The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-15
THREATENDEATHTO
MRS. HARTJE'S
FRIEND
UNLESS SHE RETRAcTs TESTE
MoNY IN HER FAVOR AND
LEAVES PiTTSBURG.
ANOTHER PORT ADDED
To the Charge Of Conspiracy Against
Defendant in Divorce Case as
Letter to Mrs. slocum Re-
sembles Forgeries.


1 Pittsburg, Pa, July 14Tt was
llearned tonight that threatening lei
iters have been written to witnesses
! for Mrs Hartie.
/ Mrs. Alex. Slocum who Is said to
be MIS- Tfarfie's closest friend N con
stantly attended by physician, and
| is also guarded by private detectives.
Early in The Hartje case. Mrs. Sic
cum was called TO the stand to testify
as to Mrs Hartias habits and chafac-
tier and since her testimony she has
been Mrs. Hartjes constant attendant
Witnesses Life Threatened.
Today Mrs. Slocum received a letter
commanding her TO leave Pittsburg
and retract her testimony given in
favor Of Mrs. Tarie. The letter said
she wond be shot II she did not com
lply.
The letters wc~e turned over to
handwriting experts for reference to
the exh Bis III the case. Al midndght
the exhibits. which agc now Ii the
hands Of Hartie's counsel. could not
be secured by the experts, so no ac
agrate Judgment could ba formed as
60 the writer II was stated bg one of
he experts, however. that the hand
writing of the threatening letters Ia
Mrs. Slocum bore a striking SEM.
blance, as far as he could remembe
70 the writing In the majority Of the
40 letters cla sed as e1hihits
These LISTERS were introduced hy
he plaintiff Anmistus Hartie the
n llionairs papernaker in his sensa-
tional divorce suit against his wife.
and axe alleged to be letters written by
her to their former coachman, Tom
Nadine The letters however. have
been declared forgeries and enc ar
rest has baen made in connection with
bis charge 4 man who attempted to
sell letters purporting to be to Nadine
from Mrs, Hartie. to an attorney was
Immediately placed under arrest.
Mrs. Hart'e'a attorneys and friends
declara that her husband Is at theI
aead of conspiracy to rnin her
character and high standing in pits
burg society but II such a conspiracy
loc exist il has o far failed as the
public sympathy is entirely with thel
fai defendant
Letter Helps Conspiracy Charge.
The charge of conspiracy Is backed
mp bv the letter today to Mrs Slocum |
and by the confess on Of Clifford Hop. |
pc, former negro coachman for the |
Hal ies whom alleges inat IEartie had /
offered him a large sum of money to
testify that n and Mrs. Harije had I
been Intimate,
Today's Sc sion Of the court was oc |
cuniod almost entirely by hand 4
writing experts That IL would have
been possible for the famou Nadine
letters to have been forged and hat
Or. NJ. u Ewell would undertake to
initiate the handwriting Of another. /
50 that he could produce 10000 words /
in neat hand, thus duplicating The
disputed letters. were two of he most
important points made in the expert I
testimony offered by MIS- Hartje
The presence Of John 5. Welshons. 1
The East End hardware merchant. in
court this afternoon cau ed great
comment. n is said he has been sub
poanaed by Mrs Hartie If that be the
ease a sensation will likely develop on
his being called He is one OF the de-
lendants IN the conspiracy charge be
Ilre Aldesman F. NJ King. and gets
nto the sase through Hooa's confes-
SION 20 the district attorney. 4
Points Won By Defendant. \
Mrs. Hartie's counsel won a number .
IF bitterly contested no uts today The
demand O. the libellant's counsel for
ipecimen'e IF Mrs. Hartje's hand
writing. given - the exnerts. was met {
rith a refusal. and this refu al was
ustained by the cout Neither could
he souvenir letter given MP by Ex.
,eri Ewell be placed in evidence by r
'ir- Ferguson. After wordy battN 4
.cunsei for Mrs Hartie were allowed !
o put several bank expert on the ,
tand
Fore eshadowiugs Of new sensational
developments were TO be seen in the
Ourt room oday
Assistant District Attorney John S.
,obh. IT.. attended the tral. and
hortly before adjournment came In
nth several papers. later cunforring
18th Attorney Freeman Then he zaid
CTething o Mra. Har ie which
ee1ieI to rl58-e her greatly.