The Washington herald., 1915-03-29


Tanzer-Osborne heart balm case has de-
Neloped mystery which would tax the
mental ingenuity of a Sir Conan Doyle.
Each day adds new facts which promise
to clear the mystery but finally make II
more battling. The case Is more IKE
Hindu magic. that becomes more puzzling
with study. than the happenings OF real
life in little old New York.
Here are some of the questions mat
are asked and unanswered:
Is pretty. petite Miss Rae Tanner really
wronGed factory worker. tricked by
clever man OF the world?
Is James w. Osborne. prominent at
torney. really the clever man who tricked
Miss Tanner?
Is Oliver Osborne. of Boston. really
living. flesh and blood man, or spirit
OF imagery?
Is Oliver Osborne really the man who
tricked Miss Rae Tanner:
These are but samples OF scores OF
Questions that the United States author
tiles are trying to answer. but the deeper
they dclve into the maze of mystery the
less hope they have Of ever solNin it
Tn" !nv' stisation has been running now
for nearly two weeks. and unless the
unexpected happens the mystery will be
as deep two weeks hence as now.
Snys He Promised to We'd.
The case was thrown into the lime
light on March II when Miss Rae Tan
ger entered suit in the Supreme Court
OF New York for $4,000 damages
against James ". Osborne. charging
that he promised TO we'd her and fail
cd. Miss Tanner was described as AN
orphan. working in factory. Osborne
Was described as former assistant dis
tri"t attorney of New York county.
osborne is senior member OF the law
rirm OF osborne. Lamb 4 Caravan. OF
IL IIr"adway. Just down the street
is the office of SIsde & Slade. the at
t"ru"vs who appeared as counsel for
Miss TanzCr. II was stated that os-
born" casually met Miss Tanner in the
street. CHANGING TO engage ncr IN CON
ycrSdtiou in a crowd that collected
after an accident This aCIuaintan""
was "a id TO have rirencd to friendship
and grown into intimate rcla tionship.
After the suit WAS filed reporters
found Mr.. osborne ~ his office. lie
! SAID: II never have laid eyes on Miss
Tauz"r.' lie declared that tho hrst
intin9tiou hc had Of Miss Tanners cN-
| ist"m"" WIS ON December y when he
| received u letter At his Office from her.
~" ,aid h" WAS addressed in the lot
ter as My bear oliver and that the
miSsIvc WAS coucheh in most cndear-
ing terms. The letter was on pale vio-
let paper. and the return address on the
ont side "f tho envelope WAS 80 Aldus
street. Er"rN.
After recent 81 this letter. Osborne
said h" got about a dozen. most or them
addressed to him at the New York Attn
lctic club. Osborne said the letters car
riod = vcilcd threat. and h" employed
detectives To find out a bout tn" girl. The
detectives he said learned that Miss
TanZ.r was employed in tho factory shop
at IA West Fourteenth street. Of tn"
firm "r harrington " Evans. manufac-
tUr"rs of women : hats.
TIL" detectives described Miss Tanner
az slight and short Of build. about u
Years old and pretty. She told the detcc-
tvcs Osborne had taken her to moving
picture shows. Riggs restaurant. and
had entertained her at the sherman
SQuar" Hotel In talking 10 the detec-
tivcS she alluded to three letters which
she alleged Osborne had written to her.
II told the detectives to tell her" said
Osborne that if she could prove | ever
wrote her any letters | would give her
any sum of money she might name. !
have son in college and the dearest
wife man ever had. and knew her
attack would give them much pain"
Failed to Find Girl.
~
and went IN ,hc otfI,c az SI.do G. S1ade
49, ,ho,. ycrc tnId. Mise T,nzer b.,,
hcen 50 CLOSELY followed hy priyate de-
tc,,ivrs that We advised her ,o novc fron,
tho AIdus street address and she NOW
&c where no one can ind hnr Her
r,othrr and father arc dead and sh..
his hoo, forced +, sniff, for IcrseIr for
sn,uc ,,mc We intend ia nrotcct this
inrnc.nt IittIo orphan and We only look
tho casc ,rtor careful investigation of
hcr story.''
Ecportcrs who went 10 the AIdus street
Address met the iaui,rcss. who said Miss
T,nzcr and bc. three sisters had moved
into an spartment there about eight
months before The iauitr.ss said TIN,
four sisters were regarded as rather mvs-
ferrous tenants mat 'h"E never ,aik'd
Sb. SAID that one morning about , mont h
before she had discovered the four sis
tcrs had moved durin- tho night. taking
oil belongings with them. This informa-
,,ou was puzzlinc as tho Slade brother,
had claimed Miss Tanner had only on-
friend ON whom she could rely. and that
This friend was her only sister
The nrst days development created
much Of a sensation. Former Asslstan,
District Attorney Osborne had been at
lacked many times, but his private char