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FILES HER ANSWER
Mrs. Hartje Denies Husbands
Latest Allegations.
MONEY OFFERED NADINE

After Denying Newly Discovered
Evidence" Wife Of Plttshurs Mil
IIenairs Brings Damaging Counter
charaes-Hartie Wants It Quashed.
Philadelphia. Oct. 80. - Embracing
damaging charges and counter
charges, and combining REPUTATION
with Denial, the answer OF Mrs. Mary
Scott Hartje to her husbands petition
to have the HartJe divorce case re-
opened in the superior court, sitting
here, has been made public.
The answer of Mrs. Hartjs makes
denial Of ever writing any letters to
Nadine, and denies that she commit
ted perjury at the last hearing. The
most sensational scathing 10 given to
Howard Lappe, who, it Ii alleged, sold
the Ida Scott letters to Mr. Hartje,
and to Mr.. Hart1e for his action in
securing damaging testimony against
his wife.
One part of the Ida Scott affidavit.
which explains the position taken by
her In regard to the Lapps letters, IL
- follows:
1.-THE statements referring to Angus.
tus Hartje, or the Hartjs divorce pro-
seedlings, contained in the letters
written by me to the said Howard
Lappe were written ~ the suggestion
and dictaton Of the said Lappe, he
stating that with such letters he could
force my father to consent to our
marriage. l am informed and believe
Lappe did exhibit some Of said letters
to my father, and sold the same to the
said Hartje or his agents"
HarJe has filed petition with. the
court to strike Mrs. Hartje's answer
OF the record, because it is irressva ant
and impertinent.
Hartje also hled \ supplemental
brief, with copies of the love letters
alleged to have been written by Mrs,
Hartje to TEN" Nadine, the coach
man correspondent in the case. They {
letters are alleged by Hartje to be OF
an incriminatinE character
Mrs Hartje stqntly denies she ever
wrote Nadine q letter. She contends
she is being: aarrassed by paid per.
sons in the employ of he'll husband.
Afidavits are attached to her answer
showing that Nadine had been re.
peatedly offered large sums to turn
traitor TO the woman. Nadine recently
made confession in CsHada. &C
knowledging his friendship With Mrs.
L. hoe Al ~, Grn1 nj
where he purchased a hotel.
Mrs. Hartje's brief alleges, that Ma
dine made statement on April II.
in the Office of Watson & Freeman.
Mrs. Hartje's attorneys. in which he
asserted thar representa- 1--we of Au,
gustus Hartje met him and said to
Nadine, IF You wiz come along with
me win get you $4,000. If you will
make another statement there won't
be anything done to you 8nd they will
see that yo,n get on all right In six
months You will be shaking hands with
me and have $4,000 in your pocket
Nadine further stated that this
same representative of Hartje had Of
fered to get him livery stable If he
W64CeO one ana tn&t ne cOuiu u1dhS
money out of the sale If Nadine would
make another statement
HE told me- said Nadine, that
he wanted me to come. up. to the sew
enth floor of the Frick building and
make the statement before the super
ior court met, and that there was NO
chance Of winning the case unless I
would make statement 80 they could
use 1t in the superior court. and he
said Il would be up in 10 days
He wanted me to. swear that | gof
those letters from, Mrs. Kartje and
that they were right. said l never
got any letters, and lie said Wei you
can say SO anyhow and he said All
we need is one more envelope.
Continuing. the brief alleges that
Nadine also made statement Oh
May 3. in the Office of the Perliin.
Union Detective Agency, N which Ms
dine states that he was scHered $1,000
Il he would get out of the case an >
cut Of the country, and that he would
be paid Hberally If he p-Giuaea s,n
envelope. or II he would give them
some information that they wanted.