The sun., 1919-08-11
Charges Alleging Subornation
Of Perjury to BE Pre-
90 scented To-day.
Si6G,846 PUT IN BANK
Indictment of Prosecutor and
Trust Company Lawyer
+. VIII BE Asked.
Special Despatch TO TIE Sur.

e,sserior Court convenes tomorrow
with Judge Adams presiding. and the
Grand Jury will have presented to It
testimony charging John T. Dooling.
Assistant District Attorney. OF New York
county, and W. 8. Miller. attorney for
the Northern Trust Company Of Chicago
With conspiracy and subornation OF
pSrtury In connection with the trial OF
CASTOR b. Means in the fall OF 1917,
when Means was prosecuted for the al
legged murder Of Mrs. Maude A King.
Dispositions. letters, kilograms. docu-
rnents and other data will be presented
to the Grand Jury. in addition to pron.i-
nent witnesses. and q bill OF indictment
win be asked for at once. Those con-
versant with the evidence are expecting
n true bill to be found. and II % requisi-
tion will be made upon the Governors
OF New York and Illinois for bringing
the parties here for trial. provided they
refuse to come voluntarily.
Evidence to he Presented.
The evidence to be presented will tend
TO prove:
F'Irst-That John T. Dooling, In his
deposition taken July / and 2, 1913, be-
fore Commissioner Fred ". Delavina OF
SO Broadway, New York city. with James
w. Osborne, Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney, examining him. admitted
that he had received various sums In
money from the Northern Trust Company
in connection with the prosecution OF
Means for the alleged murder of Mrs.
King but he did not state positively the
amount received. On August 4, 1917,
before Commissioner Delavina, Loren p.
Rockwell, secretary of the Title Guar
antee and Trust Company of New York.
produced the deposit slip and account OF
John T. Dooling with his bank from
September 1, 1917, to December 80. 1913,
and II was verified that Dooling re-
ceived from the Northern Trust COM
pany $4,000. and in addition he de-
posited with this institution between the
foregoing mentioned dates In the form OF
checks and cash money a total of $780,
s46.52. His salary as Assistant District
Attorney is not over $4,000 annually.
b Second-That John T. Dolling, when
IN North Carolina as Assistant District
Attorney of New York in 1917, conduct
ing the prosecution of Means. gave as his
reason why he left New York to prose-
cute here that Mrs. King was a resident
af New York city; and he had at that
time In his possession the official and
specihc information that the probate court
of Chicago, Cook county. Illinois. had
rendered decision that Mrs. King at the
fine of her death near Concord. and
prior to this, was a resident Of Chicago.
sThird-That during the Means trial
1. Dooling was in Geographic communica-
tfon from Concord with the Northern
Trust Company in Chicago, receiving d.
rections from the company as to con-
! Quoting the prosecution, he using the
name Jones" and the company the name
-stsrion," and this confidential commune
cation was arranged by correspondence
between Dooling and attorneys for the
\ Northern Trust Company before the trial
began.
~ Advice on Prosecution.
fFourth-That Dooling in his deposition
admits that he received from the North
ern Trust Company attorneys numerous
letters now in the possession Of Means.
among these several that show possible
plans for Dooling to pursue In an effort
4 To- establish motive for the alleged
murder of Mrs. King. The letters show
that the experts of the Northern Trust
Company tried TO establish through an
autopsy on Mrs. Kings body in Chicago
that she had been murdered and Means
was guilty of the crime, and to prove a
motive in the case they alleged that
Means defrauded her out of large sums
K Of money. At this time these attorneys
had in their possession papers and evil
dence taken by Dooling from the Means
Apartment in New York which showed
all of his transactions with Mrs. King
and their own certified accountant. Mr.
Munson, In his report to them shows
that Means's accounts with Mrs. King
were perfectly correct In every way.
Fffth-That DIR. Richard p. Burke
s33 Lexington avenue, New York city, In
his deposition before Commissioners
Delavina on August 4. 1919. testified
that SANFORD, who sent this mysterious
message to the District Attorneys office
in New York: MRS. King, f135 Parl
avenue, died Concord, very peculiar cir
\ stances, investigate" and also wrote q
letter to the Chicago authorities TO the
came effect. called on him on September
Z. 1917, and stated that he-I Sandford)
had sent such communications and thai
be was employed by the Northern Trus'
Company and he had followed Mrs. King
and Means from Chicago to North Caro-
Ina. He further told DR.. Burke thai
1lr. Dooling would call on him.
Slxth-That reports by Sanford Il
The Northern Trust Company show thai
his correct name Is Sampler; that ht
is q graduate OF the McGill University
Of Canada, and he was employed by the
Northern Trust Company In July, 1917
to get possession of the King will from
Means II possible, and he followed
Means and Mrs. King from Chicago tc