The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-19
REPRESENTATIONS.
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BSistcrs ofsAccuscdsD cnies Knowl-
edge Of Her Relations With
Nadine.
Err MARY oNsTHEI STAND.
Attorney Openly Accused Of
Having Purloined Papers from
His Office.

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B ceeding day o. tie Hnrt1c divorce trial
h new Hensa tons are developed and to-day
4 was no exception to the course Of events
IN this now famous legal battle. Ri f 81
Misses Ida and Helen Scott were star
witnesses to-day for their sister, M.
Mary Scott IrartJe. Miss 1Ieen's direct
examination closed when court adjourned
y this afternoon, after counsel for the
K APPELLANT had introduced n number OF
e letters, said 4 to have been written by
her, and which prove. Accord ng 70 the
4. had knowledge of,5the nllSgcd relations
d between Mrs. 11artje and Tom Nadine
81 Helen denied the authorship OF all these
new letters existing except two.
Open Theft Charged. 4
Attorney John Freeman, for Mrs
n Hartjc, Il openly charged the s OTHER side
with stealing a certnin paper from his
Office. ID Counsel for Augustus Hartjcs the
millionaire llbellnht, declared this charge
b false. and Attorney II ] ,ss Scott u i ergusor.
Y said he could prove that the papers were
& picked up OUTSIDE of the Office, where
they had been carelc ssly laid. "a
attorneys Freeman and Ferguson were
almost beside themselves when the
4 charges OF theft were made A scene OF
so great excitement has rarely. II ever,
B been witnessed In local court room.
Il The result OF the trouble WAS apparently
d victory for Mrs. Hattie, rs a ttorney
+ w. n 3. Rodgers N for the libellant. was
u compelled ~ the court to return 10 Mr.
q Freeman a paper =, pnrloincd from u r..
i Freemans Office, ii well rs another 4, Of Of.
Il Mrs. Hartjes whiehfihe said had bee e. q
stlrrcptitiousy taken ffom his office. IS
The Other Mary .' = S
The ,'other Mary servant girl who
knows Tom Nadine, tho corespondenn
n made her first apt,sdrar CO on th. stan;;
Il to-day. 0she testified that y was she
y who telephoned to Nadine While he was
working at livery atab!a. and who
4 wrote i5 to 81 him. sometimes M II often as
4 twice a week. The letter alleged TO have
\ been stolen from Mr., frcerlnn's offiLc
u along With other papers IS bald to have
Il begun with Dea est Edith .''@ and and
Judge Frazer ailnounce cement tina any.
Il stolen papers would have little inflnente
\. or, the court broke a tension OF rlosttyi
SiriNtlle court.room ttat had DOE a wl1e.ted
& ID d fine edge The passag es of arms was
started when Mr., Ferguson asked Ida
81 Scott, the young sister Of Mrs. Hartje.;
while on the stand, to write the words
Is my Dearest Edith" Then Mr.. Freeman
lnterposed vigorous objection 81 coupled
VIII, an accusation. Judge Frazer In
Is terrupted the interchange OF counsel by
N sa wing that IA stolen ie ttcr had ~ sTa Sc
ih5tbc. thai. and he would not consG tt
4 MI. freeman dem nded the letter. Y y tch
* was written on his office stationery. and
nc obtained It. Just what Is in the
'.Edtth.sEletter and what Ida Scott had
8 to do with may remain mystery. ss
The Mutilated Letters.
Toward the close OF tie examInat ton OF
Miss 81 Helen t3R Scott attorney "a Rodgers
sprung, a surprise upon the attorneys
for the defense by producin q number OF
& stained and mntilated letters. tho parts
OF which had been, past ed \ ogether. The
letters were writ ten upon the stationery
OF the Hotel Windsor and the Florence
MARY Miss Scott admitted that sew
eral of the new exhibits had been writ
ten by herself. but denied the author
4 ship Of the others, although she said the
III handwriting looked llke hers. Mr. Free
3 man objected to their being introduced
upon redirect examination. Mr.. Rdug-
ers then stated that his object In pros
( ducing them was 10 show that. despite
Il her previous denals on the witness stand
& Mrs Hartje and Tom Nadine had been
4 in correspondence with each other, and
4 that the letters would show the truth
1T OF his Statement t. III III $ 81 w Ia fE3
Court was then adjourned In order that
counsel for the defense might have an
AZ opportunity OF examining the new ex-,
Eiblts. This was said to be the sensa-,
III ton which counsel for the prosecu ton
4 have all along prophesled. n Is 55a
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