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W. J. COOK.

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had been trapped. I ran to his
office on the floor below and ran
back with him; was gone prob-
ably a minute, When I got back
Cook was gone; Mrs. Hirsch was
in my office erying; I left her
erying; she began to ory before
I left. When my son and I got
back don’t recollect what she
said except in answer to my
question, “Who was that?” she
says, “That is Mr, Cook,” that
she dad seen him at his
mother’s and sister’a, “I visit at
their home, and I see him easual-
dy there, I think he is in the real
estate business with Thrower.”
She did not stay there more than
@ minute or two after my sou
came. She asked me, “Is this
your son?” I says, “Yes.” I
then took up my telephone and
ealled my friend, Forrest Adair,
and my brother, John §. Cand-
ler, to come immediately to my
office. After Forrest Adair got
there, Mrs. Hirsch called me up
on the phone. She said she had
gone to her hushand’s offtee and
wanted me to come there; told
her I would let her know in a
few minutes. I turned the mat-
ter over to Forrest Adair to rep-
resent me, and I have not seen
the woman any more since then,
until this time. Thursday morn-
ing went to Forrest's office to
hear what Cook had to say; he
would not see me except alone,
and he told me what he was go-
ing to do. He claimed he had
been watching my office; that he
was a friend of Mr. Hirsch, and
that_he had suspected the virtue
of Mrs. Hirsch, and therefore
was watching Mrs. Hirsch, that
he saw her come to my office and
¢ome in there, and had seen me
with her in @ compromising posi-
tion, I had to restrain myself

when he made the statement.
He went on to tell me how he
had seen me in the office, I de-
nied that he had seen any suck
thing at all. T restrained myself
beeanse I did not want to lose
my temper. It was all I could
do to doit, He said he had been
aman of the world, had no faith
in anybody’s religion, but re-
cently bad a change of mind, and
it waa a great shock to him, be-
cause he knew what I stood for.
He opened his memorandum
book and ahowed me a badge,
saying he had served as an usher
at the Billy Sunday meetings.

Mr. Cooper. We object to ev-
erything on the subject of char-
eeter that has been said or may
be said at this time, as we have
not offered the character of de-
fendant, and I don't think it
would be competent for the State
to prove the character of the de-
fendant here by the prosecutor,
either by confession or by any
other means.

The Cover. Objection over-
ruled.

Mr. Candler, He said he had
been a man of the world, had
gone all the gaita, and that he
was shocked now at this, and he
intended to expose the whole
thing, I told him he had noth-
ing to expose, He told me that
he expected to meet Mr. Hirsch,
that he was his friend and was
determined to protect him, and
there was but one way that
would keep him going immedi-
ately to Hirsch and that was that
I get this woman out of town,
and that she shonld never see her
husband again, and that I get a
writfen statement from her to
that effect, He said: “Then it
would stay in my breast alone.”
Saw him in the Mayor's office

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