The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-29
WITNESS CAUSED
SURPRISE OF
LAWYERS
WHEN SHE GAVE EVIDENCE THAT
TENDS TO SHOW HARTJE
LETTER FoRGERIEs.
EXPERTS ON The STAND
Again Questioned About the Nrw
Famous Episties Which Susie
Wagner. a Servant, says
Are False.

! Pittsbnrg. Pa, July 2S.-The adals-
sions Of Susie Wagner, one of the
! former servants at the home of An
gustns Hartie, in the suit of the LAT
ter against his wife Mary Scott Hart.
! ie, while on the witness stand toaay.
regarding a letter written to her by
the wife, ed hush to cone over
the courtroom for a short time Dur
ling this me Attorney John NJ. Free
man. for Mrs. Hartie, brought from
the girl the fact that she had received
d letter from Mrs Harfje that she
said was now in the bands + Hartle
and her counsel. but which was not
the letter now being use hg Hartle's
lawyers and which has not yet he II
produced.
She said the letter was almost q da-
plicate Of the Dear Susie" letter
which has caused som peb argument
between the attorneys and Is now
lic evidence as exhibit Ne 6. A.
though through the questioning of tie
witness BY Mr. Freeman tbs letter
was traced TO the attorneys for the
libellant II has never been produced
as a standard cf Mrs Hartje's hand-
writing The witness said she gave
III to Ed Hartie, brother Of MF.
lIartje
May All Be Forserics.
| From this bit Of evidence taken
| from the girl II will be contedcl BY
| the defense that the letter now III
evidence is a forgery, ard that Il is
a duplicate Of the one received hy
1.-THE girl the duplication heing maize
to cause confusion. If this letter Is
proven frgery the others in evi-
dcpco will also be proven forgeries.
rs the handwriting experts have tes,
tilted that this letter WIS pennel by
he hand which wrote the other ones.
Mrs Mary Budinssy II Allegheny.
sister Of Mis- Wagner was tho first
" tness called at the opening Of the
court in the morning and she was
asked If she remembered receiving
a letter last November from her moth
| er. She admitted that she had and
that 1t was for Susie
August Budnsky the husband of
the preceding witness, was called and
corrob ra,ed her story az to the re.
ceipt of the letter from Germany
Susie Wagner was again called
Mr. Freeman asked: "Ho wlong
after you saw Augustus Hartie Of e.
.G. Hartridge in New York did You
get that letter."
About two months
fsKArbau dfa1 Won fF,f~ IaffnD0
"The last week in November"
Didn't you tell her you had re.
ceived the letter.
Il had received one of the letters.
She sent me three. but this one was
the third, and had not received 1t
then"
what became of tho first leiter?"
Il left il in Germany"
Gave il to Rartie.
What was the second letter.
1T was short It aid she was not
keeping house and wanted me to come
TO Pittsburg and live with Mrs
Scott"
when did you receive it?"
an August Two weeks before
came"
What did you do with it,"
Il brought It over here and gave It
to Mr. Ed Hartje"
Where did you give Ed Hartie the
letters"
In New York"
The last few answers came Ike
flashes of lightning oH OF a clear skg
TO Hartje's attorneys The woman
va their own witness. and there was
no way by which they could attack
her credibility The evidence II the
witness corroborates Mrs Hauje's
lr ginal statement as fo The contents
IF the Dear Susie" letter she admits
writing Her examinati. closed with
he statement that she had not seen
be letter since. 80
Blanche Rowland a tall blonde IN
der examination by Attorney John
Iarron. said that Hartje had not vis-
ted a house when she was there.
GEORGE W Wood. hsndwriting ex-
.ert vas called. and for two hours
ED the center Of the sage with
ong ard teli US explanat on Of his
easous Tor his opinion that the let-
ers we're genuine and were written
8 the same band lie was followed
" ". C. McClelland another expert.
similar view1 and o1
b ions
Judge Frazier n several oceeasions
bowed has his rieNs On cerfaio pc
Mari les Of fae wr ting we're 81 var
lnce Nit hihe experts At this point
djounment vas takes until Aoaiay
lOrning-