The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-28
MEANS TO FACE A
TAR HEEL JURY SOON
MAGISTRATE HOLDS HIM
WITHOUT BAIL.
Valves an Examination and
Agrees to Be Bound Over to
October Term of Court.

NouCoIu, ~ I., sept. ZJ.-GaStOn /
B. Means waived examination in the |
midst of his preliminary hearing
here late today and consented to be
bound over to the October term of
the Cabarrus County grand jury on
charge of having murdered Mrs.
Maude A. King of New York and
Chicago. Magistrate Pitts ordered
him held without bail The grand
jury meets October 20.
Counsel for Means stated they
had been informed that threats
had been made" that New York Off
Gals here had brought extradition
warrents to take the defendent back
to New York on "some undisclosed
criminal charge" and that they felt
"he would be safer in the custody of
the sheriff of this county" 1t also
was announced that Means did not
want to risk facing any charges else
where with an unsettled murder
charge against him in North Caro-
lima. This charge, his counsel CON
tended, would be cleared away at
the trial
Seeks to Recover Papers.
Agreement came after couse for
Means had made an unsuccessful at
tempt to get possession or papers
and documents seized by District
Attorney Swann's representatives in
Means New York apartment, and
was accompanied by a lengthy expla-
nation by the defendant OF his rea-
sons for abruptly ending his fight
in the magistrates court
Mrs. Mary c. Melvin sister bf
Mrs. King, joined him in obtaining
writ from Circuit Judge Webb at
Gastonia, ordering Assistant District
Attorney John Dooling of New
York and other officials. who came
here with Dooling to aid the prose-
cution, to turn over the documents
to the clerk OF the superior court of
Cabarrus County. The writ is made
returnable before Superior Judge
Cline at Salisbury October 8. Off
cials named in the order informed
Sheriff Caldwell the documents
were in possession of Solicitor Gle
ments. The latter issued state
ment. saying:
We will keep the documents un-I
less ordered by the court after the
hearing to give them up"
Second VIII Among Them.
Among the documents was the al
legged second will OF the late j. c.
King OF Chicago, which If finally
held legal would give to the estate
OF Mrs Maude A. King approximate
ly s2.O00.000 more than the wife cot
when her husband died Mrs. Mel
vim believes, according to the order, |
that c. b. Ambrose. a department OF
justice agent named in the order. is
an agent Of the Northern Trust Com |
pany OF Chicago and "is vitally in |
terested in preventing the will be-
ing probated. The trust company
holds the s2.oOO,OOO in trust for
charitable organization.
Il don't worry about what they
believe / am" said Ambrose. 81
nave papers showing what I am"
Means claimed in the order for
the papers and documents that they
were necessary for his defense.
Solicitor Clement argued for a
commitment binding Means over
and stating that evidence justified
such action. while Means ATTORNEYS
contended that the order should
contain Means reason for agreeing
to be bound over
Explanation Not Admitted.
Magistrate Pitts signed the writ
itself but declined to sign the at
tached explanation, which also con-
tanned statement that Means in no
manner agreed that there was any
evidence by which he could have
been held to the grand jury " he
had seen AT to continue to fight the
case and also described him as
fully believing that he would be
completely acquitted and vindi-
Gated" OF the charge OF murder
when the case went to a jury.
Assistant District Attorney Dool-
ing OF New York said counsel would
represent the men named In the
writ ordering them to turn over the
documents seized in Means apart