Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-20
TANzER GIRL IS
FREED ON BOND
OF A STRANGER
Lawyer osborne's Accuser Re-
leased on MysteriousIy Fur
nished $4,000.

NEW YORK, March 20.-The breach
of promise complaint against James
W. Osborne. former district attorney,
lodged by Miss pee Tanner, took on
further mystery today. Miss Tanzer,
arrested on Osborne's counter-charge
that she was using the mails TO de-
fraud, having wilfully mistaken his
identity for "Oliver Osborne" a Bos-
ton mechanic, was released on $1,000
bail, furnished by a mysterious
stranger"
The girls attorneys, slade & Slade.
said that a man who did not reveal
his identity came to the office today
and left the $1,000 in package Of bank
notes.
Both Osborne's and Miss Tanner S
attorneys hint at sensational revela-
tions soon.
The bond was furnished by Harold
Speilberg, former assemblyman and
attorney for surety company. Mr..
Speilberg said he was acting for a
stranger who had driven up to his
Office today, said he was interested
in the case and wanted to furnish
the bond.
This man. Mr.. Speilberg said. had
taken him to a bank and withdrawn
IS, 900 for the bond. This he gave
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the receipt therefore to Brooklyn
lawyer.
Two sisters of Miss Tanzer were
in court and issued a statement deny
ing any case of mistaken identity be-
tween James W. Osborne and Oliver
Osborne, a Boston mechanic. The
statement alleged that James W. Os-
borne had made frequent calls at the
Aldus street home of Miss Tanner and
had given the girl presents, including
diamonds.
Miss Tanner was accompanied be-
fore Commissioner Houghton by her
attorney, David Slade. Mr.. Slade re-
quested that the hearing be he'd to-
day, saying: ut is an injustice 20
this poor little girl, who has no
friends. but her attorneys, to adjourn
this case"
An assistant United States district
attorney named Wednesday next as
date that would suit the govern
ment for the preliminary hearing, and
Wednesday was set.
When the bail had been agreed
upon, Miss Tanzer's attorney re-
quested the commissioner to instruct
the district attorney to have James
w. Osborne and Oliver S. Osborne,
of Boston, present on Wednesday.
The commissioner replied he had no
power to instruct the district attor-
ney to do anything.
Miss Tanner. in her suit, alleged
that James w. Osborne used the
alias of Oliver Osborne when he ac-
companied her to various places. Yes
,, terday Oliver Osborne, of Boston, ap-
peared and announced that he knew
Miss Tanzer we'll and that while she
was writing letters to James w. Os-
borne, insisting that he was "Oliver,"
she was at the same time writing to
him In Boston. The information fur
nished by Oliver Osborne caused the
arrest of Miss Tanner. Neither
James W. Osborne nor Oliver Os-
borne was at the hearing today.
When the hearing was concluded,
Miss Tanzer was taken into an ad-
| Joining Office by q special agent OF
| the department of justice, while hel
| attorney went out to look for bail
BOSTON, March ADMINISTRATION
of the addresses given by Oliver Os-
borne, the Boston machinist" whose
recital of his acquaintance with Miss
Rae Tanzer played an important part
in causing her arrest in New York on
a charge of using the mails for pur-
poses of extorting money, disclosed
the fact that 210 Clay street, his busi-
ness address, is a little unoccupieo
place in the south end with but one
residence. His home" address proved
TO be an eight-apartment building at
22s West Newton street, but his name
or a person of his description is un-
known there.