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Show u STORY OF MAEi WOOD. The story of Mao Wood, the young woman who has brought a. damage suit against Senator Piatt, of New York, and who charges ltobert J. Wynne, formerly postmaster general; William Loeb, secretary to tho president presi-dent and Martin Miller, consul to Aix-la-Chappelle with conspiracy in forcibly and cunningly obtaining from her tho love letters of Piatt, bids fair to make a chapter in the history of "The easy boss," of the empire state. Mae is a good looking damsel, who began her public career in Omaha as a stenographer in a law oillce. She was admitted to the bar in Douglas county. From the metropolis of Nebraska Ne-braska she went to Washington whero she became, through the influence or some ono, a clerk in ono of tho departments; de-partments; tho postofllco department. Who placed her there is not generally known, although in Omaha, thoso who know Mae Eay It was Piatt. At any rate Mae will not have any trouble in proving that the old boy showed her marked attention; helped her In various va-rious ways and was very often seen with her in public. When tho engagement of Piatt and Lillian T. Janeway was made known Mao had a series of spasms and when she came out of tho last ono she packed her hand satchel and went to Now York, where she created a scone, tho details of which have thus far been kept from tho illustrated papers. But tho ceremony was performed just the same, although Mae made a "touch" on some one when she was in Gotham, for upon her return to Washington she registered at a swell hotel with a co3tly suite of rooms at her command; ate all sorts of good things In tho cafe; took a flyer to nnrmiicln. and other tronlcal climes and apparently had a good time generally. It is about a month ago now that Mao returned to Omaha and started a suit. It will bo remembered that service ser-vice was obtained upon Secretary Loeb wiillo ho and. Teddy were bear shooting in Colorado and that Loeb said ho didn't know a darned tiling about it. Sho alleges that she was damaged by Loeb, Wynne and Miller in tho sum of $35,000. Mao was interviewed in lior old home by an enterprising reporter for a newspaper. In her statement sho declared sho had never brought suit against Piatt for breach of promise, becauso sho was afraid if she did tho old man would want to marry her, and that would have been "nauseating." "nauseat-ing." Mae is h jwn attorney in tho caso and although it has been said that a lawyer who pleads his own cause has a fool for a client, thoro Is probably good reason for bolieving that tho girl has something up her sleeve that means tho action will never como to trial, but that a compromise will be effected. Hut who would have thought of Old Man Piatt, at bis time of life, getting get-ting mixed up In an notion like tills? Mae says some of his letters to her were of the most rocty-tooty kind and that hnd they not been taken from her by collusion and fraud she could have made old T. C. fairly l.owi when they were brought into court. Incidentally it may be mentioned that Mae lias lost her job In the post-offlce post-offlce department. |