The evening world., 1917-09-10
MRS. KING PURSUED
BY DLACKMAILERS:
ROBBEDOF $4,000
Family Obtained Certificate oi
Temporary Insanity 20
Save Tier Fortune.

save Tier FORTUNE.
Dr Richard T Durks % No. ~
issinston Avenue toid to-day hoe he
made out q osrtincais % iunaoy 10
sid IN fro.irr Mrs nauds A. Kins
from the leader ~ an alleged band q
international crooks In iSiI 10 vas =
private report. hs explained. and Was
supposed 10 have been destroyed tie
charged n breach OF professional
ethics on the part Of a lawyer former
Iy employed b. Mrs. Kings relatives
In Eiying out the report for publioa-
tion. DR.. burke added. a. a matter
Of Justice 10 the memory Of Mrs. King,
that hs had carefully examined her
In 1915 and found she had entirely re-
covered and was sane again.
Tho lawyer" said DR.. Burke, was
engaged In 1914 by members OF MIRA
Kings family to protect her from the
clutches of a blackmalllng gang. Mrs.
Kings mental condition at the time
made the report was the result OF an
operation that often results In de-
mentia"
New developments Indicate that for
several years Mrs. King was tho vic-
tim OF adventurers who followed her
from place TO place, helping her
squander her money and robbing her
According TO this new story, the
Government was asked to aid in free
ing Mrs. King from the blackmailers
by invoking the White Slave law.
Federal prosecutors could not find
any evidence justifying action and
private detective agencies were EN-
ployed. II was as an operative of the
Burns agency. assigned to the case.
that CASTOR Il. Means first met Mrs.
King in 1914.
The crooks. who had met Mrs. King
at Monte Carlo. followed her to this
country. The gang got more than
$4,000 from her. II Is said. before her
family was able to free her from
them, and to tie up her fortune so
they could get no more. Means then
resigned from the Burns agency and
took charge OF her affairs.
CHARGE OF BLAckMAiL MADE
THREE YEARS AGO.
The charge that European fortune
hunters had carried Mrs. King from
State TO State was Investigated In
1914 by Edwin M. stanton. assistant
United States Attorney who said to-
day:
"The Craft detective agency and a
lawyer placed the charges before us.
We we're interested In the case be-
cause the Interpretation OF the Mann
act in the Diggs- Caminetti case had
not then been made, and the question
OF the effect OF the law was an inter-
esting one.
"There was q great deal OF doubt
about the facts, however. The woman
alleged to be the victim was we'll
along toward middle age. and It ap-
peared to be stretching the Mann act
TO attempt to apply II TO such case,
where the real reason for taking ac-
ton was not to suppress vice. but 10
deliver the woman from undesirable
companions.
FINALLY we found that II was no,
contended that violation OF the
Mann aot had been committed, but
the Craft agency, acting for the fam
lily, charged that the law would be
violated In San Francisco. We ad-
vised the agency that, In the event OF
: "A violation OF the act. the trial would
have to take place In san Francisco
and that the complaint should be
, made TO the United States District
5 Attorney there"
The Craft agency and family law
yers then sent a long telegram TO the
Federal attorney In San Francisco
) charging that Mrs. King was in the
l clutches OF a blackmailer and asking
, for his arrest. No grounds for action
1 could be found, and representatives OF
q the family say they then sent to the
j Department OF Justice at Washing.
ton the details OF Mrs. Kings expert
y enre with the blackmailers. II coull
I find no reason TO act. 1t was ther
that private detectives and lawyer.
were employed.
B. NJ. Holden, who was employed b,
Mrs. Kings mother and sister in l9i
D and 1915 TO find Mrs. King and con
serve her estate, shed further llghr OF
" a.. caac TODAY.
! MRS, King" said Mr., Holden wa
at that time somewhere in the West
g her mother and sister did not kno,
h where. She was reported to be unde
% the domination OF what might be calle
a ballroom crook, Her mother an
: sister declared that this man had bee
ii pctting large sums Of money from hel
a They were anxious about her
RESCUED WOMAN AND Pu'
q PROPERTY IN TRUST.
r "I employed the Burns Nationr
q. Detective Agency TO look for Mr.
King. also got George Craft To d
- .on,o work In tho matter. Ona ,