The Washington times., 1906-07-14
.HARTJE'S ATTORNEY
ALLEGES FORGERY
Says Wife's Lawyer EndeaV-
Ored to Palm Off Sew
eral Forged Letters.
SENSATION IN DIVORCE SUIT
PittsbuTg Millionaire Is Pleased by
Alleged Revelations in His
Favor

PITISBURG. Pa, July l4.-Immedi-
ately on the adjournment of court yes
JeTday. after two sessions OF the HartJe
! divorce trial. IN which August Hartje.
a millionaire is suing his wife. having
named two coachmen. one negro and
/ confessed periurer. the sensation OF the
week was sprung by john Marion, one
Of Hartje's attorneys.
In magistrates court. before Alder
man kirby. Marion deliberately charged
that an attempt had been made by John
Freeman or Mrs. Hartjes counsel 70
palm on on HartJe.s lawyers, a bundle
the handwriting Of Tom Nadine. the
cOaChman correspondent In the Hartle
case.
Owing 10 the fact that the two lawyers
are among the leading attorneys al this
| bar. the gravity OF charges amazes all
those who do not understand the bitter
] ness or the HsTtje night
I Maroon had caused the arrest OF
man who gave his name as Elmer
I Johnson and who had offered 20 sell
Marion seven alleged Nadine letters.
I The lawyer appeared as leading witness
Z and attorney for the prosecution as
I well. and Johnson. or MCElrOy. as ne
/ now calls himself. was held for court
on three charges. II was apparent that
some sort of a confession had been
wrung from Johnson
Told to Get Letters.
( 1T Is a fact. isn't il. that before you
came 10 nay Office with the letters you
went 20 the office of John Freeman
Marion asked the prisoner,
Yes"
And YOU did not ask Freeman FOR
money, bat merely told him you had
the Ietters?'
That's lt-I told him I had the let
/ ters and he told me 20 20 get them
! and bring them back 20 his office
"Aud YOU were then told by the man
/ Harrison. who had sent YOU TO Free
mans office, 10 take the letters 10 me
and sell Them 10 me for go
Yes"
What were you to get out Of it?"
Il was to get the SIS and SO besides
Now. isn't il a fact that YOU were
10 be paid 81, extra for selling the let
ters. besides what you got from me?'
That's IL"
You were just doing the Job for
Freeman; don't YOU know that?' =
didn't know II then, but ] know tt now.
"You were just helping detective
that Harrison 2' That's the way y
looks now. but 7 didn't know IL then. ]
didn't even know what wes tn the let
You weren't told to sen the letters
TO Freeman, but were Just sent there so
they could look you over" Il suppose
So
you saw Freeman IN that officer
/ Yes, a little man came out and talked
TO me first and he went back and
brought Mr.. Freeman. Il was Freeman
who told me to bring the letters
Said He Was Friend Of Nadine.
Marron explained that the man John
son came to his office and told him he
lad seven letters from Nadine, who was
his friend MarrOn told him TO go
hop,e. then get the letters. Later the
man .elephoned that he was at home.
and tnat a man named Harrison from
Freeman's office was there offering 81
for the letters.
You can't sell them-you can't sell
evidence Marion says he telephoned
I've got 10 sell them 10 get money 10
90 home the fellow replied.
S. Bring them here, and II they're Ma
! dimes letters. I'll give YOU SO Marion
admits he telephoued.
I He says he did this just to get the
man 10 his office A moment later
/ Marion telephgned police headquarters
/ for a detective, who was IN Mafron
office when Johnson arrived with the
| Nadine letters.
Il saw at once that the letters were
not in Madness handwriting, but clumsy
/ forgeries.' Marion explains.
Johnson. When arrested. admitted ne
/ had been running errands for one 'Har-
rison," denounced by Marion as s. de-
/ tective on Mrs. Hartie's side.
1--WE a Dead Soft Snap"
/ IN the letters purportins 10 have been
/ written by Nadine during the time he
was in the Hartje house. one sentence
reads:
| I've a dead soft snap here-l Il tell
J YOU about it when 1 see YOU
! Marron says Of the writing:
| 1T is much better than anything Tom
/ Nadine can write. He is iliterate. An
! effort was made 10 initiate the signature
Tom as 1t appeared on the postal writ
/ ten by Nadine 10 Mrs. HartJe
/ The writing on this postal has oeeA
| printed in the papers, 80 ahyc III
/ Pitsburg might have reproduced IL
| John Freeman. of Mrs, HarOe law
yers. was seen after Marrons attack
ANY suggestion that | sent that man
/ TO Marion, or had anything 10 90 WITH
| the letters, IS false" Freeman said
''The whole truth is that he came here
and saw NJ w Acheson, my associate.
| Mr.. Acheson sent for me. told MIN 10
bring his letters 70 nay olnee- and