The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-27
NAusEATINc HARTJE
CASE TO BE AIRED AGAIN.


Pfttshurg. Pa, March 27.zRittsburg
millionaires are determined TO keep
in the spotlight Of n~auseat1ng publicly
Following close to the Thaw trial,
with its revelations of unthinkable de-
bauchery, comes the announcement
that Augustus Hartje. the millionaire
paper manufacturer, will appeal the
notorious divorce case in which he
was recently involved J. Scott Fergu-
son, chief consul for Hartje, is now
preparing the papers for the appeal
to h supreme court. 1t is declared
that new evidence tending to prove
the Infamous charges against Mrs.
Hartje has been discovered and in
a short time all the Shiny details of
the most sensational divorce suits or
record will again be spread before the
public.
The Hartje suit began last June
and was not ended until August. The
wealthy paper manufacturer sued MS
wife for a divorce on the ground of
infdelity. AS evidence in the a
letters were introduced, alleged to
have been written by Mrs. Hartje, to
THOMAS Nadine, a coachman. Cliff
ford Hooe, a negro coachman, declar-
ed that he had improper relations with
Mrs. Hartje. He was arrested after
testifying on a charge of perjury and
was convicted. Through the decision
of the court and the conviction of the
negro Mrs. Hartje was cleared of the
Infamous charges made against ner.
The determined and desperate fight
by Mrs. Hartje, young, beautiful and
highly cultured, to save lei honor
and good name from the mire of in
fannu IN which hn- AJ1chond offnronf
ed to drag it, presented a situation SO
intensely dramatic that the gaze of
the nation was. centered on the trial.
Other notable figures that shared
the stage in that famous battle for the
vindication of a beautiful woman's
virtue were Augustus Harriet, grim,
determined, intent on forever damn
ing the mother of his children;
Scott and Mary Hartje. pathetic little
figures, too young to realize the ira
gedy in which their parents were in
volved: John Scott, father of the de-
PENDANT, heroic example of paternal
loyalty pouring out his fortune in the
defense of his daughter; and Clifford
Hooe, the negro coachman, the black
villain of this sinister drama of per
verted family life.
Back of Mrs. Hartie and her 10y
al father were untold thousands OF
American men and women, praying
for their success. Thousands offered
to contribute to a fund for Mrs. Hartje
defense. Frederick Gaynor, al Alleghe
ny millionaire and friend of the Scott
family alone offering a million dol
lars. From all over the South came
letters addressed to John Scott, beg
ging him to slay the BLACK devil"
who had ~impeached the honor, not
alone of Mrs. Hartje, but of the white
women Of the nation. Scott replied
that his first duty was to clear his
daughters name, and that justice
would beSmeted out to the negro later
Il am lighting, not for myself alone,
but for My children and for the hon
or of American womanhood," declar-
ed Mrs. Hartje, during the progress
of the SUIT. Now, after a vindication
won aftef months of publicity from
which ami refined and sensitive wo-
would shrink in horror. Mrs.
Hartje. is again to be called on to
pass through an ordeal similar to the
one from which she has just emerged
victorious.l
1t was about 10 years ago at the age
of 20, that Mary Scott, one Of the
beautiful and talented of Pitts
of Augustus Hartje, The ceremony
was the mPst stylish in the history
the Smoky City. For a time the
couple lived happily together and
children were born to them, only
of them are now living.
Then the serpent of jealousy enter
the Hartje's Eden. The millionaire
paper manufacturer was twenty years
han his wife. While Mrs. Hart
je was in the bloom of young woman
hood, the husband began to show the
marks of advancing time. With the
years his jealousy increased, until he
looked with suspicion and disgust up
On every young man who spoke pleas.
to his beautiful young wife.
The climax came about two years
ago. The Hartjes had just returned
a brief tour of Europe, when