The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1908, Page 2

EFFORT 10 THROW QUT DIVORCE SUIT Court Denies Motion of Senator’s Lawyer to Dismiss Mae Wood's Ac- tion After Plaintiff Spends Day on Cross Examination Grill. ‘led Senator Thomas C. Platt in the Fifth Avenue Hotel Nov. 9, 1901, ‘and who is suing for divorce in the Supreme Court, this afternon finished her picturesque story of her strenuous chase after the venerable states- | man. For a day she had been on the cross-examination grill and weath- ered the ordeal with a never-failing smile i She declared to-day that Abe Hummel had offered her $50,000 to release Platt; but she did not explain why she finally agreed to take a meagre $10,000, only $7,500 of which she got in cold cash. On the re-direct her lawyer got in what purported to be a confession made by J. Martin Miller. cover papers she left with Hummel. Postmaster-General Wynne and William Loeb, the President’s secretary, fn what he termed “a conspiracy to make Miss Wood come to terms.” After she had left the stand Platt's lawyer, John B. Stanchfield, moved to dismiss the case on the ground that her testimony had failed to establish a marriage with Platt. “Motion denied,’ said the Judge. This means that Senator Platt must put in a defense, the very thing his lawyer was attempting to avoid. Miss Wood, who for five years has been on the trail of Platt, went | od! ‘foe Stand in the Supreme Court, where she is trying to get an abso- | lute'divotte from Plati, as soon as Justice O'Gorman mounted the bench. | Miss Wood, who carries a cloak of genteel aristocracy except when | in eruption and then spits fire like Vesuvius, was dressed in the same! simple costume she wore yesterd: age far removed from the Merry The little black toque hat of a vint-! Widows sat on her forehead at a slight angle. John P Stanchfield resumed the |eum." exclaimed Miss Wood, “but 1 cross-examination of Miss Wood. He|knew that crowd too well.” Brought out yesterday that she had A Letter to Platt. eivep) Abraham Hum a recelpt for! Mtr. Stanchfleid read a letter Mr. Platt 310.0075 a re Platt Issue, | received from Miss Wood, mentioning and she was forced to ad years after the alleged place In the Fifth brought an ection for Ue Ge tw0 lan acknowledgment he asserts he never tage took made. ‘The letter follows: Hotel she) «yr, DPhomas C. Platt. ach of prom- New York dee against Senat Cle eevee Senator Platt in| Omaha, “My Dear Mr. Platt—I am deeply Crowd in the Court Room. | grateful to you for your recent In anti ation of hearing some more communication of Dec. 10, 108. a+ love y bt a boss,” as rood knowledwing that 1 ain your wife t betters! x boas.” as Miss Wood! Shi asking me to ‘be patient erms them, @ great crowd clamored for) 81, 49°00. ‘while longer, whet @dmittance to the court room. will Be wells Den dain here be the opani o-day Mr. Stanch-| Now York any would be please: See aang tee ay ae tain | to know. how much longer you ex- field read an affidavit made by Miss) to Know, ow Ml Vist you mean | Wood in Hummei's office. In is af- such @ reque! pon as BOE ia * Ea AD id= ‘cted me and have been tardy In Mdgvit—eworn to before the world- | (eth ihis simple act of justice, aid famed Snydecker. who figured the 7". not inclined io permit present cel@orated n Thaw aftiday iss conditions heey in : Kaek a “00 nat in “consi 10 You owe tt to ine to protect and my paid tac in “consideration of cre for me, and tie time has ar $10.000 T give a general reicase to Sen rived for you to do Jt, as 1 am @tor Platt.” Miss Wood also declared needy. I have deferred any definite in th t never hed action In this matter, thinking you i *y would come to your senses and re- any with Senator) fvember your obligations to me and ad any pa do me justice. If you have any s Suggestions to make. be prompt in making them, “T shall expect a reply no later than to-morrow, the Knickerbocker He . and to the paper. did not takedi| (Or RoLmenc EBT OAA Ws, “ p and call for mall. Very truly yours, MAE C, WOOD was “Address ‘ns above, as I do not seek to thrust any ‘more publicity wus ON You than 1s necessary. “Tee, 24 1906."" f that “All Fair In Love.” She Wrote. 1. std field read She Knew “Tnat Crowd.” M Wood Hum hich said that “AM ts fatr in love “ell, you U think: the $10.00 was and poiltics.” and suggesting that It ® eratuliy, did vo Would be very nice toy Dear old “Oh, they. offered 40.000 or any re money, then Twas no ac the wit ) what did you mean?” Just flattering Hummel ‘Help Wan: ed To-Day ! tei tat ‘eb in Nebraska?” asked (As advertised for in The Morning World’s Want here to fact “lant ita brouent stmol How Platt Proposed. said Mr. he ed," Wood heap om said prop e sud omtse. But 1 Bookbinders Bookkeepers Bors Brasaworkers . ‘Bushelmen ... Butchers Cabinet atk Canvansers Carpenters Cast: cs Chambermaids .... Chefs . Chauffeurs . Collectors Composite Cooks (Ot Cooks (Female). Cutters Day's Work ... Dressmakers . Dentists . Diahwashers Drivers .. Drux Clerks Blectricians . Elevator Runn A Embroiderers alto : Eneineers 0.0 6.. 2 p a Bnaravers 2 Vinsmiths 3 * Farm Hands 21 : yay Firemen Waite A 1 Foreladies Olay aes, the V Foremes rf 1 m take dope? y time T saw him i then explained 1 2 meant med and stimu- Yas Cross Examination Ends. Barbier ! sked Mir: exam toox Wood mn failed signed sald. tha and paid tr er M y Mill showed rdered fh a1 or Os went Total.. The Ads, m he was We mm * Platts? No. but I had with Mr. Nicol. Mr a iat id fai combined. Mae C. Wood, the little Nebraska woman who claims to have mar-} It was a typewritten statement over his sig-| mature given to Miss Wood, she said, when she retained Miller to re-| Miller involved former Assistant | jforbidden him to do any be pushed tt | of $10,818,000 for the purpose of refund- | T EVEN BREAK | Father to IN ENGLISH GUL Early Great} tion to wed Miss Blaikie eventually was unshaken. ng woman who boarded with | the home of Mre. | Rounds — for | Britain Championship Is Clark, Prospect street, East | | 3 in Rainy r Orange, recently resigned her position | | Played in Rainy Weather. | Grenee, weer” aro putitc schools and | was busily engaged in making prepara- ‘. r tions for the marriage. It believed : etlat ty ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May that the ceremony was to have been Play in the women's champtonehip 801 | serrormed in a few days, and that Mr. | ‘tournament of Great Britain Sterry contemplated his) bride started here to-day rainy weather, | 0 @ trip to Spain ‘There were 148 entries, a record for Went Out for Revolver. | this event. In the second round Mrs, | George SA Res a ea ie é tempt to dissuade his father Pr n= Sumpter. of Hunstanton, England, best | oer marringe this morning. They had Biss Frances C. Griscom, the Americ@n | pitter argument. lasting an hour or) champion of 190, 3 up and 1 to play, |more. in the private office of the father, the bulld- and then the young man left while Mise Cecilia Leith, England, beat | ing He was not in the habit of carry- [pone M. F. Phelps, Amertoa, 9 up and jie. rewiver, and as the weapon he |S to play. Miss Anita Phipps. of | yseg ts new, it Is supp that he went | Springfield, beat Miss Scovell, an Irish [out to buy It. | player, 3 up and 7 to play. Miss Mar- | Upon his return he passed two of his |Sory Phelps, of Brooklyn, beat Miss | brothers in the oMfce on the main flo Edith Leith, England, 3 up and 4 tojof the store and spoke to them. Ilo play. entered his father’s office upst | Sa Aen eeaeemamaaners noon, and the first shot was jeard at | P.01 o'clock, The ether followed in about half a minute. fox When the police arrived they the big establishment !n an uproar and were unable at to get any con- nected information about the traged) Capt. Hogan ordered the doors locked and allowed no one to Joave the bulld- ing until the Coroner arrived and held | om informal examination. Died at His Desk. The bullet that killed the elder Sperry entered his left temple and he died as) ft ploughed through his brain rom the fact that he was seated at his desk | with the chair pulled up ciose it ts mised that he had no idea his son would EXTRA SUBWAY PAY CLAIMS DELAYED genes Counse! Shepard, for Public Service Board, Too Ill to Proceed. session ‘There was a to-day of the ‘AMERICAN WOMEN Slays Millionaire PLATT BEATEN IN [the Board of Mad THE EVENING WORED. TUESDAY, MAY 19, STRANDED dl Prevent Marriage, Then Self (Continued from First Page.) kil him <At least be made ue move to protect himself. | One of the brothers eent word to Mra.| George E. Sperry, Jr, that her husband | had met with an accident. Before she) realized the full Import of the news ele , 1908". SHIP RICK MERS SWEPT BY BLAZ | Big Vessel Bursts Into Flames Which Threaten to Make said in an interview at the Manhattan | Square Hotel that her husband and his | father had been on bad terms because) of the determintion of the latter to marry a New Jersey schoo! teacher. Miss Blaikie was out when the news of the tragedy was telephoned to the me of Mrs, Clark at East Orange. © was suid to be In New York on a shopping trip associated with her ap- proaching wedding. Mr. Sterry was ia Hast Orange on Sunday, spending the | day with (Miss Blaikie, and he called on her again at her home yesterday | | morning. Of the three sons besides George, two | Were within si that marked the tragedy. The ie was in Spotswood, Pa.. where a big Hcorice plant, owned by the Sirm. ia) ated, Father Worth $2,000,000. | The Weaver & Sterry Company is one of the largest in the wholesale drug trade and is known ali over the Worl George i, Sterry, Sr, was rated at $2,000,000. His son was secretary of the firm and @ director. The elder Sterry was a member of | agers of the Ameri- can Bible Society and of the American | i President. and diretor | joomfleld Mills Co. a director Of Princeton Tneological Seminary and director of the Spring Coal Siining Company. His home was at No. 2 West Seventy-fourth street. The son, | sr who was forty-five years old and mar- ried. Ived at the Manhattan Square Hotel, Both Well Known. The building occupied by the firm of poar.d of arbitration appointed to pass upon the claims for compensation for extra work on the ortginal subway, which aggregate $5.250,00, The work | was done on Contract No. 1, which provided for the constructian from the | fetty Hatt north. LeRav T. Harkness. of oommeel to the Public Service Commission. read a statement from Edward M. Sheperd, special counsel retained by the Com- |mission. Mr. Shepard protested against the assumption that any of the delays in the progress of the work of the Weather Clear. |QQ7 FR RAcw—wor three-yeer-olds and VENING WORLD RACE CHART SIXTH DAY AT BELMONT PARK. — |, May 19, Track Fast. upward; selling: $900 added. five and a arbitration board has been due to re- quests from him. So far all that Was been accompfished is the drawing up da D Fleming |< 3 tl ae of an agreed statement of “pirysical Torenia facts’ by the engineers of the Pubtto Menem Service Commtasion amd of the Rapid x Transit Subway Construction Company- Mr. Shepard wrote that at present !t would be absolutely impossible for him to co ahead. His ohystclans have work and be | jeen “Marg | at Quth” Son meine away TaD. wae unm does not expect to be able to take ao- tive part in the proceedings until July and possibly not until August. If It should be decided that the matter must 8.04 er: a Tie ote, Sta: would be necesenry for im to withdraw at once. The Public Service Commtsston day recetved an application from the! jay) Manhattan Railway Company for per-| 2! migsion to issue bonds to the ‘amount | ng first mortgage bonds of the Metro- poliian Elevated Rallway Compas which fal! die July 1, and also for per mission to {sue bonds to the emount | 209) of $891,0% with which to repay the Met-| oy abo Topolitan Company for the cost of ex- tending the line in the Bronx from Tre- mont avenue or One Hundred and Se enty-seventh street to Bronx Park. The Sommissioner ordered a hearing on both | 2h; Fitits | =| Baplosion Rostmnin and Frank Platt’ { Want to meet them Woed said Miler declared to! Y { Hummel was trying to double- |} He said if he had the let- ters the Platts cquidn’t get them. He said he would * them over him eh e— for a higher auth ie -Mr. Loeb." tg In explaining the letters she wrote to Hummel, and which defense sug- eso 493 1 Pepuari; arom persed money, the witness sald: “T waa try ln 3 - to flatter Hummel into telling me some: @ Penatyie thing. As a lawyer I knew they had H acted Illegally, and I thought 1 could, Tne: ge tim to help me,” Fenarris Threatened by Nicoll. el took her to! office and see here, t Mave Yu woman, be treat Good ‘Miss 4 them she| Le ‘ Sie was doing and was not Oe Toneety O1d Honesty demanded Sallor Ger! the papers on | Berta i certificate, Aen *. Th Te Bartoter asked the witness If she mene 1 filled in any part of the cert) saved, krouna, ‘raft recetved a. ba on Master of, ti "6d Tan bart was left out | red to Dut was bearing out, aul off the cha’ 7 badly Restigou 4.08, one mile by Handsome. Blue Muss: Shr. MeCarth £° pavan He Wee win. by yi iy = ugh the | jood Luck sing u lot of ground, ash ume. who had him on the outside of hi | We pro! tn. sald Miss Xi . bap casa ety | Wood, touched the oer. | never ridden & winner, $000 added. selling, seven furlongs. Usogte ufter thit afternoon of Nov. b, | oa eettp ol: attasboe tears Pale “Won Aetvine, “Winner, oh | er which caused so much dis- inde F Z |pute and which Miss Wood sw J Fi | Martin Miller signed for her bears out 4 3 | lie authenuc, her charge against’ gov: i ' ernment officials. Tr follows 1 “Twas asked by high government ; i oMctal Washington to pet pos : s { Senator Platts love let- iy " t Mae C. Wood. In order to iH ao do thie I pretended I would get out aL * aw bovk for which sta kave Me the | i shenon it manu | ‘ k. 408 t vas | ¥ f n rT inonus ct 8 1k tan | Tookatone closed airone. Ton Dolan can do better, italt | ket ler to New York and get the | papers out of her root = cop aenpesm are | Mr. 1eb called up Platt in New | | York and told him Miss Wood was | | wolng to A ute for breach of promise, en Platt said he would be a party t he scheme. I fatled i ndai in the news- + Thi ner to come to te Sip a cup of White Rose Postmaster- ne ball rolling by the New York World icle as ft ed mye, Building and diss formation aa Le Postmaster-Genera informea of tthe pe » no: but to Mir. Loeb to the aal9 are to displen litical star Howe. Pip conspiracy whom [ would from a newe- point. con 8 secretary times was f Platt and MILLER.” ay acer id Ceylon Tea. The way it drives away fatigue and refreshes both your mind and body will astonish and delight you. The absence of Tannic Acid from a well-made cup of White Rose Ceylon Tea makes it really beneficial. Always in Sealed, Air-tight, Dust- proof Packages, Get a ten-cent package trom your grocer. | Sterry | building. Wreck Complete. ‘The destruction of the four-masted German ofl ship Peter Rickmers, which was driven ashore near Fire Island, a few weeks ago, and abandoned after several attempts to float her, seemed complete to-day, when the big vessel was found to be on fire. Large quantitles of oli are still be- in the vessel's hold and he fire is unknown. men, composing Seventy-two ship's crew and a gang of wreckers, the were caught on board ti weeks ago in a gale, two days of peri! ship two and escaped after | which the elder Sterry was the head fronta on Peart street and runs around to No. 73 Pine street. Both Sterrys were well known in the financial dis trict and the news of the shooting caused a great crowd to gather outside ce. Tt has been commog gossip around the big drug house of late that the elder Sterry was engaged to marry the young Orange schoo! teacher. This contemplated step was opposed by his four sons, George E., jr.; James W., John D. and William De Witt Sterry, all of whom were connected with the firm. John D, Sterry 1s Vice-President of the concern and Willian De Witt {9 Treasurer. The business was a family affair, only one outsider, David W. Kirby, deing on the Board of Di- rectors. All Arrive Too Late. James W. Sterry was in an office on the second floor, adjoining that of his father, at the ‘time of the shooting. William De Witt Bterry was on the grouna floor, Both heard the shots und joined in the rush to their father’s either member of the family, Ima T. Sterry, of No. 24 West One’ Hun- and ‘Fourteenth street, was in the He is a Custom Ho. fe orok- er and a nephew of tne elder Sterry Others who were close by when the shots were tired were Alfred Duff, John Curley and Arthur Harte, employees of the firm. When the elder Sterry was shot he n his hand a bond and stock q tion sheet Which aad been sent him from the office of his Boody McLellan & C way. There had been so money between the fath fust before the shooting. JENNIE BLUNT TRIES TO END LIFE IN CELL Shooting Lawyer Sanford Takes Gas in Prison. Riunt, the young woman who sentenced to prison for not fless than three years and not more than four for shooting Charles M. Sanford, a Brooklyn lawyer, attempted to smother herself to death with gas in her cell In Raymond street fall to- | day When Miss Blunt was Auburn prison yesterday ported as threatening to end her Ii She was hysterical when sentence was passed, and when Judge Dike referred to h ae 4 blackmailer had to be carried from ‘the courtroom. Later she was taken to a cell in the fail. ‘The prison authoritles had expected to take her to Auburn last night. but such Jennie has been sentenced to she was re- elded to transfer her to-day. Miss Margaret McCormack, the Jail matron, had been told what Miss Blunt had sald of suicide, and was cautioned {to keep a close watch on her. early part of the night, morning hours came she appeared be slecping. Miss McCormack left he: for a time and was passing ed eecaping gas. Miss Blunt was found standing on her cot with her mou'h pressed against open gas fet In her cell. She was aem conscious, but the determination to di seemed give her strength. and she was dreat. ig the polsonous fumes into her lungs, holding herself in position with her teeth and her hands. called the fat! attendan’ ler was st from Brooklyn Hospital. The physicia: found that Miss Blunt had not breathed | fn enough of the gas to warrant ne: removal! to the hospital. 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