The evening world., 1912-05-14
Wife DIDN'T GIVE
Mr.. PLATT CHANCE
TO RUN THIS Time
She Nabs Recalcitrant Hubby
on Broadway Before He
Can Escape Again.

hTayed IN Ignt tweed suit and a
large purple hat, Mrs. Gertrude Plat an.
peared before Magistrate Cornell In the
Domestic Relations Court to-day, against
Ezekiel H. Plat, whom she arrested on
Broadway yesterday. on Q charge OF
wife abandonment Plat. who had
spsne he night in Yorkville prison. did
not appsar any too chipper a. . result
Of he experience.
M Piatt who 10 about forty~nve
yaAso Old and blonde, was eager to
taO The stand against her allegediy
sson8 spouse. She sod she was an
ae6>o And had played In many sue
senses. She told OF being one Of the
sis American beauties VINO were sent 10
1sndon some years ago ~ Charles
yssomaa fos . revival Of Dolly
voedsn."
9GedaO4 did you arrest your nus
oap4f inquired the Magistrate.
certainly did." she replied.
xSA Plat said she had married Plat
on March .. 1890. and that after living
WA her for . month. he disappeared.
~ said he had never contributed to
hR support.
= have only seen him three timss
; siaes h1s disappearancs.' said the
woman. Two years ago saw him on
FIN avenue. but when he caught sight
Of M he ran. About q month later
me- him on Q Broadway car. He was
sitting neat to me. turned TO him and
sslA:
s'How are you Mr. P1attf Don't you
think RS about time you contributed
to my supportr
Then he informed me he had secured
a divorce in Philadelphia In 1899. I
asked him why he had not served me
and no said he had. by publication. l
dad not see him again until yesterday.
when I took him to . police station"
she's SPENT HER LEGACY AND
10 OUT OF A JOB.
This "a an abandonment couil." re-
marked the Magistrate, and you have
M standing In this tribunal unless you
ars liable to become y pu) charge
Hlv. you any source OF income:
II had a legacy" the witness replied,
but It has run out. l also have my
professi sion. but I am without an en-
.ECcn,ert at present. Judge. X / am
ti!s mans wife. / want him to support
me-. II he tan prove he divorced me.
uant nothing to do with him"
Plat. who Is forty-s.x years old and
said he Is In the real estate business
At IIillsdale, s. l., repeated he had Sc
cured a divorce from his wife In Phila'
delph!a. He asked that the case
against him be adjourned until he
could get a lawyer. Mrs. Plat agreed
TO an adjournment and the case waS
set for tomorrow afternoon. Plat wa:
held under $500 bail and, as no bonds
men appeared. he was taken back tc
the prison. Magistrate Cornell In
structed Investigator Harvey OF tn,
Charities Department to investigate tho
case.
CROWD WATCHES lRATE WIFE
YANk PLATT TO STATION.
Piatt. who says he Is a distant rsla
tive of the late Senator Plat. wa!
walking along Broadway near Thirty
fouth street yesterday afternoon, wheI
! no was seized by the collar ant
DRAGGED to the curb. Without lookln.
, around he shouted:
Let me GO let me co.
Despite his struggles. he was yanke
several more yards. The crowd OF shop
pers parted the better to watch tn
spectacle OF a faultlessly dressed. dig
nifed man OF middle age with Va
Dyke beard unceremoniously dragge
along by . comedy. handsomely gowne
young woman. whose face was hushe
with anger. At the corner the irat
woman stopped. breathless. and de
manded OF Traffic Patrolman Shine, VIII
had come on the run. that he arres
thsMan.
what has he doneT" asked Shine.
He 10 my husband and he has aban
doned NO." answered the woman.
u can't arrest this man unless yo'
have O warrant" said the policeman.
WELL I will. then" announced tn
woman. growing angrier. "and wan
you TO accompany me to the static
house for protection"
Tho trio then hurried to the Yves
Thrtieth street station. There the won
an told Lieut. Nolan that she was Ger
trude Plat. and repeated her stor!
Shs said she lived at No. l3c Lafayetl
avenue. Brooklyn.
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