New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-15
LIAR OFT HEARD
AT tanner TRIAL
Slade Rebuked by Court
After Tilt with Govern
ment Counsel.

The word liar" was overworked At
Rae Tanners perjury trial in the Fed
eral Court yesterday. Il was used first
by Ben amin Slade, counsel for the de-
/ PENDANT. in such other forms as de
/ Lucrative falsehood" and "perjurer."
He aimed it against William Rand, jr.,
special government counsel; James W.
Osborne, who Rae thinks is her elusive
Oliver, and other witnesses
The term began its busy day with
Osborne on the stand Since Slade was
attempting to prove that James W. was
really Oliver, liar" was not permitted
TO rest a minute. II labored hard when
the witness declared that he never
wore diamonds. II was on SHADES lips
when the witness asserted that he
never smoked anything but cigarettes.
But il flew straight at the stenog-
rapher's notebook when Osborne re-
peated for the hundredth time:
~ never saw this girl never have
been in Plainfeld ! am James W. os-
borne and could not be Oliver os-
borne
Liar" at Bat Again.
Liar" had another inning when Slade
was reading from transcript Of the
hearing before Commissioner Hough-
ton. in March. 1915. referring TO the
testimony of Osborne concerning the
receipt of letters from Rae Tanner. II
L. O
TO get a vacation. but Rand shouted;
You've left out q word"
THAT is an absolute and unqualified
falsehood!' shouted Slade.
81 stand on the record" replied
Rand.
80 do T." yelled Slade.
The court was in an uproar. While
Liar" had merely passed into one ear
Of the jurymen and out the other
heretofore, IL registered q shock this
time. Juror No. asked the stenographer
70 read the record. The reading showed
that the word zone" which appeared in
the transcript and related to tele-
phone conversation between James W..
Osborne and Rae Tanner had not been
mentioned BY Slsde. Liar" few from
the lips of Rand and landed on Slade.
He pitched it back. Judge Wolverton
was on his feet.
at was an inaccuracy either Of the
stenographer or Of the counsel" Slade
said. but it was a deliberate false
hood on the part OF Mr.. Rand"
Rand appealed to the court. The
court rebuked Slsde. Slade apologized
TO Rand, and for a moment it looked as
though "liar" was going to die from
lack of mention. But Slade asked Mr.
[ nrk Ho al
got drunk. Not only did he not do the
first named, said Mr.. Osborne, but he
/ had not taken a drink since December
/ u, 1915.
Girls Hatpins Busy.
you swore off because you used to
he so drunk you couldn't do your
Il never was drunk in my life, and
+ I'm not going to answer any Of those
insulting questions" replied Mr.. Os-
| borne.
"You may own the District Attorneys
| Office" yelled Slade, "but you don't
own this court"
At this sally Rae Tanner laughed.
/ She had been staring at lnez Milhol-
/ land Boissevain. who was present as a
friend Of Mr.. Osborne. but she evi-
/ IDENTIFY didn't relish her presence. Dur
ing the verbal pyrotechnics she had
/ been jabbing two hatpins into the oak
+ table whenever her attorney called
somebody else a liar.
Slade also gave the word "liar" ex-
/ ercise when he questioned William J.
Kitchin, former proprietor OF the Ken
sington Hotel, Plainfeld, \. j., who
swore that James W. Osborne bore no
resemblance TO the man who visited
his hostelry with Rae Tanner.