El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-04
ELUSIVE OLIVER
OSBORNE FOUND
Man Arrested Admits 1t
Was He, Not Lawyer, Who
Made Love to Rae Tanner.

Chicago. Ill. Dec. Charles H. Wax,
who admitted lie was the oliver Os-
borne" whose love making TO Miss Rae
Tanner resulted in suit for s250,OV0
being brought by her against New
York lawyer named James y. Osborne,
left here today in custody of detectives
for New York. where he has announced
willingness TO stand trial on charges
OF swindline women Wax was ar
rested Sunday night
Tells OF Meeting Girl.
Wax told Of meeting Miss Tanner
October 1. 1918. through a filtration
He met her frequently after that, he
said and IVES surprised after an ac-
quaintanceship Of several months to
read in newspaper Of a suit against
the lawyer Osborne.
The story told OF the mysterious
Oliver Osborne" Wax 81 "a. and I de-
cided to 90 10 my namesake and help
him out of the scrape- The next morn
ing I went to his office but he was
not there but his law partner gave me
his home address and ! went out 10
Broadway and I'D street 1 met ms
wife and assured her that her husband
was not the Mr. Osborne mixed up with
the girl / met him the same day and
gave him several letters the girl had
given me and made an appointment
10 meet him the next day I did not
keep this because l got frightened and
also was ashamed 10 20 on the witness
stand and tell Of my relations Win
her"
Was Formerly in Army.
Wax was we'll dressed and the apart
meut in which he was arrested was eX-
pensively furnished. He told W. 6
Swan, postofice inspector from New
York and the local officials that he
was a graduate of an eastern univer-
sitv and at one time a reglmental quar-
termaster in the United States army,
receiving his discharge in 1904. He
gave a detailed statement OF alleged
adventures with Miss Tanner lnclud-
ing a trip TO Plainfield, y J.
Federal officials asserted Wax was
wanted on charges OF swindling women.
and that his victims numbered between
zoe and 500 women whose money ne
was said 10 have obtained through
promises of marriage. Mrs. Wax was
with him when the arrest was made.
Wax asserted that Miss Tanner.
despite a resemblance. knew that ne
was not the lawyer Osborne
Had Many Aliases.
Early this year W r Cochran. post
cfice inspector at New York, sent a
circular broadcast bearing Waxs pho
tograph and ordering his arrest Among
his aliases were Angus Macdonald.
Maise Mason NNe George Newell &
Bacon, oliver Osborne. George Oliver
NosSurgh, Telsain Tobin. Oliver WOost-
er and e. 3 Anderson He is said to
have posed as Harold Bell Wright. the
novelist The circular stated that Wax
was a swindler Of women. that he rep
resented himself as 4 wealthy ranch
owner Of California and that after
netting women and promising 10 marry
them. he got their money and dlsap-
peared.
Located Through Woman.
ri
postoffice inspector at Wausau, Wis.
resulted in the capture
From June to September Of this wear.
residents of Wausau were dazzIed by
2. Burke and not until after DR..
Burke's departure did Niles suspect
that he might have been the much
sought Osborne. lie notified postal
DeSah IN earnest He was located
through a woman whose identity the
postal inspectors refuse TO reveal.
Lawyer Firm in Denial.
New York. Dec. Several indict-
nlehls were returned in the federal
courts courts mere as result OF the Tanner
OSOorne suit for $3.50. 000 James "
osborne formerly an assistant district
attorney and long a prominent mem
Der OF the New York bar. repeafedI,-
9ehleG that he had ever represented
himself TO Miss Tanner as Oliver Os-
borne. as she swore on the witness
stand ''''e9S
al o1Sh Inc young woman and sew
eIa OF ner witnesses pointed him ont
As the elusive sutton. lIr. Osborne de-
cared under oath that he had NOT seen
MSS Tanner until they met in cont,
- hotel clerk who testified that re
nad seen the lawyer and Miss Tanzer
SoSether on one occasion later was in
Tlcted on charge of perjury. Miss
d amer also was indicted on the same