Arizona republican., 1906-07-19

Pittsburg, July 1S-With each sue ceeding day of the Hartje divorce trial new sensations are developing, and to- day was no exception to the course of events in the famous legal battle. Misses Ida and Helen Scott were the star witnesses today for their sister, Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje. Helen's di- rect examination closed when the court adjourned this afternoon, after counsel for the libellant had introduced a num- Der of letters said to have been written by her, and which prove, according to counsel for MT. Hartje. that Helen Scott had knowledge of the alleged re- lations between Mrs. Hartje and Tom" Nadine. Helen denied the authorship of all these new letters excepting two.
 Attorney John Freeman, for Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, the respondent charged the other side with stealing a certain paper from his office. Counsel for Augustus Hartje, the millionaire libellant in the case, declared this charge false, and Attorney J. Scott Ferguson said he could prove that the papers were not taken from Watson & Freeman's office, but were picked up outside that place, where they had been carelessly laid. Attorneys Freeman and
 
 selves when the charges of theft were made. A scene of so great excitement has rarely, if ever, been witnessed in a local courtroom.
 The result of the trouble was appar- ently a victory for Mrs. Hartje, as At torney w. B. Rogers, for the libellant, was compelled to return to MT. Free man, by order of the court, a paper prepared in MT. Freeman's office. as -s-- which he said had been surreptitiously taken from his office.
 The '.other Mary a servant girl who knows Tom Nadine, the correspondent, made her first appearance on the stand today. She testified that it was she who telephoned to Nadine while he was working at livery stable and who wrote 10 him sometimes as often as twice week.
 The letter alleged to have been stolen from MT. Freeman's office along with other papers. is said to have be- gun with My Dearest Edith" and Judge Frazer's announcement that any stolen papers would have little infiu- ence on the court broke a tension of curiosity in the courtroom that had been whetted to a fine edge. Just what is in the Edith" letter and what Ida Scott had to do with it may remain a mystery.
 Toward the close of the examination of Miss Helen Scott Attorney Rogers sprung a surprise upon the attorneys for the defense by producing a number of stained and mutilated letters, the parts of which had been pasted to- gether. The letters were written on the stationery of the Hotel Windsor and Florence Villa and were addressed to Dearest Mary" The witness ad- mitted that several of the new exhibits had been written by herself. but de- nied the authorship of the others, all though she said the handwriting looked like hers.
 MT. Freeman started to his feet and objected to their being introduced up- on redirect examination. Mir. Rogers then stated that his object in producing them was to show that, despite hel previous denials on the stand. the wit ness had shown that Mrs. Hartje anC Tom Nadine had been in correspond ence with each other and that the let ters would show the truth of his state ment The court was then adjourned in order that counsel for the defense might have an opportunity of examin- Ing the new exhibits. This was saiC