Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-22
MAE WOOD NOW
IMPRISONED ON
PERJURY CHARGE
FORMER SENATOR PLATT HAS
ACTRESS ARRESTED
LATTER'S SUIT FOR DIVORCE
THROWN OUT OF COURT
Woman Held in Tombs Prison Under
$4,000 Bail-Is Staggered by
Sudden Turn of
Affairs
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
| NEW YORK, May 21.-Mae G. Wood,
whose suit for an absolute divorce from
United States Senator Thomas G. Platt
of New York has been on trial in the
supreme court here for several days,
was committed to the Tombs prison
here late today after Justice OGor-
man had dismissed the complaint in
her action and ordered her held in $o0OO
bail on charge of perjury.
| The decision in Senator Platts favor
land the sudden and sensational ending
of the suit came after day which the
defense occupied largely with the intro
duction of expert and other testimony
attacking the authenticity of the docu-
ments by which the PLAINTIFF was seek
| ing to establish her alleged marriage 10
| Senator Platt.
| A handwriting expert testified that in
his opinion the body of the letter in
which Senator Plat was alleged to
have admitted his relation as husband
to the plaintiff was added after the
senator's signature had been affixed.
More telling still for the defense were
the dispositions of engravers and sta
TONERS called by counsel for Senator
Platt that the blank form upon which
the alleged Platt- Wood marriage cer-
tificate was prepared was not litho-
graphed until three months after the
date upon which the marriage of Miss
have taken place.
Recalled for Rebuttai
Miss Wood was recalled to the stand
in rebuttal She was asked If, after
hearing the testimony about the mar
riage certificate, she still reiterated the
defendant gave the certificate as she
previously testified.
''I still reiterate it," she replied.
Justice OGorman turned to Miss
Wood and pointedly questioned her.
She repeated her assertion that the
marriage occurred as she had stated.
She admitted that Senator Platt never
supported her, and when asked by the
court IL she did not consider 1t the duty
! of husband to support his wife. she
lreplied:
II do, but as long as he was not
enough of gentleman to do so, l
never asked him to-"
|: Senator Platt's counsel then moved
for a dismissal of the complaint
Story Is Doubted
It was forthwith granted by Justice
!O'Gorman, who in rendering his decision
. said: "I cannot credit the plaintiff s
evidence as to the alleged marriage and
1.-THE testimony as 1t impresses the court
| is that this Is most wicked design to
support false and fictitious claim by
forgery and perjury"
Forthwith Justice O'Gorman ordered
Miss Wood committed to the Tombs on
the charge of perjury, fixing her bail
at $4,000.
She was obviously staggered by the
sudden turn OF affairs, and the shock
caused by the order of arrest which
the court made. She quickly regained
her composure, however, and by the
time she reached the city prison had
resumed the air of confidence which
she held practically throughout the
trial.
At the district attorneys office tonight
it was said that Miss Woods case
would speedily be presented to the
grand jury, and pressed for trial If an
Indictment was found.
At a late hour Miss Wood had not
been able to furnish the bail demanded
in her case and was still locked up.