The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-27
RICH WOMAN IN
JAIL AS A THIEF.
PHYSICIAN LETS SPOUSE FACE
CHARGE OF RosRING MAN
WITHOUT GIVING AID.
.BAILED OUT BY FfIENDS
After Husband Had Allowed Her to
Remain All Night in Tenderoln
Station-Mrs. Trautman De.
nes Her Guilt.


/ sis of fact there may be IN the amaz.
ling charges of theft preferred against
/ Mrs. Jean Trautman, wife of Dr. Alex
ander Trautman, physician of social
prominence and wealth. her husband
displays Surprising inaction in the
case
While in the prison of "Tenderloin"
station, where she was locked up after
Peter j. Hogan, a young stenographer,
had ,ingled her out in a shopping
throng as the woman who had ured
him into Fifth avenue hallway aad
robbed him Of sl3, The woman sent tel
egrams and telephone messages to her
husband.
DR., Trautman was In his home at
10 o'clock when his wife was frantic
ally appealing fer assistance He did
not go to her but went out and re.
mained away from home uatil s
o'clock this morning He saw that
the papers were full Of his wife's
arrest but he did not 90 to the Jef-
fersOn Market Police Court to aid her !
Refuses Lawyer at First.
When the case came up Mrs Traut- |
man was advised by the court that Il |
would be better to not 90 into her de |
fense without legal representation, as
the complainant had lawyer to as.
sist him in presenting his charge The
fair prisoner said tho accusation |
against her was so az trageous and |
she did not need law
year, but friends advised her to have I
the case adjourned SO that che could |
Obtain counsel
Magistrate "Bateery Dan" Finn cen.
sented to the adjournment and put the |
hearing over u3til 10 o'clock Thurs |
day, when the physicians wife will
call several Witnesses to prove that
she could not have been in the place
where the robbery occurred on Sag-
urday night.
Mrs. Trautman, who is a beautiful
Southern woman, was arrested while
shopping on Sixth Aenue and herded
In the statioa house prscn among
drunken men and women upon the ac
,usation of Hogan.
The policeman paid no attention to
.hc woman's denial. 10 her protesta.
ion that the charge was pfeposte~.
)us, He needed only the young ma
who made tho astounding declaration
hat the handsome looking aud dign!-
led soc ETY. woman had lured him into
hallway and picked his pocket
Locked Un ir Cell.
Nor did the officers in the Tender
Gin station display any favor for
Ter. They so-t her to a cell where
she was kept until 3 o'clock this
morning when Edward Clark Sconeld
'ame TO her rescue and bailed her out .
The physicians wife was accom-.
panied 10 court today 10y Mr. and Mrs.
;coiicld. She did not seem at all agi
atcd and alkcd freely and without "A 1
race nf nervousness L
1T Is the most unfortunate thing Ia
hat could have happened TO me. she 4
aid, for il has brought terrible no II
oricty upo0 myself ana hu band.
"On he night that this man de \
'larcs robbed him ! was IN in my 8
l~mc. did not tell the police that I
lad been To the opera on that night. 4
ui on Friday night. and was accom- I
'anicd by my d sband I did not /
ring any Witnesses To court Ia testify 8
bout my whereabouts Saturday night
IS ] u d -pt think It necessary"
Comes From Georgia Family.
Mrs. Trautman said tha; she was :
'cwh'r Of a well known Georgia fam ,
~. She would not tell her maiden }
anne. as she did not wish to bring a
NY notorieiy upon her kinspeople in q
hc South. 5
u cant understand why my te'c 2
rams and telephone messages have Z
allied to reach nav Husband" she sail Y
Tor ! know he would not delay an 5
Instant in coming to me on such an oc-
aston n this.
hN fhutfifUCf lh iHe pr s. % OF thn
TenderlOin station uas an awful o.
cal. but ! did not break doV1 or ghe
ray to hysterics."
Dr. Alexander Tfsutman Is one of
be most prominent German pracfi- O
ieners in this city and an intimate =
-iend of Herman Ri1der u the Staa.s 5
~ ung lie was the superintendent D.
{ the i-sane asylum ON Wards Is ?
ind when 80 vas under the city's y
onfrol II
Accordihg t. the friends of the phy- .
iciaB. Mrs Trs-tnIsn was q Mrs .
,avis from Gc0rgia when he met her G
rc vcsrs aen Thrr hare heen ma. | o