New-York tribune., 1919-09-08

United States District Attorney. Tba
son is student in Columbia Univar.
sity Law School and is married. He !,
twenty-five years old
The funeral will be held Wednesda-
morning from the Sherman Sauar.
Hotel and burial VIII be in Grconwoo5
Cemetery. Services viii be attendea
only by immediate members Of tha
family.
James W. Osborne was prominent :,
a criminal lawyer and a so IN case,
which involved extensive political IL,
vestigation. lie Was senior raernbe.
in the Jaw firm Of Osborne, Lamb Z,
Wilcox, of 115 Broadway.
Although Mr.. Osborne was ore q,
the leading counsel IN the Patrict
Molineaux. Nan Patterson and otne,
murder cases. there vas oue case n
which. instead Of being one Of the men
At the counseis' table, ne vas tie DE-,
fcndanf. This was IN the spring q.
1915, when Rae Tanzer, miiliner. susd
him for $4,000, charging that he had
failed to keep promise oF nlarriaes a',,'
IN the case the defendant wQs FAMED
as Oliver Osborne, but Miss Tanzer
asserted the former Assistant Distr;r.
Attorney and Oliver Osborne were ihs
same persons. James ". Osborne Do.
MED knowing Miss Tanner. After sa-.
cral trials Ir Osborne g4s fg4y
cleared and exoncra-ed o. the charge,
brought against him. Some Of the
witnesses. including the Tanner grl.
we're later tried fer perjury
Mr. Osborne's last service - tha
state in q public capacity WAS during
1917. when he was appointed by tts
present District Attorney a special AS
sistant District Attorney to aid in the
invest stjgation Of the Rockawav and
frauds, the investigation II the Ruth
Cruger murder and the alleged police
graft unearthed as "A result Of the Cru.
ger murder Investigation. Indictments
were found in all these cases By the
extraordinary grand jury.
Born in North Carolina
Mr.. Osborne was born in Chariot.
n c. He was graduated from Davidson
College in 1879, and then came 20 New
York City and entered Columbia Uni
versity Law School, from which he was
graduated in 1885. SIX years later he
was admitted 20 the District ATTORNEYS
office as deputy district attorney un-
der the administration Of De Laacev
Colonel Fellows and promoted by him
to be a full assistant. M Osborne
was continued in Office by District At
torneys Olcott, Gardiner, Pnllbin and
Jerome. serving eleven years IS Assist
ant District Attorney.
Leaving the District Attorneys Of
fee, Mr.. Osborne formed the law frm
of Osborne & Hess. Mr. Osborne was
attorney in some of the most notable
criminal trials and state investigations
held in this city. He convicted Roland
B. MolineuX OF murder in the first de-
gree, as well as Patrick. Scott and DR..
Buchanan. He conducted the defence
Of Norman Hapgood, the editor, in the
famous libel suit of Colonel " D.
Mann, of Town Topics
Mr.. Osborne was member of the
Southern Society, the North Carolina
Society, the Society Of the Friendly
Sons of Saint Patrick, the New York
Athletic Club, the Narragansett Club,
the Atlantic Yacht Club. the Manhat-
tan Club, the Democratic Club and the
New York Bar Association.
Defeated by jerome
In 1905 Mr.. Osborne wa nominated
for District Attorney OF New York
County by Tammany Hall. hpt he was
defeated by William Travers Jerome,
under whom he served. Mr.. Osborne
was the counsel for many OF the most
important Investigations carried on in
this state during the last ten years.
He investigated and prosecuted the Ice
Trust in 1903 under the administration
OF Governor Hughes. Governor Glyn
named Mr.. Osborne to head q state
wide Investigation INTO the charges Of
graft during the Sulzer election.