The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-31
SUED The WRONG man
Breach Of Promise Suit Against
Prominent New York Attorney is
Killed by Sudden Appearance of a
Stranger Who Says u is the Man
the Woman Should be Sueing.

mail.
Miss Tanzer, who Is the forewoman
IN a large hat factory, began on last
Wednesday breach Of promise suit
against Attorney Osborne.
The days developments in one OF
the most remarkable suits of its kin |
ever fled in New York county began
early. Gilbert D. Lamb Of Osborne,
Lamb & Garvan, had scarcely reach
ed his Offices at 115 Broadway before
the door opened and broad should
cred man standing six feet entered.
He approached a clerk.
I would like to see James W. Os-
borne at once" he said. ''My busi-
ness is pressing"
The stranger was told that Mr.. Os-
borne had not reached his Office and
that it might be noon before he came
down town.
Z "Well, I've got to see some one in
authority auG see him now," declared
the caller. IN tell you this much:
I'm here in connection with the wo-
man case Mr.. Osborne is involved in,
and I've got some information have
reason to feel sure he will be glad to
have"
The clerk disappeared and soon re-
turned. He conducted the visitor in
TO the private Office Of Mr.. Lamb.
.tI am the Oliver Osborne Miss Rae
Tanzer has had for friend and
whom she should sue If she sues any
one" said the visitor. Il live in Bos-
ton and came here on the sleeper be
cause I thought it my duty not to let
this other Osborne suffer the mental
agonies he must be suffering. I have
brought proof with me and ! can ex-
plain this whole thing and vindicate
this man in ten minutes
"pn call Mr.. Osborne on the tele-
phone and make an appointment for
you," replied Mr.. Lamb. I'm sure
he'll hurry down"
'.If you had Just as soon, please
make the appointment at the gentle
mans apartment" said Mr.. Osborne
OF Boston. 81 am particularly anx-
ious to tell my story to him in the
presence Of his wife. Probably she
has suffered more than her husband .
Mr.. Lamb furnished him with the
lawyers address and as soon as the
door closed on him he got his part
ner on the telephone. What he said
to him isn't recorded, but when Mr..
Osborne of Boston appeared at the
Sherman Square Hotel twenty min
utes later he was promptly shown
into the Osborne apartment, where
he was greeted by husband and wife.
MFR. Osborne Of Boston said he was
steamftter and in business at 21O
Clay Street, Boston, and must return
on an early afternoon train.
''I felt just had to do it, he said
In a half apologize way, $50 hop
ped train and here am. Now,
I'm the man who has been mixed up
with this woman and so FAR as am
aware you never saw her. All the
time she was writing those letters to
you at the New York Athletic club,
as the newspapers say, she was writ
ing love notes to me at my business
address in Boston You won't have
to take my word for it for I've got
one OF the letters right here in my
pocket"
The eyes Of Mrs. Osborne fairly
shone with gratitude while the "bun-
dog Of the bar" swallowed as though
there might be lump in his throat.
q "And you came all the way here to
tell me this. Of your own accord,
gasped the attorney, "and did it with
out suggestion from any one?'
st certainly did, replied Oliver
Osborne. ST saw the stories in the
newspapers and ! just said to myself
that It wasn't fair to have you should
er this blame and have disgrace fall
ON Mrs. Osborne and your boy"
The visitor dug into sn inside
pocket and brought out a letter writ
ten on the letterhead Of Harrington
& Evans. It was identical even in
punctuation with some OF those re-
ceived by the New York lawyer at the
New York Athletic club. It was most
endearing in its tone.
That's one of them," smiled the
Boston man. 'sHere, take it. You'll
see that this was written while she
was sending demands to you. I've
got lot more, but this was the only
one 8 could lay my hands on in my
hurry"
Il Mrs. Osborne and her husband rap
idly read the note which, If true,
mean SO much to them, and when
they were through their visitor went
On with his story.
tsI was in New York one day last
fall wien 7 met this young woman
on the street and picked her up he
said. "She was pleasant acQuant-
6nce. ! might say that it was what
ron might call a business acquaint-
ance. I was very generous with her.
saw her several times and I'm quite
willing to go on the stand and relate
all know
He described a visit to New York
about six or seven months before
when there was an accident in the
street, and in the crowd that collect
ed he noticed Miss TanZer. She no
ttced him so pleasantly that CONVEX
satien ensued. There was walk,
lunch, and an appointment for the
evening.
The appointment was kept, and.
according to the story, Miss Tanzer
was eager for money and careless
about the means adopted for acqair-
Ing it. Oliver Osborne liked her fo-
her sprightly manner and pretty face.
and they spent some hours together.
He said he made no attempt to
conc cal from Miss Tanzer wno ne
was. but told her frankly taat his
name was Oliver Osborne, that he
earned lis living by a trade, and that
he lived in Boston. Later they ex-
changed addresses in order that other
appointments might be made by mail.
Osborne said that he met Miss
Tanzer on other occasions when he
came to this city and that she al
ways was willing to make appoint
ments and always kept them. He told
many details Of his acquaintance
with her. He said he saw her pic
ture in the newspapers and when he
read OF her suit against J. W. Os-|
borne he knew it was a case Of mis-
taken identity and concluded to Co
the right and manly thing to the end
that tha 1awvar MIGHT he cleared of