The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-22
MAE WOOD In JAIL,
SUIT DISMISSED
Sudden and Sensational End.
ing to Her Suit for Di-
vorce from Senator
Platt.
SHE IS HELD FOR PERJURY
Blank Form of Marriage Certificate
Was Not Autographed Until
Three Months After Date
Of Alleged Wedding.

New York, May 21.--Mae c. Wood
whose suit for an absolute divorce
from United States Senator Thomas
c, Plat has been In trial In the SUI
preme court here for several days,
was committed to the Tombs prison
late to-day after Justice O'Gorman
had dismissed the complaint In her
suit and ordered her held in $4,000
bail on charge of perjury.
The decision In Senator Platt's favor
and the sudden and sensational end
Ing OF the suit came after a day
which the defense had largely occu-
pied by the introduction OF expert and
other testimony In attacking the gen
uinencss Of the documents by means
Of which the plaintiff was seeking TO
establish the fact OF her marriage
with Senator Plat, A handwriting
expert had testified that in his opinion
the body Of the letter in which SEN
ator Plat was alleged to have admit
ted his relation as a husband to the
plaintiff was added after the senator's
signature had been affixed More tell
Ing still for the defense was the de-
position by engravers and stationers
called by counsel for Senator Plat
that the blank form upon which the
alleged Plat Wood marriage certif-
cate had been prepared had not beer
autographed until three months after
the date upon which the marriage OF
Miss Wood to Senator Plat is alleged
to have occurred
The denouement followed speedily
Miss Wood was recalled TO the stand
In rehuttal she was asked II, after
hearing the testimony about the mar
riage certificate she still reiterated
that the defendant gave her the GER.
tificate as she had previously testi'
fed
II still reiterate," she replied,
Justice o'Gorman turned to Miss
Wood and pcintedly questioned her
She repeated her assertion that tn,
marriage had occurred as she hat
state. she admitted that Senator
Plat had never supported her, ant
asked by the court II she didn't con
slider Il the duty Of husband {
support his wife she replied:
II do. but as long as he was no
enough of a gentleman to do so
never asked him to-"
Senator Platt's counsel then agair
moved for a dismissal Of the com
plant II WAS forthwith granted b.
Justice O'Gornar, VINO, In rendering
his decision said
Il cannot credit the plaintiffs evi
denco as TO the alleged marriage, ant
the testimony as II lmpresses tn
court Is that this Is most wicked de
sign to support false and fctitiou
claim by forgery and perjury"
Justice O'Gorman then ordered Mis-
Wood committed to the Tombs on tn
charge Of perjury, fixing bail in he
case at $4,000 She was obviously STAG
gered by the sudden turn of the cas-
against her, and the shock OF the orde
OF arrest which the court had mad
She quickly rerained her composur
however, and by the time she reache
the city prison had again assumed III
air of confidence which she had hel
practically throughout the trial.
) At the district attorneys office C
; night II was said that Miss Woods cas-
would speedily be presented to Il
grand jury and pressed for trial II a
Indictment were found
At late hour Miss Wood had NJ
been able to furnish the $4,000 bail d.
mandod in her case and was still locke
. up In the Tombs