The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-20
MAKE T''IACs ON
AUGUSIUs|IHA|.R'1||J|l!:.
Alleged sFreqt, ciicy ofS Question: Is;sti'.'
able Resorts With Woman
5{i8i Not HisgyVife. ,sS
TAMPERED With 4 WITNESSES v i s.
Shown inaB ills'rhat Mrs | Har!tje5
Had Accused Husband 5ofs
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PrrTsBU &c, P Al . uly 10. Ito lowing y
sensational attack on tho character Of
gAugustus& Hartje,t IN which y WIS OIL
legged thut oyhad ttaKen two a irrercrt yVo 81
men frequently to a ql est to hlble resort,
the renl tsensntions of the day In the Sftnrt
tcadiyorce trial cultnlndted this af tertioon,l
when Judge Robert s. + ruzier omitted,
under bitter protest or opposine ~ coun
Testimony rclAt ting to the chtlrges Of con
splracy against John L.s " q sho ils, n, q
prominent merchant; Augustus a q rite lt
thcflibcl1ant and lIooe. he Negro cotlc = y
man, now in jail on PERU charges -
alleged false swear Ing In the case.
Deposition from II ooe.
43s.yyelsho1s. who swns called by q Mrs.
IIartjc's counsel, told n clear story 81
how the deposition ~ us secured from 'i1l
3 Hnoe. He said TINT IIooe then ie "
the city, and tho WI tness told OF having
given him various small sums OF money
At different times. This looked like black
mai, the witness said. he said lie might
have told . IIooe that v he would be sent
To- the penitcntiary for perjury II lie GIG
not stick to HIS original story. y els1l ons's
story, IL is said COMEDIES very closely,
to the statement OF Hooc relating to the;
s case, which is In the possession OF the,
district attorney .S Ri sj;. 33s M
was the frst attempt during the
trial to X present evidence ! OF an alleged
conspiracy. which Mrs. Hnrtte's counsel
declare, was formed to- defathe her. Wei
shons Is a close friend "a OF Augustus
\ IIart1e. I'M III Fl n
81 Regulated Story Later.
Nm IIooc. eight mon this ago. made z depoT
sltion, in which he said re had been sinti-
mate With Mrs Hartje. He afterwards
5repudiauad H. and is now II. Jail on on q
charge OF perjury. ~ els hons IN said th hat
Hooe's deposition was taken in his store
81 Attorney Ed ward II &. h IInrtjs,
Augustus HartJc's brother. and
Attorney Andrew Fisher I 3 Al cs
irother-i law. Nelshons de- tailed how.
1 re assisted II ooes to gst q wa fro m "
detectives In New Jersey, and OF the Y ne
,arious times ne ptl Va iooe mo q SfIs
demand. Welshons. however, ioiclared
that Augustus IIartje knew othlng q
\ I'll eg fact that Welshons ~ was paying
Hooe5 money. and Is iicye- spoke l
% him about It. n y li s5
Z a7nr,pered With Witnesses. III
III yvalshons admitted that Hartje's at
torneys had told IIooe that II he was no Z
tslling tho truth they would prosecute
y RIM 3ss9Si elshons foilctl n every attenlpt
made to show that lie had conspirc,l With
5StIartje 70 get Iooe to axe ti1s deI'osi-
4 ton.
N III placing slr. hons ON the stand ].
Attorney John M. Freeman, for Mrs.
Hartje.8 said that he ID Ia 50 to prove that
an attempt had u been mad q to tamperli
with witnesses said they had
let iis lad taken
the deposit IonE Of q Isl tness, knowing that
hts ties tlmony ,vas false. q nd that they
also would show that nm tempt had
bee I, made to tan1per with witnesses.
New Line Of Defense
III Mrs. Hartje's counsel opened up a new
line In the defense, BIZ presenting evidence
to show, that IIartte had visited a dtsor--s
DERBY houHa and had me I an I'm morals
woman there The chief witness as to
$tliis was a seryant In the house. and q
hot fight was NADIA By Hartjes attorneys
against admitting this evidence. After
Il reading OF Mrs. HART els bllltof parttcu-I
lars and finding that Mrs. y Hartje had 4ac-.
5cused her husband ofasndultery jude
Robert S. FraztAr decided to aa,:ltt the
evidence. rs l2 Il; fa;i s. f5 sE,.