Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-02

would finally turn and expose the
whole sensational affair was some
thing Mrs. Elias apparently never
dreamed. But Mr.. Plat, after having
given $GS5,3S5. as alleged in the papers
of the suit, to Mrs. Elias, finally de-
cided to give no more.
While the publicity attending the ac-
ton against the woman has placed Mr..
platt i'll az unenviable light, it has at
| last brought absolute vindication to the
name of Andrew II. Green, known as
| the father of Greater New York"
who was murdered by Cornelius Will
liams, a negro, on Nov. 10 last. The
likeness between Mr.. Green and Mr..
| Platt is remarkable. and this, coupled
with the fact that Mr.. Platt used the
name of Green in the Elias home, eX-
plains how Williams mistook the iden-
tlty of the man he killed.
District Attorney Jerome, who talked
with Mrs. Elias after the murder of
Mr.. Green. learned the story about Mr..
Platt. but did not feel justified in re-
ycaling it, though he positively assert
ed that Mr., Green had not been ac-
quainted with Mrs. Elias.
Ii is said that In Philadelphia, from
which place she came, Mrs. Davis, or
Mrs. Elias. had served a term in the
Moyamcnsing prison for petty larceny.
Later she was an inmate of an aims
| house. where a child was born to her.
The father of this child. n negro, is
| IA, T., ,.,ioI aud n npncnopnuc drIlu-
gist. When she first came to New
York Mrs. Davis annoyed this mar un-
| til she was sent to BlackwelI's island
I for three months.
| Up to that time the woman's efforts
to obtain money without work had not
| met with success, but the tide in her
| fortunes turned soon after leaving the
BlackwclTs Island ~penitentiary, when
| she met Mr.. Platt. From that time
| she ceased to be Il negress, by her own
representations, and, as Mr.. Plat
swcars. represented herself as an I'M
married wolna of pure Spanish blood.
| She obtained a divorce from Matthew
G. Davis. a negro car porter, and di-
rected her efforts toward winning Mr..
llattS commence.
1t is said that when a child was born
to Mrs. Elias on April ), 1904, she told
Mr.. platt he was the father. This as
sertion, the millionaire says, is untrue.
| the real father of the child being a
| Japanese named Cato. Under threat OF
exposing his relations with her again
| Mr.. platt says that from January to
| May of this year she got $31 ,553. In
| this year the demands MS set forth In
| the affidavit Increased in the following
| ratio: January, 5000; February, ST.
O33; May, $4,000.
The amounts which the woman de-
manded kept on increasing until in
1852 they summed up nearly 100000
| for the year. The ascending scale for
| that year is shown by the following
| figures: February, $4,000; April, $4,000;
| August. S.12,S2S; December, $23,O40.
As her demands for June of this
year, $4,000, or $500 per day, exceeded
| all former demands. Mr.. Platt decided
he no longer would pay, and that he
would himself bring about the expos
ure she threatened, thus putting an
| end to the blackmail to which, he
claims, he has been subjected.
almost every word that Mr.. Platt
| has said is untrue" was the declara-
| ton made by Mrs. Elias through Wash
ington Brauns, who is representing her
interests. at is true that I have
known Mr.. Platt very well indeed, but
It is not true that 1 ever obtained any
money from him by threats or black
mail. What money 1 have l came by
honestly, and l purpose to keep it."
Assassin Went to XIII enatO Plat.
LAKEVILLE, Conn, June 2.-Dis-
! trict Attorney Jerome last night made