Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
WHEN THEY FACE
EACH OTHER N COURT

New York., Jan. S.-Important
pages in as strange a omance as Gu
pid ever had a hand in are schedul-
ed to be written on the dusty records
Of Federal Court here today when
tiny Rae Tanner, former District At
torney James w. Osborne and the
mysterious "Oliver Osborne" Wax
come face to face.
Rae Tanner, a New York young
woman who looks like a coy little
girl, claims James w. Osborne, a mar
ried man of wealth, and social stand
ing. and former District Attorney Of
New York, firted with her on the
72nd street subway platform a few
years ago., later made violent love to
her and promised to marry her. To
back up her statement Miss Tanner
sued James w. Osborne for $50, 900
for breach Of promise. James w. Os-
borne throughout has maintained
that he never saw or heard of Rae
Tanner until he was served with the
PaPCIS IA u III CQSA VI PlOA1l6C ou1Is L
AT all the trials Of the case he has
asserted that a mysterious stranger
approached him before the suit was
filed and admitted posing to Miss
Tanner as James w. Osborne. The
mysterious man never has been pro-
duced in court however, and while
Osborne and his attorneys have spent
a fortune securing the country for a
trace of the man, Miss Tanner repeat
eddy has positively identified James
w. Osborne as. her OLIVER" Miss
Tanners assertions, backed by the
words and deeds of her attorneys,
Slade and Slade, have resulted in her
Indictment for perjury. The court
scene today shows the beginning of
the second trial of Miss Tanner on the
charge.
f "Oliver Osborne" Wax, the third
prominent figure present today, re-
Gently was arrested by federal agents
in Chicago. He was charged with
and admitted being, the mysterious
stranger who unprecedented James w.
Osborne to Miss Tanner. Miss Tan
ger says Wax is no more like her "Ol-
liver" than a lamp post and claims
she will prove that James W. o.
borne really is the man who made
love to her.
James w. Osborne has identified
Wax as the man who called on him.
Wax also has been identified by Mrs.
Osborne. and by the Plainfield, N. j.,
hotel manager, clerk and others who
claim they saw him bring Miss Tan
ger to the hotel IN the date she
claims James w. Osborne took her
there. discriminating is exactly
like that OF 20, Osborne on the ho-
tel register.
A strange feature of the a is
that Wax and Osborne, except as to
size, do not resemble each other
greatly. James w. Osborne is about
Is years older than "Oliver" and
looks it. He wears glasses. Wax
does not. He is not over-fastidious
about his dress. Wax is. He has a
high pitched voice. Wax has a mod
erately low one.
To back up his claim that he. Isl
the King Of Hearts who wrecked Rae
Tanners romance, Wax recided a list
of his affairs" His assertions were
borne out by the appearance of a
number of his erstwhile dariings
affections and bank accounts he had
captured. Also O%sborne's detectives
had traced down the elusive coli
ver's" record and details Of what they
founf were confirmed by the man
when he was arrested.
The final answer to the case thus
SINNERS down to whether it can bel
proved that Wax and not Osborne,
made Rae Tanners heart go pity pat
to the tune of fifty thousand dollars.
$3.50 $500.