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MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCH. 671

stand just what you want to convey.” “Well,” I said, “well, I
have tried to do eharitable work here. I have visited the mill dis-
tricts here, the different nurseries, visited through the Associated
Charities and things of that kind, and I find that it takes a whole
lot of money, if you want to do charitable work, that unless you
do have money if takes bodily strength, and all the work I have
done has been done by bodily strength, aud I would have liked to
ask Mr. Candler if he could help me to bring good out of bad, that
if I wanted to give up the rest of my life as an atonement
for what I have done I think he would be willing to fornish the
means for me to do good the rest of my life.” I said, “I would
like for him to plaee an amount at my disposal that I eould go to
work on and I would make » report fo him monthly of every cent
that was spent and let him know exactly how I was using these
funds and if be wants to make an atonement for what he has done
the same as I will do, if I will give my life to the work, will he
give the money for it? I could take the interest on the money that
he would place at my disposal and could do more good than he
could do with his million in the Emory University,” and I said “if
he will place that amount at my disposal ao that I can have the in-
terest at my disposal, I will make him this report every month
showing where I spent every cent and show him that I am trying
to make good come dut of evil,” and they said, “What amount do
you think would be right?” and I said "if one million dollars was
what he gave to Emory University, I could take half that amount
and do twice the good.” They immediately froze up and said noth-
ing more to me at all, only that they would have to confer with
Jndge Candler and they would let me know what their decision was.
That was on Tuesday.

On Thursday I went up to Mr. Hirsch’s office. I called up Mr.
Candler, Forrest Adair, George Adair and Asa, Jr., and everybody
that I could think of that had any connection with this, to
get some information as to what was expected of me. ile I
‘was sitting in there, two officers came to the door and came in, pre-
senting me a warrant charging me with blackmail. Nothing was
farther from my thongbts than to have exposed Mr. Candler, I
didn’t want it exposed; I had begged them not to even tell each other
those things beeanse every person that they had told and brought
into this thing was an embarrassment to me; I didn’t want any-
body else to know it. Mr. Hirsch was notified, I think, in several
waya—by the newspaper and by some of his friends, He wired to
get bail for me—bond—and get me oat of that place of incarcera-
tion. I didn’t accept it, becanse I didn’t want to take it from Mr.
Hirsch ‘with him not knowing how it happened. I told my minister
every incident that had oeeurred and all about it, and asked him to
tell Mr. Hirsch for me when he got home, and to tell him before he
saw me. Hoe did so. Sunday morning about 11 o'clock Mr.
Hirech’s nephew came to the Tower, called for me, I went down
stairs and he seid, “Aunt Margaret, do you want to sea Uncle
Herman?” and I said “It isn’t a question of what I want, does he

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