The sun., 1916-12-08
Elusive One Gets Red Socks
and Green Hats to Liven
Up Sombrc Tombs.
PROVES A PHILOSOPHER
Prisoner Jared When Former
Landlady Says lie Jumped
$25 Board Bill.


10, Of chuckles these days In the Federal
Building Before he was run to earth
the popular maGination pictured him -
a Ravensar the Mysterious or. . One
Lamp Louie. All wrong. He has the
makings OF a Chaplin. II only he would
suppress his penchant for being philo-
soph.cal.
After being Identified by a few more
oersons, O. O.. or. to give him the
name he started out with but speedily
forgot. Charles II. Wax asked per-
mission to 70 through the trunks found
IN nj. Manhattan boarding house. He
n.hed out a pair Of red socks. necktie
A the same hue and a couple Of green
hats with which to enliven the sombre
color scheme Of the Tombs. put his sigma
,ure TO a dozen or more photographs,
spJ departed for his cell with the re-
mark:
RI, 20 out tonight"
.When they brought him from the
ron,bs earlier In the day and asked him
whether he was getting enough food he
replied:
any more"
weakness for Philosophy.
But, as indicated before. o. o. has that
weakness for philosophy.
~ YOU love the ladies you get in
trouble, and II you don't love them you
get in trouble" he said.
"one hours worry IL a. hard on the
ystem as two years Of work"
A glance at the prisoners face, devoid
q, wrinkles, convinces one that he doesn't
worry, and the record he gave to Assist
ant District Attorney Roger b. Wood
doesn't show two years Of work In the
last decade.
contained both tragedy and comedy.
Ethel Brooks. who married him under
h,s alias Of Maise Mason Nye. was
ushered into the room where the prisoner
Vas standing, and without looking d.
rectly at him said In . voice OF con-
eentrated bitterness:
81 know this specimen"
Ethel Brooks, . dainty figure OF Q
woman, dressed in . brown plush Goa!
trimmed with dark fur. was Distinctly
SiTerent from the other women with
whom oliver Osborne has associated
when asked who Il was she was identi'
flying his wife said:
"He is supposed to be Maiss Mason
Nye"
"pid you marry him.. asked Mr.
Wood. and she replied that she did.
Admits Hts Marriage.
After she had left the room. still
without glancing in his direction. wax
said 10 the room In general:
sYes, I married her. and she 10 the
emily one ] married"
hA n
he was asked.
"T didn't marry her" said Wax.
Just then Mrs. Lillian Miller. sister Of
she Brooks woman. was called into the
room. She darted past Mr. Wood and
n waxs direction. recognising hin
without hesitation. but turned back to-
ward the door and would have gone ou'
n the Assistant District Attorney hadn''
halted her with q request to point ou
the man she meant.
To complete the formality OF identi
ecation Mrs. Miller walked up to Wal
end struck him on the chest
IT know this man." she said. - Wa,
lodged another blow.
DO you know herr asked Mr.. woot
ef the prisoner.
yes. I married her sister" he re
piled. and after she had gone. he addet
with q smile:
You know they don't like each other
They are Jealous Of each other"
The comic touch was supplied by I
woman who gave the name Of Mrs. T. r
O'Connor and admitted II was fictitious
ehe keeps Q boarding house In Thirty
second street. where Wax lived befor'
moving to Mira Stewart Denhams
Somewhat to his embarrassment she &C
eused him Of skipping without payini
ne 80
DO you see anybody here you know 2
asked Mr.. Wood.
Says He Best Dsa.A 0iH.
Raising her right arm to the leve
stress exclaimed in theatrical tones:
That's tho man who passed him
GER on as the Dublin boy up at m,
house"
Wax expressed polite doubt abou
that, and said he didn't remember heI
"Oh yes. you do" she replied shrilly
You beat me out Of 325."
Wax wasn't going to have his repu
ts'ion sullied by any allegation lik
Mat. and insisted that he always pal
MS board In advance. A long argumen
ended when Mr.. Wood invited the wit
ness 20 give place to another
Rae Tanzer hasn't shown up yet I
take look at the prisoner. Mr.. Woo
sa'd he has no objection to letting he
zee Oliver IL she wishes. The repor
mat she has been Influenced by the re
fea'ed identifications OF Wax as Olive
I" change her mind and admit that
Vas not James w. Osborne. the attorne,
VINO made love to her. could not b
Verified las. night. Maxwell Slsde woul
h'' admit that the defense has bee
fhaken by the appearance OF Wax. bu
commented satlrically on the ceremon
rh''n has been going on for two day
N n" Federal building and which
H"".y 20 be repeated to-day.
quite theatrical, wasn't it?"
sShrd. Everything went 30 smooth
too'
'ae Tanzer's name was mentione
n'ny times in a statement made by Wa
" ne Federal District Attorney Anon
o'h'r things the prisoner said the youn
woman had proposed marriage to hin
I'r let her wear his ring and scarfp!i
same as those described by Mis-
,,anzer at her trial, but he took thei
BACK after she had failed to keep an AZ
1oiH'ment with him. he said. The con
pet record OF Waxs career was NJ
made public yesterday on the groun
it the names OF the persons who IA
WAX with Rae Tanner were to be foun
wore" and that II would not do to !,
',' persons know the Governms
N'h'"d them as witnesses.
New Figures In Case.
'As explanation foreshadowed n
n'a' anc" OF several new figures In Il
'." ~ addition to the Nine. X, WI
.t| I Il nj.