Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-13
The Singular Aub Case Again APP
pears in Court.
she PLEADS net GUILTY OF PERJURY
Statement Made by Her At
torney.
HER BAIL FIXED AT $1,000

NEW YORK, December 13.-Barbara Aub,
indicted for perjury on her accusation of
criminal assault against Walter S. L. Lam
german, was arraigned before Judge Cow
ing in part of the court of general sessions
today.
To the customary question, Are you
guilty or not guilty." following the reading
of the charge against her. Miss Aub replied,
Not guilty"
Lawyer House then addressed the court,
making the following statement: when
was first assigned by the court to this case
/ asked to be excused, because whatever
view 1 took of the case, plainly saw that
adverse criticism was sure to arise. l, how
ever. accepted the assignment, and on my
first meeting with the woman tried to i'm
press upon her mind the position IN
which she stood as a self-confessed per-
jurer.
She asked me what sentence she was
likely to get. and told her no one but the
Judge could tell She was greatly excited.
and l left her. promising to come back.
I came back and found her much calmer.
Since last Monday have labored with this
young woman. and today. if your honor
asked me my opinion of the case, 1 should
be obliged to say, I do not know.
ION several occasions when 1 have seen
her she has been in no condition to talk
with counsel her friends. / asked her
If she realized the position in which she
was. and she replied that she had COM
muned with her conscience and her God.
and felt better for making the confession
which exonerated Langerman from the
charge against him.
Again asked her II she realized the po-
siton in which she stood. and she replied
that no one had Influenced her In making
her confession, and she asked me to try
and have her sentence mitigated.
Repudiated the Confession.
"when I saw her on Wednesday last in
response to a message by telephone, she
fpId hat ha
making any confession, Tor did she reeol-
lect going to the house of Recorder Gof
OF the evening of Thanksgiving day.
"She said that such confession was i'm
possible, as the story she told OF the wit
ress stand was true L then asked her how
she came to make this confession. and she
replied that from the time of the trial until
Wednesday afternoon she had been In
dream When her aunts called on her on
Wednesday afternoon she appeared as one
coming out of a trance. She then made to
her aunts the retractiou of her previous
confession.
bringing in Miss Kellard.
Now. your honor, 1 have the greatest
sympathy for this young woman. and
think that understand the position she Is
ment to me. She asked me If I thought
that Miss Kellard would be brought into
the case. I told her l did not know. She
then said If you can give me any assur-
cuted. i will tell the truth
Il told her that / had no authority to
promise immunity to Mss Kellard, but
that did not think she was in any danger
of prosecution. She then asked that
send my stenographer. Miss Rosenthal, to
her. l did 50. and all she would say was
that Miss Kellard had accused her Of Civ
ing false testimony at the trial of LANCER
man."
Bail Fixed.
Mr.. House suggested that the court APP
point a commission to inquire into the
mental condition Of the girl. He had. he
said. arrived so far at no definite conclu-
sion in the case. He had some private
facts about the girls case which he would
submit to the court.
de also asked that no one be allowed to
see the prisoner in the Tombs.
Col. Fellows said that he had intended to
move that the girl be discharged on her
own recognizarce had not the new phase,
caused by her recent recantation, appear
ed He asked that bail be fixed at $1,000.
Barbara, he said, was the victim of fool
friends"
Judge Gowing paid no attention to the re-
quest for commission in lunacy or about
her not seeing her friends in the Tombs.
He fixed bail at $1,COO.
After being returned to the Tombs Miss
Aub s, mt notes to her counsel and Assist
ant District Attorney Townsend, asking
them to come to her. She also said that
she wanted to see reporters some time dur
ing the day, but not while the Rev. Mr..
Lewis was with her. She sent word from
her cell requesting the newspapers to deny
for her the statement of Col. Hare. Lang
professional blackmailer and lewd wo-