Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-25
MOST REMARKABLE
Of DIVORCE CASES
The Hartie Contest at Pittsburg
And Some OF the Causes
For Bringing 1t.
PUBLIC WITH THE WOMAN.
Even Her own SeN, Which j. Always
Willing to Condemn In such
Cases Believes In Her.

Pittsburg. Pa.--No divorce ease
which mas ever occupied the time OF Au
American court has attracted 10 vide
spread attention az has this trial
The unprintable charges made by the
millionaire husband. the sensational
answers. the arrest Of Augustus Hari'e
and John l.. Weishons one OF the best
known business men 60 Pittsburg. on
a charge OF couspirIHg with clifford
Hooc. negro. 10 destrop the gJOd
name and reputation Of Mrs Hartie
the dragging IN ~ the names OF sew
eral OF the citys wtgltnest ana most
respected business men and the ale
nouncement by the district attorney
that he viii prosecute on criminal
charges the cOnspirators IN the case,
have made this one Of the most re-
markable issues ever tried in this
country.
The Harties We're a respectable old
German family OF Allegheny Mrs
Hartje, mother of Augustus Hartle
owned little paper mlil In Steuben-
vile. o. When she died she left tnls
mill 20 her Sons. and Augustus Hartle
became lis manager It did d fairly
good business IA the manufacture Of
wrapping paper bags etc.
Capital was needed 10 develop the
business. and this was finally supplied
when Hartje married Miss Mary Scott.
daughter Of John f. Scott. Pittsburg
CONTRACTOR Nj. Scott was a compare
lively well-to-do man. and he SO as-
sisted his SON law that the Hart1e
mill grew to large proportions and is
today one Of the LARGEST independent
concerns IN the country. The mill Is
valued at il000Q00
I'm addition TO this. Hartie Is the
owner OF &c pieces Of Pittsburg realty
in the downtown district. and a mod.
ern l2-story Office building worth $500
600 II Is safe 10 say that Augustus
Hartje is well up in the millionaire
class, largely due. It Is said. to the as
sistance given him by his father-in.
law.
The Scots belong 10 a family which
has been among the empire builders
for several generations. Thomas Scott
was president Of the Pennsylvania
railroad IN its earle~ days and was
partner OF Andrew Carnegie when he
first engaged In the steel business
The Hartjes were Germans The
Scots were Scotch and Irish There
could scarcely have been found a more
Minated couple than Mary Scott
and Augustus Hartje She Is now 32
years Of age. He Is A. They have
been married 10 wears. so she was lit
tie more than a girl when she plighted
her troth 10 him The Hartjes were
always of the German saving class A
silver dollar looked bigger TO Augustus
Hartje than a 81 600 bill TO the Scott
family They had saved IN pennies,
ard the habit stuck TO them after the
money began 20 cor~a IN rolls
Mrs Hartje Is one Of the most beau
iiful women In Pittsburg. Young and
full Of life, she was admired everywhere
she went. Augustus Hartie was insane
ly Jealous OF his young wife. He rca-
lied the disparity in their ages. Per-
haps he also realized that he az least.
had entered into the marriage as a sort
OF business arrangement and that lit
tie real love existed. Mrs. Hartje. hove
ever. says she loved her husband and
always tried to be a good and faithful
wife.
She was certainly a good housekeeper
II is not many wives Of millionaires
who will 60 into the kitchen on wash
day and cook the meals for the servants
and the entire household. At pre-
serving time she was always busy put
ting up fruits and jelies. She even
rendered lard, nauseating task TO
which the wives OF most workngnen
would object She was a good house
keeper and was always proud OF the
ability 20 cook.
She belonged TO no women's clubs
wrote no essays on the influence Of Ba-
con on Shakespeare, attended no con-
crosses 10 discuss ways and means ~
ameiornting the condition Of the hea-
then. She Just attended strictly 10 her
home duties and raised her two child
ren. a boy and girl and they are as
sweet and Well-behayei little ones as
one could ind anywhere. II Is difficult
TO believe that two such youngsters
can be the children Of a mother who is
the creature Augustus Hartje paints
her IN his libel In divorce.
This Minated couple did not get along
wei. Mrs. Hartje complained that her
husband was inordinately stingy. Her
father allowed her money with which