Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-01

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 2S.-No di
vorce case which has ever occupied tn,
time of an American court has attract
ed so widespread attention as has thi,
trial.
The unprintable charges made by tht
millionaire husband, the sensationa
answers, the arrest of Augustus Hartjc
and John L. weishons, one of the best
known business men in Pittsburg, or
a charge of conspiring with Clifford
Hooe, a negro, to destroy the good
name and reputation of Mrs. Hartie
the dragging i'm of the names of sew
eral of the city's wealthlest and most
respected business men, and the an
nouncementf by the district attorney
that he will prosecute on criminal
charges the Conspirators I'm the case,
have made this one of the most re-
markable issues ever tried in this
country.
The Hartjes were a respectable old
German family of Allegheny. Mrs.
Hartje mother Of Augustus Hartje,
owned little paper mill in Steuben-
Vile. Ohio. When she died she left this
mill to her sons, and Augustus Hartje
became It's manager. 1t did a fairly
wrapping paper, bags, etc.
Capital was needed to develop the
business, and this was finally supplied
when Hartje married Miss Mary Scott
daughter of John f. Scott. Pittsburg
contractor. Mr.. Scott was a compar-
atively well-to-do man, and he so as
sisted his son-in-law that the Hartie
mill grew to large proportions and is
today one of the largest independent
Tnf In h. t-
valued at 100000
In addition to tiis, Hartje is the
owner of twenty-siX pieces of Pitts
burg realty in the downtown district,
and modern twelve story Office
building worth $5O0,000. 1t is safe to
say that Augustus Hartje is well up
in the millionaire class, largely due, it
is said, to the assistance given him by.
his father-in-law.
The SCOTS belong to a family which
has been among the empire builders for
was president of the Pennsylvania
railroad in it's earlier days and was a
partner of Andrew Carnegie when he
first engaged in the steel business.
The Hartjes were Germans. The
SCOTS were Scotch and irish There
could scarcely have been found a more
ill-mated couple than Mary Scott and
Augustus Hartje. She is now 80 years
of age. He is 49, They have been mar
ried fifteen years, so she was little
more than a girl when she plighted her
troth to him. The Hartjes were always
of the German saving class. A silver
dollar looked bigger to Augustus Hart
je than a $1,000 bill to the Scott fam
lily. They had saved in pennies and
the habit stuck to them after the
money began to come in rolls.
Mrs. Hartje is one of the most beau
tiful women in Pittsburg. Young and
full of life, she was admired every
where she went. Augustus Hartje was
insanely Jealous of his young wife.
He realized the disparity in their ages.
Perhaps he also realized that he at
least, had entered into the marriage as
a sort of business arrangement and
that little real. love existed Mrs.
Hartje, however, says she loved her
husband and always tried to be good
and faithful wife.
She was certainlya good housekeeper. |
1t is not many wives of millionaires |
who will go into the kitchen on wash
day and cook the meals for the servants
and the entire household. At preserv-
ing time she was always busy putting
up fruits and jellies. She even rem
dered lard, a nauseating task, to which
the wives of most workingmen would
object. She was good housekeeper
and was always proud of her ability
to cook
She was certainly a good housekeeper |
wrote no essays on the influence of |
Bacon on Shakespeare, attended no |
to discuss ways and means
of ameliorating the condition of the
heather. She just attended strictly to
her home duties and raised her two |
a boy and girl. and they are
as sweet and well-behaved little ones
as one could find anywhere. 1t is diff
cult to believe that two such young !
sters can be the children of a mother
who is the creature Augustus Hartje |
paints her in his libel in divorce
This ill-mated couple did not get |
along we'll. Mrs. Hartje complained |
that her husband was inordinately |
stingy. Her father allowed her money
with which to dress herself as became
her position and to clothe her children. |
Hartje seems to have made no objec-