W'W 'x TOIM iS5",ti,v s W V" V.jfW' tyjU bt ' "V ' f T ' ; A .. &VENIKQ PUBLIC LBDGERr-PHIIADBLPHIA, FRHXAX AUGUST 18, 1922, YOUNG Mil 1.T0NATRR FTGHTS IFOMJN'S CHARGES $ AS' DID WEAL TH Y FATHER IF HO FOILED PL 0 ITERS fcy few .r wrtSV TTOjmv;! t'?7 v VT f L ft: &Mj. Story of Gay Wine Party at Sea Financed by Heir te Millions Made in Seft-Drink Industry , Figures in Sensational Suit WALTER T. CANDLER ASSERTS HE GAVE $20,000 NOTE TO DEALER IN BLACKMAIL Fermer Mayer of Atlanta, Ga., His Parent Sent Pretty Weman and Man te Jail for Badger Game; Spicy Tales Are Told flNCE again a Candler of Georgia ia battling against what he calls a blackmail plot, this time a son having the role of alleged victim as his father had four years before. Asa G. Candler, the father, founder of the Ceca Cela Company the man who ran a $2500 investment up te $26,000,000 and mere wen vindi cation in court and saw his traducers jailed. Today Walter T. Candler, his son, is struggling te rip away the meshes of alleged blackmail, but, unlike his parent, has resorted te the civil instead of the criminal court. After he began legal action, the "woman in the case" sued him for $100,000 damages. r' vvw? ,w,NrV''' ' vtvrw" vx ' VvV?"- .. ft-Vi .,fc 'iTtv i t . '' .;?' .. .,; --'.. i ' ..' : J vvjp .( -w j ., , v i;NVAte$&Vr' - H DHP tri'Wi 4 vr jp &)' A,. i '. J tjaSw r.'.".r'M:c;-;:,T -ress. it? ss ? OiwS 'si ?S M ;3 &&ffiti &&. ls& K5KT &, r rvO MWmWmm 7QWJH2 1 -frr..: "..k ?.' k :v7fft. VTc. KvitT&r .&r1frft& 'tfel fe &&; is j? W :sM-ri 1 ?4i -n tf r-i - " '. i '. r.r. L. m A X "V ev iM" - - In each instance an attractive married woman was a central figure, although it was net the same woman in both cases. The elder Candler, then Mayer of Atlanta and sixty-eight years old, began prosecution when a half a mil lion dollars in "hush money" was demanded. Says Nete Was Given te Take Up Own Check The younger Candler paid when what he calls "hush money" was de manded from him. He gave a check for $25,000 and later exchanged it for $2500 in cash and a note for $20,500. But the payment was wrung from him under duress, he sets forth in a petition filed with the Superior Court in Atlanta, Ga., and he asks the court te restrain the holder from disposing of the note. A temporary restraining order has been issued and the case will be heard September 2. It premises te be as sensational as the trial in itiated by his father four years age, a trial that literally shoved the war news off the front pages of Atlanta newspapers. There is a dash of piquancy in the ; situation because Asa G. Candler, ' new seventy-two years old, will seen have as his bride the lovely Mrs. , Onezine De Bouchelle, a young and . extremely beautiful divorcee of New Orleans. I The City Hall at Atlanta and the ' elder Candler's office in the Candler Building formed the locale for the i blackmail revelations of four years ( age. I The episode in which the younger Candler played a stellar role was en an ocean Itner, outward bound, while the .h!:. orchestra was playing mellow dance music and champagne , corks were pepping like toy pistols. , Clyde K. Byficld. hrad of nn muo mue muo mebi'lr snles company. I the defendant In the civil action begun by Walter T. Candler. Hyfield took n $25,000 check from Cnndlcr after, he wiys. he found hln wife strupKllns with the son of the Ceca Cela millionaire In her cabin. Incidentally, the Byficldn, husband and wife, were suestn of Walter T. Candler Journeying te Kurepe last July en the Cunard liner Ucrengarla. Tn n Ktatement through hi counsel Bylield hays he tried te kill Cnndler j when he found him and Mrs. Hyfield to gether. It wan a moonlight night almost In mid-ocean when Candler gave a "wine j party" for his guests. Mrt. R.vfteld i was acting as companion for Candler's two young children. An orchestra played delightful dance music, and women with bared shoulders and scintillating gowns stepped In rhythm with their partners. There was a barely perceptible roll te the ship, Just a suggestion that the dancers were scudding ever the ocean lnsteud of waltzing or two -stepping In a hotel ballroom. Seft-Drinks Profits Paid for Real "Fizz" There was mere than one bottle of champagne In the Ice-filled silver cooler as Candler and the HyflehU drank each ether's health, watched the gay dancing and exchanged the badinage current en uch occasions. ' k. After the "wine parly Jijneiu iuu I fit J m .troll along a premenade deck 'or the bracing tonic et tlie sea air. and officers of the ship broken Inte ths cabin and separated us. I want te deny that I had ever suspected undue friend liness between Candler and ray wife. Asserts Chandler Cringed After Episode Was Over "After the battle was ever and Mrs. Byfield had locked herself in the cabin, I had visions that I would be left stranded In France by Candler. I didn't ask him for a cent. "After it was all ever Candler came te me crlnglngly and cowardly, and begged me te let him, as best he could, make amends for his wrong. He re minded me that as a recult of the night's horror my busines would suffer, and that $23,000 would be no mere than just compensation." Candler, In his petition, calls the matter of the $23,000 check "a cold held-up." Later, according te Byfield, be x- S a. L?! $& Vii V ;r"tf .. M2 J&ffiSH rC"SR &wm 1" . v. S-'J.-V ( iVTW - v. -?" ! ;:9lv8ifv - $ffij'li ISM ti, itW-S ,T? it .l ,. v.'. i.! h iX "AYf. VsKc ?:,'i V 7 i i 'v''lf,$YXi V- . t. . .l.tVAi. . t J J " y "T ..c-;i'i'e.Ti i ' -;" . 9i m ',& ZWA i..3v!htt' :3?. m It iWtM && m fMrms&z rytfZ'&i i . J6 a. e ,' H'fc ifiif&t&'x "i? &&$$! ,4 V I.' m mm -iY. tMWfin rw Husband of Pretty Sarah Gillespie By. field Tells Hew He Found Sportsman in Wife's Stateroom en Liner Helding Her in His Arms 'WITH MY BARE HANDS I SEIZED HIM BY THROAT; I WO ULD HAVE KILLED HIM' When Candler Begins Action te Cancel Nete, Weman Files $100,000 Damage Suit Sen's Case Far Mere Complex Than Was His Father's Kj9t ' SS.Kl.'K iAl -WA.Ih ,M ty- :A 1.V..J t jvv,i' ?i J V!& Wli & M&A &?&& ' WiS WA&tk&i "Cook declared that he was a friend of Hlrsch, thet he had been watching Mrs. Hlrsch for some time, had seen her come te my office and had finally surprised us in a compromising posi tion." Mr. Candler continued. "I had te restrain myself when he talked like that. He showed me an UBher's badge which he claimed te have used at Billy Sunday meetings. "I had frequently attended the Sun day meetings, but never saw him. He told me that he had been a bad man and gene nfast pnee, but had reformed and was new shocked by what he had found out concerning myself and the wife of his friend. Wanted Weman te Sign ' "Paper of Agreement?' "He threatened 'te expose the whole situation,' telling me that he expected Mr. Hlrsch te return te Atlanta In a day or two, and that there was only one way te prevent him from telling Hlrsch everything, end that was for me te get Mrs. Hirsch out of town. "He demanded that I secure from l$& fVi n M i-f-'fi?, K's Zk ? ,V '.AW.l xr, ..'' -: m& i . ,j fc&3 iv.a- fiV . f. WV ii'CiC v 1 m .- : ''. i'jws if i&. ?L S&h&h H& ;v-;r $&?-. '. ,w KZ (" W ' ', '4 m Wti IS Ji vm m ?H; ,M :w: jszxmjyjfi w m I'V s Lf s ifS mi m& n' && $tl liMi w p ' Tdx? &',4 JW. ?,it. 1'' & f'-i-' ty ,& I W.A' X&: li if'1, . -Ma Mrs. Clyde K. Byfield "t-X. iw '? .' & UM m m ?$p?mmmm $& JXV nnEsut9fl ra i" ,m yff; iS i :j V' ,3C 'X -tfwi-: -..'ii vt 5 Jft-VJAA h 'Si'-,""' li: sSi 1 j ,i tiS&i m tHWil u '! '7 i '. 1 WT'M'?: 'f&LVm mm Jyj, ';: ,V'!! A 's?i JMWBJJ r ftifte rj X? ff( Mrs. Wnlter T. Candler MK& gLVSg .IMfA :. Mtl s.'Saff jVA: SiS ml i5 ' V Mrs. Onezine de Bouchelle, engaged te Asa Candler changed the rheek for cash and a note. I young married woman and the raan He say he gave f'andler n letter pt- I oenvtot.l u- her accomplice. uneratlng the young millionaire. The, Tl1" defendants whom the elder Can- of exoneration, he says, was'""-'" "" J"eu were .1. u. .,,,. ,m anj 1 insurance Hgeiu et .nanra, ami .Mrs Murrf.iret Hirv'li, wife et Ileini.ui II. letter false as te 1m statements of fact, was only given when he considered the incident closed. Byfield condemn, himself for sign ing the letter of exoneration and ac cepting the note, but points te his "desperate plight in a foreign country" by way of extenuation. In his petition Candler states he does net knew hew he get In the stateroom, as he attended a champagne party and was intoxicated. "New, I've caught you and I have been suspecting tbH for six months," the petition says Byfield exclaimed, as In entered the stateroom, "Yeu muit pay me $2.1,000." There was a brief fight In the state, room, the petition recites, after which 'andlr, "being In a dazed condition, submitted te the blackmailing demnnd," and gave Byfie'd a check en the Central Kank and Trust Company of Atlanta for $2.r,000. Wife Sues Millionaire as Result of Attack ;V i bracing tonic of the sea air. tie left 'i-.A l.i.. ....fv.min.iiir.(iul wile, te return (!aN--!. ", . , i,r Htnteroem. After examining the petition. Judce - At the end of his promenade and '" I (!.or. e. Bell, of Atlanta, temporarily Inte the Ptotereom and says he found his , note, and set the ceie for hearing Hep- wife, in night attire ana kimono, eat- , ttm, 2. ., -- l ll Uln Willi young aiiuiei. Myflcld uUmlls that all three had par tsken et cliumpaguu, but he denies thnt he, his wife or Candler was intoxicated. On the ether hand, Cnndler, in his pe tition te the court, contends that he Wh under the influence of wine. '-"With my bare hands I seixed Can- m.) Mer ey me in mtu, iiiiituicneu hi wnai Wv w," Byfield resumes. "I would HfiA - .. ..N WB... " ..- . '.' 1 ' ?k 1M also had set pastenitra, stewards' H Bylleld's wife. Mrs, Rarah Gillespie B) field, has JnM filed n suit against Camller for SI00.000 damages, alleg ing that as a result of his attacV., she lias been forced te keep In bed much of the lime since. The ioiinger Candler's case Is mere complex than that In which his multi millionaire father wen vindication. The founder of the Candler fortune did net ,ih 11 mnnv in tribute and a Jury took bis word In preference tot that of a Hlrsch, n real estate man. The main eplmde brought out In court occurred en IYbruun li, 1!)1S, when. Mrs. Hirsch was m the Cnndler li'iii'. lng office of Mr. Candler, then .Majer of Atlanta. Mr. Candler, in September, 1017, be be canie acquainted with Mr-. I Ilr-fls. 11 siimll woman, witli black ihulr. dark ejes ami a quick, attractive mule lie met her during 11 Bed Cress drive, one of huiidredn conducted almost M M multaueeusly when America had been in the war a few months. Different Versions Given of Affair in Atlanta Mrs. Ilirsch came te the Mayer's office a ci umpunied by another woman te learn if the city authorities would sanction the 111 flic of an automobile for a Bed Cress benefit. Hen end duj, later Mrs. Hlisrh called en Mr. (',111 dler tn his office in the Candler Build ing. Mr. Candler testified that she visit ed his Clt) Hull office ugulu in ,Th 11 -uary and thnt she was interested then in tcciirlii' enforcement of the in against ciuelty te animals. Subee,tipnc events were described un der 0.1th h Mr. Candlci at the tiialn of Cook ami Mrs. Hlrsch. "Mrs. Hirirch wus coming from the direction of M. 1.. Thiewer's office, where I have since lcaruiil that Cook wuh employed," he testified. . asked me ter .1 conference that after noon in my office In the Cuiiillur Ituilu lng. "I told her It would be 'Impossible but I would see her Wednesihij ntt cruoen, i-rerunry u, lit e uhick 111 no ('yWiWf'w ''Piqfcfth, (f ' t. ffrVJ .1??. t.y-jiZi? iv T- m &ty?ty'?t$fi 1 ii s. Wl 11 i !V rYr,yrM. m . ? lOrt Walter T. Candle m 'J. A !?:Vi A if'1 v, ?, s' i m j,: '.Km Wuft 0- j,. sw's,M v 4 .tWWV't & KS1 ? ; scv rw?&y.&.?T'$i c. i&&K m &trT4 M-ti n m & M Si ftI m m m K'i mi :M.i :'X mm I'm K'y W?W& mm -- S&8 .&' SASTir .'Hit .td -A-7" &t 't&WiMttX n fkVV $&mt h & B lCS -.;, V?3! jy - . A V" te. w? m v M m Xn irixs Wf Clyde K. Byfield OV .sjs:j 'smi V"i( 'h m &B m Mary and Kugenia Cnndler, chil dren of alti r T. C andler by his first wife though she made some mention of the Humane, Society. "On dm Vdm"-da afternoon she came te my office in th Cnndler Build ing she removed hiT coat and sat down beside the table. The deer from my private office te the hullwny was locked as it always Is. She had hardly seated herself before she sprung up mid exclaimed that she saw a man out- hid leek, but saw nobody. Mrs. Hirbch claimed that it was net u window washer, but a well-dressed white man standing en the ledge. "I again turned my head te leek out of the window. When I turned back te Mrs, Hlisch she had lemeved her hut anil hail opened the deer lending te the hullwny. A man was standing in the deer. He immediately entered the of fice. I had never been him or heard of him before. "He said: 'Our honorable Muyer, thin is nice.' "I said te Mrs. Hirsch: 'What does Asa Candler I at once subpected thet a trap had been laid for me. "I then ran down te the office of my son, Asa G. Candler, Jr., en the fleer below and he returned with me' te my office en the third fleer. We found thnt Mrs. Hlrsch wns still there, but the mini h.id left. "Sirs, nirsch wns crying and I asked her who the man wns. She told me his iiama was Cook and that sha hud visited at the home of his mother mid sister," Mr. Candler then testified that he called in friends, and that a conference i.uu.., ;""' ,."-" - r".V' ..r mrlf,l thnt It was nrebal.lv ' "I SAW 10 Mrs. Hlrscl! ! ' she wished te dlbcuBs with me, el-' window washer, and turned around te this- mean?' But she-made no reply;lwa'arralJcd'WlUnOoek Mrs. nirsch a written agreement which was te read: 'I ugree te your pro posal.' "The ngreement was te be turned ever te Cook," Mr. Chandler went en. "I saw Cook again en Wednesday, February 13. In the Mayer's office In City Hall. The meeting was net by appointment. Cook walked Inte the of- lice unexpectedly. 1 asked him what he wanted. He replied: 'Yeu are trifling with mn and I will glve you until next Friday te de what I have outlined. If you don't de It by that time I will expo Ui. whole thlnf. I told him the Seuth. It was no easy Jeb te separate a na ' and his wlfe. Cook told me he would take all the blame."' The cress-examination of Mr. Cnnd ler proceeded In this way: "Were het you and Mrs. Hirsch ei a leunge in your office when Cook came In?" naked the attorney for the accuse man. "We were net." "Did Mrs. Hlrsch or Cook ntit any direct demands en you for money)" "They did net." "Yeu have never paid them a del lar." "I have net." "When Cook entered the room, didn't you threw up your hands and say: 'Oh, Lord, I am rutnd'?" "I did net." It was stated that te Ferreit AdAff, acting as Mr. Candler's agent, Mr. Hirsch began with a modest deawnd for cash and securities that would yield $3000 n year and ended by demanuini the settlement en her of $500,000. Thought Half Millien Would Be Eaeg te Pay "I admire the philanthropic wetk el Mr. Candler," Mrs. Hlrsch was tald te have told Mr. Adair. "He gave I million dollars te Emery University, and be ought te be glad te get off with half cf that te me." Cook denied that he or Mrs. Hlrsch had tried te extort money from tht multi-millionaire. He said he was nc tuatcd solely by his friendship for tht woman's husband. This claim wm heavily discounted when Mr. Hirsch said Cook was only a casual acquahv tance. Cook was sentenced te a year at hard labor in a chain gang and fined $1000, while Mrs. Hirsch wns sentenced te year In prison and also fined $1000. Mere than a year after the trial of Mrs. Hlrsch and Cook, the buslntM world was greatly Interested In the re ported purchase of the Ceca Cela Cem pany for $23,000,000. The sale included the name, trade mark, formula, contracts and geed will of the company and such realty as wil actually used by it in the distribution and sale of the product in vnrleus'cltlts. Asa G. Candler started his business career as an apprentice in a drug store In Cartersville, Ga.. a position he held from 1870 te 1873. Frem there fat migrated te Atlanta, where he obtained a plucc as clerk In the drug store of Dr. Geerge J. H.wnrd, whose daughter h subsequently married. He went into business for himself in 1878, the yeu of his marriage. Early in tne eighties in Atlanta then was a drug store operated by Willis B. Venable, whose establishment bad one marked distinction. In these days drug stores were stores for the sale of medic inal preparations only. The hundreds of side lines which new form the bulk et many such businesses were then undreamed of. Uut the marked distinction of Vea aide's stere was his cehnter, where several varieties of beverages were sold. The thirsty patron even could obtain glass of "soda water," the drink which had attracted se much attention at the Philadelphia Centennial In 1870. Clerk Made Millions Out of New Seft Drink After experimenting for severe! mouths Mr. Venable found that the soda-water business paid and paid well. Other druggists scoffed and said the sale of beverages belonged pieperly te the saloon. But Venable had faith In his ! line and he worked out a recipe for new kind of drink. But his patrons re fused te be switched te the new mixture and gradually the druggist lest con fidence In the formula. Among the customers et bis se counter, however, was Asa O. Candler, who tried the new drink and liked 11. He was frank enough te tell Venable hi liked It. The Inventor admitted that the general run of people did net taie te It much. Mr. Candler thought the new drink would be a success If the nubile became acquainted with it. Finally he offeree te buy the formula, paying Venable . his experimental expenses, plus a . senable profit. After some dlckermi the sum of $2500 wns agreed upon. Candler christened the concoction "coca-cola" and began Its mantifae ture en n small scale at 204 Marietta street. Atlanta. In'lSSO. Success came tly, until lHhU, wnen n " 1 i of the Southern States led te tne slowly, until 1880. when a sal""?. vass of the Southern States lea 10 " ale of 2171 gallon" of the siruP that year! This wns a Jump from tw tyslx gallons, the first output let . ' The $2500 Investment in the forreul began piling up dollars for Candler, that teaay tne company -, u ganized has eleven sirup fcter1!"tli " many cities ami is preiiucm -- -. 000,000 gallons of sirup, yean. -; drink is served from oe.uw fJlf lUUlf, II UClUg VMUHUHi - j .a 'X htW; 11 C .. ?4i ai-JTiW .iSr.jq,i'V"i .lAxSii iiC'.. TJtT,"'
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