The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-21
MALTCIOUSLY
FALSE STORY
Mrs Hartie's Eyes BIazed
at Accusations.
C0ACHMAN SAYS HE LIED
Terrific Legal Battle at Piitsburs
In Famous Divorce Trial
Victory For Wife.

Hartje. was called 10 the stand 10 deny
that she had been intimate with Iiooe.
Her denial was complete. ana her eyes
blazed as she scorufully said that the
deposition made by llooe was mall
clously false. sMrs. Iartie said that
she was present when the Hooe depo
sltlon was taken she was not cross
examined TO any extent by the attor-
neys for her husband. they rcsorying
the right to cross examine her later.
Then Edgar Ray. the detective who
had arrested llooe al East Liverpool
o., was placed ON the stand, and IL
was realized that all bars were down
in the case and that the libellant viii
be compelled TO 20 through with his
original allegations.
The first statement 10y lIooe. which
was the one made In Mrs Harije's
presence. contained such churges that
Il was believed they would not be
pressed.
The second statement recalled what
Iooe had said before. and il was re-
gardlng this deposition that Detective
Ray was called TO the stand
The witness testified that IIooe said
ne wanted to make confession. II
was the first peaceful day. IIooe said,
ne had had for four months His wife
md mother scolded him. the persons
who mad employed him had not done
what was right 10y him and every time
ne came 10 Pttsburg he was sent away
again lie felt. bee said, that he should
have had his head cut OF for talking
against the woman.
What are apparently a series Of lc-
gal victories Tor Mrs. liartie marked
he session and eliminated in the ad-
mission Of the confessions Of Clifford
tIooe. the colored coachman. In which
ne Is said 10 have declared that he
led when he swore that he had improp-
.r relations with the respondent. This
most important point was not gained
until after bitterly contested strug-
gle between opposing counsel, which
asted for over an hour and half and
turing which Attorney Ferguson made
many sensational threats.
with the Offering of this confession
md OF several other documents the
use for the respondent was practical
y closed.
Alderman King also was called and
testified that IIooe was not drunk
when he made his confession, but made
I freely and Of his own free will
There was terrific battle of argu-
nent when counsel for Augustus Hart
e tried 10 get stricken from the case
the evidence concerning Hooe given
by John Ia WelshOns. Hartje's close
'riend. and the witnesses who follow
ID him.
The threat Of Attorney ]. Scott Fer
suson that they would take up the Ho-
ell Lincoln incident aud the Watson
street disorderly house incident is be-
ng taken seriously by the spectators
1t the trial, and they are expecting
his testimony when Hartje begins his
'ebuttal.
At the close Judge Fraser said that
he four statements made by the ne
gro coachman would not be rend in
open court.
The judge said it would not be well
% have them made public at this time
and corrected an lntmation that he
was acting solely in the interests Of
public morals
Hooe has made four statements the
first accusing Mrs. Hnrtje and the 9th
or three, made later declaring the
lrst Ia. he false
With the unexpected throwing open
Of all the doors in the celebrated case
sensations even bigger than those here
.ofore promised are expected.
The Hartje divorce case took on a
urn that was unexpected and bids
fair to end in an outbreak of public
opinion against some of the counsel in
the case. the end of which cannot he
foreseen. The episode was launched
by Attorney J. Scott Ferguson when he
cast reflections upon the women OF
Pittsburg during his impass0ned argu
ment against the admission of the de-
positions of the negro Hooe as evi.
| dence Mr.. Ferguson shouted in the
courtroom:
let them put Iooe on the stand If
they dare. Let them call I1ooe.
But with papers forced from an ig
norant man IN the stiffness of the night
guarded by detectives why, it's a
| thing unheard Of. And ! want to say
here that if this thing be tolerated II
will create in short time stencil in
the nostIils Of every man interested in
the carrying out of justice
"a man who resorts to this sort of
thing does not deserve recognition III
Il civilized community.
at doesn't do to say that this man
Hooe is negro-God knows there's
many an intelligent woman who has
sinned as we say this woman has sin
ned. History is full of IT, I repeat
many woman high in life socially and
in this community has sinned as this
woman has done"
On all sides can be heard expressions
of Indignation Mt the sweeping state
ment of Attorney Ferguson in be
smirsching the name of Pittsburg be
fore the country in this manner.
kilograms received by the police in
dictate a plot to kidnap the two Hartj'