The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-10
FRESH CHARGES IN
THE HARTJE CASE
Pittsburg Dry Goods Man On
Trail of Alleged Con
spirators.
journal Special Service.


Pitttsburg; July !o-August Hartie's
caused a new sensation in this now c cde
ebrated case AS result Of it. Henry
Ruhl of the department. store of Boggs
& Ruhl has Instructed his attorney,
Willis F. McCook, to join with District
| Attorney John s. Robb, in prosecuting
the charges Of conspiracy and black
mail which are to be fled against par
legged evidence for the supplementary
proceedings.
The firm of Boggs & Ruhl is one of
the largest in the country between New
York and Chicago.
In his supplementary petition for d.
vorce,. Hartie alleged his wife had Wis
tied the Hotel Lincoln on a number of
occasions with a prominent citizen of
Pittsburg, whose name he would pro
Ruhl g action Is connected with this In.
cident, according to a good authority.
| Mrs. Hartje declared that she has
never been at the hotel in her life and
tthh}H hotel management corroborates
! Negro to Be Guarded.
| Augustus Hartje, John l.. Welshons
and Clifford Hooe, the negro first named
| by Hartje as correspondent, will have a
| hearing on charges Of conspiracy to de-
stroy the good name and reputation Of
Superintendent of Police and Detec-
tives Thomas McQuaide viii provide a
heavy police guard for the occasion, az
| public sentiment against Hooe is 50
| strong it is feared some attempt might
be made to do him an injury while he
| was being taken to and from the county
jail, where he is now confined.
| There is some talk of the summoning
Of special grand Jury to investigate
jury, blackmail and subornation of per
Jury which have grown out Of this case.
Writing Expert Arrives.
David N. Carvalho, the handwriting
expert, has arrived in this city. Dur
ing the entire day he was closeted with
John Freeman Of counsel for, Mrs.
Hartje, going over the letters which
we're admitted in evidespce az coming
have all been photographed. These
photographs have been enlarged again
and again until the characters now ap'
pear six inches in height. They have
| all been mounted on charts and will be
exhibited in the courtroom in the
demonstration which the attorneys fol-
| Mrs. Hartie expect will show they are
Detective Perkins has little hope OF
being able to produce the party who
forged the letters as witness in the
case.
Tom Nadine is still absent from the
city. Augustus Hartje is on the verge
Of a nervous and physical collapse. II
1.-The past week he appears to have aged
twenty years, and his step is uncertain
and feeble.
Trial Is Postponed.
The divorce suit which was to have
been resumed today was continued I'M
til Thursday at the request Of the copn
sci for the plaintiff, in order bo. give
the handwriting experts opportunity tx
examine the letters further.
It is now generally agreed that Dis
trict Attorney John 8. Robb, Jr., will
ask for a postponemept of the eonspir
aoy hearing before Alderman King o.
Saturday, and that the alderman will
grant this postponement until after tn
divorce case has ended, the district at
torney, it is said, not believing. It I'D
visable to 90 on with the hearing be
cause Of the effect it might have on tn
divorce proceedings.