Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-12

filed in the motion for q new trial
purporting to have been written by
Mrs. Bracket believe to be forgeries.
They were SO unlike her that called
her attention to them and she denied
having written them. The plaintiffs
are still filing aiiidavits In the case
and they are most scurrilous. They
do not affect the merits OF the case.
II they were true the matter to which
they relate occurred long after the
trial of the cause There is no at
tempt to show that was improperly
infl uenced in any way. They relate
solely to my private affairs and can
not be used in the case. being only a
part of the policy to effect my ruin.
Il do not know what the policy of
the defense in the action will be. He
may probably make some counter aft
-davits and part of my cause may
then be shown. / can not make my
defense until the cause is fiaally dis
posed of in my court. Upon coming
home find that my old friends are
disturbed because L have apparently
made no defense. l want to assure
them that am in no danger. The
popular feeling in Butte where the
methods of this corporation are known
is very much in my favor. For this
l do not care, except that 1t confirms
me that my judgment was right.
The friends of the plaintiffs themselves
say the verdict was Just and that
no other conclusion could have been
reached from the testimony.
To Return to Butte.
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return to Butte within two or three
weeks; that 1 will proceed with the
business of my court as usual, that
my defense will soon be made aud
that when made / will be fully
vlndicated. if it may be called vindi-
cation. This corporation could not
coax me. could not buy me, could
not bluff me, nor can they ruin me-"
The Judge says he is bordering on
nervous prostration, which he claims
is common in high attitudes among
those that are kept at high nervous
tension. He feels much improved
already, however. and is cert ain few
days rest will place him in condition
TO 90 back and face his accusers.
When questioned in regard to re
ported domestic troubles between
himself and wife he evinced surprise
and said he did not know such stories
had gained currency. There is
nothing whatever in these reports,
he said. MRS. Harvey merely came
here to visit her parents, whom she
had not seen for a number of years.
We planned the trip last winter and
made it up that / should Join
her after she had been in Illi-
uois for a time. OF course, under the
circumstances. / should not have
come if it had not been for the advice
of my physician" Mrs. Harvey with
her three small children has been Wis
iting with her parents since June y.
During the visit of the press repre-
sentative she remained constantly at
her husbands side. She confirmed
the Judges statement insisting that
their domestic relations are of the
most cordial nature.
The Judge is a young man for one
in so responsible a position, being
little past 40. He is native of Mel
Ger county. this state, and his father
and mother now live at JOY, where he
was raised. In his early life Judge
Harvey secured his schooling through
his own efforts. His legal education
was begun in the Office of Ellis, Muir
ply & Gould, in Davenport. and he
later attended and was graduated
from Tabor college. For a number
of years he practiced at Valentine
Neb.. removing from there to Butte.
At the latter place he came rapidly
into prominence. being chosen last
winter as judge of department one of
the Second judicial district OF Mon
tana, a court second in rank only to
the state supreme court.