The Washington times., 1906-07-21

lac had ever given such a paper 10 Ma
dine, he denied IL. but later made ad-
mission
In the case IT has been shown that six
weeks before he sailed for Europe Hart
ie received the anonymous letter about
Nadine that first made trouble IN the
family. Hartje's own testimony was 70
tho effect that he suspected his VIE
and Nadine while IN Europe and Wnlle
returning on the steamer
q Is the theory OF Mrs. Hartie's law
yegs that the letter Of recommendation
brtrays the falsity or much Or The te-l-
mouy taken in the trial and shows by In
ference that the Nadine charges must
have been cooked up long after the re-
turn from Europe and after the case
was started.
Mrs. Hartje also gave Iu evidence to
the court the following letter in the
handwriting OF Augustus Hartle and on
letter paper bearing the monogram OF
his brother-in-law. Andrea Fisher; n I,a-
NV Dear Mary. After you left here
on Monday morning DR. IbuTur called
aud wanted to take me away. stating
that / could not Dc left alone IN nay con
dltiou I told him ] would not leave the
house. SO toward evening be came again
and brought Airs Fisher with him. and
then the doctor compelled ne % 90 70
Fishers home. as ] was sllr. iu bed ana
not soul in the house. J ann stlll at
Fishers under the doctors care
.I am troubled and WTetch-d- Ed
Hartje tells ne you absolutely refuse 10
return home. ] now ask YOU as my VIE
20 come back. II ] ever needed The care
and attention of "a wife and the comfort
e my family, i need it now.
'I would have stayed az the house.
but I was left entirely alone sick iu
bed and helpless The house can be
opened al any time. Let me know ar
once. so that 1 can arrange about YOUR
home Lovingly GUST.
Both the contents and the date OF the
above letter show that HeTtje wrote IL
after his wife left his house. While b.
does not breathe love throughout. never
theless II does not show jealousy guaw-
ing at his heart. and by no means con-
firms the testimony about his constant
suspicious I'm Europe and on the steam
er
denc- 10y Mrs Hartje. and 10 also IS IN
her husbands handwriting and reads as
"Pittsburg. August O.
Dear Mary. Since my letter 10 you
Of July -. asking you 10 come PACK.
facts have come 10 my knowledge
which give me ample reason 20 retraCt
nay request for your return 10 me.
Il therefore recall the orfer made 81
that letter. Respectfully. GUST
Il cannot be said that the above letter
indicates any fTlEIdity ON the part OF
HaTtje. for it has been referred 20 dur
ing The trial. and 10 was then explained
that while HaTtje wrote IL, his lawyer.
Scott Ferguson. stood over his shoulder
and dictated the wording.
Mrs. HartJe offered also, before the
respondent rested, Two dispositions OF
out-of-tOWu witnesses
one OF them betrays the same desire
tu build mp a case Tor EiaTtJe that has
been detected $50 many times during
this bitterly fought trial. This GvposI-
tion is that OF ". q Stalliugs, who was
once COachmau FOR the HaTtjes lie
ayers that October ID, 1900. lr met his
successor IN that position, Clifford Hooc.
J.. rafr b.. HHl
accepted the compliment but made
some complaint that he did not have
the price 90 come back again. not hay
ing 10 cents about him just then.
Stalliugs makes oath that Houe said.
To Have a Big Roll Soon.
"But I'm a few days III have a roll
big enough 10 treat the whole or Pitts
burg"
II, in saying THIS, Hooe was relying
on WelshOus, il is manifest from the
disclosures in the case that Houe over
estimated either Welshons' financial
d1illI or MS HbtrdAlI-
Stallings further testified that Au-
guStuS H3rtJes nephew Edward q.
Mueller, learning what Stalilngs would
testify, came 90 him and wanted him
10 take a very fine job in Mexico. fare
presumably paid This not succeeding.
Stalliugs AYERS that Mueller wanted
him 10 go on the stand and sw ear that
he had seen Mrs HarJje partly dressed
lin fact nearly nuIed-abOuL the
house. This request the eX-cOachmau
swears he spuTned.
With the deposition is a letter bearing
date August . 1gC5 10 SJalliugs asking
him To cal upon Mueller About this
time there was a Hartie muck rake out
for coachmen, who had worked at the
HaFtie house.
Another deposition pronered by Mrs
Hartie is that OF Blanche Ashby, once
servant in the HaTtie house. but now
living in Washington, ID. g.
This girl sWcars that she never saw
the least thing wrong in Mrs Hartje $
conduct about the house. She directly
Contradicts the scullery testimony with
which HartJe began the trial
A Dramatic Scene.