Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
Hartie Saws He VIII Win.

After the court adjourned Augustus
Hartje found a group of reporters in the
office of his attorneys. Shaking his finger
at them. he said:
You are the men who have done the
dirty work on me. Ever since this case
started / have been fighting against the
prejudice of the whole nation stirred IN
by the prejudiced newspapers of the United
States. AS God is my witness I am tnno-
cent of any wrongdoing In this matter and
L will prove every allegation have made
against that woman. I'll prove II and I'll
win my case
This being the first time Hartje has
talked. the newspaper men lost no oppor-
tunity to prod him on, and he talked most
literally.
Why are you attempting to besmirch the
character of your wife's sister by these new
letters after failing on everything else2'
was one of the questions fired at him.
Il did not do it, did not do itH' he al
most screamed. She went on the stand
voluntarily and denied she had aided my
wife In her love affair with this man. [
have right TO protect myself I'll prove
she did know of it and help II along. 1
don't want to besmirch her. but the other
side put her on the stand to attack me,
and I'm defending myself
How VIII you prove these letters if they
are stolen?'
They are not stoIen." he shouted Wen
prove that easy. Neither were those let
tiers we had this morning and gave back
TO Freeman stolen. Mr. Smith found
that package OF letters down in front OF
the Anchor Bank building. He saw they
Were Watson & Freeman's letterheads
and knew they belonged in this case. He
gave them to a lawyer friend of his and the
friend gave them to Mr.. Ferguson. They
were not stolen. and We have right ID
anything we could get from the other side.
Well put this young man on the stand to-
morrow morning and have him tell his
story.
How did you get possession of the forty
letters?"
IA man who is in no way connected with
this case gave them to US. He found them.
and will show that they were found and
will prove who they were written by You
fellows have done everything you could
against me. The newspapers have been
hammefing me all over the country, but
>fny time is coming. I'll win my case. I'll
prove what the woman has been doing for
years i did not want to push these
charges against her. l wanted to settle
1t all without this notoriety, but she
spurned my offers of settlement. I told her
If she didn't settle I'd bring these things
out and she dared me to and dared me to
prove them, and I'm going to do It. I'll
show you and show the newspapers wheth-
er I'm right before this case is over. I'll
prove everything Eve said. IN prove where
these letters to Nadine came from. Why,
all 1 need to do rs prove that she wrote
them. / don't have to prove Tom Nadine
received them. II she wrote these letters
and locked them up in her writing desk
that is guilt enough If could prove that
1t would be all I'd need. But will prove
1t all, and I'll show you I'm right. It's
your turn now, but my turn is coming
When HartJe spoke OF his wife ne hisse1
out that woman" in a manner Indicative
OF unspeakable hatred for the woman who
Is now fighting for her name and her chill
dren against the horrible charges he fled
against her concerning his negro coachman
as well as his white one.
The letter alleged to have been stolen
from Mr. Frcemans office Is said to have
ben11n my Dearest Edith The massage
OF arms was started when Mr.. Ferguson
asked Miss Scott to write the words, MY
dearest Edith Then Mr.. Freeman inter-
Stolen. just what ID In the ..Edith'. letter
and what Ida Scott had to do with Il may
remain mYutagV.