Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-21
FROM THE LOVE
LETTERS OF A BOSS.

New York. May ~. Extracts from
letters written by Thomas G. Patt to
| Mac g. Wood, the Omaha woman who
is suing the United States senator for
divorce, alleging that the senator for
with her on November 9. 1901. were
heard In court
| A picture of the senator was shown
upon the back of which was written.
ito my little Wife Telling how this
was written. Miss Wood said: Well.
I was sitting on his lap. Part of the
time he held my hand and part OF the
time 1 held his hand We wrote 1t to-
gether. The words. little wife. were
written by him. l think
Miss Wood said that the senator
came to her room I'm her hotel with two
men. and that he formally acknowl-
edged her as his wife before these men.
Senator Platt has always denied these
letters as forgeries.
Mao Takes Stand.
Miss Wood was the first witness
She was styiishly attired and self pos
sessed. She testified that Mr.. Platt
first promised TO marry her at Man
haitian beach. He said the marriage
must be secret. as he was an old man.
and added ~ demurred and told him
that he knew nothing about me. but he
On cross examination Miss Wood
said she was ~ years old. was born in
Michigan. had been married and di-
vorced. and had been a newspaper re-
porter, a school teacher and a lawyer.
She did newspaper work In Omaha and
also was admitted to the bar in Ne
braska. She last saw the senator to
speak to him on August Is. 1903.
Miss Wood denied she ever retained
! OFlaherty & Fulton. of Richmond, Va.
To prepare case against Senator Platt.
but said she had met them and talked
about the case. rhereupon Senator
Platt's counsel read a letter from the
lawyers to the senator i'm which they
declared that they had been employed
by Miss Wood relative to claim
against the senator
The defense also submitted Il copy
of the legal petition in the district court
of Douglas county, Nebraska. entitled.
Mae c. Wood versus Robert j. Wynne,
William Loeb and j. Martin Miller de-
PENDANTS.
On that occasion Miss Wood sought
to recover $4,000 from the defendants
on the ground that through a con-
spiracy they obtained from her large
number of letters. which she had re-
ceived from Senator Platt. and which
she proposed to incorporate In a book
which she had planned to issue under
the title, The Love Letters of a Boss. "
Paid in Part
Miss Wood was led to tell of her visit
here on October H. 1903. just before
Senator Platt married Mrs. Janeway
She brought the senator's letters with
her She was met at the hotel she
said. by j. Martin Miller. a secret ser
vice man. who She said practically put
her under arrest. Miller. she said, took
her down to the office of A. Fl. Hum
mel. an attorney the following day. AS
a result of visits to Hummels office
she said, she was compelled to give Ut
the letters and papers relating to Sen
ator Platt and also forced to sign q
receipt for $4,000 In settlement of al
claims against him She said that she
did not get $4,000 but did get por-
tion of 1T: just how much She did not
state.
Mr.. Stnnchfield offered the release
signed by Miss Wood to- Senator Plat
in evidence Counsel for Miss Woof
objected, but the release was admitted
Tells of Wedding.
Miss Wood describes her alleged we'd
ding with Senator Platt:
II took his hand. said Miss Wood
and one of the men began the civi
ceremony by saying, You take thi.
woman TO be your lawful, welded Wife
and you take this man to be your law
full. welded husband?'
Miss Wood said that Platt gave he,
n wedding ring. and she displayed tn,
ring IN court. 1t bore no inscription
She declared that she thought the mar
who performed the ceremony was
minister and that he gave her mar
riage certificate. This alleged certih
cate was Offered i'm evidence
Following the ceremony the witness
said. she remained at the hotel fo
, three days and then returned to he
duties. The marriage, she said, was no
made public because Mr. Platt wante,
1t to be kept secret. He would not le
me have lady friend. even'' said Mis-
Wood. for. he said, what two womel
know is no longer Il secret He wanted
me to live In the next room to him an,
say that was his secretary. but 1 re
fused