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Both Sides in the Hartje Di.
vorce Suit to Present
"Exhibits."
HE WORE PAPER COLLARS
Multi Millionaire Paid Small Tributf
to Laundries, and Not Much More
to Ills Wife, 1t
Appears.

Pittsburg, JAY 1S.-Nandwriting ex-
perts. David \. CarValho, OF New
York. and Marshall u. Itwell, of Chi
cago. We're closeted for several hours
today with Mrs. I~Iartje. defendant in
the divorce case. ANA Thomas Nadine.
the coachman correspondent examining
forty letters alleged To have been writ
ten 10 Nadine by Mrs. I|iartje.
Not To be outGume by the defense the
attorneys for Ilartje have a the IA
nous letters photographed and pre-
pared a chart three feet in height.
10th sides lave prepared charts and
enlargement of the letters and they
will lie taken into court when The trial
OF the case is resumes tomorrow.
Mrs. i4artie's Statenent.
To II correspondent Mrs. Hartje made
this statement. embracing u lot of in
terosting things Which have not come
out in her testimony on the stand:
We were married on March IA. 1894,
and i lived With him until June. 1908.
/ cannot tell what l suffered during
those eleven years. and If this case
lasts weeks longer it could not all be
shown. | want to say. in the first place.
that all he has charged in his divorce
papers and al lthat his hired Witnesses
have sworn To in court is false. | was
a true wife to him all of those years.
"nel i couiiti ! s'Iitu n"1 'ai,aS
for a time and then wrote me to come
back. While he was writing these
false letters he was getting false evil
dence connecting me a negro. The
Motii hi'oN' ~, .i!e ils,xo2 49, ta
Is iaises ,9. he Nus eol'esseu VIA, W.
in Jail to he punished for the crime.
My husband sent his brother. Edward
i.ai ~, . -. ~ e ~ LA
~ ~ ne ,",N; w ny a'ene' saia,
40, no' "h'le 1 nave amy mes" on my
Done a., ,.ns.
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rn.Ju'r uSt,'!i,'.s F." ~ y. 1 ~,
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,tu".ts q "iit,' ~ Miasi. Nc - NO."
~ y in,.. Srs'ts - nv
wore paper '"i!isrS lof years.
Denied Child Good Shoes.
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the telephone and the next minute
when l would ask him for 50 to buy Il
pair of shoes Tor 'Scotty.' our little
boy. he would tell me TO get them for
sl;oo. Finally my mother had To blu!
all my clothes. He would not give
me money With which To buy a bed on
which to sleep in the children's room
SO for nights [ MAD to sieep ON Il cot.
A flrst when he began his suit he
sald ne wouid prove his charges by
l)1nlOihInf nNaTNN1NAra-- nF fll tf,ty IN Ne.
club, but finally he narrowed down to
this negro coachman. who is in Jail
and to the c%oaclman, Tom Nadine. !,
drove omt v.;th ave- ~ " osu :
Nv my sida IA. o,o - ~
BE knows ihat his l.. na,.fectlv nr,,a,
Inn that is MOT t.e noint 81 ~
,n,ln ,nai, .ha odpon mnn ~
Mr.. Hartie insisted ON il hi,nsalf No
sent the coachman With me- and would
ask him when We ret,,rnad vsbo.a rra
had been. Then certain ,ersnns oot
the negro to swear to his awful story
They went to another coacbnan
who used to be in our e,nplov and ho
replied: L Will not swear to ANYTHING.
no, not to get YOU out of hell,
Next day they went to Tom Nadine.
and he could not be bribed either. In
stead he went on the stand and testi-
fled for US"
Mrs. Hartje and her father are both
Frustrated by the strenuous and UNI
expected incidents of the trial. John
Scott, the father. is confined to his
room. but hopes soon to be out and
attend the trial.
attorneys Tor Hartje complain of the
public prejudice which has grown up
against their client because he intro
duced the negro coachNnan. Hooe. into
the case: Ihey say 1t has injured their
case ana made 1t much harder for them
20 work: but, they add, they are ask
verfict' WV NaNe ho rear % 'he