Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
SAID TO BE The
WRONG WOMAN
Mrs. Trautman's AcCuser Either
Insane or Mistaken Woman
Has Double the Police Say.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The charges
of sordid theft against Mrs. Jeanne
Trautman, a well known surgeon of
1869 Lexington avenue, were exploded
when the story told by Peter ]. Hogan,
her accuser, was fatty ~contradlcted out
of his W mouth, according to a new
witness in the case.
This witness is NJ. w. Ludden, secre-
tary of the west side branch of the
Young Mems Christian association. He
declared that Hogan had been to the
Y. NJ. G. A., of which he is a member,
last Sunday night, the day after he
said he had been robbed by Mrs. Traut-
man, and stated he had lost his money
i'm the association library that same
evening.
ut was Sunday night at 1870 o'clock
that this man Hogan came up to the
desk of my office here" said Mr.. Lud-
den. "He placed the tips of his fin
gers on the edge of the desk, rocked a
little on his toes and, leaning over to-
ward me, said in a whisper:
"'I've lost some bills-$13 or $14-in
the library upstairs. l was up there
writing tonight, and l would like some
one to go up there with me and look
for the money
1.-THE man seemed a bit queer, but l
knew he was a member of the associa-
ton and so 1 told him that the library
had been locked up, but if he was sure
he lost it in the library j would send
the night Waterman up with him to
look for II.
"'Yes, I'm sure / lost it there said
Hogan.
$50 l sent for the night Waterman,
Frederick Spring, and with the latter
Hogan went up to the library II
searched for some time. Then he came
down, saying he had not found his
money. l told him that l would make q
note of his loss and put 1t up on the
bulletin board.
"sHow much was itT 1 asked him.
Fourteen or fifteen dollars he an
swered. l didn't notice the discrepancy
vi Ills HIS LIN oCSOAho t' y
the amount until afterward.
"Of course afterward l had an idea
that the Hogan mentioned in the news
papers in connection with the Traut-
man case might be our Hogan, but l
was not sure. l think now he is a bit
queer.
81 realize fully the Importance of this
incident, and l am fully prepared to
tell this In court under oath If neces-
sary. 1t looks as If a thoroughly re-
spectacle woman had been subjected
to the grossest indignity, and l 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 win go the limit not
only to prove that she is innocent of
the charge of being a woman of the
streets and a common thief, preferred
against her by Hogan, but declares
that she will make such an example of
her that innocent and respect
able women can walk the streets in
safety In future. She said:
"RespectaDle women walking along
the streets of New York have abso-
lutely no protection from arrest and
subsequent humiliation in cases Of this
kind, provided the police accept the
word of irresponsible persons, as they
did in my case"
Hogan's story as told in the police
court was that he had been robbed in
a hallway in Fifth venue by Mrs.
Trautnan, whom he had met on the
street.
Another factor in the unique case of
Mrs. Trautman is supplied by Police
Captain Schlottman. who said:
I'VE think that Mrs. Trautman has a
double 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 Il thorough search for
such Il woman
Il believe that she exists, but | fear
that she has fed from town since Mrs.
Trautman's arrest"