The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
SHE GOES THE LIMIT
WITH LATEST CHARGES
Mae Wood OF Omaha Says the
Presidents Favorites Put
Poison in Her Soup
WAS A POLITICAL SCHEME
Were Using Her as a Tool with Which
to Force Senator Plats TO support
Roosevelt, According to Her
Claim.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 6.-Charges are,
To be filed with the secretary OF state.
In Washington by Miss Mae Wood OF
Omaha against Postmaster General
at London. and J. Martin Miller. con-
sui at AK In Chapelle I'm Rhenish.
Germany, alleging that they consptred
to aAsassinate her while she was stop
ping at the Victoria hotel In New York.
whittier she had gone To look over the
proofs OF "A book entitled THE Love
Letters OF a Boss"
This announcement was made this
afternoon by Miss Wood. who IL here
for the purpose OF having her attorneys
draw up the charges. She viii go To-
Washington and present them to the
state department In person.
In the charges Miss Wood alleges
that II placed her water pitcher out-
side her door for some cracked ice
which she had ordered, when agents OF
wynne, Miller and Secretary Loci
placed therein a powdered substance.
She says II would have caused almost
instant death II she had drank Il.
The charges further allege hat she
was brought to New York at the in
stance OF Miller. who was In tho en-
ploy OF those arraigned against her.
for no other purpose than to have her
done away with.
Put Poison in Soup.
When she arrived In New York she
expected the proofs OF her book TO be
turned over to her. but when she made
n dcmand for either OF them or the
manuscript. she says II was refused
by Miller. who claimed that she could
not have them unless she paid him
several thousand dollars for them.
h also alleges that secret service
men from the American Express COM
pany. who were the hirelings OF Senator
Plat. kept constant watch upon her
ii that one OF these agents. while
dining with her n. the hotel. placed
poison I'm her soup. but che detected
him I'm the act n took none OF II.
"wynue. Miller and Loeb knew that
u vas necessary To get me out OF the
way I'm order To further the political
scheme they were working or Senator
Plat" declared Miss Wood, but when
they found I was onto their game.
they then forced me into signing that
paper renouncing all claims OF Senator
Plat or the letters which had been
stolen from me-" p
Miss Wood says these charges Will he
In addition 20 "A suit already filed by
her I'm the district court in Omaha
against William Loeb. jr.. secretary TO
the president. Robert j. Wyune u j.
Martin Miller. IN which sh" asked for
$3j. 900 damages. charges them with
hluhlng away With w" loNe 1eNleES sent
her by Senator Plat.
Miss Wood declares sine will not only.
get service ou Secretary Loeb. but will.
force him to tell the truth about the
whole conspiracy.
1t was Secretary Loeb who tele.
phoned Senator Plat that l intended
suing him for breach or promise" con
tiuued Miss Wood. "and I can prove
hat the telephoning was lone from the
White House.
1t was merely "a political scheme and
they expected IT, hold this over Senator
P!att's head ~ max him support
Roosevelt. for he had already an
Hounced that he would support some
other candidate for the presidency"
Miss Wood declared that she had not
withdrawn her suit against Secretary
Loeb m did not intend doing so: that
~ she could not get service In Nebraska
she would get II I'm some other state
perhaps !u the city of Washington.