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Show Fiancee Says Candler ! Breaks Engagement By False Statement Mrs. de Bouchel of New Orleans Discusses Charge Made Against Her by Atlanta Capitalist in Giving Reason for His Refusal J Mrs. Onezlma de Bouchel of New ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 10 (By A. P.) Orleans, whose encasement to marry Asa a. Candler Br, Atlanta capitalist, waa announced aome weeks ago, made publlo here today a atatement asserting as-serting Mr. Candler broke tho encasement encase-ment because of a jeportbroughtto him "reflecting upon her character. Mrs. de Bouchel aald Mr. Candler had refused and waa atlll refusing to furnish the names of the persona he said accused her. She laaued her atatement following a final conference confer-ence between her and Mr. Candler here. ' Mra de Bouchel came to Atlanta last night from Marietta, having reached there on Sunday from Chattanooga Before leaving Marietta, ah aald that ahe called Mr. Candler over the telephone, tele-phone, and asked him to see her. On reaching Atlanta she aald ahe engaged a suite of rooma at a local hotel and Informed Mr. Candler over the telephone tele-phone of her arrival. Mr. Candler and hla eon, Aaa O. Candler Jr, It waa declared, went to the hotel and were In conference with Mr, de Bouchel for nearly two houra FELT SORRY FOR HIM. "Mr. Candler waa very much broken up." Mra. de Bouchel aald. "I felt sorry for him. He told me he still lovea me and want to marry me, and that he doee not believe this hideous slander which baa been taken to him, and yet he refused to give me the name of the man or men who accueed me. I cannot can-not understand his attitude. He told me he was wretched and unhappy and did not care whether he lived or dled lie said he would prefer for me to go home and wait awhile ana announce the breaking of the engagement and give aa my reason anything detrimental detrimen-tal to hi character that I might aee fit. Of courae X would not do auch a thing, for I know nothing about hi character, although I Inalet that he owe it to me to give me the name of tnoee who accuse ac-cuse me." Mra de Bouchel aald her lawyer. Harry Gambia of New Orleana would arrive late tonight. She aaid ahe would probably be here "for eome time." She declined to atate what action ahe would Institute, If any. to force a (lla-rloaure (lla-rloaure of the Identity of thoae who ahe aald had accueed her. Mra de Bouchers ststemcnt follows: "Mr. Candler and I were to have been married on the 10th of September. All arrangement were made, clergymen clergy-men engaged, cards of announcement p!nted and we were to te at home here In Atlanta on October 10. "On September 15 he wrote me that It would not be fair to marry me and bring ine her where I would be slighted slight-ed on account of report circulated here agnlnst me. Thfae report, according to him, were that during a Confederate reunion in Atlanta three or four yeare ago, when I had the aupreme honor of being chaperons general, and when I was attending at-tending a session. I had ollclted two men to vlalt me at the hotel at night. HEART 18 BROKEN. Theee report had been brought to him from 'source he waa bound to believe.' be-lieve.' Juat before he waa to take the train for our wedding. They would. he ald, follow m wherever I might go. I would never be able to hold my head up again. Thla hldeoua slander and Mr. Candler' Cand-ler' reception of It and hla aaylng my future waa tulned, have broken my heart; but my will ia not broken and I have faith that God will give me courage cour-age to defend myaelf. j "I have come here agnlnit all my training, agalnat all my Instincts, but a good nam ia all that a woman haa, and I mean to put the dastards who have contrived this despicable arheme to destroy me behind the bars. If there I any Justice In Georgia. "1 have always known that the Cand-lera Cand-lera opposed my marriage to Mr. Candler Cand-ler and he will not deny that twice after our engagement, long after, I offered of-fered to release him. "He vehemently refused and cried that 1 Waa cruel to suggest it. "Who Is cruel now?" "It waa never neceeaary on that 1 count to put thla foul dishonor on me. "But they have blundered. "This clumsy conspiracy fixe th tlm so fortunately for m that I can prove my Innocence agalnat all tne per-Jurera per-Jurera and hired assassins they can bring. "I ws chaperon general at the reunion re-union of tho Confederate Veteran In a suit of rooms with other women of unimpeachable un-impeachable character and under conditions con-ditions so highly honorable to me that none but desperate, atupld dolta or people who recklessly use certain of their power in Atlanta would ever conceive con-ceive the Idea of making me out a common degraded woman in the very hour that I was crowned with the very higheet and most sacred honor thkt can come to a Southern woman. BEST NOT TO KNOW. "When I received Mr. Candler letter let-ter containing thla abominable charge aid ruylng I could not come to Atlanta without Insult. I immediately left for the South and came to Chattanooga, for I was loath to come to Atlanta "Prom there I asked Mr. Candler for the names of my accusers and who aere his Informant. He declined to give me the Information and made the natonlahlng statement that It wa best tor me not to know, "A woman'a reputation to be stolen aad ahe to accept it and to b dia-(ConUoucd dia-(ConUoucd pa pag 1.) FlANffiESAYS (Continued from page 1.) minmeii with a goodd-goody Pt on ths shoulderl "I sent en attorney Is represent to Mr. Chandler the right to defend myself my-self from thess slanders. If thera were any such pemone, which I had than begun to doubt. "It la unbelievable, but ha etlll re. fuaed to dlrulre the namea and seemed to espect me to r quietly off In aome remote comer of the world to hide and leave him and hie family triumphant here to aneer. "The only aatlafactlon . given the attorney waa that theee aollelted visits were to he underateod. not mere a octal call, but for Improper purpoaea: .that one or the vliltora waa a traveling ssleeman. "I do not believe any men, or man. haa made any au-h statement, but If there are auch they have been brought to thla vlleneee and I call on the respectable and honorable clsss of the traveling ealeemen to Investigate Investi-gate him or them and protect a de-feneeleaa de-feneeleaa woman agalnat conaplracy and perjury. "Why waa thla brought agalnat me In Atlanta, dlatant from my home and friend, where the Candlera are ao powerful that people call the city Candlervllle? "Already Inveatlgatora and deter tlvee have had combed my life tn New Orleane In vain. "Judge Candler had rone thera early In the Bummer. "Immediately after that, a etream of ualy lettera began to flow Into Atlanta, It la aald. HEEM PLOYED DETECTIVES. "I know he employed detectlvea. My colored chauffeur, who had been with me nine yeara waa ao hounded hy repeated vlalta of the detective to hie home In the country, forty mllee from New th-leana, that the poor hoy waa brought Into auaplrlon with hie wife and nelahbora and had to leave home and hunt work eleewhere. "It la an honor to thla negro hoy that he resisted the 'Inducement offered of-fered him and went away to the heavy labor on the rice flelda rather than aell hla employer, who had never been otherwlea than kind to him. "WIUi all thla nothing waa found ajrajnet me and the wedding waa to take ptara on Heptember 20. "Will any Jut human being believe that the transfer of theee Infamoua attempt agalnat me to Atlanta at the lfut mlnuta. Juat tn lm to prevent pre-vent Mr. Candler from stepping on the train waa otherthan a last desperate des-perate attempt to break up the marriage mar-riage at the expense of the deatruc-tlon deatruc-tlon of a woman who had never done them any harm and who would have released Mr. Candler at any time- he would have asked It In an honorable wayT I have humbled myeelf again and again to entreat. Implore Mr. Candler to place ma where I can protect myself. my-self. "I never have believed that ha was or could be a party to thl wlahonor-able wlahonor-able tranaaotlon. "I'll never eubmlt. "If .tha lawa or Georgia will punish thee conspirator a for their crime against me thsy shall be jailed. "Only aa a last resort have I given my consent to make thla disclosure. and hla son came here' to see me that he did not talk to the man himself that the man talked to hla son. Aaa Jr: that there la not one man, but two". Declaring that she was In Chattanooga Chatta-nooga about ten days prior to coming tn Atlanta, Mra de Bourhel said ahe registered under the name of "Mra. C. D. Boxers'' for-ths purpose of "es-rsplng "es-rsplng those naatyv detectlvea who are following me." Bttence and retreat only would expose ex-pose me more at future perlode of my lle. , v , "An open fight agalnat theee underground under-ground burrowere Is my only aafety. I have no other course, I have not a living male relative." Mrs. de Bourne! aaeerted that ahe demanded of Mr. Candler "to know the name of thle traveling salesman. He refused to tell me. lie still re-fuses. re-fuses. But now ha telle me. when he |