The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-21
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Special Officers OH Guard at
Home Of Father Of De- 81
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CASE HAS MANY SENSATIONS {: \ ( .. \ s
Charges Of Crooked MethodsI
u Made BY. Both Sides :l y LEGGED
Confession Of Negro. r.
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NTH XXI flf}Aa45 (t3yNA8SOClGteQf ETeSS.) lt5sH79
P1TrsBuRG, PA, July 20. IT elegrau1s
received BY the police tonight indicate
B a plot to kidnap the two Hart 10 children.
The telegram was sent BY Bupartr, tendet1t
Taylor, 81 the Philadelphia police depart.
ment, and read, NJ al 55Sfi s5 ri
,'Rurnorg here plot completed ~ bduo-
ton one Or both Hartje children. ~ tree
men reported left here this morning Tor
Pittsburg. No desert ton. 4
b AS d result two special officers are on
guard about tie home sof John FL Scott.
father of Mrs. 1artje, where n re- fdarl y
lis now living. d 4 ssss ~
Charge Gro kedness.
I'D CHARGES 81 crooked methods made by
both sides was d feature OF the sensa-
tional hearing What was apparent ly q
series OF legal Victories for MIS-. ftart1e
also marked the day session, and ct lill-
minated IN the ad mission OF thee confess
sion Iof IIooe. In which he rs said $sto
have declared that he lied when - s~s< q
that he had Simprope r relations with th le
respondent. 3tS ls8 n if3&
Offering 81 this confession
i and Of several other documents to- day.
the case for the respondent was proc Il
oally closed, thong 81 Attorney John t'fl
freeman, Y Of MRS. Har tie ounsel W toi 1
the court that he might have some new lew
matter to present later. ~
Detective Ray II Of the r erkirs Agency.
told OF the arrest Of Hooe In Ohio ana Ing
4 Of his being brou gh t back to Pitts buTg,
where he made his con fesslon AT or ll'
John Marion; OF Hartje' g counsel, put
Ray through III ~ gid cross tloen 2,
in which he tried to- show that Il Hooe was !
made drunk an d 4 coerced by tn detec e.
Il Ives into making his con ession.
fj Superintendent8G 4. 8 Perkins, Of the
detective az ency, told prac tically the
same story as had 81 Ray, q and u he was as
put through an equally ing cross t'is's'1
5exatnina ton. N y3 * Tx " q NJ ssa.
53 rs. Hartje testified that she was present
when the. StIrst deposition Of the negro
fcpachrnar u vas taken and that what ~, he
said there was .outrag eously "a Sc. sifgg5
Alderman King test fled that Hooe was
not drunk when he made his Scon Tess ion.
Il errifc Battle
t{ There was asterrific battle Of argument
when counsel for Augustus Tiartje tried
to get stricken from the case the evide nce
concerning Hooe given i by ohm I55 %.
$Nlalshone, SHnrtjes close friend, and the
witnesses who ollowed him. sss
Attorney Ferguson led the argument for
5Hartje and bitterly arraig ed Mrs. SHart1e,
AT torney J ohm M. FREEMAN chile fsofg cour-
sch for Mrs replied SHARPLY q a Z
Judge Robert Fraser rdered II that the
evidence be cons idered and ma de ~ pa rt
Sof the case. tSs u,
torney Freeman resumed gshlss Yen tila-
Ssof theH Clifford H Hooes episode. and
his at tempt to- SHOW ttha AT teth here wa sl q
con spiraoy between shons. A1rgu Ct 81 :
$Hartje and Hooe, his former coachnar..
Mrs. Hart5e Hehit on the stand and DC! de-
MED with blazing eyes the charge that
She had been intimate Will Il ooe. si8SsS
At the close Of the day Judge Eraser !
said that the statements made by the
negro coachman would not be read y y
open court The Judge said It would 2 not
heswell Sto have them mad pu blic Mt this
TINA !{ \ Is Is ;ss j, 4,
N Adjournment was taken un til N1onday.