The Washington times., 1906-10-02
Washington Woman De-
nieSUndue Intimacy Be-
tween Senator's Wife
and C0dChman.
CHINATOWN VISITS
WITHOUT SENATOR
But She Explains That He
Remained at His Hotel
on Account of
Illness.

one Of the Washington principals I'm
the famous Plat tour Of the Golden
West in September OF last year was
Mrs. Gay Robertson, OF 1872 Sixteenth
street northwest a wealthy widow. who
resides with her mother. Her handsome
home is exqulsiteIy furnished ln the best
or taste, and IN the little library is a
large picture Of Senator PIatt. with
one his second wife, the present Mrs.
PIatt. near by
Mrs. Robertson has been indisp0sed OF
late. suffering from an attack of rheu-
matism, and has not left her home this
summer. She cordially received The
Times reporter. and frankly told Of ia.
present status OF affairs between IN
Senator and his wife. In response. e.
the first question whether or not Mr..
Robertson had ever seen any signs ot
intimacy between Mrs. PIatt and Coach
man Hedges, she enphaucaIIy said.
Denies Coachman Story.
40. absolutely no. As for the lonely
drives so much discussed. they never
took place. Mrs. Plat and Hedges
were never alone. The whole party was
AH4l-NAAH- Apgo4AarE AaA NOT
stay long enough in any one place u
permit drives. We were lavlshly enter
tained all along the route. on account
OF the Senator. and social duties occu-
pied all our leisure time. More than
th's, Mrs Platt Is au ideal hostess and
as such. Of course. did not leave her
guests 10 their own resources. Senator
Platt Is charming host also. and ths
whole trip was a delightful one. AS for
Mrs. Bushby, she impressed me as an
attractive little woman. one OF those
dainty little creatures you cannot helm
but admire. Her relations with Mrs
Platt were OF the most intimate nature O..
MIS- Robertson disClaimed kn0wledga
OF any undue familiarity on the mn
or the coachman-valets and said that
n was force OF circumstances tuar made
him assume the post Of courier erd
cOnndenu6l man 10 he party 81 ba
Senator Is an old man" she Continued.
ano II Was c9ssary for Hedges 10
assume management o. the partv ae
the Senator was very feeble and re-
Qulred constant attention.. There v-cTa
numerous things 10 attend TO. and ag
the Senator became iu while on the
journey many resD1 lsi bilftes deVpf,-aT
upon Hedges.
He Dined With Party.
The much-taIked-of dining with the
party on the private car IS easily ex-
piained when It IS remembered that the
car was small and a second dining
table Tor Hedges was impract'labTe.
| OF course, as things were rather
cramped, our actions were rather pllb-
l lic property. and anything wrong g0-
ing on would soon have been Fec0e~
nized by the whole party. which con
sisted OF Mrs. Platt, the Senator. Mrs.
Bushby. Miss Snow. Mrs. Platt's daupb-
ter; Hedges. and myself Hedges
simply acted as the Senator's conf
Dental man, and the things that would
have been objectionable 81 mere
eoachm1an WerS entirely proper an me
part or a quasi secretary"
When Mrs. Robertson was asked
about the little San Francisco trims AT
midnight she laugbingIy said: at h
true we dld visit Chinatown, bur 50
| uCSs every tourist A1r- PlaCU was i'll
I as / said before, and could not leave
I the hotel. and Hedges and a rseular
l guide were our escorts. As for Hedges
never saw him wear II. anyway. we
/ were only. In San Erancize1 from SAT-
urday night until Tuesday morning"
Platt Took No Frisco aJunrs.
ibid Mr.. Platt go on any OF the San
! Francisco trips?" Mrs. Robertson was
asked.
"Oh. no." came the quick answer.
He was too sick"
You see, the Senator does not Iitra
automobiles and he did drive around tba
| city with us one afternoon. bur he grss
/ in carriage. while we were IN an au-
tomobile."
was the tour cut short by the sens-
tors displeasure at his wlfe's attitude
toward Hedges2'
Certainly not It is true our trin
was 10 have lasted a month. but the
Senator had to return 10 see the Prezi-
dent. That was why the trip only last
ed three weeks.
In conclusion, you may say I saw
nothing bat what was perfectly proper
on the trip. AS 20 what has happened
since. do not know. as there exists be-
tween Mrs. Plat and myself a slight
difference and have not seen her since
my return 10 Washington. ] saw nofb-
ing OF either the reputed disagrean1ent
between the Senator and Mrs. PIatt or
heard or saw anything that led me TO
think he disapprOved OF her relations
with Hedges. / have heard since OF =
coldness between them. but that is only
hearsay.
Thinks Mrs. PIatt Charming.
II have known Mrs. Platt personally
for long time and have always found
her a charming lady She Is a verv
lovely woman and everyone IS devoted
TO her. 1t is greatly 10 be regretted
that trouble has arisen between her. and
Senator Plat. for they seemed a most
happy couple"
Mrs. Robertson refused to tell the