The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-08
BETRAY MRS. HARTJE
Husband Buys Alleged Corre-
SpOndence of Her Sisters.
TO BLACKEN NAME OF WIFE


tween Thomas Nadine, coachman, and
Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje which will
result in a complete reversal of affairs
counsel for Augustus Hartje, the
wealthy Pittsburg manufacturer, ap-
peared before the superior court here
to argue on a petition for reopen1ne
the sensational suit for divorce which
ne brought against his wife.
Mr.. Hartje recites that since the
hearing in the case he has secured let
ters written by Thomas Nadine, the
coachInan, while he was in Ireland to
Mrs. Hartje while she was at the Ho-
tel Victoria, in London, and others
which she wrote to the coachman from
ff1ere. He relates that he is in po
sitiOn to prove that Mrs. Hartje ar
ranged with the employees of the hotel
to have the letters delivered privately
to her and that she supplied Nadine
with envelopes addressed to herself.
He further AYERS that Mrs. Hartje ar
ranged with hairdresser, Ambrois, OF
274 Rue st. Honore, Paris, to mail let
ters through him to Nadine and that
she there received letters from the
coachman and sent money to him
through the same avenue.
Has Sisters Letters.
He relates that the receipt Of the let
fers by Nadine was established by
Madness mother at Down Patrick
Ireland, and by the testimony OF the
coachman's sister. The petitioner sets
forth that the letters were in the pos
session of Madine's mother until July
of this year, when he wrote for them
and that ON Aug. they were delivered
by Nadine to representative of Mr.
Hartje in Toronto.
Other letters which the petitioner
saws he has found since the case was
heard were written, he alleges, by
Helen Scott and Ida Scott, sisters OF
Mrs. Hartje, to Howard A. Lappe OF
Pittsburg, in which the writers indi
cate that unless their parents paid
them a certain sum of money eacf
month they would turn in for the
petitioner. These letters were written
according to the petitioner, on April q
and April 30, 1907. 1t was Lappe who
eloped to Youngstown, O., with Idf
Scott last spring, but parental objec
tions prevented the marriage. Refer
ring to the letters, Augustus Hartjt
said:
Bought Missives.
1.-THE circumstances surrounding the
recovery of the additional letters leave
no doubt that they are genuine an6
establish beyond question that the
charges made were true. The letters
from Mrs. Hartjes own sister prove
that she knew the charges against the
woman from whom | seek divorce
are true. There is no possible way tt
deny the authenticity or genuineness o.
those letters sent to Lappe. Those
stories were written in the strictes
uation and divulge the condition of af
fairs when they were written. They
were written by a girl who expected
to become the wife of the man tt
whom they were written, and theil
very tone shows them to be just as W,
state. We have the originals, and any
one who has any desire to do so cal
see them
tT have nothing to say about a MAJ
who will sell the letters received from
a former sweetheart, for that is wha
he did. There may have been circum
stances which induced him to do as h,
did, but the fact remains we have tn,
letters, which materially help to prov,
our case, and we own them because w,
bought them.'
lda's Letter to Lappe.
Here is an alleged part of one of tn,
ida" letters to Lappe:
Now, dear, we have given them un
til next wednesday to say they will
give us so much money month, ant
if they don't we are going to telephon
Mr.. Hartje and tell him we will vii
his case for him. Now, dear, keep thi
absolutely to yourself, for if it gets on
Mr.. Freeman and the other partie
would simply kill us before they woul,
let us go. But that is what we ar,
going to do, dear, and another thing
dear, is that l will be more happ,
after l can tell the truth. Now, tina
case is coming up on the 9th of May
so you see we may have to come t,
Pittsburg for it if we go for Mr.
Hartje, so until that time we will hav,
to wait, and then you can come bacl
with us"
A letter declared to have been writ
ten some days later to Lappe says il
part:
''Well, dear. no word yet, so l guess
we will go for Mr.. Hartje. But frs
we are going to telegraph and sa,
that is what we are going to do, and
You see, dear, that win give him fai
warning. If papa says he will give u
money to live on, why, | will not g,
for Mr.. H, but If he does not | an
going to get even that way, and yol
know Helen and / and Edith's letter
viii certainly win his case for him."
~. M. r. Scared" Says Letter
One letter to Lappe, signed Heller
says in part:
1T sure was great thing the wa
you and l did make some people com
to time. For one Mr.. ]. ME- was tn
worst scared man ever saw the da
I went to his Office, aud so was tn
other party the night before. Sh
knew she had carried things fal
enough"