The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-03
harden WINS DIVORCE CASE
ARDENT EPFSTLEs FROM Bf' nm,
CORRESPONDENT. READ.
.JehR Rrsiiy. MRS. Hnrsen's Counsel. h~-
tires Prom Case and New Jury
Hears the Testimony Reilly ordered
To Answer Contempt charges Dee n.

Supreme Court Justice Greenhanui
ordered the divorce suit brought by
James Harden. Jr.. against has ~ite.
Leah, TO 90 To trial yesterday IN spite
81 the objections ~ John Reilly. Nrs.
Harden = counsel. who said that he wanted
time TO get the correspondent. Eugene IA.
Burr Of Burr Bros. Mr.. Reilly then with
drew from the case and no defence was
put in.
Because the jury that should have been
sitting in Justice Greenbaum's part Of
- Supreme Court yesterday had heard
the testimony the day before. when
Justice Greenbaum said that Lawyer
Reilly had deceived the court as to the
whereabouts OF Mamie Bradshaw. a
colored girl. who was an important wit
ness for the defence. the jury had to be
discharged and another jury recruited
One Of the witnesses called for Harden
was Zachary I. Miller. n friend VI Eugene
Burr Tor many years. who lives in the
Garne, Hall apartment house. where
Harden raided Bu-r's Cat and found bis
wife with Burr on August last. Miller
is also friend Of Harden and met Harden
,hs night tn. raiding party entered the
building. He said Harden asked him to
! a
Harden was there. but he refused. He
agreed To go TO his own apartment and
call up Burr on the phone. He said he
did no and that Burr denied Mrs. Harden
was there.
Il am glad OF that Miller said he told
Burr. Her husband and a party of
friends are at your door and are going
60 break IN unless you admit them.
Miller said that Burr then told him to
wait a minute and then came back and
said Mrs Harden was there and that he
would open ths door.
One OF several letters from Burr to
Mrs. Harden put IN evidence was written
on the California Limited on August 10
last when Burr was escorting party Of
customers To California to look at oil
properties. The letter said in part:
My DAZZLING LEAR: Your pretty. round.
litte baby face has been before me all daS.
and ! have been thinking OF your many
little vays that put YOU IN class by your
self There never another woman
like you. After knowing Won any other
woman would be to me like sugar coated
pills to dope r-nd There is one thing
Won do that - wonderful II IL when Won
81 cal mp and hi~per IN NV ear. want you:
saa You I arrived IN Los Angeles,
bu- there has been good bunch on hoard
and bet " zen he bunch and IN. booze have
avoided suicide
In another letter written from San
Diego. Cal. Burr said
Grace lBurr's wifcl called me UP this
morning and asked me IN come up. I think
she j. weakening and ans me after al
wish she would get separation and lesv.
me TO love Won alone a. ! am crazy TO do.
l worship you and viii stick 10 Won until
he'll freezes over. ! don't care for money.
All want - to he with YOU
The Jury brought in verdict for Harden
after being out only a lew minutes
Justice Greenbaum then questioned
Mamie Bradshaw. the Colored girl and
she said that few days after the raid she
was directed tn GO To Lawyer Rriilv's
office and there she signed an affidavit
under his order which said things THAT
were not true. Justice Grsenhaum di-
rected lawyer Reilly to show cause on
December .? why ne should not ne pun
Ished for contempt.