The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-05-04
tom PLATT'S IDEAS
ABOUT Roosevelt
"ObIiged to Bear That Bulldo,
Grin an Hour He
Wrote.
LETTERS OF A BOSS.
Woman to When fIe Wrote Them Nov
Sues Prominent Men Who, She
Alleges, conspired to Get
Them from Her.

Omaha, Neb., May 3.-Miss Ma /
Catherine Wood of Omaha-the woman
with whom U. S. Senator Plat 81 (
New York became e%ntangled in : /
Washington love affair and whom III {
alleged the senator settled with by the /
payment OF $50. 000-has sprung a nenzA
sensation involving men in hssff places Z
Miss Wood incorporated Senator (
Platt's love letters to her in a book /
which she proposed to publish under !
the title of The Love Letters Of q |
Boss
She accuses William Loeb. secretary
to President Roosevelt. Robert i.
Wynn. consul general to London, and |
J. Martin Miller, consul TO AK la Chap !
pelle, with consp1ring to obtain the
manuscript of the book, and in a suit !
filed in the district court here she sues
them for $500 damages.
THE Love Letters of a Boss was a |
book never printed. Miss Wood ac-
manuscript from her under false prom-
Uses and afterwards by threats and
duress compelled her to give up SEN
ator Platts letters and to sign receipts
for 100000 which she lever received.
Feared Piatt Would Marry Her.
Referring to her lawsuit, her book
and Senator Platt, Miss Woods said:
Despite the reports to the contrary,
| never brought suit against Senator
Platt for breach Of promise, nor did
l intend to do so. l was afraid the
senator might agree to fulfill his prom
Use ana marry me, and, if there is any
n thing which would be more humil-
lat1ng or disgusting or lower tina to
be accused of suing this man for
breach of promise, it would be to be
obliged to marry and live with him.
But, say. hat book, The Love Let
tiers of a Boss would have made good
reading, and it would have been in
tensely interesting to the public.
PIatt's Idea of Roosevelt.
In one of his letters the senator,
referring to a luncheon at the White
HOuSe said:
81 expect to attend a luncheon at
the 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
In another letter he referred to a car
ride through Central park. saying he
hoped in the future I could ride in a char
lot; that I had gloriied and made beauti-
full his carriage for him the next time he
should use it.
II don't know whether to think the de-
in this suit were in league with
Senator Plat when, as I allege, they Sc
cured the manuscript of my book. or
thew We're employed by enemies
Piatt who wished to secure the man
for purposes Of their own. How
ever, the facts are that my book was Sc
cured by unfair means. l once offered to
all Soma for lDlott,c 1+tor. r. 1,.,1, f.
at that tine he refused to accept
hem.
Didn't Get the $4,000.
A stated in my petition. I never
suit against Plat, and conse-
9uently could never have compromised
the suit, although it was claimed that 1
had done SO, receiving s20,O 900 for so doing,
was practically forced to sign such pap
and also to sign receipts for $4,000,
but | never received any Of the money.
When | left New York, after my papers
were taken, I was handed my travelling
expenses and a pass to Buffalo. I still
1old the pass as evidence of this. But
hat point is all covered in my petition.
THE sheriff will be watching for Will
lam Loeb, the presidents secretary, as
&c comes through Omaha from Colorado
with the hunting party. If he comes to
the papers in this suit will be
served on him.
IF Mr.. Loeb changes his route and goes
EAST through Kansas, it will show that he
s. afraid of this case. But in that event l
will file suit in some other city where the
can be found.
And they need not think this one SUIT
s all | have; l will soon file other that
are indeed more sensational than this
History of the romance"
The petition filed in the cast reveals
much of the history of Mae Woods rela-
lion with United States Senator Plat. 1t
that early in 1903 Mae Wood was
engaged to marry "a prominent man in
the United States senate, Senator r. G.
Plat, Il years of age and who pretend
ed to be desperately in love with her
Because OF such engagement she chad
recelved attentions from him which could
only be excused on the ground OF said en-
sagement." n because of his conduct
eIe cancelled the engagement on April
l5. 1902
1t was then that Miss Wood determined
% publish Senator Platt's love letters. as
compensation for the peculiar humilia-
ION and prosecutions she had been sub
iected to-"
Inc petition then recites that the de-
Robert j. Wynne, William Loeb
ma j.. Martin Miller "conspired with each
'ther' and with Senator Plat or his 20
ltical enemies, she is not certain which.
o secure possession of the manuscript, as
we'll as the original love letters written
oy Senator Plat.
J.. Martin Miller, a detective. so the pc
lCon r%ecites, passed himself off to Miss
wood as a publisher and she made a con-
.ract with him for the publication Of .'The
Letters of a Boss giving him the
and paying him SIS for es-
oenses.
"Decoyed" Her to New York.
Miller. the petition goes on to recite. ode
Dyed Miss Wood to New York for "the
.stensible purpose of proofreading copy on
ne book" Miller not only refused to give
Up the manuscript, but demanded the
owe letters written to her by Senator
'latt, as well as letters written to her by
.llllan y. JanewaY. Miller displayed a
United States secret service badge, and
threatened to arrest and search her I'M
ess she gave up the letters.
Ihusf frightened, Miss Wood, accordinst to
petition, went with Miller to the New
lork Life building, being hustled in by
he back alley" and introduced to Abra-
lam III. Hummel.
After being held "under arrest" for two
avs by Miller. the petition alleges, Miss
Wood surrendered the love letters, and
igned two pretended receipts for $1,000
ach; but that no UGH amounts were ever
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