New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-01
Mrs. Maize Nye Furnishes
Alleged Reason for His
EluSiVeneSS.
GIRLS WHO KNEW HIM
VIEW RICH WARDROBE
All Recognize a Walking Stick
Letters to Rae Tanner Call
Her "Honeybug."

Hope may spring eternal, but it is
weak and diminishing hope now enter
tanned By United States Attorney Mar
shall for the return OF Oliver Osborne.
Even Peter Grimm appearance of the
missing witness in the Osborne Tanner
tangle would surprise the federal au-
thorities now. The fading hope is due
to the increasing crop of "gopd rea-
sons" why he of the double-O may de
sire TO remain away.
The best reason of all so far dcvel-
oped yesterday. A woman VINO said she
was Mrs. Maize Mass Nye visited Mr..
Marshall's office and asserted that Oil
yer Osborne had deserted her as -FOUR
weeks bride. She examined osborne
elaborate display of clothes and haber-
dashery, seized by the postoihce IN
spectors and identified some OF the ap-
parel. There were also some nlck.nackS
in Osborne's trunks which she saiu mao
once belonged TO her.
The authorities were convinced from
the woman's story that O. Osborne had
been married at least once. MIS-. Nye
declared that she married Osborne. or
a man tallyiDg with his description, last
Nav. He then gave the name OF Nye
and they went to live on the upper
West Side. she said. He disappeared at
the end of four weeks and sho has not
seen him since.
Girls All Knew That Cane.
A few of the girls unmarried
whom the gay Oliver had known were
fnla
Attorneys Office yesterday, and iden.
tilted some of the wearing apparel OF
the man who courted them. Two gray
suits, a gray overcoat and bamboo
cane looked familiar 20 them all. II
the authorities had any doubt as TO
whether they had contiscated the prop
crtv of O. Osborne Il was dlsslpated by
these witnesses.
q Osborne's bamboo walking stick
Is the one article he left be-lnd which
has served best TO identify him. kae
Tanner. who saws she Honestly mis-
took" him for James W. Osborne,
strengthened the identification yester-
day through this cane. She had not
been asked by the federal authorities
/ TO examine the belongings OF Ollver'
but she happened TO remark that the,
bamboo cane she knew was split around
the ndlOle. ~ utI lNb-CA ~ " 'N'' 80"
eistant United States Attorney. was
informed of her statement about the
cane he produced it, and 10. the split
was there.
Slade & Slade, Miss Tanners original
LAWYERS. turned over the three letters
to Harold Spielberg, her present coun-
sci. Mr.. Spielberg let Mr.. Marshall
have them long enough to photograph
them. Both consented to make them
/ public. The first one was dated Octo-
Der %, 1914. and was written on the
stationary of the Hotel Walton, at
Philadelphia. 1t had not been mailed,
but was delivered 70 Miss Tanner by
messenger II read:
Called Her "Honey-bug"
Dearest Sweetheart:
have been thinking of my little
girl all day long. 1t does seem so
: long since | saw you. I am unpack-
! ing to-day and putting things in ship
shape Rae, dear, | never spent so
many happy hours in my life as !
/ have with you and / hope to continue
/ 10 do so. You are jus. the sweetest
/ darling ever. / am just getting mad
/ about you. I am feeling so good to-
! day / am afraid to SPEAK about II.
! Every time look GU, of the window
and see the trees and their leaves
waving together il seems as If they
were clapping their hands together
for JOY for you and !.
/ Dearest, you and ! are going TO see