The sun., 1917-09-14

Chicago Safe Deposit Company, In which
he kept copies Of Wills and other docu-
ments.
Mr.. Dooiins telesraphsd the result Of
his labors to Chicago and North Caro-
lima authorities.
Estate Had Been Looted. .
In telegram sent to Hayden Clement,
State Solicitor Of Cabarrus county, Dis
trict Attorney Swami said fatty that the
estate Of Mrs King had been looted and
that this as we'll As the alleged forging"
or q document treasured by CASTOR
Means as a second will Of James C. King
Of Chicago, leaving the widow most of
his fortune, "were partly committed In
this county" Mr.. Swami said last night
he had no doubt that there was a con-
spiracy related to Mrs. Kings property.
Continuing yesterday his questioning
OF witnesses in his ONCE and scrutiny of
the contents Of the brown trunk found
In the Means apartment at 1855 Park
avenue. Assistant District Attorney
Dooling CLEANED a mass Of material to
lay before the Grand Jury. which will
delve into the case on Monday and will
have CASTOR Means's brother Alton and
ATOMS father-in-law, Henry Dietsch, as
the first witnesses. All the men and
women examined by Mr.. Dooling have
talked freely, but have asked him to
spare them publicity for the present at
least
Tragedy student Found.
Nothing interested tho prosecutor
more than the assertion Of a man and a
woman that one OF the male friends of
Mrs. King was fond of telling groups of
his intimates Just how murders that
gained public attention from time to
time should have been done. One OF
these was tho Peck murder. for which
DR.. Waite paid with his life. another
the murder OF Mrs Henry Clay Beattie
by her husband in Virginia six years
ago. The man mentioned by Mr.
Dooling's witnesses had told them that
he knew all about the Beattie case, as
he had gone to Virginia and gathered
all the details. He said there was no
doubt of Beattie's guilt. but that Beattis
gave himself away by shooting his wife
in an automobile.
What ne ought to have done IL he
expected to clear himself" the man il
reported to Mr.. Dooling to have said.
was to take his wife into the woods
away from the roaA ana the automo.
bile and shoot her there"
A man and a woman told this story to
Mr.. Doolipg yesterday and gave him the
names of others who said they knew the
facts One of them is woman friend
of Mrs Kings who apparently has left
New York.
A Toast TO the Kaiser.
The Assistant District Attorney was
also interested in the account OF a New
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place In the King apartment or the
on the morning Of January 1, 1915. He
was told by persons who professed to
have been participants that OH New
Years eve CASTOR Means and his wife
and Mrs. King had dinner at the
waldorf-Astor!a and later Joined several
friends in the Park avenue house. In
the course of the festivities Means. ac-
cording to the witnesses. raised his
glass and said:
Here's to the kalserv'
Several OF the merrymakers pro-
tested. One of them. IL woman. got up
and after expressing her opinion OF
Means's toast. cried:
Down with the Kaiser and up with
the President Of the United States"
This story dovetails with evidence in
the possession Of the Department Of JUS
tice that Means was at one time In the
employ of-German agents in New York
and elsewhere In this country. 1t has
been supposed, however. that he quit
this connection not long after he be-
gan handling Mrs Kings affairs. and
1t Is known that when America entered
the war he offered to lay lot OF facts
before the Department OF Justice.
suitor Is Being Traced.
Mr. Dooling also heard that money
was lost and won in other games or
chance In Mrs. Kings apartment In ad-
dition to the crap game in which one OF
her associates is said to have won $780,
900. From the manager and employees
OF an uptown hotel he received other
tips a. to the life Of Mrs. King and her
cronies. From another source came the
name OF man whom Mrs. King
not long ago seemed to think OF marry
ing This man Is a foreigner. He has
been traced to rooms he occupied up to
Tuesday Of this week. A District Attor-
ney's detective Ia looking for him with
Grand Jury subpoena, for the truth or
falsity Of the rumors that Mrs. King
definitely expected to marry again In
among the matters the investigators are
most anxious to determine.
May Interview q Countens.
An interview Is also being sought with
an italian countess who has home In
washington and was a conhdant OF
Castor Means. Mr.. Dooling was told
that she received a few months ago a
letter from CASTOR Means relating to
the disposition Of Mrs. Kings property
Much of the information that has
come to the District Attorney is in the
form of odds and ends Of gossip and
hearsay, but much Of IT IL specific Two
men now on their way to New York
are eagerly awaited by Mr.. Dooling
He believes they will be able to piece to-
gether cer,ains scraps Of evidence that
need to be linked up. For example
among the papers OF Means are indi'
cations that at least two persons were
getting money from him at regular in
tervals
IT the payment was delayed the de-
mands these people made were more
than peremptory," said Mr.. Dooiing. "Ii
they had been made in the 0ourse OF or
binary business I should call them In
sulting." He hopes to-day to find ou
why Means made these payments ant
what excuse the recipients had for thu
language they occasionally used.
Finds No Trace OF Bonds.
Mr.. Dooling is satisfied that when sh'
met Means Mrs, King had about s1,S00,
600 and an income OF about 100000 &
year Most of the principal was con
servatively invested in bonds, Mr.
DoolIng has found no evidence that he
estate possesses any bonds; 1t may. bu
there Ia no proof of IL In the papers ex
amined thus far
1--WE have also learned" Mr.. Doolint
, said, that when Means opened an ac
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