Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-08
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STRANGER THAN FICTION,
Brings Disgrace to~ Himself to save
Honored Name, 49,

Honored Name. eez- b
Some ten years ago, John r. Plat,
a millionaire of New York, aged sew
enty, was afflicted with rheumatism,
and finding no relief from medicine,
answered an advertisement of a mas
sage artist. The artist proved to be
handsome mulatto woman, who, after
few treatments, convinced him that
she had cured him. The woman, 81
though half negro, persuaded Plat
that she was Of Spanish extraction.
She acquired great influence over
him and he bought her fiat to live in
and loaded her with money and pres
ents. lU
| He finally became weary of the bl-
lance and tried to break it off, but
, she declined to be cast aside and thr-
eatened exposure to his family. iL
| Then a systematic blackmail began.
About this tine a Japanese servant
named KaitO, appears on the scene.
| The woman has three children by The
Jap and charges them to Platt's ac-
count. He pays more money to keep
the children in the background and
the terrorism exercised over him by
the negress and the Jap, causes him at
various times to pay them over $780,
600
] One evening last winter Andrew FL
Green, known as the Father of Great
er New York. was calling on relative
who lived next door to the woman and
and as he came out late at night, he
was shot dead by former husband
of the woman named Williams The
murdered man dropped a corpse IN
front of the woman's door and the
murderer said that he had killed the
man who had estranged his wife's at
lection. This sent a cloud upon the
\ name of highly respected citizen, but
Subsequent events showed that Will
liams had been laying in wait for Plat
who resembled Green, and had killed
the wrong man.
1 After the killing, the woman in the
case exacted fresh blackmail from
Plat. Finally he decided to clear the
name Of Green and end the whole mat
ter by suit which would bring out
the facts.
1t also transpires that he closely
resembled Senator Plat of New York
and that Williams, confusing the ap-
}pearance of the two men and their
Names, came very near killing the
Senator in his half crazed fit of jeal-
ousy
The woman, who was of the lowest
birth, ignorant and vulgar, was able
to exercise such an influence over her
dupe that she amassed nearly mill
ion dollars through her destinations
at one time and her threats later.
She has placed her i'll gotten wealth
in so many different banks that he
has made as correspondents in his suit
thirty-four trust companies, twenty-slS
| savings DduhS, anu SlAly -Illuc udl1OL.t
banks.
Williams, the slayer of Green has
been sent to an insane asylum.
If q novelist had attempted to write
book on such plot, he would have
also been deemed a fit subject fol
an asylum also All these events seem
ed to have originated in stubborn
case of rheumatism. The one com
mendable thing in Platt's favor IS
that he allowed the whole affair t;
be made public rather tnan see the
family Of an honored citizen suffel
the humiliation caused by the clout
cast upon it by the sad tragedy &
Green's death.
/ For this manly act the public for
+, gives him all the mistakes and follie!
) he had previously committed in thu
l unfortunate affair.