The evening world., 1907-04-13
HARTMAN SHOWED
FAMOUS LETTER TO
UNKNOWN ADVISER
Financier in a Police Court Admits
That Its Text Is Practically as He
Dictated 1t to His Stenographer.

T. H. 1Farraman. unIer OATH on t1s
/ witness sand to-day. virtually alm'ii'i
J t.at be wrote tNe famous Wth-irr
/ u.-. printed exclusively In rhe World
I for tb. purpose cf explaining how Pc
sit Into politics he said taat afttr
he cent the letter to Mr Wooster Dee
showed "a copy OF % % O. rtirm1n
whose name wns NOT dNmE NJ "N-
nian,ti1n of how %, came tp %" drawn
! INTO tair-s AL ilarr 7nlu also eon-
fr-ssd thri Do mas $50 de- TO 10 m'ns'e
lr politics agaln.
II. naanclc- appeared IN Centre
st7cst Police Court % press the enarge
against a former employee Frank ~
I'm who is accused dt selling a eop'
of tho letter which revealed the hHr-
rltnan- Roosevelt transactions Ia l''''
H,u vas arrested a. Mr. Hartman
lnstlEauoa. The examination was no,
ompioted. to-day and viii De resumed
on April -
Mr iar-man was accompanied 10
court liy hes counsel. Judge Lovett. ana
his private secretary. Alexander MlllAi
-rs.v Waited in the ONCE OF Assistant
p4slfict. Attorney Paul kr1tel for Mas
lstrate Manle 10 dispose OF the usual
griA, IN the oper police court m''''
Then they repaired 10 the private eN-
ninatlon room OF the Centre Street
Court. where the examination WAS
opened.
Hm vas attended BY his wife ana
several friends. As counsel thele -
pclrcd for aim former city Mag's'F@'e
Ommcn and Morris hyman. Nj. haril-
man sloNieG at him as he entered the
room.
HiTs alleged 0rcuHu Is said to be
violation of Section 81 OF the Penal
Code. relating 10 the sale or disclosure
u private CORE Ipondence. Mr.. Ommen
opened tho prorrc dings by MOVING !slat
the complaint be dismissed
No Crime, Lawyer Declares.
The grounds upon which Mr Ommen
based his motion were that no crime
WAS alleged In the complaint and that
IL was detective because Il was sworn
10 by Anllar instear OF Mr.. Hartman
Both motions were denied.
Samuel H. Ranck. OF No. 2jl .Cumher-
land street. Brooklyn. VINO described
himself as Jay city editor of the New
YORK American. was the hrst witness
called. lie said that prior to April /
the defendant Hlll. called upon him
and onered TO sell a certain letter from
which he read extracts from steno-
graphic notes fiitt represented that
the letter was dictated 10 him when
ne was secretary TO Hartman and
would prove 10 De an interesting neNs
dosIln.ut The witness said that he
tsld Hll to get aonle proof Of the
senulnencss 81 the letter.
lat
over 10 another. man connected Wlth
me American. Hill the witness said.
offered 10 make a transcript OF his stem
s1ors TO Genulneness.
Walter L. ilatAbone. "a notary public
OF No. 10 Nassau street, testified that
l.lll sWorv 10 the geuuinencsH Uf tho
Hartman letter aud the correetness ot
M. office on the New York American
Mr Hartman Was then called TO the
stand and identined the letter thh, ap-
nssrsa ,ss ,s, n Tas o,e.'ss W9sf +, as Nh 'A'an's
His Testimony Verbatim.
I Mr, Hartman testified as follows
= Mr. Hartman. wa4t is your iull
name A. Edward n. Hartman,
/ u AIR Hartman, your present ad-
/ dress is No. 10 broadway Is II not'
O Ana on March Z. 1907. was the de-
ployS 4 80, sir
q He had been out OF your employ
I Tor some tlme2 A. fes. for some
. Nov. I shoN you the letter tHai
I appeared .n tne papers and ask you
Il YOU recognize ltf a. ceriaiiRly.
mai letter and state whether the sig
/ nature attached IL your sigpatnref A.
Z II IA my signature
q That ls the letter. directed by you
10 Mr. Webster and dictated BY you %
/ sonie ono In your offlce and that IL
your own signature \ II Is,
U. Was there any substantial
.arIance Ia the sense OF the let
Ter as u appeared In the New
N1rk pnperzf 4. Nothing cN-
cept few changes In the words
aud phraainE. There was no
change In the sense OF the lei
. Nov. Mr Hartman. ana sou ever
authorize anyoedy 10 publish this lrl
ter' A No. sir
Did Not Authorize Publication.
q Did you ever give 10 tho defendau
| the authority % puDlish NJ A. No, sir
/ . Did you eyeg give 20 the defendant
anv authority % uanscrbe the notes
taken in your once and publlEh then
= Did you ever give the defendan
or any one any authority 10 take thi
stenographIe notes out OF the ofice7 A
" Did you give the riEht 90 any on,
cls. tp take the notes from your once
70 A No, cir
q Now. ana YOU ever show this lette
tu ans ono outside of Y0ur own ONO.
afitF-ll naa Wr.fiel- HItl rho cHcen
p tIun ~ ar Webster A Nou met
3 inside inr 1nl and outside ais07
~ mean fo D. nT ORC nm t7r 1utFi1r
a $50 fir
a. And trf only dieiatnn sou WlIi
~ fHis letter HIH made iu your private
.onlrr7 h Nes -lr
a. MA sou ever show this
letter to ~ third marty or speak
Uf - 90 thcmf mean after ID
mas cent 80 Mr. Webster aud
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