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HRS, HERMAN H. HIRSCH. 665

eaid, “you ent it out and quit going to his office, now.” That waa
before I want the first time after I came ont of the hospital. They
havo said in their testimony that on Tuesday, the 4th of February,
thet I met Mr, Candler on Forsyth strect—they said on Monday.
To the best of my recollection, it was on Tuesday.

‘When I came through the Grant building that dayI same through
there because it was cold, and the wind was blowing, and I took
the short eut through to get around the postoffiea and go up Fairlie
street to the Pickwick apartments. I was on my way home. I had
no idea Mr. Candler was within a million miles from there, as far
as I was concerned—in fact, my mind didn’t happen to be on Mr.
Candler that morning. As I went through the Grant building my
mind wasn’t on Mr. Candler at all, I didn’t seo him until I came
right up to him, because I wasn't looking for him. He'welked up tome
and shook hands, put his around me and patted me on the shoulder,
and I had a fever blister on my mouth and he said: “How did you
happen to get that fever blister?” And I said; “I guess you put
it there about two weks ago when I was in your office,” and he said,
“Don’t your husband put fever blisters on your mouth?” And I
said, “My husband isn’t as demonstrative a Kisser as you are,” aad
we talked about that, and he said, “When are you coming up to
see me again¢” And I said, “I don’t know about that, Mr. Cand-
ler, Mr. Hirsch is in town today,” and he said, “How about tomor-
row?” I said, “Well, he is expecting to leave here sbont noon to~
morrow, and if he does go away, I will come up tomorrow after-
neon. If he doesn’t go away, I will phone you in the morning at the
city hall, but if I don’t phone you, you can look for me st 4 o’elock.”
Mr. Hirsch left town the next morning about noon, and at 4 o'clock
thet afternoon I went to Mr. Candler’s office, He met me at the
door, put his arm around me, practically before the door was closed,
he closed and locked the door. His first remark to me was, “What
do you want to dof” One demonstration followed another until I
finally consented to do what Mr. Candler wanted me to do, I had
removed my coat when I went into the room, as he ssid I did, and
took off my hat and laid it on the end of tha table near the door
with my coat, I also removed the articles of clothing, which have
Deen introditeed as evidence, and laid these with my hat and coat
on the table. It’s so hard to go on with, The windows in Mr.
Candler’s room had double shades on them, and the shades were
about a foot from the bottom of each sash; they were lowered to
within about a foot of the middle of the sash, and at the bottom
of the sash. We were on the davenport near the window. I had
my face towards the window, when I saw a man look through the
‘window at us. He was standing outside of the window and his
head was even with the top opening of those shades. It frightened
me go I jumped up and started to run out of the door. Mr. Cand-
Jed said, “Don’t do that, don’t open the door, just bide your face.”
I terned around and I saw the man again, and he was looking
right into the window, he was peering in to see what was happen-
ing in the room, and J threw discretion to the winds, and I beeame

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