Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-15
TALK OF COMPROMISE
It Is Stated That Plat Has Settled
With Miss Wood for st5,ooo-An-
other Woman Said to Have Threat
ened Suit-Those Love Letters.

I
: ened Suit-Those Love Letters.
Washington. Oct. 15.-It is rumore
that Miss Mae c. Wood has compro
missed her claim against Senator Thorn
as c. Plat on the basis OF $4,000 bu
this can not be confirmed among Mis-
Wood friends. She herself is absolute
~ silent 1t is said here that Mis-
Wood vowed before she left Washing
ton that she would not compromise an,
: interest she had IN the matter, bu
would proceed TO the bitter end.
II IS now a case of the woman
scorned.' and she is not so careful o
her financial interests. Those VII,
know her assert that she VIII not re.
linquish her efforts for satisfaction un
til either Senator Plat keeps his pro q
ise to marry her or she has wree1et
the social prospects of the other CON
Ian, Mrs. Lillian T. Janeway, IS the
publication of Senator Platt's CORE
B spondence. Some of this is spicy. The
letters from Senator Plat which she
/
that gay widow. who is chasing me-
and other sighting remarks.
One OF Miss Woods friends said
yesterday: Il asked her before she left
for New York If she intended 10 sue
for breach OF promise and she said.
/ No
Il asked her further if Senator Platt
had made any direct proposition OF
marriage, and she said he had not, but
| had written her ffsany letters leading
her to believe he had marriage inten-
lions. She said she was taking eighty
of them With her to New York as they
might be of some use"
Another rather sensational develop
ment in the affair yesterday was the
prevalence of rumors that still another
young woman in Washington asserting
that Senator Plat paid her marked
attentions, which led her to expect a
proposal. was also on the warpath and
threatened trouble. 1t is known. how
ever, that this woman has not gone to
New York. and il she intends 10 take
any action, has not yet taken he pre-
liminary steps.
Senator Plat has never been n social
light at the capital, but his former wife
occupied an enviable position in the
social world. She was the relative
and close friend of Mrs. Crownnshield
Society, therefore. was not predisposed
to admit Mrs. Janeway to kindly init
macy. even before these disclosures.
The sensation of the hour is that such
a woman was likely to receive even
quasi recognition in the exclusive sem
~ "a
where Mr. Plat lives. Among her
house neighbors would be Mrs. Payne
Mrs. Aldrich, Mrs. Orville H. Platt of
er, Mrs. Foster of Washington and af-
ter Jan. |, Mrs. William H. Taft. All
these women are regular inhabitants
of the hotel where Senator Plat has
engaged apartments for himself and
wife.
The closest scrutiny into Miss Woods
life does not reveal any imprudence in
her relations with Senator Platt. She
has been in Washington about year
and half. She has lived very quietly
and was never the subject of gossip in
connection with the senator She made
few friends either at her boarding
house or the office. Senator Plat was
frequent visitor however, both at her
boarding house and at her office. In
addition TO his visits he was most at
tentive and devoted He sent her flow
ers and fruits AND potted plants al
most daily. She was very generous
with these gifts and shared them at her
office and at the boarding house. fire.
quently explaining that the gifts came
from the New York senator. He also
put at her disposal boxes at the theater
and on several occasions was her es-
cort to entertainments and treated the
party to supper at the most expensive
cafes in the city.
When she announced In the early
summer her engagement to Senator
Plat there was little surprise. Her
associates in the postoffice department
and at her home testify to her emotion
at what she terms the perfidy of her
sutton. She was convinced of the news
first at the postoff1ce department, and
was obliged to be excused for the day
For the last week she has been utterly
unfit for work, and spent her time
breathing threats against the sena-
tor.
It is said there is no foundation
for the rumor that she would be dis
missed from her position in the postof-
flee department, altho some notice must
be taken of her ruse to obtain leave |
on account of sickness in her family.