Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
TOM PLATT'S IDEAS
ABOUT ROOSEVELT
"obIiged to Bear That Bulldog
Grin an Hour" He
Wrote.
LOVE LETTERS OF A BOSS
Woman to Whom He Wrote Them Now
Sues Prominent Men Who, She
Alleges, Conspired to Get
Them from Her.


Them from Her.
w., Mt, Mo.
ofhaha' 4ep.' way 1""e
Catherine Wood OF Omaha-the woman
with whom U. S. Senator Platt OF
Nav York became entangled in a
.,,,...a., a ,,.hon, q i.
"asiiiiiet oii ioNe e ~ ~.
alleged the senator settled WIN py .ne
payment OF S2o,ooo-has sprung new
sensation involving men IN hlgh places.
Miss Wood incorporated senator
P!atts love letters 10 her l!l poph
which she proposed to pupllsh unaer
the title OIL Inc Love Leteeis VI q
BOSS. ,,,;,,,a a, saorotorv
~ ii prasidant Rnnsevelt Robert i.
1S-ynn consul general to London. and
+ Martin Miller. consul TO AK la Chap
:. ~, ''i W., ,,.iti aonsn,ri,n To ohtain Inc
,,,a,,,sc,,nt of me bool, and in a suit
nlad in the district court here She sues
+ha., for s25 000 danopec
' .irha ao1 n Sosgo ett u nf Ross" was
hook never printed Miss Wood ac-
. nuoM NI,,ti,, NIiiier of secnrinr the
Suss ., go, 49,. faIe now
iiialius ' ny .loi.i ne. NV +,,eat ,,,a
ases sat s.,,"a a. 10, ~ - ~, canN
-. T,,t,. 1a++ars .,d IN .;on recaints
a 600 400 49, s'aiu ,a,,.,, ,aoai,,sd
$500, 80. ,.,...,I n.. ~.
Fea'eo "oa'a
Referring TO her lawsuit, her DOCK
ana senator Fla.t' MISS W ., sa.u
DesPi.e eie iel'ot.s W .ile e. i.iat .,
l never proushI sun 'saiilse .oe.ia AZ,
Platt 1or preach OIL t'roiliise' no. uli
lileia " uo so' o Mn ~. .i.e
seia.o. llis.i. aslee W .e -, .a T. 80,
Use Guy. iis'i li'e' et'.' - ~ ,;, ~
one lllils Mlileh Mouiu We mo- ..,..n ~,
ia'iils y. t,iS IS Aosis " .,;,a, fon
ne aSeu se ". s.t5 u, as,,,, ha "a no
p i,:., ~ y. .s',,,,,s H. ,,,i+h ,in,
.ns,t 70. w t,,at tslal, .,rl,a + ,n,a let
SD Be-. ..i'' ,,.n,,id ,a,.a n1ade GOOD
raadiop ard IL would have been in
tenselv interesting to the public
PIatt's Idea of Roosevelt,
az, ono of ,,;c latters tho senate,
,l.,.,,,. 70 !, ln,chaon al tho WHITE
1Ia,,sa s.if,.
...f aynact tn attend n luncheon at
tho White House TODAY. and will be
Obliged to endure that bulldog grin
for an hour,
"And another letter read something
like this.
Sweet and Lovely: Your letter recon-
ciled me to the election Of Odell, which oc-
CURED the following Tuesday. Pray for
me: the prayers of the angels availeth
much.
..In another letter he referred to car
riagc ride through Central park saying he
houel in the future i could ride IN a CndF-
lot; that had glorifed and made beauti-
mi his carriage for him the next time he
should use it,
..I don't know whether to think the de-
PENDANTS in this suit We're in league with
Senator Platt when, az I allege they se-
cured the manuscript of my book, or
whether thew were employed by enemies
of plstt who wished to secure the man
uscript for purposes of their own. How
ever, the facts are that my book was Sc
cured by unfair means. once offered 70
return all senator Platt ltlers 10 NM
but at lhat time ne reluseu " acespe
them
Didn't Get the $4,000.
GAS stated in my petition, I never
brought suit against Plat, and conse-
1 ouently could never have compromised
the suit. although it was claimed that L
had done so, receiving $4,000 for so doing.
/ + was practically forced to sign such pap
,Ys and also TO sign receipts for $40 900,
| hut never received any of the money.
| When left New York, after my papers
wara taken was handed nv travelling
Iloxponses and a pass to Buffalo. | still
4 ,hold the pass as evidence of this But
4that pojnt is all covered in my petition
"Thc sheriff will be watching for Will
liam Loeb. the presidents secretary, as
| ln comes through Omaha from Colorado
/ v..th tho hunting PARTY. If hn comes to
10
served on him.
| / "If Mr. ;.oab changes his route and goes
! ,east through Kansas If will show that he
Hs .fra;d of this case. Put in that event
Wyill file suit in some other city where the
defendant can he found
\ .>And thew need not think this one suit
is all I have: will soon file others thai
are indeed more sensational than this
one"
L;.+o,v of a.. upo~.,,eu
The netition filed in the cast reveal,
much of the history of Mae Woods rela
ton with United States Senator Plat. 1
recites that early in 1903 Mae Wood wa
engaged to marry "a prominent man II
the United States senate, Senator T. C
1,latt n wears of age" and 'Who pretend
ed to he DESPERATELY in love with her.
I,ccause of such engagement she cha,
received attentions from him which coul,
only he excused on the ground of said en-
papement.' and because of his conduc
she "cancelled the engagement on Apr,
IL 1Q0A 10
~ was then that Miss Wood determine
+o m,hlieh SENATOR Iolatt's love latters n
Recommendation for the peculiar humilia
,.on and prosecutions she had been sui
Acted TO-
rho netition then recites that the dc
,enaants Rober, j. wynne. William Loe
and Martin Miller "consnire,l with eac
otber, and viii, Senator platt or his pe
litical enemies she is not certain which