Evening star., 1924-09-05
FOURTH NIGHT OUT
FOR BRITISH HEIR
Prince Returns from Motor
Launch Ride in Wee Hours.
Guarded Since Threat.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SfOSSET, n. Y. September 5.-The
irlnce of Wales spent his fourth sue
'esstre night out last night, and as
noon approached had not left his bed
room In the home of James A. Burden,
nv Long Island headquarters
9le last official communique con-
ceI'llnE the princes movements is
sued last evening. told of his board
ing motor launch at the estate of
j. >. Cosden. and whizzing off to
somewhere on Long Island Sound"
after one of his attendants had noti-
ned the Burden home that his high
ness would not be home to dinner.
Nothing more was known of the
princes movements except that he
returned to the Burden estate some
time between l o'clock and dawn.
Goes to Ranch Next Week.
capt. A. +. Lascelles, secretary to
The prince. said his royal master now
planned to leave here for his ranch
near Calgary. Alberta, Canada, Sep
tember IA. and did not intend to leave
his train until he arrived at his Cana
dan home. y trip to the Canadian
Rockies. within 100 miles of the royal
domain. was tentatively planned but
by no means assured. the captain sa id.
The prince expects to leave the
ranch on the first leg Of his homeward
Journey about October II, and will
spend a couple of days with Gov.
Gen. Ryng. at Ottawa. He also may
leave the train for a day to
greet Dominion citizens at several of
the large cities in eastern Canada, in
Guiding Toronto. Montreal and Que
bee. This was only tentatively
planned. the captain explained, and
was by no means assured.
Will Attend Games.
The Prince of Wales looks forward to
attending the first of the international
matches at Meadow Brook Club to-
morrow with great interest, despite
the fact that to observe the contest
between the crack British and Ameri-
can teams he must again undergo
what To him is the ordeal of being
the cynosure of thousands of eyes.
He will have his own box at the
games, the box exactly midway be-
tween the goal posts, and the Scot
land Yard and State Department Sc
crct service men are planning pre-
cautions to avoid another such crush
as was occaSioned by his appearance
in the paddock at Belmont Park when
Epinard and Zey raced. Inspector
Carlson, his British guard, was taken
eback by the behavior Of the crowd
ol tIidl tttdSioii, ESPECIALLY SiIlSe,
ne puts il, "A London crowd never
brea KS through a police Gordon"
His Game Improving.
The princes own polo is improving,
as shown by his fourth day on his
ponies today. His shots were more
accurate and his play more vigorous
than on the earlier days.
While the prince was planning a
sportiye day the Scotland Yard men,
special State Department agents and
New York State troopers, who COM
prise his guard were bent on more
serious business. They, working in
conjunction with New York police,
were bending every effort to trace
the authorship of half incoherent
letter which was turned over to
police yesterday in which the writer
threatened the life of the prince.
Although the letter is thought by
police to be the product of a de-
ranged mind, the direct threat car
ried in the words, Il want to kill
him" caused the princes guard to
take extra precautions for his safety.
Last night every automobile enter
ing the grounds of the Burden estate.
headquarters of the prince during his
stay here, was forced to submit to the