New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-25

He said he could not read or see any
distance without them In the daytime;
Rose Tanzer said that Osborne calico
n few days before Thanksgiving anu
promised to bring them nice la'
turkey" but the turkey never APP
reared. Referring to the turkey, an,
other sister. Dora, said that she wouIu
not have used the turkey, anyway, hs
It would not have been "kosheI
enough" The third sister, Ruth, snd
the prettiest OF the four, when askgd
about the turkey, said her sisters toiu
her about it, remaEking: ill
"If IL had come, guess Dora wouid
have used II all right"
Ruth. who is about the same size
as her sister Rae, was the only one
OF the sisters who would not pos
lively identify James W. as o'iVef
Osborne.
81 only saw him once for about nye
minutes" she said. while TINS gen
tleman resembles him awfuliy; l can
not identify him positively mat !"
all can tell you" .,.,o
The real sensational ldentiner aP
reared in the person of Franklin ~
Stafford, clerk Of the henslnRton NJ
tel, in Plainfeld, n. j., at the time
man and woman registered there uh6er
the names 20. Osborne and MIS- w. os-
aYou are positive that this is the
man who came to your hotel with this
Girl on October 81" asked Mr.. Shade.
absolutely no doubt about it; he Is
the man." the witness replied. They
came 10 the hotel at o'clock in the
afternoon and went to Room 10 after
dinner. When | went to call them late
in the afternoon they had disappeared.
They were dead beats and | was indig-
nant. That is why | remembered
them"
Saw Photograph.
A photograph of James W. Osborne
was produced, which, it appeared, had
been shown to the witness by MIR.
Slade, but he had been unable to iden.
tify it. As some consider it good
likeness of the criminal lawyer. the
witness was asked why he couldn't
identify Mr.. Osborne from the photo
graph. Stafford replied:
at Is profile, and | told Mr.. Slade
couldn't be positive of the man on
that account. wanted TO look at
him square in the face before | made
sure"
Stafford declared that Osborne did
not have on glasses when he saw HIM
at the hotel. Commissioner Houghton
questioned him closely on this point.
lie wanted to know if Osborne had
read a paper or street map when
talking about buying property, and If
he noticed he wore glasses. Stafford
said. his best recollection was that
Osborne did not wear glasses.
In contradiction to Safford's testi-
mony was that of W. j. Kitchen, pro-
prietor Of the Hotel Kcnsington. Kitch-
en- is a man of middle age, with a posi-
tive. impressive manner. and his good
natured sallies with Mr.. Slade on cross
examination served both TO nettle the
defendants lawyer and amuse the spec
tators. He was called in rebuttal by
Mr.. Wood.
Mr.. Wood showed the witness a slip
cut from the hotel register which the
witness identified as the signature Of
the Oliver Osborne who called at his
hotel on October l8.
"You saw the man who registered at
the hotel on that day, did you not"
asked Mr. Wood.
"Yes, and talked with him." replied
Kitchen.
Mr.. Wood asked Mr.. Osborne to
stand up, which he did.
as that the man." asked the Assist
ant United States Attorney.
"Pos-i-tive-ly not" replied the wit
ness, emphasizing each syllable.
Mr.. Slade tried hard to shake the
witnesses testimony on cross-eXamlna-
ton, but with no apparent effect.
Kitchen maintained that although he
had noticed a small woman with the
man, he had not taken any particular
notice Of her features and was unable
to identify her.