New-York tribune., 1915-03-23

had never known James W. Osborne
and that her relations with Opver Us
borne had been merely friendly.
"He always treated me as gentle-
man should" she said. -,
The story of her acquaintanee witn
! Oliver Osborne is told in the affidavit
which she made for her counsel MI
Knoeppel. Her meeting with the "iu-
siye Oliver was apparently oy hccl-
dent in tho most literal sense.
According to the affidavit, 1t was on
, the Scventv-second Street subway sta
ton platform last October, or early, IN
November. 4 slight jam had taken
place in the train and Miss Kaiser was
iostled. When she reached the plat
form Osborne inquired solicitously II
shc had been injured. She replied that
she had not. and then began the ac-
ouaintance. which lasted for three
weeks. Later Osborne called upon her
a: her home and gave her handsome
/ diamond ring, which she now has, she
f, stated.
The story OF the Tanner girls first
meeting with the man she knew as
! Oliver Osborne bears clrcumstahtiai
similarity TO Miss Kaiser's story; she
was supposed to have met her Osporne'
/ whom she now swears was james W;
! Osborne. in Il crowd that had gathered
AT an automobile accident on upper
Broadway. There they scraped an ac-
/ quaintance.
/ he Kaiser affidavit further states
/ that Oliver Osborne called at her home
! several times after the chance meeting
! in the subway. and that he frequently
ate meals there. He represented HIM
! self as a wealthy ranch owner OF Santa
Rosa, Cal, who spent the winter months
| in New York. This Is another striking
point Of similarity in the stories or the
| Kaiser and Tanzer girls. The TanZer
girls counsel said that Osborne repre-
sented himself to his client as a
/ wealthy ranch owner OF Santa Rosa"
Saws Oliver Is Good Looking.
lie told Miss Kaiser, according to her
affidavit. that he lived in a private
house between Lexington and Park
avenues, near a large department store.
Representatives of the Federal District
Attorneys Office, having the tip That
divers residence was in East SiXtleth
Street, near Third Avenue, secured that
neigh borhood yesterday and the night
before looking for the missing witness,
but without avail. He was said TO be
known to several OF the girls employed
in Bloomingdales'.
Miss Kaiser described Oliver as be-
tween thirty-five and forty years old,
heavy set and six feet tall. She says
he is good looking, clean shaven and
has blue eyes. Just before Thanksgiv-
ing, after she had seen him every day
for three weeks, Miss Kaiser states that
he apparently dropped out of her circle
g., l. .I gk hoc
/ him since. Before this she had often
/ dined with him a. a Thirty-third Street
/ restaurant.
Mr. Marshall pointed out yesterday
that the government had four descrip-
/ tions of Oliver Osborne which tally
with each other. They are the descrip-
| tions given by James W. Osborne and
| his partner, Gilbert d. Lamb, both Of
whom saw the mysterious one on his
first appearance on Friday; MISS Kai-
ser and Kitchen, the Plainfeld hotel
/ keeper.
Maxwell Slade went before the fed
/ eral grand jury accompanied By AS
/ sistant United States Attorneys Wood
and Hershenstein at A p. m. He was
i'll the grand jury room about three
minutes, when that body filed out and
all hands went before Judge Cushman.
( The proceedings before the grand jury,
which afterward became u record of
the District Court, were as follows:
Mr.. Wood Swear the witness, please.
Mr. Slade Before we do this / desire
to be informed what this proceeding
is about.
M Wood This is the preceding
Of the United States against Rae Tan
Zer, charged With violation Of Section
/ 2l5 of the United States Penal Code.
Lawyer Claims Privilege.
Mr.. Slade Well, | desire to say,
then, that being a member of the firm
that represents the defendant, can
not disclose anything as one of her
counsel, and stand upon the privilege
as a lawyer and as her counsel in de-
clining to furnish any information
have concerning this matter.
Mr.. Wood-Have you been sub
penaed TO produce a letter delivered
to you by Miss Helen Kaiser one after
noon last week?
81 have not. That subpoena was de-
livered to me by my boy. | was in
court all day long until few minutes
ago.
Your brother was subppnaed to pro-
duce letter.
! uOh KNOW anything ABOUT III /
wasn't in the Office"
viii you produce that letter."
'l decline to answer"
"I ask that he be taken before the
court for contempt
"All right. we will 90 before the
court" said Mr.. Slsde.
Il will take the witness before the
court for contempt" added the fore
man.
The court proceedings were brief.
Mr Slade contended that the govern
ment had no right to force him TO give
up information or evidence which he
had obtained which might have a bear
ing on the innocence of his client, Miss
Tanzer He claimed privilege as her
I lawyer to refuse 10 disclose such evil
dence, and declared il would be in vio-
lstion OF her constitutional rights il
he did so.
Mr.. Wood argued that the letter in
question was written by a third party
20 a person not Mr.. SHADES client, and
therefore. the privileged relationship
of lawyer and client did not apply.
Judge Cushman adjourned the hear
! ing until this afternoon.
/