Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-20
|dVE LETTERS OF
SENATOR PLATT
ui,b Government Officials Said
To Have Conspired to Get
Possession OF Them.
|,ccy. LOEB is MENTIONED.
,..cs lie Knows Nothing About
votter-Consul General Wynnc
Has Nothing TO Say.

c,c York. Msy 19.-High government
.,sa,ls at Washington are alleged to
,.ys ,onspired to obtain possession Of
stters said to have been written
t,rlted states Senator Thomas c.
r,.t 10 Miss Mae c. Wood in a signed
..,orbent introduced as evidence dur
today's hearing In Miss Woods suit
!. dlyorce against the senator
~. statement, which was introduced
s.r the court had denied a motion by
veal for Senator Plat to dismiss
| y, complaint. bears what purports to
tho signature of J. Martin Miller,
:, Miss Wood said that while she did
7. soc the signature affixed. she was
,ssrred by Mr. Miller that it was genu-
!, The statement was prepared by
rasr at her request. she testified. 1t
,olan,d that Miller was asked by
ssgb government officials in Washing
IAN and New York to get possession OF
s.,ator Platts love letters" that the
..,srs when obtained were not to be
srn TO Senator Plat, but were to be
.,sa over to Mr.. Loeb in Wash
n,on.' and that when the plan to get
.ossassion of the original papers failed
sandal was begun in the newspapers
- i,rce Miss Wood to come to terms.
1Wvnne. first assistant postmaster
,,nsral started the ball rolling by get
snr New York newspaper to print
Ne article as II first appeared" says
n. statement which concludes:
n was gotten into the conspiracy by
,orerful officials, whom / dared not
sI,nlease from a newspaper or political
s,sndpoint / consulted Mr. Howe. Sem
stor Platts secretary, frequently, and
,c,ed at all times under the direction
Of Loeb and Platt.
Former Assistant Postmaster General
gobert Wynne Is the present American
consul general to London. j, Martin
Miller. former newspaper man. re-
Gently was American consul at Rheims,
France.
,Did Miller ever say anything to you
.hont the letters?" asked the eXamin-
inc attorney of Miss Wood, who had
heen on the witness stand in her own
hebalf since early yesterday.
yes" she replied "he said that if
he got the letters the Platts would
never get them.
what was she going to do with
them7'
Hold them over Platt's head, l be-
lieve,' she answered.
The statement purporting to have
been signed by Miller bears date of
Oct, 15 1905. | reads:
~ was asked by high government Of
fcials In Washington and New York to
get possession Of Senator Platts love
letters to Mae c. Wood. In order to do
this had TO pretend / would get out
"a book for which she gave me the
on Oct. 8, 1903. 1t was
agreed by all parties Interested that |
vas TO get her 10 New York and get
he papers out of her room.
Mr. Loeb called up Plat in New
'oTk and told him Miss Wood was
ung him for breach OF promise. Then |
ait said he would be party to the |
2heme. l failed to get possession of |
ny original documents or letters. We |
len began the scandal I'm the news
lpers to force her to come to terms. |
'nne, first assistant postmaster gem
al started the ball rolling by getting |
New York paper to print the article |
III first appeared.
4 established my headquarters in |
q Tribune building disseminating
ch Information as ! could get from |
9 office of the first assistant post |
lister general Senator r. C. Plat |
IS fully informed of all matters by |
and | was instructed 10 cooperate |
tn him. but the original papers were |
to be given to Plat. but to Mr..
eb at Washington.
I was gotten into the conspiracy by !
gerful officials whom dared not |
please from a newspaper or political
Indpoint. l consulted Mr. Howe, |
lator Platt's secretary, frequently, |
acted at all times under the direc-
2 Of Loeb and Platt
Signed) ~ MARTIN MILLER"
n her testimony given earlier In the
Miss Wood, then under cross-eX-
lnatlon, was led TO tell of the cir
instances under which she signed, in |
IS In this city, n release of Senator
NJ from any claims she may have
q against him She testified that she |
eived from A. Hummel the sum of |
700 upon signing the statement, but |
Ned that she was aware of all It's |
llents
ne cross examination ended early In |
afternoon and was followed by |
tIon on the part of the defendants |
lnsel to dismiss the complaint. This |
denied by the court. and Atty. L. |
'ter for Miss Wood. then introduced !
statement purportinR to have been |
ned by Miller and was examining |
IS Wood regarding 1t when court |
burned for the day.
LOEB KNOWS NOTHING.
Washington. May 19.-secy, Loeb said