New-York tribune., 1920-06-19
Doolingg Admits
Getting $2,035
In Means Case
Says Chicago Trust Com
pany's Attorney Paid Him
Money to Cover Expenses
Of Certain Witnesses
Fielder MakesB sBribe Charge
Counsel for Plaintiff i'm
100000 Suit Tells of
Testimony by Carvalho

Colonel Thomas B. Fielder, attorney
for CASTOR B. Means, who was tried
and acquitted on a charge Of killing
Mrs. Maud A. Robinson King, reiter-
ated yesterday his charges that the
Attorney Swami and his chief assist
ant, John 7. Dooling, had been financed
by the Northern Trust Company, Of
Chicago.
Colonel Felder's statement was in
answer to District Attorney Swann's
denial of the charge, Monday, when
suit for $1,000,000 was filed against
him and Dooling by Means. and on
Tuesday, when he went before the ex-
traordinary grand jury and requested
ii to force Means to prove his charges.
When Colonel Felder's statement,
covering six typewriter pages. was
shown to Mr.. Swami and Mr. Dooling
the latter again denied that the North
orn Trust Company had financed the
prosecution of Means, but admitted
that its attorney, Alexander +. Reich
mann, had paid him $2,035 to cover
expenses of witnesses.
Public Record. Says Fielder
In reply to this Colonel Fielder said
yesterday: "Mr. Dooling has sworn
that he received thousands of dollars
from the Northern Trust Company, of
Chicago, to prosecute Mr.. Means, and
that none Of the city's or county's
money was expended for this purpose.
His sworn testimony is now in the
custody Of the extraordinary grand
jury and is q public record in the
Chicago courts, where Mr.. Means is
using the testimony in an action for
damages against the Northern Trust
Company"
MIR. Dooling, in his turn, denied that
he had made any such "sworn test-
mony,' but said he paid out of his
own pocket So 035 to witnesses and ex-
perts that were taken down to Concord,
/ n. c., to testify at the trial He fur
/ ther said that Reichsman reimbursed
him afteG it became apparent that the
authorities of North Carolina would
not.
Swami Asked Reimbursement.
Mr.. Swami produced a letter written
by him to Hayden Clement, State So
icitor of North Carolina. September
49, 1917, in which he wrote: q find
that there is no appropriation for pay
ing the expenses of my assistant or
medical assistant out of the state funds
Tor the trial of case arising in an
other jurisdiction. | hope you can see
your way clear to having your county
reimburse my assistants for the actual
railway fares and hotel bills while in
attendance in Concord. | am going to
send them, anyway, and if you cannot
have the county refund their actual
outlay | shalt have to pay it out of
my own pocket"
Mr.. Swami explained that the County
commissioners Of North Carolina voted
down the application made by State
Solicitor Hayden for money to reim-
burse hls assistants and that is how
Mr.. Dooling was paid By Mr. Rechs-
mann.
Tho remainder of Colonel Folders
statement. with the exception of few
paragraphs, sets forth kilograms pur-
porting to have been sent by W. S.
Miller, another attorney for the North
ern Trust Company, in which il ap-
pears that Dooling vas acting as the
agent eff that company. In citing these
kilograms Colonel Fielder makes repeat
ed use of the phrase, (which Mr. Means
IN some manner unknown to me ac-
quired from the personal files of Mr..
Dooing.'
Teiegrams "Palpable Forgeries"
All these kilograms Mr.. Dooling and
Mr. Swami declared to be "papable
forgeries.'
Colonel Fielder charges further that
nv i!"S eilt S"pi IL IcHoliiioHy VI haE III
H. Carvalho. the handwriting expert,
'who was under the yearly retainer
from the District Attorneys office for
about forty-six years. that Dooing
tried to induce him to change his
opinion and declare the will a forgery
after he had told Mr.. Dooling that the
signatures were valid According to
Colonel Fielder Carvalho also testified
that c. B. Ambrose. supposedly inter
ested in having the Will declared a
forgery, tried to bride him to change
his opinion and go to Chicago to tes-
tify that the will was q forgery
Mr. Swami denied that Carvaiho was
ever under the regular retainer of the
District Attorneys Office for amy
year but that ''hc was sometimes re-
tained by this Office and that if any
one attempted to bribe Carvalho, it
was duty to report the matter to the
District Attorneys Office so that they
might prosecute.
In the conclusion Of his statement,
Colonel Fielder says that Means IS
ready for the extraordinary grand
iury's inquiry asked for by Mr.. Swami.
1t is remembered, however, that the
extraordinary grand jury told Nh.
Swami that it would have 20 finish it's
Investigation Of the District Attorney s
office first
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