The San Francisco call., 1904-06-02
TALKS
MRS, ELIAS
says He First Net the Mu-
latto While Showing Cali
folgrialls. Gotham's Sights
e5=HtRlGES q .TNGRATTrUDE
Says .Extortion of, 100000
MAS the Reward He Re-
= :..rel.iGed for Aiding Woman
Special Dispatch to The can


- NEW YORK. June John R
=, Platte. the aged millionaire. to-day told
how. he met the. .negress who. he al
: leses sp, his suit exterted .neaFly $780,
= 900 from. him in seven years. The bulk
81 hiss fortune is gone. though he has
..,.enongh LEFT TO 1--we comfortably for his
..fe.'V-. TeE2aiting years:
4. ! was the last president Of. the Vol
:. .1lslteer. .Fire1eh- of New Tork." said
Platte. istrokin-s~h -aowiE-gwhite. beard.
as Be-reealled the days ot forty years
ago. when. some: Of us boys went on a
"trip "a. California, we were given the
.tilie.of ou1' lives, and a year. or so
later when some volunteer firen2en came
, here from san FRANCISCO: we deter
mined to reciprocate.. + All.one: evening
We 3sa " what there &aS te De seen. We
had been-in ali. Of the cafes and finally
toward morning We: went to a. resort
kept my a nulaJto woman in West
; .Tsreaty@ seventh: street. It was there
that Z first saw. F5apnah Elias who
was a pretty little. girl, about Is years
old saw her several o.. tfures. soon
after that bui after a while I iost
track Of her: and did not see her again
Until about nine gears ago. she syas
doing business as: a nIasseur and had
deYeioped into full N'omanhood and vas
i very pretty. she told me she.was not
q. negress, butte Spanish blood which
Z sccounted for -her-da-rk eQmplexfen. -
p. T or several months. she: treated me
for 'rhe uTnatisrr. and i: got better. We
became .Mell' acquainted and finally she
told. me she was anxious to give up the
-Tnassage-. business: and TO. become es-
~tablished- in the. boardlng-nouse bust
ness. She. had rendered. me valuable
assistance in getting: rfd. or my rheurn-
atis7r and. / volunteered to assist. her
: in setting a boarding. house: What oc-
.tlrred after that i have already set
forrll=itr. the .affifsyit in the suit
d. Platte says Andrew: H. Green. the.
goted phiTanthrobist. VINO was killed
B BY "A Jealous negro, did not know Mrs.
Elias - -. =. -, -
Alleging. that AIts.:- Elias. was prepar-
Ing TO :leaaye. the. city application was
made oa' behalf. Of Platte. to Judge
Dugr0 and "a civil order. Of arrest was
issued. late: to-day Il was: not served
ite. enfer.:thle womans house.
j.. .-Throu gh. her attorney. Mrs. Elias de-
clared to-day: she. would contest every
inch of ground and that il would. not
: be found possible to take from her any
Of the. money, which, sne declares, is
f1ghtfully hers. she. denies threats or
blacl1naE and promises that if she is
pressed: too. far she. VIII reveal other
matters. Her. attorRey T'8s asked:
= How. about the: fling of a birth Ger
tifcate,*-When a child was born TO her
"a year, ago: which declared . that the
child. was. white and. that its father
was. John: Platte and then. when the
baby died the filing Of a death certi:
hcafe stating. that: the. child was
He replied. 4 talked. that matter
over fully With Mrs. Elias and 1 am
prepared 10. meet sausrely. any issue
which may be .- raised in connection
with those certificates"