The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
NRA HARTJE EX0NERATED
Hushany Failed to Prove Single
cha Tge in Divorce Case.
Court ComD8letely Vindicates Woman
Defenda1 at in the Celebrated
Pit ktsburg Case.

Pittsburg. PaH- With remarkable
demonstrations ypf satisfaction and
approval. Pittsburtg received the de
cision of o FAkazer in the Hartjc
divorce case, refusing Augustus
Hartie's plea for a ~1ivorce from his
beautiful wife and eEonerating Mrs
Hartje from the accua &ations brought
against her by her husband.
Cheers greeted the Aanding down
of Judge FraZeT's deci$lon. Extra
editions of the afternoonN papers car
ried the news to all parts &of the city,
The home of Mrs. HartjSe's father,
where she is staying, was surrounded
by cheering cr0wds, who demanded
admission in order that theg might
congratulate then fair victor \of this
celebrated case. A, . -s.-l.
,Judee Frazer in aigesting thu evil
dence which accumulated during the
twenty-one days thaH were .consuEned
in the trial. The\case possessed
amazing features which made it va
| miliar all over the country. Y.
Thank Cod" was Mrs. Hartje\s
first %utterance after the announcek
ment of the decision. II am so hap-N
by. The decree vindicates my char
acter and refutes the blacHening
charges produced against me. No
more will I be compelled to hide my
face with shame or tremble for the
sights that might be placed. upon
my children. ..,ar
"My little childrea a now never
feel ashamed of their mother, and,
oh, this is joy, joy, joy" concluded
| Mrs. Hartje, Historically. @' E7"t
Augustus Hartje said ,emphatically
that the case will be appealed.
The announcement of Judge Fra
| zer's ruling was received with tears
by Mrs. Hartje and her father, John
Scott, who is a close friend of An
drew Carnegie, and a son of Thomas
A. Scott, once president Of the Penn
~sylvania Railroad. ...u..s ". 8 l.,
81 knew I would be .v~indicated,"
was Mrs. -Hartje's only comment.
| Scott expended about $250,000, the
major portion of his fortune, to clear
| his daughters name from the odious
| charges that Hartje e~ndeavored to
ldSISu upOu uSl. val uSSlC lo uhvOl-
stood to have placed his purse neon
ditionally at the service Of Scott and
Mrs. Hartje. l~..,.'"' "-'.." t'a Z"
Hartje, who is a millionaire, man
| u~facturer of paper and one Of the
leading business. men of Pittsburg,
| refused to say what he thought Of his
| defeat.
! .Hartje is under Indictment, with
| his closest friend, John l.. Welshons,
also a millionaire, and Clifford Hooe,
a negro, who was formerlyin Hartje's
| employ, for: conspiracy and suborna-
ton Of perjury. Hooe confessed that
he had been induced by Welshons
and Hartje, under promise Of being
we'll paid, to testify that he and Mrs.
Hartje had given the husband cause
to sue for divorce. .'' -N ~" ="
Tom Nadine, a white man, who
also served as b" coachman for the
Hartjes, was named as another Co
respondent. '.@- "-,
Hartje's attorneys announced that
they would appeal the case
Mrs. Hartje arrived here from
Redlands, Cal, the day before the de-
cision, bringing with her their chill
dren, Mary, Louise and. ,Scotty. The
disposition of the children IS the real
point at issue in the suit.