The Washington times., 1917-09-14
WARNING WIRE
SENT THE NIGHT
MRS. KING DIED
CONTINUED from First PAgeJ


sent by an unnamed person from an
unnamed place, District Attorney
Swami hopes to complete a chain OF
evidence to show q motive for the
death OF Mrs. King.
District Attorney Swami today
pointed to the mysterious woman as
the leader OF "a group Of persons who
derived financial gain from Mrs.
King" She held completely in her
power, he said. a man who was used
as a cats paw to pull rich financial
chestnuts out OF the IRE.
This man II was said. may have been
the person who sent the terse telegram
to a friend Of Mrs. King, urging that the
rich widows death be Investigated.
Mrs. King. lis Park avenue. died
Concord very peculiar circumstances.
Investigate" the telegram read. A
mans name was signed TO Il. and the
original. which is now in possession OF
District Attorney Swami. was written
In a mans handwriting. The name
signed to the telegram, the place from
which the message was sent. and the
person TO whom It was sent have been
kept secret
The message is believed TO have been
sent from Concord. as IL was dated
August 2, the evening on which Mrs.
King was shot
Telegram Sent To Close Friend.
"The telegram was received here by
q very close friend of Mrs. Kings
family" Mr.. Dooling said.
He did not answer q question as to
whether this friend is in the New
York district attorneys offica The
person whose mare was signed to the
message he does not know. He thinks
It probable II was an assumed name
He has wired to Concord and Ashe-
willie for samples OF the handwriting
Of all persons who knew OF the shoot
ing at the time the message was hled.
including that OF Capt. w. S. Bing-
ham, OF Concord, who was motoring
with Mrs. King and CASTOR B. and
Alton Means on the evening Of Mrs.
Kings death.
Presumably the writer was not well
enough acquainted with Mrs. King to
know her exact New York address.
for he (or she) wrote "1135 Park
avenue" whereas the right number
Is 1155.
The telegram is rated as OF great
Importance in the King case. II
started the authorities here on their
examination OF Mrs. Kings business
Affairs and surroundings for several
years before her death. and caused
them to warn the North Carolina au-
thorities that there might be more in
the shooting than appeared on the
surface.
The *. Adams" whose similar mes.
sage from New York suggested to Percy
Peck in Grand Rapids. Mich. that his
father had been murdered in the apart
ment Of Dr. Waite early in 1916. turned
out to be a physician Who the possible
TX. Adams" Of the King case will prove
to be-well, that Is what the district
attorneys Of New York and Cabarrus
county, North Carolina. are trying to
ind out
Want Mrz. Melvin to Testify.
In an attempt to clear UP the iden
tity of the mysterious woman" and
the author OF the telegram, District
Attorney Swami today was seeking e
bring Mrs. Make Melvin, a sister OF
Mrs. King, here TO testify before the
New York county grand jury, which
Is investigating the recent affairs oi
Mrs. King. Mrs. Melvin, because OF
her intimacy with her sisters imam
cial and social relations, It was be
heyed, can furnish the name Of the
unknown woman.
Tragedy Student Found.
Nothing interested the prosecutor
more than the assertion OF a man and
q woman that one Of the male friend.
OF Mrs. King was fond of telling
groups OF his intimEtes just how muir
ders that gained public attention from
time to time should have been done
One OF these was the Peck murder. foI
which DR.. Waite paid with his life
another the murder OF rirs. Eenry
Clay Beattie by her husband in Vir.
ginia six years ago.
The man mentioned by Mr.. Doo-
iing's witnesses had told them that
he knew all about the Beattie case
as he had gone to Virginia and gath
cred all the details. He said there
was no doubt Of Besttie's guilt. but
that Beattie gave himself away by
shooting his wife In an automobile
What he ought 10 have done II h
expected TO clear himself" the man Il
reported to Mr.. DOolinE to have sad
"waS to take his wife into the woods
away from the road and the aLtomo.
bile and shoot her there"
A man and a woman told this story to
OF others who said they knew the facts
One Of them Is a woman friend OF Mrs
Kings who apparently has left New