New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Letter Mailed From Chi
cago Told of Ruin
if He Failed
Watch Woman's Mail
Alton Means Admits CASTOR
Read All Mrs. Kings
Correspondence

"Tam stalking my life on the PROPOSE
ton am working on"
This IL q sentence from q letter writ
ten by CASTOR B. Means, and found IN
his Park Avenue apartment when John
Dooling, Assistant District Attorney,
rsided 1t shortly after the killing OF
Mrs. Mauds A. King, at Concord, n. c.
on August 29 last.
The letter, written when Means was
IN Chicago looking up the second VIII
Of Mrs. Kings husband. provisions OF
which gave 100000 or more addi-
tionsl to his widow, was addressed TO
Alton Means, his brother.
This letter, it was said at the DIS
trict Attorneys Office. will play an i'm
portsnt part in the proceedings at Con-
cord next week.
Got Mrs. Kings Mail
From Alton Means Mr.. Dooling yes
terday obtained the admission that
CASTOR had given him specif: instruc-
lions TO forward all mail addressed 70
Mrs. King and Mrs. Mary {. Meivln'
her sister, to him. These instructions
w.rs given to Alton just before his
brother, Mrs. King and the others OF
the party started for Chicago on their
wsv to Concord. These instructions ne
followed out,
Alton Means and Henry Dietsch'
Gaston's business agent, were examined
by Mr.. Dooling for five hours yes'er-
dsv. Previous to the examination OF
the two men, Mr.. Dooling, with seVerai
.s.i.tsDts. went to the New Neither
land Bank to open safe deposit DON
vented by Mrs. King. This box one
of the largest Obtsinable, and once sa'o
% hsv. held more than 100000 OF
edged securities, contained nothing
but a broken rubber band
Fron officials Of the bank Mr.. Dool-
inc learned that on Mrs. Kings last
visit to the safe deposit box she was
accompanied by q man whose descr'p-
,ion tallies with that OF her conhdeh-
taI agent Mr.. DoOling is inveselga'-
inc sll the sales and transfers OF Sc
ony;ties held by Mrs. King and all
cbeck, signed either by her or any OF
III. people surrounding her.
staked Life, Said Means
Gam. loads have been furnished by
The correspondence seized IN the
Means apartment But Of all this cor
,espondence, the most significant IN
the opinion Of the local authorizes
"a the letter in which Means SAID ne
was stalking his life on an important
proposition" This letter reads' !"
part: l.
~ want you to understand and &c
understand clearly. that l would say
nothing to you about this matter i
o had not received a letter thu
morning from q that may leat
him 10 return to New York City. ant
in such case It would interfere a
n once with my plans. am II
u the midst Of the fight Of my life ant
the result of my success or failure
means the future success or failure OF
myself, Julie (his wife), my baby
vourself. y Il, y, q
-. | am stalking my life now or
the success Of the proposition l an
working on"
The letter named the five other
persons who would be benefited BY
Mesns's proposition, but they were
withheld by the authorities.
The following excerpt from another
letter sheds some light on the possible
disposition Of Mrs. Kings estate, the
District Attorney believes:
From W. R. Patterson TO CASTOR
Means, October, 1915:
"You must bear in mind that there
Is very important matter pending
that has not only taken great deal
of your time and mine, but which
am reluctant to advise you will call
for more money, and which means that
] want you TO please hold yourself
ready for a further remittance OF Q
considerable amount, equal, possibly, to
what you have already paid m
Practiced Mrs. Melvin's Name
On some of CASTOR Means's private
stationery Mr.. Dooling found the sig
nature of Mrs. Melvin written scores
of times, as If someone was practicinG
10 write IL.
One report that reached the District
Attorneys Office, which Mr.. Doolins
hopes to run down before he starts TO-
morrow, with several assistants, for
Concord, Is that Mrs. King, just before
she left Chicago for Concord, met the
man she intended 10 marry. His name
and address is known, and It is ex-
pected that he may be able TO aid
the authorities In solving the mysteri'
GUS killing of the heiress.
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