New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-18
NOT Sure of Dates or OF
Color of Oliver Os-
borne's Eyes
KNEW HIM AN HOUR;
THEN WAS ENGAGED
LET Him Kiss Her Ten Min
utes After They Met,
She Asserts

Rae Tanner admitted under cross-eN-
animation yesterday afternoon IN tne
trial of Franklin d. Stafford, that she
had "iust been guessing" at most OF
tho dates on which she said she was
With Oliver Osborne. She also admit
rod that she had guessed" at the coioI
81 divers eyes, which she testiheo
several times were blue L.
ar / had known | was gong TO De
indicted" she said, 81 never would nave
given any dates" -.
"And YOU were only guessing at
tbcm >" asked william Rand, Jr, Spe-
cial District Attorney. 80.
"Well. | thought they were the rght
dates" replied Miss Tanner. II pu.
tho dates in because | thought ! ought
to do so" o,;.or
"And in your description Of Oliver
Osborne you said that he had blue eyes
Is that true"
Thought They Were Blue
81 WAS guessing about his eyes, but
thought they were blue"
Mis- Tanner. who was on the stand
in the United States Distries Court all
dav appeared 10 be much stronger and
in better health than when she was
tried for perjury last summer although
several times she became hysterlesl
Once Judge Learned Hand ordered a
recess 50 that she could regain mel
composure. ~, ~
Almost all day both James W. Os-
borne and Charles ii. Wax sat WITHIN
twenty feet Of her, in her range OF
vision.
While on the stand, especially during
REORGANIZATION, Miss Tanner SPOKE
so low that several times Judge HAND
asked her 10 speak louder. whenever
she mentioned James W. Osborne, now
ever. the girl, leaning forward, talrly
shouted the name.
Several times she repeated her state
merts that James W. Osborne was the
man she knew as Oliver, and again de-
clsrcd vehemontly that she had never
seen Wax until he was brought to New
York. after his arrest. She told OF
having visited hotel in Third Avenue
with Oliver Osborne. 81,
"Who was the man who was with
YOU at that hotel?" asked Benjamin
James ". Osbornc!" shouted Miss
Tanner.
Nobody Else
And who was the man you met IN
Columbus Circle on the evening OF
October Il, 1912
ale was James ". Osborne." cried
Miss Tanner. Gle couldn't have been
anybody else
Miss Tanners testimony under direct
examination was the same as she mas
given at previous trials. She told OF
trips with Oliver Osborne, and how she
first became convinced that James W
Osborne was the mai. On redirect
examination Mr. Sladc asked her II she
had any scars on her shoulders, and she
said she had. Several of these were
shown the Jury Wax had previously
testified that he had seen no scars on
her shoulders.
While Mr Rand was examining Miss
Tanner regarding the color of Oliver
Osborue's eyes, Wax sat in a chair
directly in front of the jury box and
facing the Jurors. Mr.. Rand covered
every detail of Miss Tanzer's testi-
mony. questioning her at length about
her meeting with Oliver Osborne in
Columbus Circle.
Were you in love with this man.
he asked.
1T was funny" said Miss Tanner. 81
think was fascinated by him"
"no you mean TO say that he was so
fascinating that after only a ten-min-
ute acquaintance you allowed him to
kiss you?"
Eyes"
when did he ask yoL to marry him %
he went on.
an the restaurant where we went"
How long had you known him
then ,"
"About an hour"