Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-30

90U,UUU lOT DI0dCH UlpIOIn 1SS, e@1ld Ao
 held by the federal authorities on
 charge of using the mails with intent
 to defraud in connection with her at
 tack upon MT. Osborne. made full
 and free statement today to H. Snow
 den Marshall, United States district
 attorney, in the presence of her new
 attorney Harold Spielberg, in Wh1cE
 she admitted that she had been mis-
 taken in identifying James w. Os-
 borne as the man she had known
 Oliver Osborne. MT. Marshall also salt.
 that before undertaking the statement
 she had signed a waiver of immunity.
 He made it clear that Miss TanZer had
 decided to acknowledge her mistake without pressure from the federal au-
 thorities.
 Detectives were engaged tonight in
 checking up that part of Miss Tam
 zers statement which Mr. Marshall
 declared to be unbelievable"
 Miss Tanzer was under examination f for more. than five hours. During
 that time not a single question was
 her own story in her own way. To-
 morrow she will probably be ques-
 toned upon some of the assertions
 which she made. Present at the con-
 ference were Assistant U. s. District
 Attorney Roger Wood. Harold Spiel
 derg, lawyer retained by Miss Tan
 ger to represent her in place of Slade
 and Slade, a stenographer and two postoffice inspectors. Miss Tanzer told
 of some of the things which had trans pired between herself and her form
 CT counsel. MT. Marshall said that it would be prejudicial to the ends of justice to Givulge this part of Miss TarZers statement at this time. Speaking tonight of the examination
 of Miss Tanzer, MT. Marshal said: Miss Tanzers statement is to the l effect that shortly after she met Oliver Osborne, with whom she went to va rious hotels, she became convinced that he was James w. Osborne. She said she started sending letters to
 James w. Osborne at the New York 1 Athletic club in the honest belief that
 he and Oliver Osborne were one and the same person
 "The first letter addressed to James w Osborne at the New York Athletic | club was dated October 21, four days after the date upon which she claimed she continued her association with Oliver Osborne from October r to October 31 and then from November
 26 to December 6. She claimed to 1 have met Oliver Osborne for the last l time on December "A. She admitted 1 having written and mailed to James w. Osborne at the New York Athletic club a series of letters which James W. Osborne says he received from her.
 She admitted having written and de- AN0IOO IC O11t0T IOSDOTn0 the 10CCoT
 which Oliver Osborne subsequently
 carried to James w. Osborne. "As for the reasons given by Miss Tanzer for believing that James w. Osborne and Oliver Osborne were the same, her statements are under in- vestigation and nothing furtl CT can be said about them at this time. For the reason sha stated for deciding that James w. Osborn was not the same as Oliver Osborne, she claimed that she believed that James w. Osborne was her lover through and until after the | hearing before United States Commis- sioner Houghton. She said she came to the conclusion that James w. OA borne was not the man whom she knew after the hearing and when she saw him at a time while she was
 waiting rer' wal of her bail bond.
 "A large part of Miss Tanzer's story is unbelievable She stated that she
 never told Oliver Osborne that she was writing letters to him at the New York Athletic club under the name of
 went Ito hotels with Oliver Osborne on lrCre tEan enc occasion. She cid not claim that tEere was any great personal likeness between James w. Osborne and Oliver Osborne. If she had the experiences with Oliver Os- it would seem more than likely that sIIe would be able to recognize him a few months after.
 "In regard to what Miss Tanzer said
 about her lawyers, Shade and Slade, it would be preiudicial to the ends of justice to make any statement at this time
 'The fact that I am giving the sub stance of the statement of Miss Tan | ger is not to be taken as indicating in any way that believe or accept her stat ternentS.''
 MT. Marshall, in reply to a question
 as to how ae reconciled the fact that Rae Tanzer's sisters swore on the | witness stand that James w. Osborne
 was the p1an who called on Rae Tan ger at their home in the Bronx, said: "No one besides Rae Tanzer has | made any statement of any kind or 1 indicated any desire to do so" MT. Marshall said that even had Miss Tanzer failed to admit that she
 was mistaken in her Identification of established a complete alibi to disprove his accuser's story.
 The United States district attorney said that he had sent a corcular letter to every lawyer who was in tie roc1Es of the bar association here on OctoLer 1s last, when Rae Tanzer says that she was in a hotel at Plainfeld, N. j., with James W. Osborne Three re- plies, MT. Marshall said, had been re- ceived. Two lawyers failed to see MT. OSDOrno at the par aSSOc1at1On rooms,
 but the third remembered distinctly 1 havirsg seen him there all afternoon of October 1S
 As Miss Tanzers story is checked l up she will be asked questions, the district attorney said. It may be, he added, that her examination may not | be concluded for several days.
 Assistant district attorneys will to- morrow interview the two law firms | which Miss Tanzer visited before she | succeeded in having Shade and Shade take up her breach of promise action 1 actior.' James w. Osborne. The dis l trict attorney wants to know just wl.at | Miss Tanzer said to these law firms and if they refused to take the case | he wants to know why.
 M:. Marshall said tonight that he | had found one person who advised Miss Tanzer before she brought Ter | action aea.rst James w. Osborne that she had the wrong man.
 1 Miss Tanzer remained in the United 1 States district attorneys office until after 5 o'clock. She had been under
 examination for more than four hours, after she left the building with her new attorney, MT. Marshall announced DYS-PEP-LETS MAKE YOU