° A taxi-cab driver swore that Cook
had offered him $200 if he would get him a pass-key to the
second floor of the Candler building.* And two witnesses swore
that he had told them that he had a good scheme to make a let
of money.

Cook called no witnesses, but made a statement to the jury.
He said he had known the Hirsches for a long time; that Mrs.
Hirseh was an intimate friend of his mother and sister; that
on January 3d, being in the Candler building, he saw her and
the Mayor going into the Mayor’s office, and as the door closed,
saw him put his arm around her; that he peeked through a
mail slot in the door and saw him kissing her; that he then
determined to watch her; that he happened to be on the street
on February 4th, and heard them make an appointment for
February 6th; that on that day, as he went to the scene, he
met two friends, Smith and Lee, and invited them to come
with him, telling them that something was going to happen
in the Mayor’s office; that while Smith went out on the stone
eoping to look in the window, he and Lee looked through the
mail slot in the door, and all of them saw what Mrs. Hirsch
said had occurred in the office.

But Smith and Lee were never produced at the trial.
No one knew anything about them, and as they were probably
myths, and Cook’s story a lie from beginning to end, the jury

> Kate Taylor, post, p. 643; Jean C. Waldon, post, p. 644.
Al H. Martin, post, p. 644; C, H. Hicks, poet, p. 644,
Bill Baldwin, post, p. 644.

oR. A. Gorden, post, p. 644; M. C. Kiser, post, p. 644.

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