The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-17
CONTEMPT THREAT
PROVOKED BY SLADE
Lawyer Ordered to Seat and
Then Warned at Trial Of
Rae Tanner.
OLIVER DESCRIBED AGAIN

A number Of persons who met. saw.
firted or had still more serious relations
with Oliver Osborne were witnesses yes
terday at the trial OF Rae Tanner. who
10 accused Of perjury In having identified
olive Osborne with James w. Osborne.
The exciting clashes between William
Rand. Jr.. special Government prosecu.
tor. and Benjamin slade Of Rae Tan.
sers counsel. which have led Judge VOL
verton to rebuke Mr.. Slade more than
once. reached a climax when the court
warned Mr.. Slade that II he did not
alter his methods he would be held in
contempt of court.
While Reuben Peckham. a former law
associate Of James w. Osborne. was
reading from a diary on the witness
Stand. Slade asked to see the book. In
the dispute that followed Judge wolver.
ton ordered Mr.. Slade to his seat.
Il think I will leave the court room.
u Honor" the lawyer answered. II
mini ! am entitled to some protection"
TIT Judge again ordered him to be
seated. Mr.. Slade sat down and refused
TO get up 20 cross-examine Mr.. Peckham
until the court gave him permission. He
did this several times and said he in.
tended to do II through the rest Of the
trial. whereupon Judge wolverton said:
"Mr. slade, the course you are pur-
suing is very irregular. and IL you con-
dnue the court will be forced to exert
Its authority by proceeding for con-
tempt"
Not Afraid, Slade Says.
"As long as I continue to perform my
full duty IL an attorney I am not afraid
OF the courts admonitions.' Slade re-
tortef.
Henry Hartman. attorney for the
Society for Psychical Research. was one
Of the witnesses who had seen Oliver
Osborne. Mr.. Hartman said he met
RAJ Tanner by appointment at the rooms
Of his society 10 discuss a legal matter
with her. Subsequently he saw the
young woman with a man near Colun-
bus Circle.
This man was not James w. Osborne.
said Mr.. Hartman, but "a large. well
groomed gentleman who carried a cane.
He greeted the lady effusively. He had
Q prominent nose and a pleasant exp-es-
sion."
Mr.. Hartman. c"ross-examined. said he
wal at one time n member OF the Dis
tri0 Attorneys stan Of this county
while James w. Osborne was an a.
oistant District Attorney.
Several letters from one Angus Me-
Donald 10 Catherine Mackenheimer were
read. Angus Is supposed to have been
an alias OF Oliver Osborne. In one "f
the letters the writer said
ssnplC IA faw ln IS more now and LII
have my 500. 900. Il am planning now
how I'm going I" spend II, and l wort
be as mean as you are
Amid the violen. objections OF Mr..
Blade, James W. Osborne was recalled
TO the stand and told about the visit
Oliver Osborne paid 10 him at the Sher-
man Square Hotel on March 10. 1915.
At that time Oliver Osborne took all
the blame for the deeds with which
Rae Tanner charged James W. Osborne.
Mr.. Osborne said that Oliver Osborne
had a strong chin, a prominent nose. a
fne figure and "A sweet, soft voice
did he have a West Point waist"'
asked Mr.. Rand.
He had what I consider an almost
perfect figure said Mr.. Osborne.
Mr.. Slade wanted to know II Oliver
looked as IL he had on corsets. Mr..
Osborne said no.
Mrs. OsbOrne Leaves Room.
Juror No. .. Abram n. Tompkins.
asked Mr.. Osborne why he hadn't taken
the opportunity to get a photograph Of
the ANNOYING Oliver. Mr.. Osborne said
"Well this fellow came to me when
I was in trouble and offered to get
me out of a hole. He gave me his ad-
dress, and as he had come to me vol
unfairly I thought he would he honest
enough to return at the time appointed"
Mrs. James W. Osborne. by agreement
Of counsel. left IN. court room while
her husband was tcstifying.
Mr.. Osborne said he did not visit Mrs.
Rose Helen Kaiser, ono of the women
who knew Oliver Osborne.
Mrs. Osborne was called TO the stand
and c~orroborated her husbands testi-
mony.
Miss Blanche Cngar told OF seeing OIL
yer Osborne from the window Of an
uptown department store. Confronted
by James w. Osborne. she said he was
not the man. She admitted that the
store detective. in sending her to James
w. Osborne's office with the letters. had
said that he wanted to see MIR. Osborne
exonerated.
Mrs. Kaiser testified that. although
not divorced. she had been engaged to
Oliver Osborne. rejecting in his favor
the attentions OF "a man named Con-
stable"
The trial continues this morning in
the United States District Court.