The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-08-05
In Sensational Charges Against
Judge Harney.
w AY OF A WOMAN
Had Only His Good at Heart
gested Poker Game and Other
Diversions.

Following are the letters which are
said to have passed between Mrs.
Ada H. Bracket and Judge Harney
of Butte. The letters form part of an
affidavit on motion for a new trial
in the Minnie Healy case. Both Mrs.
Bracket and Judge Harney deny the
authenticity of these letters:
(H. M. Heimendinger: Please be
very careful with this and see that
he destroys it. He said you cautioned
him yesterday. thank you very
much for your kindness. Mrs. A. b.
Dearest: There is SO much that l
want to say to you, that, in Difference
to your time and patience, will
say it with the typewriter. In the
first place l know that by this time
you do not question my deep affection
and friendship for you. nor my wish
for your future welfare. Your future
concerns me personally. because l
love you, and hope to leave here for
some years at least; and il l can see
you. and If you are successful in
every way, both financial and in
your reputation, it means happiness
and success to me. Realizing this.
you must know that my interest in
you and your future is sincere, so
now hope you will read this patti
emily and allow me to say what
feel. You have told me might say
anything to you, and am taking
you at your word.
In the first place, dearie. all that is
asked of you by me, or any one. is to
be absolutely impartial and free in
your decisions; and not to get tied up
to anybody so that you are forced to
be anything but honest. do not
want you to favor my friends, unless
you are convinced it is right for you
to make such decision; on the other
hand, if it should be such close de-
cision that friendship Il would not
insult you by saying money! might
sway you, want you to remember me
as your friend, and that you can help
me when it is not at the expense of
your honesty or conscience; and al
so to remember who were your friends
before you were Judge Harvey" l
mean the people who elected you and
stood by you. You know the Anal
gamated people fought your election.
and the Clarks, too, and that they were
not half so complaisant to you and so
attentive until after your election. Il
can give you instances to prove this.
If you do not already know it, Do not
be Influenced by attention and flatter-
les and all the things they say about
knowing what fine fellow you were
Ell the time; because they did not
think and say all these things when
they might have helped you-not un-
til they were interested. l ask you
to remember this. Dear sweetheart,
l have thought out lot of these
things all by myself nights when
could not sleep.
Now, l don't for one minute think
you would be willing to accept money
for your decision; could not like you
so much II you would, and l would
not vex you by suggesting it; but let
me tell you, dearie, that if you are
in debt and some money would make
you freer. l will gladly let you have
what money have for the sake of re-
lieving you from any pressure. II they
offer to loan you money or let you
have money. and if you need it enough
SO that unconsciously Il know it
would be unconsciously) you might
be Influenced by that means. will let
you have money. II you want it, take
it from me and leave yourself free.
Mr.. McGinniss asked me to say to
you that all they want you to do is to
be honest in every decision, whether
it is for or against them; they are
willing to stand on their rights. and
to keep yourself from ENHANCEMENT
on either side, SO that your decisions
will be entirely unbiased. AS for
your future, after you leave the bench,
If you will allow me. l am empowered
to promise you certain things which
will assure you that most generously.
AS for the money. l would rather
let you have mine. both for the sake
of your future and my own (because
your future is mine) than to have you