The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-20
tanner CASE FULL
OF PERJURY--SLAD
Attorney Says He'll Devote
Life TO Running Down Those
Who Sworc Falsely.
DEFENCE BEGINS TO-DAY

benjamin .slade. attorney for Rae
Tanner. who IL being tried for perjury
before Judge wolverton In tho United
States District Court. tool the oppor-
tunity at yesterdays session 70 make
mention Of the report Of the Congress
nonai subcommittee which investigated
n Impeachment charges agains. United
States Attorney Marshall. The report
censured Mr.. Marshall for taking the
Tanner case out OF the State courts.
Slade. however. declared fatly that the
subcommittee had found Mr.. Marshall
guilty" Judge wolverton ordered tho
remark stricken from the record.
A dispute between Prosecutor Rand
and tho attorney for the defence over
the testimony given by Edwin Wilcox. a
lawyer IN James w. Osborne's office.
brought forth another startling assertion
from Slade regarding the prosecution Of
his brothers David and Maxwell for
obstruct!ng Justice in the Tanner prose-
cutions. Prosecutor Rand. while ques-
tioning tho witness concerning testimony
given by him at the trial OF the Slade
brothers last July before judge Russell
in the United States District Court. told
Judge Wolverton that the Slade prose-
cut!on had been declared a mistrial be-
cause Of the illness OF Judge Russell.
at did not terminate because OF the
illness of Judge Russell" declared Slade.
'but because tho Government realized
where II stood"
Mr.. Rand replied that SHADES re-
mark was an Impeachment OF the good
faith and integrity Of Judge Russell.
He read from the record showing that
Judge Russell had been forced to give
up presiding at tho case because OF
illness. Slade replied that he meant no
insinuat.on against Judge Russell. Judge
Wolverton instructed the Jurors 10 ignore
all remarks made about the impeachment
proceedings or the Slade trial.
At the conclusion OF the session Il was
announced In the United States At
torney's Office that the Government had
no idea OF abandoning the prosecution OF
the Slnde brothers. but would put them
on trial next October.
The Government rested at the conc'l.
sion o. yesterdays session in the Tanner
trial N Slade made an unsuccessful ef.
fort to have the case dismissed. He said
the case was full Of perjury and hi he
intended TO devote his lie to bring e
Justice those who had sworn falsely.
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many women with whose affections tht
missing Oliver Osborne Is said to have
tr!!ed. caused some CONSERVATION Mt IN.
morning session by attempting to teal
up a batch OF Government exhibit.
handed 10 her to identify. Her anxiet,
to snnih.late the documents was due T,
tho fact that they were love letters writ
ten 20 her by Oliver Osborne under tn,
name o: Angus Macdonald. shortly be
fore Angus. under promises Of marriage
borrowed $500 from her and disappeared
In spite OF the warnings OF the Judge
n the prosecutor Miss M~ackenheime
continued her efforts to destroy tn
letters. They were rescued by S!ade.
Miss Mackenhelmer testified that sh'
0wore out a warrant for the arrest o
her missing sutton. Mrs. Ethel Brook
Eye. who says that Oliver married ne
under the ann OF Mason Nys, swor,
that STE too had instiCated a polio,
search FOR the missing Oliver.
The defence will begin It's case n
10 30 o'clock this morning.