Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-14
DENIED BY MR.. PLATT
RUMoR OF A BREACH OF PROMISE
SUIT.
Miss Wood, the Alleged Plaintiff,
Also Silent as to the
Matter.


| he is made defendant in breach of prom
Use suit for $4,000 brought by Miss Mae
Wood of Washington.
1T is not true he said, land l will not
answer any more questions"
1t is believed by those who know Miss
Wood that she will wait until the wedding
takes place tomorrow before filing her pa
| pers. The young woman was seen last
| night by man who used to work with her
in the rural free delivery branch Of the
post office here, but she did not mention to
him anything in regard to her intentions
concerning Senator Plat.
The senator left the Fifth Avenue Hotel
at his usual time today. Before leaving he
read all this mornings papers and when
he left his face wore a worried look. He
would make no statement to the reporters
today.
Mrs Janeway has left the Holland House
and taken apartments at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel When spoken to today Mrs. Jane
way said:
Il have heard Senator Platt speak of Mrs
Wood. She was formerly newspaper wo-
man in Omaha. There is nothing to be said
about her In any way; besides the senator
is quite able to speak for himself l only
know that the wedding is set for Thurs
day."
All approaches to the senator's office at
40 Broadway are guarded by United States
Express Company's special detectives.
Not in years has Washington society re-
ceived such a sudden jolt as that which
accompanied the announcement Of the re-
port, printed yesterday that Miss Mae
Catherine Wood, a clerk in the money or
der system of the Post Office Department.
had gone to New York, armed with letters
of tender nature alleged to have been
written to her by Senator Thomas c. Plat,
her purpose being to forestall the SEN
atOrS marriage to Mrs. Lillian T. Jane
way.
The shock was even greater in New
York where both Senator Platt and his
bride-elect have been for some time ar
ranging for the wedding. which is set for
tomorrow.
Efforts were made by newspaper men in
New York to see Senator Platt Yesterday
but without much result. To a note that
was sent to his room by the reporters
who had been in waiting all day. the sena-
tor sent back the following message, in his
own handwriting:
"Gentlemen l am too much engaged to
talk this evening. l learn from the Post
Office Department in Washington that Miss
Wood has come here for the purpose of
visiting relative who is very ILL., Further
than this the deponent saith not.
''T. c. PLATT."
The fact that Senator Platt should be in
formed by the Post Office Department Of
the movements of any clerk who might be
on leave of absence was commented on
about the big granite building today.
When Postmaster General Payne's atten-
ton was called to this statement Of Sena-
tor Platt he replied:
II decline to discuss this scandal in any
way whatsoever
1t was said that the chiefs of bureaus
and other officials of the Post Office De-
partment who might know anything re-
garding Miss Wood had been cautioned
from headquarters not to discuss her alb
sence with any one.
A friend of Miss Wood, a young lady
clerk in the Post Office Department, said
M "a hon hn hna I'd Of
the reported engagement of Senator Plat
to Mrs Janeway almost tainted.
Il never saw person apparently feel so
bad as Miss Wood did. Womanlike, she
cried. and then she wiped away the tears
and declared that it couldn't be true. A
few minutes later. after reflection, she
again burst into tears ,..
The New York Herald says that Mrs.
Janeway seemed surprised when the name
of Miss Wood was mentioned to her.
Il know all about Miss Wood. or Mrs.
having said. You will have to see Senator
Plat if you wish to learn anything about
her. He is able to attend to any claim that
may be made against him
A dispatch to the New York American
from Okla homa has the following concern
ing Miss Wood:
Miss Mae Catherine Wood is well known
in this city, where she was successfully a
stenographer lawyer. secretary and society
editor of daily paper. She left here some
years ago. and her Omaha friends had lost
track of her.
Nothing Is known of Miss Wood family,
and her most intimate friends say she never
mentioned them in her conversation. She
attended business college, and afterward
took place as stenographer in Green &
Bakers law office, where she stayed sew
eral ve2rS"
While there she studied law and was ad-
ritted to the bar. She opened an office in
the New York Life building and some
months later went to Council Bluffs as sec
rotary to an Industrial company
Her next appearance in Omaha was as
society editor of the Daily Bee, which posi-
ton she held for year. After leaving she
went east, and has not been in Omaha
since
Charles ]. Greene. in whose Office Miss
Wood worked several years, says:
While not pretty, Miss Wood was very
bright, smart and witty, and made many
friends. She was restless. but attentive
to business. She found time to study law
and to be admitted. and shortly afterward
l lost track of her.