Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-13
MRS. ETHEL OSBORNE.

hONDONS ICOL udI I~' Ahl % L IVA
ence Z. Osborne was this morning
brought from Holloway jail to the Bow
Street Police Court where she was ar
raigned before Magistrate Sir John
Bridge to answer the charge Of perjury
made against her in connection with
the libel suit she brought against her
ons time friend, Mrs. Hargreaves, who
had charged her with the theft of a
quantity OF valuable jewelry. The
court room was literally packed with
friends of the 0sborne's and Har-
greayes'.
Mrs. Osborne was brought from the
Jail by officers but she was attended by
her hasbsnd. She presented most
pitiful appearance. She was dressed
entirely in black and when she was
placed in the prisoners dock she wept
bitterly, bowing her head so that her
face could not be seen. Capt. Osborne
stood by her outside the dock and held
one of her hands in his own, and strived
to infuse her with courage to face the
terrible ordeal before her.
1t could readily be seen that the sym
pathy Of nearly every one present was
with the unfortunate prisoner and her
more unfortunate husband who has
done everything in his power to allevi-
ate the sufferings of the woman who
has brought such unmerited disgrace
upon his name.
Mr.. c. +. Gill, the we'll known solicit
tor, appeared for the Treasury to prose-
cute the charge. Mrs. Hargreaves en-
tered the witness box and repeated the
evidence she had given on the occasion
of the trial of the libel suit. She told
OF how Mrs. Osborne, then Miss Elliott,
had visited her at Torquay; how she
had been shown the jewelry in question
and the secret receptacle in which it
was kept. Then the witness told OF
missing the jewelry, the efforts made to
discover who had stolen it and how 1t
was traced to Messrs. Sphinx 81 Sons, the
jewelry firm who had bought it from an
unknown lady. She told in detail her
reasons for suspecting Miss Elliott, and
how the proof was obtained showing
beyond doubt that she was guilty of
theft.
Mrs. Hargreave went on to say that
the jewelry had been restored TO her
and that all the costs incurred by her in
defending the libel suit had been paid
back to her.
The witness was then asked II she
had seen Mrs. Osborne since the latter
had returned to England. With every
evidence OF deep emotion Mrs. Har-
greaye said that she had visited at the
Jail yesterday.
Mr.. Sphinx, the jeweler, gave evidence
regarding the purchase OF the jewelrY.
He identified Mrs. Osborne as the lady
from whom he had bought the jew
elry.
The Magistrate then asked Mrs. Os-
borne if she had anything to say con-
cernlng the charges against her. She
I'm q very faint voice answered ''No." I"
The prisoner was then formally COM
mitted for trial. 1t was developed to-
day that the treasury prosecution
against Mrs. Osborne is based on a
charge of larceny as well as perjury.
1t was very evident in the Court room
to-day that neither Major HargreaveS
or his wife entertain the least III feeling
towards Mrs. Osborne; on the contrary
they plainly showed that they were do
rug IuSiI OoSb W hS'p tAdt uuAoi 'uudto
lady to escape the legal consequences
of her acts.
ItwaS said at one time that Major
Hargreave had declared that he and his
wife would leave England before they
would appear as witnesses against their
friend, but it appears that the treasury
prevented them from carrying out this
intention into effect by serving SUBJ
poena.