The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-12
MEANS CASE CHARGE
DENIED BY DOOLING
"Never Received $4,000 or
Any Sum From Northern
Trust" He Says.
BLOW AT CHARITY SEEN
Prosecutor Tells Of Paying of
Witnesses Expenses After
State Had Refused.

John T. Dooling, Assistant District At
torney. issued statement yesterday de-
nying all the charges made against him
In despatch from Concord. N. c.. pub
lished yesterday morning. Indictment
or the New York county official together
with w. g. Minor. attorney for the
Northern Trust Company of Chicago, on
charges of conspiracy and subornatlon
OF perjury in connection with the trial
OF Castor Means in the fall Of 1917 is
expected at Concord, according to the
despatch In question.
Mr.. pooling said: IT know nothing or
what has happened In Concord and
therefore am unable to answer any ques-
tons as to what is transpiring there. In
respect of the published statements re-
gardlng evidence which II Is alleged will
be presented TO the Grand Jury, will
say that never have received $4,000
or any sum from the Northern Trust
Company. When the State of North
Carolina declined to pay travelling cx-
penses, hotel bills, and 30 forth, of the
numerous witnesses who went from New
York to North Carolina on three diff
ferent occasions, which expenses had
been advanced by me, I was reimbursed
by Alexander f. Reichmann, n Chicago
lawyer. I understood that he repre-
scented the children OF the late Soloman
b. Smith. In his lifetime president of
the Northern Trust Company. The
amount received was about $4,000, for
which an itemized statement was rem
dered. which was put in evidence at the
recent hearing in New York.
There was also received about 81, 500,
to pay for the handwriting. typewriting
and other experts. No other sums were
ever received by me. or by any one on
my behalf, or for my benefit directly or
indirectly. nor has any promise or agree
nient been made to give to me or to any
one on my behalf any sum or sums
whatsoever.
Has Handled Large sums.
81 have been n practising lawyer for
twenty-one years. and In that capacity
have collected and disbursed for clients
large sums of money. My books are not
at the District Attorneys ONCE. and am
at this time unable to state what amount
went thrpugh-my bank during the year
and a Qlarter mentioned, between Sep
TENDER /. 1917, and January 1. 1913.
But no part of 1t came from the Northern
Trust Company or anybody in any way
connected with the Northern Trust Com
pany or with the King estate, other than
the disbursements above mentioned.
THE other statements contained in the
published article are equally false and
malicious.
Il have never acted in a professional
or any other way for the Northern Trust
Company or any of its officers or repre-
sentatives or anybody connected with the
King estate or with Castor B. Means.
This is. in my opinion. another at
tempt to coerce the trustees of the pub
lie charities in Chicago, the Beneficiary
under the will of James C. King. to settle
the pending litigation in Chicago, py
which an attempt has been made to pro-
bate foreign will Open threats have
been made that IL this litigation was not
settled to Means's satisfaction'W. s. MIL
Ter, one of the counsS. LOT the Northern
Trust Company, and would be indicted
and prosecuted in North Carolina"
James w. Osborne I'd. who con-
Quoted the examination of Mr.. Dooling
before Commissioner Fred v. Delavina
in this city on July / and 3, 1913, said
yesterday he was only connected with
the case because his father had been
one Of the attorneys for Means at the
trial in 1917 Other than to say that Mr..
Dooling's statement OF his testimony be-
fore the commissioner was correct. Mr..
Osborne refused to discuss the matter.
Exact Amount Received s3,537.77.
Mir. DOOling spent most OF yesterday
gong over his papers In connection with
the long Investigation he made OF the
Means case. Last night he supplement-
ed his earlier statement by saying that
his examination of his papers showed the
exact amount he received from MIR.
Reichman to have been s3,537.77.
THAT amount" he said. covered bills
of handwriting experts, aggregating
81 400, and the rest was for expenses OF
New York witnesses, who went TO Con-
cord 70 attend the trial OF Means Tor
murder. An itemized statement was
prepared and presented to Mr.. hiech-
man. This was testified to by me here
as a witness called by Means and the
record of the testimony was submitted
TO Means
sin going over my accounts 1 hnd
there was no deposit Of $4,000 made
by me from August 20, 1917 the eate
upon which Mrs King was'murdered' 10
the present time. have collected since
that time the principal OF twelve mort
cages for different clients, which mas
been reinvested for them, and settled
one lawsuit These are the items max
ing up the aggregate Of my deposits. as
shown by the testimony or the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company. Not one
dollar has come to me from the North
ern Trust Company or from any other
source growing out OF or connected with
the Means case other than the ss,bs7.17
covering travelling expenses. hotel bills
and the cost of the expertS"