Arizona republican., 1906-07-21

Pittsburg. July 2O-Attorney J. Scott Ferguson, of counsel for Angus tus Hartje in his suit for divorce, startled the spectators in the court room during an impassioned argument against the admission as evidence of the dispositions of Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman, and a correspondent in the suit, with the following words: "Tt does not do to say that this man Hooe is a negro. God knows. there's many an intelligent woman who has sinned as we, say this woman has sinned. History is full of it. l repeat, many a woman high in life socially and in this community has sinned as this woman has done.T
 Charges of crooked methods made by both sides were the feature of the Hartje divorce case during it's. hearing here today. What are apparently a series of legal victories for Mrs. Hartje, the respondent in the suit. also marked the days session and culmi- mated in the admission of the comics sions of Clifford Hooe, the colored coachman, in which he is said to have declared that he lied when he swore that he had improper relations with the respondent. This most important point was not gained until after a bit terly contested struggle between op- posing counsel which lasted for over an hour and a half. and during which Attorney Ferguson made many. sensa- tional threats.
 With the offering of this confession and of several other documents today, the case was practically closed. all though Attorney John Freeman, of Mrs. Hartjes counsel, told the court that he might have some new matter to present later. An adjournment was then taken until Monday.
 Detective Ray, of the Perkins agency. and Superintendent G. P. Per kins told of the arrest of Hooe in Ohio and of his being brought back to Pitts burg, where he made his confession Attorney John MarFon. of Augustus Hartje's counsel, put both Ray and Perkins through a rigid cross -examf- nation, in which he tried to show that Hooe was made drunk and coerced by the detectives into making his comics sion. Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, the re spondent. testified that she was pres. ent when the first deposition of the ne gro coachman was taken. and tha what he said there was, Outrage ously false"
 There was a hard battle of argumen when the counsel for Augustus Hartj IleQ to get SlIlCken IEOUl the case LII evidence concerning Hooe given b, John L. WeIsohns, Hartjes clos friend. and the witness who followe, him.
 Attorney J. Scott Ferguson led tn argument for Hartje and bitterly ar raigned Mrs. Hartje Attorney Johl M. Freeman. chief of counsel for Mrs Hartje, replied sharply and was rein forced with typewriter and carefull prepared papers to establish his con tention that the evidence was proper.
 Judge Robert s. Frazer gave tn counsel for Hartje no encouragement and finally ordered that the evidenc be considered and made a part of tn case. The opposing counsel had diff ficulty in agreeing upon a statemen of facts to be considered, upon whic the conclusions of law were based
 At the close of the day Judge Fraze said that the four statements made b the negro coachman would not be req in open court. The judge said it woul not be well to have them made publi at this time, and corrected an intima tion that he was acting solely in tn interest of public morals.
 Hooe made four statements, the ffrS