New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
WORTH $4,000
so SAYS NAE c. WOOD.
Test;6es She Could Hare Obtd'ne0
That Sum from Pldtt.

The divorce suit OF Mae c. Wooo Fis''
Thomas Collier Platt' took another s'ep io
in the Supreme Court YESTERDAY anu Sans,or
.-i ,.-sons besides the senior senator
t, N.v york we're mentioned by the plaih'i,.'
Her cross-examnaton at the hanos oi r.n-..,.
C..,cbee1d was completed and after an lnterest'
ing redirect examination by Charies r.
bier she was dismissed from the stano-
T,. croud seemed anxious to know whether Mr'
plat would appear Although the senator "As
not in court. his son. Frank Fia't We"
Mr. Stancbfeld took up the last hour oi '.ie o
sion in opening the defence with the reaoihe VI
denositons from reporters, country corr .
.nts and others who had talked with the plaihtiH
at various times 1t is probable that "hen .he
c.se e. resumed to-day much OF the time OF the
court will be taken up by the deposit1ons
The plaintiff had told on Monday or having
turned over the alleged love letters OF the BEN
ator TO ABE" Hummel, and yesterday, on cross
examination she described having been locked IN
Hummers office all one afternoon while ne ano D.
Martin Miller who she thought was a secret ser
vice man put her through what she described as
"tbe third degree" 1t as q result OF TINS
and Of being followed by Miller, she said. that
she finally gave up the letters and signed re-
lease" and receipt for $4,000 To aueston
from Justice O'Gorman she replied that all she
actually got was $500
It was late in the afternoon when Mr.. lie Barber
began- the redirect examination and started to ask
questions regarding Miller, who is now the Cnlted
States Consul at Rheims. France MOST OF the
questions we're ruled out. The witness SAID that
Miller took her to Hummes Office and told her that
he was acting for Senator Plat. While there, she
said during the third degree" Humnnel told her
Delaney Nicoll wanted to talk to her over the
telephone She did not wish to talk to MIN, she
said, but finally went to the telephone ana voice
told her to come over to Nicoh oiice anu eee
Harry and Frank Platt
II told him" she testified, that / didn't want
tn talk to them and also told him that as long
as Hummel had begun the business ne might as
well finish it,
Continuing Mr.. lie Barber asked:
Did Miller ever say anything to you about the
letters?"
Yes; he said if he had got the letters the flatts
would never have got them"
What was ne going TO do with them?
Hold them Platt's head, believe
1t was after this that Mr.. lie Barber entered in
evidence a typewriter statement bearing written
signature j. Martin Miller" 1t read:
seaatop Pa.s nq love letters to Nae g Wood
book 70 for no Which she gave me the
October 1909 1t was agreed b by all parties TnIs and md
get the papers out of her room. ..,s
him Miss eeP Wood was P going to sue him for breach
of promise Then Platt said he would be a party
to the fd to get we sa %
scandal in the newspapers to force her to come to
TsS eraI, started the bali foIins BY getting New
York newspaper to print the article as 1t hrsl ap-
peared. :,
Senator T. c. Platt was fully informed OF al
matters by me- and was instructed to cooperate
with him but the original papers were not to be
given to Platt but to Mr.. Loeb in Washington
I was gotten into the conspiracy by powerful
officials whom would not dare to dispease from
a newspaper political standpoint consulted
Mr. Howe, Senator Platt's secretary, frequently,
and acted at all times under the direction of Loeb
and Platt.
Miss Wood testified that the statement was first
given to her unsigned
II told him it was use to me without his sig
nature and he took 1t In and signed it."
Did you him sign it."
Il did not. He told me 1t was his signature
When Mr.. stanchfed resumed his cross-examina-
ton yesterday morning he reverted to the discrep
ancy in dates named by the plaintiff in two suits.
In the present action she declares she was married
to Mr.. Platt November 9. 1901. In suit brought
in Nebraska TO the manuscript and originals
OF The Love Letters of Boss she said
gagement to him about to terminate"