The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-20

don't remember it,
dearest Mae" Letter.
Mr.. LeBarbier read a letter alleged
70 nave been written by Platt to Mae
Mae" saying she must not expect
much from him as his time was
occupied and life is hardly worth
living
After the convention ne had hoped
to meet her. 1t ended Peace and
plenty be with YOU"
Plat said:
II don't think it is a genuine let
ter. 1 would not write letter In
such tone to her now or at any
time
Plat was shown the letter and he
said it was in his handwriting.
why did you address her SOP"
questioned Mr.. LeBarbier.
Because 1 liked to correspond
with her"
THE only one? ~
'She was one"
Why did you send Miss Wood
to occupy a certain room In the
Fifth Avenue hote1?"
II don't understand why 1 did.
told her to await a signal because I
was going to take dinner with her."
The senator said he could, not re-
member whether he kept the engage
ment. but he was certain Miss Wood
did not stay with him in his suite
that night. He said he was not in
the habit of inviting women to the
Fifth Avenue hotel. He could not re-
call whether his secretary, Mr.. Howe.
was at the hotel on the night of
November 9, 1901, nor could he say
whether Mr.. Howe who had been a
clergyman, remained a licensed
minister while in his employ. He was
sure. however, that he had never
heard of Mr.. Howe performing a mar
riage ceremony during that period
Asked If Mr.. Howe signed his letters
in fac-simile of the senator's writ
ing the witness said he never had
seen such signatures. The senator did
not recall how many times he met
Miss Wood in 1902 or how many let
tiers he wrote to her in 1908. He went
to the house of Mrs. Lamont in West
Thirty-eighth street at times, he said,
but never sent for Miss Wood to meet
him there. He was not permitted to
answer a question as to whether he
| used an assumed name when visiting
| the Lamont place.
WAS there a-secret arrangement
between you and Miss Wood as to
marriage?" he was asked.
THAT is absolutely false" the SEN
| ator replied.
As to j. Martin Miller.
The senator said he met ]. Martin
| Miller frequently but he denied any
| knowledge of the plan for obtaining
his letters to Miss Wood which was
told of In the statement purportine
to be signed by Miller. which was in
| troduced in the case yesterday. - ~ -
| "'Did you obtain letters written by
yourself to Miss Wood in 1903 ?ssg1'.
ri did not"
when did the letters come to, your
attention ?"
5"I don't recellect that I ever; had
| the letters" ra----
| what part did ]. Martin Miller
have in securing the return of those
| letters:"
ct don't recall that he had anything
| to do with it," the senator answered
lie denied also that Miller ever de-
manded any sum from his son Frank
| for a similar purpose. He did, how
ever endorse, a $1,000 note for Miller
| he said This now has been almost
entirely paid he said.
| The senator said he married Mrs
Lillian Janeway in October, 1903. He
was not permitted to answer wher
asked If there had been a previous Sc
cret marriage. ..
At the conclusion of the cross ex-
animation he was asked II he recalled
receiving a letter from Howe & Hum
| nell in reference to a case which they
contemplated bringing against him
He replied that he did. At that time
| he gave his son Frank Plat $4,000
to secure hereturn of certain letter.
in this case. He understood the cas-
was brought for Miss Wood, he said.
Replying to questions by Mr.
| StanchfieId, Platt said that when ht
said previously that he paid no money
| for the letters he meant that he paiC
none to ]. Martin Miller.