New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Indictments of Several Per
sons, Including a Woman,
Expected, He Announces
Federal Agents May
Have Seen Shooting
Believe Auto Shadowing
Means Followed His on
Night of Crime

A. King showed that the crimes Of
forgery. grand larceny and conspiracy
TO murder had been committed in New
York, while the greater crime of muir
der had taken place in Concord, y. g.
where Mrs. King was shot and killed
on August %.
Indictments against a number OF
persons, including a woman, will fol-
low, according 10 the authorities mere
The greatest secrecy was maintained
as TO the identity Of the persons IN
volved and the probable crimes Tor
which each will be indicted.
simultaneously with his announce
ment Of his findings, Mr.. Swami
said that ne was replying TO state
Solicitor Hayden Clements call for
assistance in the prosecution OF the
case in North Carolina by sending
party Of half dozen Of his assistants
TO Concord. They will appear there
IN time for the reopened coroners IN
quest, beginning on Monday
Dooling to Lead Party
In the party will be Assistant Dis
triet Attorney John T. Dooling, IN
charge of the investigation in this city;
DR.. Otto H. Schultze, District Attor-
news physician; Captain Jones. pistol
expert of the Police Department ana
several detectives connected with
Judge Swann's office. Some of the
documents seized in the raid on the
apartments of CASTOR B. Means. Mrs.
Kings confidential agent, at ll55 farH
Avenue, will also be taken South, al
though the bulk of the papers Will De
held here for the prosecution
District Attorney Swami maze
known the fact that representative
of Chief Flynn of the United States
Secret Service rad conferred with him
in regard to the memoranda found in
the Means apartment relating TO pro-
German propaganda, and that the SER
vice was extremely interested in some
Of the material dug up.
"As far as we are concerned, the
material throwing light on the forgery
in connection with a will, embezzle-
ment and footing of Mrs. Kings estate
and the Matching of plot to kill IS
the main object of our scrutiny" said
Mr.. Swami.
Solicitor Accepts Assistance
az wired to State Solicitor Clement,
of North Carolina, last week offering
all the facilities Of this Office to aid in
his prosecution of the case, II / could
do so without appearing to tread on his
toes. | have received an answer from
him, in which he cordially accepts my
offer, and asks me TO send the men
working on the crime here who would
be Of the greatest value in getting the
states case together.
"The material we have here, and
which is at the service Of Mr.. Clement,
will show preparation for the greater
crime of murder which evidence IN
dicates was committed down in North
Carolina. 1t goes through the various
steps, which we cannot yet disclose, in
GLIDING the forgery, larceny and con-
spiracy leading up to the shooting"
With all the ends Of the Investiga-
ton about TO be centred at Concord
Assistant District Attorney Dooling
yesterday uncovered here still more
documents Of Means. indicating his
devious methods of eXerting his in
fluence over Mrs. King. 1t is shown that
n Means wrote letters TO Mrs. King, then
III in Concord, stating that he was I'm
Washington or somewhere on Chesa-
peake Bay" on q mysterious mission
for her, at the same time, as il is
known, he was inditing the epistles on
his typewriter in the Park Avenue
apartment.
Means Influence Strong
Evidence further showed that Means
induced Mrs. King TO sign blank stock
transfer powers of attorney, through
the use Of which any person could have
manipulated the wealthy woman's es-
tate represented in stocks without an
accounting of any sort. He also at
tempted TO have Mrs. Robinson, Mrs.
Kings mother, declared incompetent, in
order that he might handle her affairs.
Mrs. Robinson was beneficiary Of a
100000 trust agreement, which was af-
terward revoked. The aged woman now
declares that she never signed the
revocation, and brands her alleged sig
nature TO 1t forgery.
Henry Dietsch, father-in-law of
Alton Means, GGston's brother, broke
down and wept early yesterday morn
ing, after ten-hour session with Mr..
Dooling in his office, in the Criminal
Courts Building. A statement taken
from him during the long examination
is considered of vital Importance. Mr..
Dooling said of his testimony:
Gle unfolded a very interesting
story partly consciously and partly I'M
consciously, in answer to questions
and documents | showed him. When |
showed him just a part of what ! had
here he was amazed and gasped. Some
of the things were disclosed TO him for
the first time, | believe. Finally he
broke down and wept when ne left the
office"
Says Means Was Watched
Mr.. Dooling was told of the report
that an automobile, in which was at
least one Federal official, was follow
ing the car carrying Means, Mrs. King,
Alton Means and Captain Bingham on
the night of the shooting. At first Mr..
Dooling nodded his head afimatively,
then added:
"That phase of the case is too i'm
portant TO discuss, and | will neither
confirm il nor give any details"
II was also the impression st the
District Attorneys Office that Means
eral officials for about two weeks be-
fore the shooting in connection with his
propaganda work. and that a possible
witness TO the shooting might have
been numbered among the passengers
Of the second motor along the road to
the Blackwelder spring, where the
shooting occurred.
Most amazing among the documents
found In the Means apartment were q
series Of letters sent by Means from
his Park Avenue apartment to Mrs.
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