The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-20
LOVE AFFAIR
Of TOM PLATT
BEING AIRED
Part Played by Secretary Loeb
and Consul General Rob-
ert ]. Wynne.
ALLEGED STATEMENT
OF ]. MARTIN MILLER
AGED SENATOR'S EScAPADE is
FAST DEVELOPING INTO
A SCANDAL.

y Washington. MAY 19-Secretary =
y Loeb said tonight that he knows +
= nothing about the allegations con- =
= tanned in the statement signed j. +
y Martin Miller and brought out in =
y the WOOd-Platt suit in New York to- \
= day, and that the statements made y
y therein, insofar as they concern him,
are wholly untrue. Il never called y
y on Senator Plat" he said. land =
know nothing whatever about the =
= matter" =
= London May IL have abso- ;
= lutely nothing to say about this sub y
Z 1ect, was the emphatic reply of y
<SkObert j. Wynne. American consul =
general at London, when questioned y
y tonight regarding the statement y
y made by Mae Wood today in her di- y
= vorce suit against Senator Plat
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New York, May 19-High government
officials at Washington are alleged to
have conspired TO obtain possession of
love letters said TO have been written by
United States Senator Thomas C. Platt
TO Miss Mae c. Wood in a signed state
ment introduced as evidence during to-
days hearing in Miss Woods suit for
divorce against the senator.
Motion to Dismiss Denied.
The statement. which was introduced
after the court had denied a motion bv
counsel for Senator Plat TO dismiss the
complaint, bears what purpOrts TO be the
agnature of j Martin Miller and Miss
= God said that while she did not see the
signature affixed, she was assured bV
Mr.. Miller that il was genuine. The state
ment was prepared by Miller at her re-
quest, she testified. II declared that Mil
Ter was asked by high government Of
ficiais in Washington and New York to
get possession of Senator Platts love let
ters; that the papers when obtained
We're not TO be given 10 Senator Plat.
but were TO be turned over TO MIR. Loeb
IN Washington and that when the plan
10 get possession of the original papers
failed scandal was begun in the news
papers 10 force Miss Wood to come TO
terms
Wynne's Part in the Game.
"Wynne. first assistant postmaster gem
eral, started the ball rolling by getting
New York newspaper to print the arti-
Gle as il first appeared" says the state
-rAent, which concludes:
Il was gotten into the conspiracy by
powerful officials, whom / dared not dis
please from a neWSpape per or political
standpoint. / consulted Mr.. Howe, Sen
atcr Piatt's secretary, frequently, anI
acted at all times under the direction OF
Loeb and Platt'
Former Assistant Postmaster General
RSert Wynne is the present American
consul general 10 London. 7. Martin
Miller, former newspaper man, recently
was American consul at Rheims. France
Did Miller ever say anything to you
about the letteTs?" asked the examining
attorney of Miss Wood, who had been
on the witness stand in her own behalf
since early yesterday.
Yes" she replied: he said that if he
got the letters the Platts would never get
them
what was he going to do with them?'
Hold them over Platts head. l be-
leVe," she answered.
The statement purpOrting TO have been
slg"ed by Miller bears date of Oct. 10.
1870 II reads:
Miller's Statement.
i was asked by high government Of
fcials in Washington and New York to
get possession of Senator Platt's love let
tiers TO Mae G. Wood. In order TO do this
i had TO pretend / would get out a book
for which she gave me the manuscript
On Oct. :. 1893. IL was agreed by all par
SIS interested that / was to get her to
New York and get the papers out of her
room.
Mr.. Loeb called up Plat in New York
and told him Miss Wood was suing him
for breach of promise. Then Plat sale
he would be a party to the scheme I
failed 10 get possession OF any original
documents or letters. We then began
the scandal in the newspapers 70 force
her TO come 10 terms. Wynne, first as
sistant postmaster general. started the
ball rolling by getting a New York paper
10 print the article as it first appeared
Papers Turned over to Loeb.
II established my headquarters in the
Tribune building disseminating such in
formation as l could get from the Of
flee Of the first assistant postmaster gem
eral. Senator 4. c. Platt was fully in
formed Of all matters by me and | was
instructed 10 cooperate with him. but
the original papers We're not TO be given
to Platt. bat 20 Mr.. Loeb at Washington
i was gotten into the conspiracy BY
pOWerfui officials whom / dared not dis
please from newspaper or political
standpoint 1 consulted Mr.. Howe Sen
ator Platts secretary, frequently and
acted at al times under the direction of
Loeb and Plat.
(Signed) j. MARTIN MILLER"
Miss Wood Got $500.
In her testimony given earlier in the
day Miss Wood. then under cross-exan1-
ination, was led 10 tell OF the circum-
stances under which she signed in 1909
IN this city, a release Of Senator Plat
from any claims she may have had
against him. She testified that she re-
ceived from a Hummell the sum of 81. 800
upon signing the statement, but denied