The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-26
|OSBORhE'S ACCUStR
HELD IN $4,000 BAIL
New York Attorney Proves Strong
Abb BY Persons With Whom He
Had Legal Engagements.
MUCH CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE
Testimony Points strongly To- Attempt
to Framc-Up Bsaclunail scheme ON
New Yorkcr---Hoiei Man and His
Clerk Disagree as to Man.

ton Hotel, Flalnnelu, ~. D., on OcSo-
Der Is, 1914, and registered there with
her as .. Osborne and Mrs. Osborne,
ia an alibi backed by his own testi
mony, the testimony Of Matthew J.
Smith. former District Attorney of
Queens Couny; Reuben a. Peckham,
a lawyer associated with Mr.. Osborne.
and corroborated by records Of the bar
association.
The day in question was Sunday,
and Miss Tanxer charges In her $780,
600 breach of promise suit against the
lawyer that the two of them spent
the afternoon In a room at the Ken
sington Hotel. In the criminal suit
against Miss Tanner. in which she Is
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud. her statement was corroborated
on Tuesday by the sworn testimony
of Frank d. Stafford who was clerk
In the Kensington Hotel last October.
and who identified James w. Osborne
positively as the man who registered
with Miss Tanner. Saffords testimo-
ny was denied by w. J. Kitchen. pro-
prietor of the Kensington Hotel. who
staked everything he owns on the
truth of his testimony that James w.
Osborne has little resemblance to Miss
Tanners escort
Held For Federal Grand Jury.
During the conclusion of the hear
ing into the criminal charges this
morning, which ended when Miss Tan
ger was held in $1,000 bail for the
Federal grand jury. two other wit
nesses from the hotel were lending
strength to Kitchens statement A
ton Hotel failed to identify James w.
Osborne as Oliver Osborne.
Mr.. Oshornes aiibi for the afternoon
of October is Is regarded as n strong
one. At the time District Attorney
Smith. of Kings County. was under
charges regarding his failure to prose-
cute a case. and a commissioner had
been appointed to take testimony. Mr..
Osborne being Mr.. Smiths attorney.
Mr.. Smith visited the Office OF United
States Attorney Marshall this even
ing In company with Inez MiihoiIand
Boissevain. the suffragette lawyer who
Is associated with Mr.. Osborne. and
there Smith made the affidavit re-
garding what he knows of the accused
lawyers whereabouts on october Is.
Proves strong AIihi.
A conference had been arranged TO
work out Smiths defense. said the
former District Attorney. and a room
had been engaged at the bar associa =
ton. Smith got there early in the
afternoon, he stated. and met Reuben
Peokham and Mr.. Osborne. The three
men remained there until late in the
afternoon.
Stafford has sworn that James w.
Osborne was at the Kensington Ho-
tel from about 1880 in the afternoon
until some time between o'clock and
6 o'clock
II has not been considered neees-
sary to, have Mr.. Peckham make an
affidavit corroberating Smith. as Mr..
tar lab af al ftt,sn hsst
Is learned that he has made verbal
statements which agree with Mr..
Smith.
Additional documentary evidence
was obtained from the bar association.
where records have been obtained
showing that the room was engaged
In Mr.. Osborne's name. and that Mr.
Osborne registered upon HIS arrival:
that the clerk stamped time upon
his arrival and again when Mr.. Os-
borne left. These time stamps show
that Mr.. Osborne was In the room from
early until late In the afternoon.
The accumulation of evidence show =
ing that it was not James W. os-
borne who registered at the Kensing
ton Hotel comes from Frederick e.
Lapp. a carpenter. who lived at the
hotel last October. and Matte Smith.
who was then. and is now. waitress
al Inat motel
Lapp's name was mentioned on Tues
day by Clerk Stafford as being in tho
lobby when Mr. Osborne and Miss Tan
ger arrived. and he saw the couple
several times during the afternoon.
/ Miss Smith was the waitress who at
tended to their luncheon.
TaIlies with o. OsAorne.
Lapp stated. before he saw James
w. Osborne. that he remembered Q.
Osborne and Mrs. o. Osborne we'll.
and that he could pick them out at
any time and any place. He describ-
ed Q. Osborne; the description taliies
exactly with the description given by
James w Osborne. Miss Rose Kaiser.
and others Of the Oliver Osborne who
visited James w. Osborne last Fri
day, assumed the blame for counting
Miss Tanxer. and who then disap
peared
Lapp was then sent into a room in
which were six or seven men, includ~
into the faces OF them all and then
announced fatty that O. Osborne was
not among them. Then James w. Os-
horne was picked out for him. He was
asked X the lawyer was the man who
came to the Kensington; he said that
he could not be mistaken in deciar-
ing that Oliver Osborne was a much
different man.
Miss Smiths confederation was not
quite SO strong. She said she saw
and remembered o. Osborne and his
wife. and she thought she could iden-
tify him. but was not quite sure. She
was asked to inspect the same group
OF men; she said that o. Osborne was
not one OF them. Then James w was
pointed out to her and she said that
while she might not know O. os-
borne II abe saw him again. she was
positive that James w was not he.
Hot After go. Osborne"
United states Attorney Marshall 's
stiil hot on the trail Of the man who
used the name Of Oliver Osborne with
Miss Kaiser, and who visited James
w. Oshorne's office last Friday.
Mr. Marshall has established alb
soluteiy to his own satisfaction that
there Is such n man " became known
today that since Miss Kaiser made her
story nubiic three more women have
visited Mr. Marshalrs ONCE and mar
rated their experiences with man
who used the name 81 q Osborne.
and whose description nts the miss
ing Oliver.