New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-14
SHADES INDICTED
WITH DETECTIVE
AND RAE TANzER
Lawyers Charged with
ConSpiracy-Girl Accused
of Mail Fraud.
GRAND JURY FINDS
PHOTOGRAPH PLOT
Osborne Picture Fake, II Is Said
Attorney Defiant-Trial
in Few Weeks.

IN rev weeks.
The Federal grand jury found in
dictments for conspiracy yesterday
against David and Maxwell Slade, Of
the firm of Slade & Slade, of 20G
Broadway, the lawyers who engineered
the discontinued breach of promi Sc
suit brought by Miss Rae Tanner
against James ". Osborne. Two in
dictments were filed against each Of
the SHADES. charging them with "con-
spiring corruptly TO influence wit
nesses' and with conspiring "to OBJ
struct the due administration of JUS
tice."
Albert J. Mccullough, a private de-
tective employed by the SHADES on the
Tanzer-Os sbornc case, was included in
the conspiracy indictments. Rae Tan
ger was formally indicted for using the
mails to defraud. She was arrested on
the same charge on March 10 and held
in $4,000 bail by United States Com
missioner Houghton pending the ac-
tion of the Federal grand jury.
Bench warrants were issued for the
arrest Of the four defendants immedi-
ately after the grand jury handed up
the indictments 10 Judge Edward F.
Cushman, in the United States District
Court. MaXwell Slade surrendered him
self at tho Office Of United States Mar
shall Mccarthy soon after the indict-
ments were filed. He was arraigned be
fore Judge Cushman, pleading not
guilty, and was released on $4,000
bail bond furnished by a casualty COM
pany. The court allowed him until p
week from to-day to change his plea
i' he should 50 desire. or to make any
motions his counsel might deem to the
interest of the defendants.
Rae Tanner to Plead To-day.
David Slade, his brother said, had
gone - Springf cid, Mass, 20 try case,
but was expected back to-day. The
Federal authorities admitted that they
did not know the present whereabouts
Of Mccullough. Roger b. Wood, Assist
ant United States Attorney, declared
that he expected Mccullough to sur
render himself II he did not come in
to-day it would be only a matter Of
few hours until he was arrested, he
said.
Rae Tanzer, and probably David
Slade, will be arraigned for pleading
before judge CusRman this morning.
Rose and Dora Tanzer, sisters Of Rae,
pleaded not guilty yesterday through
their counsel. Harold Spielberg, to the
indictments for perjury filed against
them by the Federal grand jury Mon
day. They were required to give bail
bonds Of $4,000 each.
The Federal authorities felt elated
yesterday over the new crop OF indict-
ments in the Tanner case as evidence
Of their contention from the start that
the Tanner breach Of promise suit was
bald conspiracy TO lnJure the name and
ronutatiou of Mr.. Osborne. United
states Attorney Marshall said, however.
that the grand jury had not entirely
completed its deliberations on the Tan
ger case. and that more indictments
were likely to follow. The grand jury
adjourned until tomorrow.
Maxwell Slade declined to make any
statement relative to the indictments.
David Slade was notified of the lndlct-
mcnts against him by The Tribune cor.
respondent at the New Haven ONCE or
SIade & Slade. where he had stopped
on mis- way TO Springfield. At first he
refused 20 believe the statement. Ihen
he said:
"lf IL proves true | regard it great
honor. although it is really joke.
shall have something interesting to say
on this matter in two or three days.
Oliver Still Missing.
Apparently the only important link
i'm the governments case still to be ac-
counted for is the production OF the
mysterious and missing Oliver Os-
borne. who came forward to 'vindicate'
James W a day or two after the breacn
of promise suit was filed. The Federal
authorities expressed confidence yes
tcrday that he "Oulu De aPPleHe""'u
before any of the cases growing out
of the Tanzer tangle were tried. Mr.
Marshall said that the court calendars
were sufficiently clear to bring the de-
PENDANTS to trial speedily, probably
within three or four weeks.
The maximum penalty in the event
Of conviction on each of the conspiracy
indictments is two years in prison, or
a fine of $4,000, or both. This would
make the three defendants under the
couspirlcy charge. if convicted, liable
10 four wears in prison and fine OF
100000 each. The penalty in Miss
Tanzer's case, under the indictment for
using the mails TO defraud, is FIVE years
in prison, or a fine of 81 900, or both.
A rather startling piece Of new evil
dence brought out in the conspiracy
indictment charging the impeding and
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