New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-01
Employe Testifes Elusive
One Wooed Her with
handkerchief and Pen.
SIX OTHER OSBORNE
FLAMES IN COURT
Trial of SHADES on Perjury
Charge Halted to Permit We'd
ding of Jurors Son.
T,.-, were scvan Hole maidcns.
A.t fhey an bad knoan 20 O.
A.. tley est there IN The courtroom.
A. h.reh.ur tn row

Al. fnfN at tal hloAN a. ~
A.. tiey there IN The courtroom.
A" '-' wCour,r,om Ballads
They we're there. They might &c
called "The Seven Darlings" Of Oliver
Osborne. some Of them, perhaps only
a;r-ed with the absent Oliver. Two
have sworn that they supposed them
selves engaged 70 him; one asserts she
,ros actually married TO him; one. who
10 addressed as The Girl Over the
W." testified yesterday to wig
voc 0irtation with him, and three have
,.ct to tell their stories in court.
Tho situation became scutely embar-
rassi~g for the 60. O." girls when Judge
p-sso1 for 1t was before him IN the
United States District Court that thcy
arpeared as witnesses a. the tr'al OF
David and Maxwell Slade, announcer
nat he would omit the afternoon scs-
SION 10 permit one of the Jurors 10 al,
Tend the wedding Of his son. Samue!
u MYERS. Juror No. .. q merchant, o.
ots Wes+ 13sth Street. had informed
.be court Of this important engage
mont. made long before he knew ne
y..s 10 be impanelled as a juror. Judge
RvsseU. however. instructed him TO DC
on hand this morning at 10 o'ciock'
when the trial will be continued.
Oliver Wig-Wagged.
Somewhere, in the early chapters CT
the Oliver story, the pubic READ OF
complaints made by girl employees u
Ploonnincdeles' that q man, supposed to
he oliver Osborne, had been annoying
them with wig-wag overtures from tne
window of his room. al l6l East SIX
.o.h Street, a boarding house Just
scross the way from the Soxueth
Stroe- side Of the department store
Considerable evidence has already been
Introduced 10 show that the gay Oilver
roomed in Mrs Denham's boarding
house. and left behind his Impressive
wardrobe when he decided not TO race
Three girls from Bloomingdales'.
Blanche Ungar. May West and florence
Syracuse, made their debut IN Osborne
Tanner circles yesterday. Miss Cngar
brought two letters purporting to re
from oliver and addressed to Inc OlIl
Over the Wa which were Put IN
evidence. The other 90. o. girls IN
court who had met and parted with
oliver were Rae Tanner, Rose Helen
Kaiser and her friend Kitty Caulheld,
9rd Mrs. Maize Mason Nye, who IS SAID
10 have been married to Oliver under
the name of Nye.
Miss Tnrar testified that she had
worked in the same Office Of the depart
mert store on the SiXtieth Street side
OF the building for nine years. She IS
q small girl. though hardly IN me
pocket edition class with Mss IanLer'
well proportioned, with light halr' D!ue
ewes and attractive in appearance. she
D. c91l dress and broad
'.liwued transparent hat Der neal
came Just above the judges bench as
she sat in the witness chair.
Rooming House Romeo.
Oliver played Romeo TO her from the
, window Of his room, she said. lie
would sit there for hours writing notes
and pointing to her, noddlng ana
cr.rr.c.Dc. waving handkerchief,
and otherwise attracting her attention.
she said She first noticed him in Sep
TENDER One Saturday in November
he ventured over to the store and stood
outside her Office. holding two letters
aloft and beckoning until she came and
took them from him.
He asked me 70 read them, and l
did as we were standing there she
said "Then l told him ! was sorry
could not accept his invitation, as
did not know him"
Assistant United States Attorney
Wood got the letters in evidence over
the strenuous objection Of Martin W.
Lttleton, counsel for the defence. The
first one was essed 70 THE Girl
Over the Way, by mess Of boy"
and dated September 10. II read:
"Ny dear friend: Please excuse the
looks OF the letter, for | wrote il about
O. week ago, thinking I could get 1t to
you, and have had 1t in my pocket
since. By the way, could you have
dinner tonight with me? And then
we will 20 10 a show. Please answer
i and tear It up and do not show the
other girls in your Office. am sin
cerely yours. 0. II. o.
The second letter was addressed the
same way, without date, except "Satur-
day night. 4:40 p. m" Il read:
Dear friend: | have been trying
for some time to see you, but 1t does
seem as If ] am not getting along very
good The last letter is the only one.
lu faci, went 10 the wrong lady, Tor
don't th.nk you received it, did you?
J am just crazy TO meet you and nave
talk about our funny meeting. l
would like you 10 20 10 dinner to-nght
and then a good show. Please let me
know if YOU will go and what time and
when and where Please do 90. Trust
ing you viii not be angry at this little
note, but, on the other hand. will make
me feel good by saying YES. ! am
lonesome. By, by. Most sincerely
yours, OLIVER OSBORN'
Reckless Stamp Buyer.
The witness said the funny meet
ing" he referred to was their filtration
from the windows. The witness said