Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-02-26 | Page 8 | Hartje Suits Will be Hotly Contested

HARTJE SUITS WILL BE HOTLY CONTESTED pittsburgh feb 25 from now on a hotly contested legal battle is looked for in the conspiracy suits against augustus harlee the millionaire paper manufacturer john L Wol his business friend and clifford hooe a negro formerly employed by the hartfo family as coachman named as respondent co in the famous unsuccessful divorce proceedings and with whom allegations ot intimacy were charged against mrs hartje when court adjourned yesterday the taking of testimony had just begun with attorney andrew fisher a brother in law of hartje us first witness fisher testified to having attended a conference at which II artje and hobo present witness said the negro coachman made a statement about mrs barje which almost caused her husband to collapse the jury ia being guarded definite instructions having been given by judge mcfarland not to allow any one to speak to them concerning the case or read newspaper accounts of it