New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08

bending down and heard noise that
attracted my attention | turned ana
cav her with the pistol IN her iett
hand. She was facing me. told Ne5
10 put the pistol back on the tree ana
90 the best Of my recollection ana ~,
preston she made a motion when ie'
me 20 believe that she had put u nac';
IL leaned down and got cup 'i
water and started TO raise II to or.nf'
/ had just got that far "hen a.,
viCor that s/rtlcd the whole cou'l
room.
GOV, ~ rsbbiv motion. She was get
TING nearer and nearer the ground. Sh'
was down on her hips when / got TO
hor-not lying fiat. I began talking 10
her. irving TO sec where she was sho'
/ called Captain Bingham and Anton,
ono Of them answered. and ] thlnk
ran 10 the spring, wet my handkercnicl
.rJ nut IA on her face. About that
time Alton arrived, and then Captain
Bingham
Repeats story Of Auto Ride
Neans's story Of the flying automo,-
bile ride 10 the hospital with the lner'
hodv. the delay a. the hospital entrance
and the belated discovery that inc
wealthy widow was dead, was idenuchl
with accounts given m court by ZAP
tain Bingham and Alton Means. On
the trim 10 Ashevillc with the body
"Bud" enlarged over the previous re-
cltal Of Alton. He had followed the
instructions Of Mrs. Anna l.. ROBIN
son. the dead woman mother, concern
inr the funeral arrangements. Never
Lad he opposed Mrs. Robinson'S wishes
in the matter.
Mrs. Robinson told mo 10 leave the
body IN tho receiving vault IN Grace
land Cemetery, Chicago She hadn't
decided where she wanted It. buried -
in tho family plot at Morrison, H.
OF beside James Z. King, IN Chicago.
Says His Record Was Approved
Mcans's account of the tragedy was
brought out under direct examination
by Mr.. Canslor. i was told wiz q
freedom and seeming candor that made
II moro convincing than explanation
Of financial tran saction, advanced hN
Means earlier I'M the day. These, on
amplifcation of the testimony Of yes
tcrday, were topped Of with what
Means declared 90 DC an approval OF
his Stewardship. signed by Mrs. King
on August 10 last
Written i'm Nosns's handwriting, m
pencil on a small slip Of paper, this
document read: This is 20 certify
that the accounting and disbursement
Of G. b. Means arc correct and salts
factory"
Beneath in ink is the signature,
"Maude A. King"
Less convincing still was Means's eX-
PLANTATION Of the Somewhere on Chesa-
pcake Bay" letters written by him from
New York TO Mrs. King, at Asheyllle,
and Slipped under her door by Mrs. /
c. B. Means OF otner aids OF Means.
THAT was all joke he explained. /
Coming south on the train from Wash |
.ngton Mrs. King had seen foreign .
gentleman who, she thought had COM /
plimented her. Later she told me she .
had seen him on the porch OF house .
near Grove Park Inn, at Asheville. She
was in a very nervous and restless con
dition at that time. She was operated
on later. She never saw the man again,
and she asked me what had become OF .
him. ! said he probably had been in .
termed at Hot Springs, or that perhaps,
as he was navy man, he was on a boat /
somewhere.
Enthusiastically they've taken him
on a boat" | said. and from that time .
on we began to tease her about her ad-
mirer. She was infatuated with him.
and asked me to find him. So, on my
way North, ! said / would stop off in .
Baltimore and look for him. | wrote
those letters TO carry out the joke
Tells of Other Letters in Joke"
Letters in which he referred to the
danger Of "Maude flying the trap also
were part of the joke, said Means.
They had no other significance. The
only reason that in other letters TO
his wife at Asheville he had urged her
TO hold up kilograms and letters in
tended for Mrs King and Mrs. Robin
son was that he wished 10 handle their
business matters himself, and so avoid
getting the files mussed up
Similar lack Of Interior motive
marked his desire TO reach the head Of
the Sprague Collection Agency, of Chi
cago. who was convicted and sent 10
the penitentiary' a few years ago, said
Means. The reason he had sought this
man was that he was q friend of Or
willie ". Green, formerly the captain
of one of James c. Kings lumber
boats and "a beneficiary under the
wealthy lumborman's will. Green,
Means explained, had contract with .
Mr.. King, which would be OF assist
ance TO Mrs. King in her fight to prove .
the validity of the alleged Second .
will" Of King. The prosecution expects .
to show that the man sought by Means .
was an expert penman, who was SEN
fenced TO the pcnitentiary for forgery. .