New-York tribune., 1906-07-06
WARRANT FOB HARTJE.
Charged zcith Conspiracy to Ruin
Uife,s Good Name.
IBy telegraph to The Tribune. !

Pittsburg. July 5-Warrants for conspiracy TO
destroy the good name and reputation Of Mrs
Mary Scott Hartie were issued to-day for the
arrest of her husband. Augustus Hartje; his
friend, John L. Welshons. president OF the
ar-welshons Hardware Company, Of No
602O Penn avenue. East End. and Clifford HoOe.
the Negro correspondent hrst named by Hartie
in his divorce petition. HOOe is now in JAIL a
seIf-confessed per1urer.
The announcement that warrants had been is
sued came at the close of a sensational day in
the trial of the divorce case. At the opening OF
court this morning ]. Scott Ferguson. attorney
for Hartte objected to the presence of First As
sistant District Attorney RObb the opposite
side of the counsel table. He said Mr.. RObb had
made statements about prosecuting persons. and
was intimidating the witness for the Hbel.ant
He wanted him excluded from the case.
Judge Frazer informed Mr. Ferguson that Mr..
RObb was an officer of the court and had right
in the ROOM and would not be excluded. Fer
gusOn replied that he wanted to know whether
Robb was there in his official capacity or under
fee from the respondent Mr.. RObb was not
present during this tilt but came in little later
Immediately after court adjourned this even
ing Mr.. Robb made the announcement that the
warrants had been issued. The information was
laid before Alderman Festus NJ. King on April Is
last but Judge j. A. Evans. of the county courts
requested that it be kept secret until the trial OF
the divorce case 20 see what would develop in
the mean time
The warrants were given TO County Detective
Robert Robinson to serve this evening.
This is only mild compared with what is to
come. if all reports are correct. 1t was stated
about the court to-day that the defence has
found the person who wrote the letters admit
ted in evidence several days ago. and which the
Iibellant said passed between Mrs. Hartje and
Tom Nadine, the coachman correspondent. 1t
is said the person is a we'll educated and clever
young woman with remarkable aptitude for
copying the handwriting of other people.
1t is said she wrote the letters under the i'm
preston that they were to form an important
part in melodrama which was being prepared
for the stage If this should turn out to be
correct it would prove thrilling climax to the
strangest case which mas ever been tried in
the Pittsburg courts.
WelshOns is included in the conspiracy charge
as result of his friendship for Hartje He is
alleged to have obtained the first statement from
Hooe that he had been intimate with Mrs.
Hartje
Tom Nadine was on the stand in court to-day
undergoing cross-examinatiOn. Nothing ex-
traordinary was obtained as the result of a most
rigid examination which lasted nearly all day.
Several other witnesses we're called by the de-
fence One was a former coachnan. who testi-
fed to how he had also been employed much of
his time in the house. as Nadine was. The case
was adjourned this evening until Tuesday to
give the defence time to go over the letters. The
defence will occupy the stand for about two
more days.