The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-27
THEY HOLD
WRONG WOMAN
Mrs. Trautman's AccuSer In.
sane or Mistaken.
WOMAN HAS A DOUBLE
New York Physicians Vile Ar
rested on The Street for Theft
and Lodged in Cell.

NEW YORK. Dee. g7.-Thc charges
OF soriId thcft against Mrs Jeanne
Trnutmnn. wife ~ pr AlcNnslrr
Trnutmnn. we'll known surgeon ~
500 Lexington a'pnuc. were exploded
when the story told by Peter Z. Hogan.
her acruscr WIS fatty rnnirniiclrd out
of his own mouth. according 10 new
witness In the cnse.
This witness Is VI. ". hidden. snrrc
tnry ~ the west side branch of the
Young Mems Christian association. lie
declared that Hogan hld been 10 the
Y. NJ. q. A., ~ which be- Is member
last Sunday night the day after he
said he had been robbed 10y Mrs. Traut
man. aud stated be- bad lost his money
In the association library that same
evening.
1T WIS sunday night at 1890 o'clock
that this man Hogan came mp 10 the
desk Of my Office here" said Mr.. Iud
den. lie placed the tips 81 bis On
gers on the edge ~ the deck, rocked O
little on his toes and. leaning over 10
ward me. said In whisper.
"'Tvc lost some bills SIS or Sii-ln
the library upstairs. ! WIS Mp there
writing tonight. and I would Ike some
one TO go up there with me and look
for the money
THE man seemed a biz queer. but !
knew he was member VI the associa.
ton and 80 told him that the library
had been locked w. but u he was sure
he lost 1t In the library | would send
the night Waterman up with him 20
look for Il.
ayes. I'm sure | lost II there, said
Hogan.
80 sent for the night Waterman,
Frederick Spring. aud with the latter
Hogan went up 10 the library and
searched for some time. Then he came
down, saying he had not found his
money. told him that would make a
note OF his loss and put II up on the
bulletin board.
"'How much was ~ asked him.
"'Fourtcen or fifteen dollars be an
swered. | didn't notice the discrepancy
OF his first and second statement as to
the amount until afterward
"Of course aftcrward ] ha an idea
that the Hogan mentioned In the news
papers In connection with the Traut-
man case might be our I!p""n, but
was not sure. | think now he Is bit
queer.
81 realize fully the Importance Of this
incident, and | am fully prepared to
tell this In court under OATH II neces-
sary. II looks as II thoroughly re.
spectacle woman had been subjected |
to the grossest indgnty, and would |
be only too glad to help her"
Hogan Is a regular member OF the !
Young Mems Christian association IN |
apparently good standing
Mrs. Trautman will 20 the limit no; |
only to prove that she Is innocent OF !
the charge Of being n woman of the |
streets and Il common thief, preferred |
against Der by Hogan. but declares !
that she will make such an example OF |
her accuser that innocent and respect |
able women can walk the streets in |
safety in future. She said
"Respectable. women walking along |
the streets of New York have abSo- !
lutcly no protection from arrest aud |
subsequent humiliation in cases Of this |
kind. provided the police accept the
word Of irresponsible persons, rs they |
did In my case
Hogan's story as told in the police
court was that he had been robbed in
hallway in Fifth avenue by Mrs.
Trautman, whom he had met on the
street.
Another factor in the unique case of
Mrs. Trautman is supplied by Police
Captain Schlottman, who said:
1--WE think that Mrs. Trautman has a
donbla among the women who infest
this part of the city. In fact. feel so
confident that in this may lie the eX-
PLANTATION for the whole matter that |
am now making thorough search for
such a woman.
II believe that she exists, but | fear
that she has fed from town since Mrs.
Trautman's arrest"