Evening journal., 1906-11-17
Latter'S Husband Says II Vas
Coincidence That His Wife
and Senator We're There

NEW YORK, Nov. f7--"My wife. Mrs
Winsiow Il. Buzby. is the young wo-
man who was in Mary La Monte's
house at the time that Mrs. Lillian r.
Platt with her coachman, J. X.
Hedges. and the private detectives filed
In and smashed the door leading to the
room IN which United States Senator
Thomas c. Platt was discovered.
My wife does not deny Il. and
knew that her visit there was perfectly
Innocent. and that 1t was merely a
coincident that the Senator was in the
house at the same time. Mrs. Platt's
raiding party did not fnd my wife in
the Senator's room, but after they had
ransacked the first floor and forced two
other doors they found Mrs Buzby sit
ting in the reception room in conversa-
ton with Mrs La Monte"
This statement was made by Wins.
low r. Buzby, Of Highland Mills. to
reporter following the publication OF
the story OF the sensational raid led by
Mrs. Platt. who was formerly Mrs.
Janeway. at the La Monte house, No.
PA West Thirty-eighth street.
II was the raid that caused the Platts
TO separate permanently. Mrs. Platt's
friends declare that her discoveries at
that time, and her thoughtfulness in
carrying away from the La Monte
house a pair of dainty high-heeled
French boots as evidence, enabled her
to dictate the financial features OF the
deed Of separation, which was executed
TO preclude the divorce proceedings
which Mrs. Platt had threatened.
THAT story that Mrs. Platt had found
my wife's shoes in the Senator's room
and took them away with her for evi.
dence in her divorce case Is a dlaboli-
cal lie" continued Mr.. Buzby. MY
wife saw Mrs. Platt in the reception
room. where she was talking about her
trip with Mrs. Ia Monte. II Mrs.
Platt had any suspicious that my wife
had been in the Senator's room she
did not make that accusation there.
II understand that Mrs Platt picked
up pair OF shoes In the closet opposite
the bathroom which divides the Sena-
tors room from the reception room.
also understand from Mrs. La Monte
that those shoes belonged to one OF her
colored servants. When my wife met
me that afternoon at the Erie Railroad
ferry. en- route for Highland Mills. she
had her shoes on and I VIII swear to
It. It's awful to tell such outrageous
lies about people
Mrs. Mary La Monte. In whose house
the Senator was found by his wife, said
that for the past fifteeh years the Sena-
tor had made his rendezvous in her
house. and that he had been a warm
! friend ever since she had bought the
place. She said that he had rented a
room in her house during all these
years and that she still held a room
/ for his exclusive use.
The senator, Il was generally believed
lived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel while
IN New York.
Mrs. Ia. Monte added that many
women had called there to see the SEN
ator, but that their visits. were purely
Of business uafure. -A q =. E-A
both the senator and l." said Mrs
La Monte. "came from Oswego n. Y
1 knew his FIRST wife very well. He
has befriended me many times. and
/ win always regard him as one of my
best friends. He has helped me ir
business arrangements. even to fitting
up the house l would not think OF
making an alteration without consult
\ ing him,
Pointing to the wall paper in th'
room. Mrs. La Monte said: why. IN,
senator even picked that out himself
THE senator has secured for me and
many OF my friends railroad passes al
/ over the country" she continued. "ant
/ he has also gotten for my friends posi-.
tions in the government and in th'
United States Express Company. and
he has also had my friends transferred
IN the government when asked him Z,
do so.
1.-THE story that Mrs Piatt found IN,
Il senator and Mrs. Buzby IN the SAINT
room Is tommyot. The senator wal
in his own room. and Mrs. Buzby
whom I knew years ago In Bethlehem
Pa. was In the reception room talking
with me about our trip to West Baden
II was a coincidence that they hap
pened to be in the house at the tim
Mrs. Platt and those rough detective
broke into the senator's room. I hai
asked the senator TO arrange for on
transportation, and that Is what h
came TO tell me about.
Mrs. Platt and her daughter. Mrs
Carmody. came to this city yesterda.
from Highland Mills
"Au / have 20 say" declared Mrs
Platt. 'is that have been vindicated
have been vilely treated. but ! repeat
I am vindicated. T refuse 10 discus
the story Of the raid on the La Mont
house or any other phase Of our trou
bles. The incident is closed forever.
| signed the deed OF separation yesterda!
afternoon in the Erie Station in Jerse,
city"
I'm that statement you say that M
question OF the disloyalty Of either e
the other has ever been raised. How
then, do you reconcile that with trap
ping the senator in the La Monte
house7" she was asked.
II am not reconcillng anything,
} snapped Mrs. Platt. Il am through talk
ing. I am vindicated, and that's al
there Is to It,"
The senator was seen az the Hote
Gotham He trembied and was barel,
able to stand. He refused to discuss
his troubles other than to brand th'
stories as lies. He also refused 4
talk about the rumors that he intended
resigning from the Senate.
Senator Platt brands the scandal tan
as gross fabrication, but he will no
discuss specifically any Of the charges
4 HIS friends say the whole affair ha
SO preyed upon his mind that he ha
decided to drop out OF public life en-
tirely. He is still stopping at tn