The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-30
HARTJE ATTORNEYS
ARE FACING
ARREST
AS RESULT OF FORGERY AND
CONSPIRACY CHARGES THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE.
TO COUNTERFEIT EFFECT
OF Susie Wagner's Evidence is Jon
Facing counseI--Deposit'on OF
Negro Who Claims to Have
Been Offered Bribe.

Pitt. burg. Pa. July 20. The coun.
sci for Augustus Hartje today work
ed on their plans for counteractihe
the effect Of the testimony that mas
been given by thor witness SUSIE
Wagner whose admission that she
had received a letter from Mrs, Hart
ie which heretofore has not been
known. is regarded as very important
nv those who are following the case
II is understood that Susie VIII DC
placed On the stand again and an ei'
fort made to show that she was mis-
taken about this new letter.
one of the sensational features ot
tho close of the divorce case on Au'
gustus Hartie, the millionaire paper
manufactures against his wife prom
ises TO be the arrest of two wei
known attorneys. Thee lawyers
have been active from the beginning
lof the suit. and the charge that may
I be brought against them " forgery
land conspiracy The lawyers engaged
IN the case for both sides are the
most prominent in this part Ct the
country. one of them being = partner
If Attorney d. T. Watson of North
ern Securities fame
He appears for he respondent, me
| ,ounter-charges between the attorneys
| nave been of grave nature, and II
vas generally reported today that the
| Allegheny County Bar Association
VII also take up the matter
The publicity given the fact that
he district attorney has in his pos
session deposition of negro has
caused much comment H. was to
! he effect that he had been offered
sum of money TO substantiate the
story of Clifford II oe. n negro coach
nan in the Hartje house, that he had
| wines ed certain improper actions on
he part of the coachman and Mrs.
! 1artie.
According to the story of the de-
position. the negro refused TO testify
rs the detective suggested. He claims
n the dcpoaii1.,n that no specific sum
vas offered Bim for the perjury he
vas 10 commit The deposition Is said
/ be full Of details II is not at all
ikely that it will be made known IN
il some of the cases following the
inal decision Of The divorce case viii
@me up for trial in criminal court.
Nadine Love Letters.
The testimony of Susie Wagner, a
ormcr servant of the Hartjo home
hat she had received a letter from
Mrs. Hartje in August containing the
anne words as one placed on exhibt
ion was surprise. This admission
is CLAIMED sustains Mrs Hartje tha
he had not written a letter TO the
drl which contains many damaging
statements. as was alleged. but th'
communication to her merely t1uchc'
m some trivial matters.
The hearing In the case will h
continued Monday During the las
wo weeks Mrs. Harjc has receiv"'
letters from all over the world -
tending her sympathy.
The closing of the trial. ii was sal
will be a move on the part of Har'
les lawyers to show where The aliee
ID love letters of Nadine. the allecc
favored coachman. were secure
The lawyers for Mrs. Harlie siill COZ
inue TO claim that these missives ar
-orgeries. and IL is probable that the
will not contradict the efforts Of ih
husbands lawyers No matter wha
he evidence may be- il will be insis
d that they were especially prepa
ed
u has been said the letters wcr
! aiken from Madine's trunk. but th
-oachman ella ms that he never sa'
hem and Mrs Hsrtie sticks to be
story that they are not in her ham
, writing.