The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-04
STICKS TO
HIS IDENTIFICATION
DecIares James w. Osborne Is tho
Man lie Saw ut New Jersey Hotel
with Rae Tanner.
MORE POSITIVE THAN EVER
He Is on Trial on Charge of Perjury
in Connection With Alleged Con-
spiracy to Ruin New York At
torney.

| New York, May 3--Frank ID. SAT.
ford, former hotel clerk at the Ken
sington Hotel. at Plaiufiefd. ~ j.,
is more certain than ever now that
James w. Osborne la Rae Tanners
missing Oliver. He said so dramati-
cally today at his trial on a charge
of perjury for making his first identi-
fication of the former assistant dis
trict attorney. And just as positively
did his erstwhile employer, William
J. Kitchen, the hotel proprietor, deny
that James W. Osborne and Oliver
were one and the same.
Seeking to impress the jury of his
honesty, the aged clerk Iaboriousiy
accounted for practically every
minute of his coming to New York
with David Slade from Greenwood
Lake the night before Commissioner
Houghton's hearing of the Tanner
Osborne case. He had asked Slade
for $f0--he only had 81 cents--for
expenses. Slade borrowed 1t from a
lawyer friend to give him and SAT-
ford slept at SHADES house that night.
Tney went to the commissioners Of
flee together.
II saw gentleman there" testi-
fed Stafford. ":sitting beside a lady
with furs on. I knew him right away.
I had seen him at the Hotel Kensing-
ton. where ne registered as %. Os-
born James w. Osborne was sit
ting ten yards from the witness chair
and Benjamin Shade next asked
You have heard Mr.. Osborne testify
ehere?"
Convinced of Identity.
Yes. and he is the man, o. os-
borne I have no doubt of it."
M T.
Siade, "g1at the man you walked up
to I'm court and whom you afterward
heard testify. was the same man who
registered at the Hotel Kensington
as o. osborne?"
Yes. The more / looked at him
the more convinced I was that he
was the man, and won't take Ii back
have not committed perjury. and
did not say II for money. And since
then I've been before the grand jury
and said I'd tell the truth and
did"
DO you still believe it is true -
asked Mr.. Slade.
More 80 than ever" was his
prompt reply. More so than ever
after watching him from my chair;
his lips. I sttI believe In my heart
and soul without malice, without
any hope of reward, l am sure he
is the man who Registered at the
Hotel Kensingtop, at Piainfield. and
was assigned to room fifteen, and did
not pay for it,
Osborne In RebuttaI
James w. Osborne, who will be re-
called in rebuttal tomorrow morning
the case will probably go to the
Jury tomorrow night-took indignant
interest in the days proceedings. He
mumbled objections TO himself be,
fore Assistant District Attorney Rogers
would make them to the court. and
| scowied at the crowd opposed to him
Mr.. Osborne intends to spring a few
surprises when he takes the stan6
again, and at least four more wit
nesses will be called to help him out
Safford's defense has only one more
witness, Rae's sister, Rose who was
too i'll to appear today.
Mccullough. the detective, occupied
! the stand in the afternoon. He denied
that he ever told Stafford that James
w. was Oliver. Mr.. Wood succeeded
in tying him UP pretty well In his
own admissions and denials. Ths
prosecutor also showed In an attempt
to discredit Stafford that the hctel
clerk had left previous employers
them Stafford admitted all that, a.
we'll as that he borrowed about $45 In
all for expenses in this case. but tsaat
he intended to pay 1t back when
he could.
Mccullough testified that he
showed Kitchin q photograph Of
James w. Osborne, and that Kitchin
declared It looked like the man who
visited the Kensington, but Kftchin
denied 1t ON the stand just before
adjournment. Kitchin was positive
James w. was not Oliver. Mr.. Slads
insisted on asking why he consulted
his lawyers about the case. but the
Judge sustained Mr.. Woods objec-
tons to the questioning.
The trial goes on tomorrow.