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W. J. COOK.

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I stated to Mr. Candler in hia
office before he turned the mat-
ter over to me that it was a
blackmail scheme, I did not
jemp at the conelosion they were
guilty of blackmail, I arrived
at the conclusion it was black-
mail before it was turned over
to me and I have been of that
opinion ever since. I did not
jump at the conclusion after it
was inrued over to me, I knew
about the case before it ‘was
tured over to me. I did not seo
the woman in his office. Mr.
Candler related to me what had
oecurred before it was turned
over to me, he related the cireum-
stances,

I did not know about the facts
in this case until it was turned
over to me, except as related by
Mr. Candler.

Of these two the first I called
into my office was Mrs. Hirsch.
I called her to come to my offlee
when I was in Mr. Candler’s of-
flee, before I ever left there,
within twenty minutes after I
reached Mr. Candler’s office that
afternoon, Wednesday.

My purpose in calling her to
my office was, she had just ealled
it. Candler over the telephone
and Mr, Candler having turned
the matter over to me, I wanted
to talk with her and not have her
talk to Mr, Mirae ewe I mode

engagement wit to have
her come to my office and talk
with me. She came and then she
unfolded the whole case to me at
my solicitation.

did not ask Mrs, Hirsch how
much she would take to leave
town. I have tried to make that
elear. I never asked her at that
tima or any other time how much
ahe would take to leave town.
We told her Mr. Cook had de-

manded of Mr. Candler that she
mnit her hushand and leave town.
did not offer her any induce-
ment to leave town. did not
suggest we would pay her to
Teave town or intimate we would
pay her to leave town. I didn't
offer her anything to leave town.
J never bad any idea of offering

"her anything to leave town, I

did not offer Mr. Cook anything
to get her out of town,

As to how come we to say any-
thing to her about going away
from her husband and her home
when Mr, Cook made the de-
mand of Mr. Candler that she
leave her husband, he was his
particular friend and leave town,
there was not anything else left
for us to talk about in develop-
ing a plot as that was the prin-
eipal part of it, no other part
and parcel but the ornx of it.
‘There was nothing else said in
that meeting between me and
Mrs, Hirseb that I remember.

The next meeting with Mrs.
Hirsch waa after she returned
from the eard party that same
evening between five and six
o'clock.

She stated at this noon meet-
ing that she would have to leave
the office then and go to this card
party, that she wanted time to
think a little over it, she would
go out to the card party, and she
would return to our offies after
the eard party was over. She
wanted time to think about the
things Cook had demanded of
her, leaving ber husband and her
home and going out of town, I
talked to her on that matter of
what Cook had demanded, and
ehe said che would consider the
matter and talk with us fur.
ther about it, after she returned
from the eard party.

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