The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
Mae Wood Says Plat
Suggested an EI0pen1ent
Former PostoffiCe Department EmpIoye De-
sCribes Attention She Says New York
Senator Paid TO Her.
By MAE CATHERINE WOOD.


York and spend Sunday with him. He
was too old and decrepit to come to
Washington to see me very often.
Whenever he wrote or telegraphed me
to come he always sent me transporta-
ton
Wynne and his coterie would also Oft
en- order me to New York TO secure some
favor for them from Senator Platt But
nave not yet to know OF a single in
stance when they paid or offered to pay
even the expenses of such trips.
In time this became very tiresome,
especially since I was under the espion-
age OF the Secret Service men of the
department all the time.
This kept on until April, 1903, when
one day I was sent to New York to in
tercede for Wynnes chief clerk. There
found a state Of affairs which disgust
ed me. and which I did not propose to
put up with any longer. no matter what
happened.
L had put up with lots Of things before,
thinking they would come to and end
But right then and there. at the hotel, I
decided that [ had had enough Of it.
when the Senator called on me [ told
nam l was through and why In his
senile way he got very angry and ask
II
then opened the door and ordered him
from my room.
The netx day he teIephoned me to
| come down to his office and have a talk.
refused to have anything more to do
with him.
Last Interview With Platt.
/ l never saw Senator P!att again until
1Au9 ust' 1ScS, when / was going to Eu-
foae second time. He wrote me. send
ing me transportation, and asking me
70 come TO New York and meet him at
Inc house Of lady friend of his.
ne SAID he wanted TO see me very
oadiy, SO. / Went to New York one day
oefofe sailing time, and had an inter
view with him. 1t was during these
days that he wrote me The 81 am mis-
| efaDIes letter, which he is now said m
have declared to be a forgery
In that last interview the old mar,
said he thought more of me than he did
OF anyone else and that he did not pro-
pose 10 give me up for anybody. no mat
u what other people tried to make him
90. have never seen the Senator since
that time
one OF his ole friends, however, fol-
lowed me to Europe and went wherever
DID don't say that I was being
watched by the Senator, however.
IL Mr.. Platt had ever come to your
oiflce and had earessed you. and Won
mad gotten the odor of his moustache
thoroughly IN Your nostrils, you could
Feaoiiy see why any young lady would
NOT want TO have anything more to do
with him tflan was absolutely necessary
But L was between the devil and the
| deep sea.
White Voc 551;,,er - =,
could not afford to antagonize such
powerful interests as Senator Plat. and
was Obliged 10 put ap with him. / was
dependent on my own labors for a iiv-
ms. Could have done otherwise?
ia like TO have anyone who thinks
MIN a matrimonial prize to have been
II my shoes for about one day.
Invites Suit.
understand that Senator Plat denied
the authenticity of a letter which was
published III the newspapers last week.
and which 1 claimed he had written
me. Why don't he sue me for forgery, or
nave me arrested on that charge? I
dare him TO do either
] have been threatened for months
with dire vengeance if I talked over the
treatment I received IN New York when
my manuscripts were taken But I am
going 10 talk as much as I please and
tell the things just as they happened
l dare any of that crowd TO get me
into court on any pretext whatever I
viii tell such things they will wish they
had never heard of me
And they viii not get chance to take
any more OF my papers. am ready for
the next attempt. I now know with
what character OF people I am dealing
Within reach of my hand. day and
night. is a .44-caliber Colts derrfnger.
| carrying ball about The size of my
thumb. When 1 purchased il the clerk
said:
| Whoever buys a gun like that is
surely looking for trouble
And the next person who attempts TO
get my papers will surely find that
trouble. + r. PORTER
Omaha. Nebraska.