Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
OFFERS WIFE MILLION
HARTJE ASKS IF SHE WILL CON-
SENT TO DIVORCE.

PITTSBURG October 9.-That the let
! tiers of Ida Scott. sister of Mrs. Augustus
| Hartje. to her former fance. Harry W.
| Lappe, are genuine Is now no longer dis
puted. The letters would indicate that
| Miss Scott had Information which would
| have been valuable to Hartje in his d.
vorce suit, but withheld it in considera-
| ton of special favors from her father.
| John F. Scott.
| But it is asserted that Lappe, by q
clever sequence of letters. while the Hart
| je divorce case was being discussed. but
| had not yet been brought to trial. placed
certain misleading ideas in the mind of
his chiid-fance. and that she wrote him
only in reply to his suggestions.
Letters of Lappe to Ida Scott. drawing
| out assertions which she made in writinS.
are said to be in the hands OF Mrs.
Hartjes attorneys. who declare that at
the proper time they will fight fire W tn
fire. That Lappe tried to hold these iet-
| ters over the head OF the Scott famiiy
and demanded 5000 for them was de-
| ceive this sum for the letters. Lappe, as
now declared by Mr.. Hartje. sod them to
the libelant in divorce as evidence
Detectives Hurry to Miss Scott.
Detectives have been hurried east. 10 be
| near the spot where Miss Ida Scott Is at
| boarding school. because Of the fear that
Lappe with his newly acquired money
would so there and induce the young girl
to elope with him again.
| Hartje yesterday afternoon Increased his
| offer of 5000 600 made to his wife II she
would admit certain things. to $l.OOoooo.
Mr. Hartje Monday placed himself on
record that he had offered Mrs HartJe
| $6OO,0O II she would consent to a divorce
nlIiaflV
| dren. Mrs. Hartje refused this. and yes
| terday Mr.. Hartje said
Il declare and retarate that il Mrs.
Hartje will make full avowai Oh inc
truth of the charges against her IN con-
nection with Tom Nadine. and turn over
the children to me. thereby permitting
the divorce decree 1 seek to be granted
1 will see that she lives as well as she
ever did"
While Mr.. Hartje will not say positively
that he has increased his offer to $1,000
600. this was the official Information
brought to Mrs. Hartje's side of the case
yesterday afternoon. and 1t was refused.
| as was the previous offer.
Another lamentable. confession OF
weakness" said Mr.. Scott when he heard
of the offer. 'If Hartje has his case won.
as he now asserts. why does ne want 10
hand out 100000? Let him keep his
money; he will have use for every cent
OF it."
Over in Ireland Tom Nadine Is laughing |
at the Pittsburg people and spending
whole lot OF somebody's money. That the |
Irish coachman has not yet lost his love
OF joke was shown yesterday when
marked copies Of the Town Recorder
reached here addressed in Madness Hitter !
ate hand. Copies were received by John
F. Scott. Mrs Hartje's attorney. and both
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartje. The paragraph
marked Is under the date line Dallyna-
hinch. September Is. and reads as 1oi-
lows:
Mr.. T. Nadine. one of the principal
figures In the Yankee divorce case Hart)e
VS.. Mrs. Hartje, has purchased Mr.. II. A. |
Milligan's public house In Railway street
at the handsome figure OF 9oao. On
Wednesday he bought from Mr.. A. MOT
row, Croffgar, the mare Lisbourn Lass,
with hackney car and harness complete. |
for clio. On Thursday he secured
handsome hackney turnout in Newcastle |
at q high price. and it is rumored he has
purchased from the railway company the |
sole right to use their cab stand there
Howard w. Lappe. the young man who
has been brought into the case, Is known
in the Tenderlon district of Pittsburg
He was with his brother. De Forrest
Lappe. two years ago when De Forrest
was shot and killed by Policeman Rufus
Ullom. The brothers were members OF
crowd of young men trying to escape ar
rest Ihey haQ deem Out DIT d TeCeplioh'i
and early in the morning started for
good time In the Tenderloin. At one place |
there was trouble. and a crowd. including |
the Lappe brothers. left in a"hurry. Po-
liceman Ullom saw the crowd running. |
and believing a burglary had been COM
mitted called on them to halt To enforce |
his command, the policeman shot. one
bullet striking De Forrest Lappe. who
died In a few hours. Ullom was indicted
for murder but never tried.
PHILADELPHIA October 9.-No de-
cision was handed down by the superior
court yesterday in the Hartje case. as was
expected. 1t is probable that it will not
come down for several days.
The rumor that Tom Nadine has made
a full confession was corroborated here
yesterday afternoon by Attorney Fer
guson. for Hartje. who said:
Eyes, Tom Nadine has made confess
sion which will be used. Some of it has
not yet been written. but l will say that
it shows conclusively the relations be-
tween Mrs. Hartje and the coachman
He gives names and dates and places. He
admits that what he previously swore to
was false"
John NJ. Freeman. Mrs. Hartje's attor
ney declared that all the new letters in
the case are forgeries, and that they
would be proved so.