Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-17
KING STORY LIKE
ARABIAN KNIGHTS
Documents Seized in Means's
Apartment Veritable Gold
Mine, Says Dooling.
FEELS SURE OF INDICTMENTS
Subpoenas Served for Witnesses
at Rehearing in Connection
With Mysterious Death.
FEELS SURE OF INDICTMENTS


trict Attorney Swami announced to-
day that his Office now possesses suf-
ficient evidence to make a presentment
before the grand Jury tomorrow which
will, he confidently believes, lead to
the indictments in the King case AS
sistant District Attorney Dooling, who
has been conducting the investigation
here into the relations of CASTOR e.
Means and the late Mrs. Maudc a.
King. the wealthy widow who was shot
to death at Concord, y. G.. spent the
whole of to-day and most Of this even
ing working upon certain aspects of
the investigation which required clear.
ing up.
indictments will surely follow our
presentation of the facts TO the grand
jury" declared MIR. Dooling tonight.
1t was learned that Alton Means.
CASTOR q. Meanss brother. who ar
rived here last week. and his secre-
tary. Henry Deitsch. have both been
served with subpoenas to appear be-
fore the grand jury to testify.
Hours were required to-day for Mr.
DoolinE TO go through the great mass
"f papers seized during the raids upon
the apartment or CASTOR B. Means, at
1855 Park Avenue. and whip them .nto
-
row before the grand jury
DooI.ISG WILL LEND AID TO
NORTH CAROLINA AUTHORITIES
Mr. DooinG expects to leave New
YORK during the week to go to Con-
cord. where he will lend TO the North
Carolina authorities all the aid pos
sible in untangling the mystery sur
rounding the death OF the wealthy
widow Part of The evidence collected
mere by him is TO be taken TO the
southern city when he goes
Referring to tie documents he had
seized in the Means apartment. Air,
DoolinG said tonight:
This is veritable gold mine. When
the real story is told it will read like
"A tale from the Arabian knights.
Means left no stone unturned TO
prove the validity OF the alleged new
~ discovered will. by the probate OF
which he promised to make Mrs King
the richest woman in the United States.
He had investigated tbe entire His
Tory OF John {. King. Mrs. Kings first
husband. and the history Of most Of
Kings friends and business associates
In fact. he never made the acuuaint-
ance OF friend or associate OF King
but that he spent much money and time
In his investigation Of him.
CARBON COPY MADE AT TIME.
ORIGINAL WAS TYPED
The copy of the will which has come
INTO our possession is carbon copy.
made at the time the origial was typed.
On July - lawyers presented a pho
tosraphic copy of this will to the
Northern Trust Company in Chicago.
Means had consulted q lawyer relative
10 the probatinG of the will After
making inquiries with respect to a pos
siole statue of limitations Means made
arrangements for probating this will
IN California. where Mr. King had ex-
tensive holdings.
we have evidence that Means tried
TO have the Northern Trust COMPANY
OF Chicago retire as trustee of the
100000 trust fund held for Mrs. King.
and that he had given instructions that
ts handling of the fund should be
criticized in such a manner that the
company would give 1t up. According
10 the trust, this fund reverts to the
King estate at the death Of Mrs. King.
we nave found number of dun
ming letters addressed to w. r. P.
from brokerage houses, care of CASTOR
b. Means. Chicago Beach Hotel. About
appeared from Chicago and were sold
through Wall Street house. w. r.
p had debit balance at that time of
$4,000
REFURNISHED HOME
AT COST OF SIe.0cc
we found bill to-day which
showed that Means refurnished his
home when he moved 10 the Park Ave-
nue. address January &c. 1916, at a cost
OF S16.s22. short time before this he
was working for S1OO month";
Among Means's papers were discoy-
cred documents tending to show that
he was actually interested in Mexican
uprisings, and in the German propar
ganda in Mexico.
Mr. Dooling declined to speak in de-
tail of Means's alleged pro-German
activities, intimating that the Federal
authorities have that phase Of the in
iSpt }af, fall