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Show OFFICERS FIPiD WAX A CHARMING FELLOW; i Man Who Masqueraded as Oliver Osborne Is Taken to New York. XEW YORK, Dee. 5. Charles H. Wax, who, according to the federal authorities, au-thorities, has admitted he is the long-sought long-sought ' ' Oliver Osborne ' wanted here to clear up a $250,000 breach of promise prom-ise suit against James W. Osborne, a prominent lawyer, arrived in New York tonight from Chicago, in custody of a deputv United States marshal and other oth-er officials. He will be confronted tomorrow to-morrow bv a number of women, who, the authorities say, allege That a man of his description" courted them uuder various names and, in some oases, swindled them. Wax, who was neatly attired, appeared ap-peared to be in a .iovial mood. except when newspaper men tried to interrogate interro-gate him. He turned up his overcoat collar and pulled the brim of his fedora hat over his eyes when attempts were made to photograph him. Post office inspector William O. Swain, one of the officials who accompanied accom-panied tho prisoner here from Chicago, said Wax admitted to him he was the elusive ' Oliver Osborne,' and that he ''wanted to right a wrong.' ''He is a charming fellow," declared Swain. "He is one of the most entertaining en-tertaining men I have ever met just as the women have described him, brilliant bril-liant and very likeable." Wax was taken directly to the federal fed-eral building upon his arrival in this city. Later he was locked up in the Tombs prison in default of $50,000 bail. He is held as a il material wit- ness " in a criminal case. At tbe Tombs Wax told the warden he was f(56 years of age and an aviator avia-tor by occupation." He laughed aloud as he said it. He gave his address as Chicago. One of the women who will confront Wax tomorrow, it was announced, will be known in the proceedings simply as "Miss X," to whom a man answering to Wax's description is alleged to have represented himself as Charles Eay-mond, Eay-mond, "an assistant United States district dis-trict attorney. ' ' James W. Osborne and his wife also will see Wax. Whether Miss Rae Tan-zerf Tan-zerf who sued James W. Osborne and identified him in court as the "Oliver Osborne" who she charged had broken a promise to marry her, will appear tomorrow ivas said to be problematical. Tf Wax proves to be the original "Oliver Osborne" he will be used as a witness in the criminal cases 'against Miss Tanzer, her lawyers and others, which resulted in the breach of promise suit. When the federal authorities have finished with him, it was Baid he doubtless will be turned over to the local authorities, 'ho are investigating charges of swindling preferred by several sev-eral of the young women who will see him tomorrow. A detective for a local department store identified Wax tonight as a man who had obtained a position at the store in 1511. He said this mau stole a $100 bill from a woman soon after he started to work, and that he was convicted and served one year in prison. pris-on. Coincident-ally, officials at police headquarters announced todav they had received word from the state penitentiary peniten-tiary of Oregon asking that "Oliver Osborne" be held for the Oregon authorities. au-thorities. The message, it was said, stated that "Oliver Osborne" was believed be-lieved to be a man who was sentenced there on June 13, 1913, to five years for forgery, but escaped four months later. |