The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-05-05
A SENSATIONAL SUIT.
Nae Wood Sues Secretary Loeb. Con-
sal General Wynne and a Detective
for Conspiracy Growing Out of Her
Affairs With Senator Piatt -. -.

Mae y. WOOG the IOTIHcE ClcTh jI
the postofflce department at Washing
ton who was said TO have brought suit
for breach of promise against United
Senator Thomas g. Plat shortly before
his marriage TO Mrs. Lillian T. Jane
way, began an action here today Ia
the district court against Robert j.
Wynne, consul general 70 London,
William Loeb, secretary 20 President
Roos sveIt and ] Martin Miller, Unit
ed States consul at Aix-La-Chapelle,
France She alleges that they conspir-
ed and wrongly deprived her or ner
manuscript of a book which she hac
compiled, entitled: THE love letters
of a boss which was composed YER
batim OF extracts from letters written
to her by Senator Platt; that the de-
PENDANTS also illegally deprived her Cf
the original letters upon which The
box was based, for this she demands
Judgment againsL the defendants for
$35 900, on the ground mat the man1-
script and letters were worth that
amount as the foundations for other
literary products. Miss Wood says
that the letters contain a lot of other
interesting things.
In one of the letters, she says, the
Senator referred to a luncheon in the
White House thus: Il expect to a.
tend luncheon at the White House
today and will be obliged to endure
that bull dog grin for an hour
Another letter, she alleges, contain
ed these sentences: Your letter
somewhat reconc1led me to the eiec-
ton of Odell, which occurred the Toi-
lowing Tuesday. Pray for me; the
prayer of the angels availeth much.
The Wood woman is herself prac-
ticing attorney and formerly lived in
this city. She says she brought suit
here where she is known because she
is sure that there she will attend to-
her own legal matters.
In the complaint filed today, which
apparently was written by Miss Wood,
she alleges that in 1908 she was en-
gagged to marry Senator Platt, whom
she describes as a very prominent
member of the United States Senate,
III years DID, ard that he pretended
to be very much in love with her. Cn
April Is of that year, she declares,
when the engagement was about to-
tors conduct, in order to make Nv
ing and obtain compensation for pc
cuiar humiliatiOns and prosecutions,
she determined TO publish verbatim
paragraphs of the SILLY love expres
sions contained N said letters which
were mixed with political animositin5
and news
She also prepared and added to tae
manuscript her own replies to thel
Senator'S letters, as nearly as sheI
could remember them.
The defendants, she declares, learn
ing of her intention to publish the BOOK
and decided to obtain the manuscript
and the original letters written by thel
Senator, by fair means Or foul, SO Mil
Ter, detective, was put on the case,
Miss Wood alleges that he told ner|
ne would have the book published, OBJ
tanned the manuscript and later asked
her to go to New York to read the
proof of the book.
In New York she soon learned tnat
he had deceived her, she declares, and
demanded that he return the manu-
script This he refused to do, she de-
clares, unless she would pay him many
stheusands of dollars as his share IN
deal, and when she sought to resu'I,
her journey Miller told her that she
must give up all letters written to her
by Senator Platt and Lillian t. Jane
way. When she objected she alleges ne
showed a secret service badge, and
realizing that it would be useless %
resist she went with him to the CT
fee of Abraham H. Hummel, to Wno1n
at Miller's command she turned over
some of the papers in her possession.
Miss Wood further declares that me
defendants, circulated the story tnat
she was about 10 sue Senator Ptatt
for breach of promise and that she
settled the suit, but that, as mat
fer of fact, she had never contemplat-
ed such a suit and the charges were
made only to be used in forcing E@r
TO surrender the letters. After two
DAYS of arrest and persecution by MIL
Ter. she alleges, the said attorney as
ssuned to make a settlement with the
plaintiff for the outrage Of compelling
her to sign two pretended receipts Tor
$4,000 each," and an agreement tnat
she would in no way talk or Wrlte
about the parties to the transaction
She alleges also that these agreements
contain the statement that she signed
the papers without force, fraud Or
fear-Omaha Dispatch.