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MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSOH. 679

Cook and it seared him. I don’t believe he would have
yielded to this woman’s importunities, but if he had they
would have pulled the blackmail stunt then.

Let me detail some of the few things in the case which
speak louder than others: First, there were Mr. Candler’s
employes in the adjoining office with an unlocked door be-
tween the two rooms. Then Cook saw through the letter box
without encountering any obstruction. There were two win-
dows on Pryor street with the blinds up and a hotel across
the street. No man performs the immoral act in a public
place. You lmow it. Then she says she saw the man at the
window while she was on the settee with Mr. Candler and
immediately jumped up and ran to the door. Mr. Candler
has too much at stake to run risks of detection like that. Ho
would have taken more care, and besides, he would have se-
lected a younger woman. I don’t mean to cast reflections on
Mrs. Hirsch’s look. But she is 38, just out of the hospital
and looking in bad health. She doesn’t look healthy even
now.

‘Will you fail to vindicate a man who has lived among you
for a lifetime? A man 66 yeara old who has given $1,000,000
to bring a great institution of learning here? A man hon-
ored by the highest gift in the power of his fellow citizens,
that of Mayor of this cityf A man who has walked among
you, honored and respected ever since 18731 He has helped
every interest of credit in the town and is generous to a fault.
He hes given employment where it is wanted badly. Isn’t
his record worth considering? If Mr. Candler’s record and
reputation is worth nothing in this case, I would feel that I
had lived in vain. It was perfectly natural under the cir-
eumstances for Mr. Candler to go to his son. He had a right
to be suspicious of such actions. There are two things neces-
sary to the crime of blackmail First is the fact that the
blackmailers have got to charge their victim with @ crime,
Adultery ia a crime, blackmail is just a misdemeanor, Bee-
ondly, was the charge made with the intent to get money?
The law encourages a man not to pay blackmail. The crime

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