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Show KS CASE AGAIN GOMES BEFORE COURT Affidavit Filed in New York Supreme Court Alleges Taking of Funds. NEW YORK, Jan. ". As an aftermath after-math of the recent trial of Gaston B. Means, acquitted at Concord, X. C, of the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, an affidavit was filed in the supreme court here today alleging, in effect, the appropriation ap-propriation of funds belonging to Mrs. King and her pstatnahy Means for the benefit of himself and his "wife. The affidavit was made by the temporary tem-porary administrator of Mrs. King's estate in an actiou in which it is sought to prevent Mrs. Means from drawing out money deposited in her name irt the Corn Exchange Bank here. The bank refused to honor a check of hers against the account on being no tified that the United States court for the -western district, North Carolina, had issued an order restraining Mr. and Mrs. Means from interfering with any of the property of Mrs. King's estate. Mrs. Means began suit against tho bank to compel it to honor her chock, but bv an order of tho supreme court, here, "issued today on the strength of the affidavit, the temporary administrator adminis-trator of Mrs. King's estate is substituted substi-tuted for the bank as defendant in the suit. The affidavit alleges that a sudden change from humble circumstances to apparent prosperity came to Means aud his wife shortly after he became Mrs. King's confidential agent, handling sums for her agregating several hundred hun-dred thousand dollars. It is alleged that he collected these sums, but that the records fail to show the deposit of thousands of dollars to Mrs. King's account. ac-count. On the other hand, it is alleged, in addition to their increased expenditures, expendi-tures, Means and his wife opened bank accounts in their own names. It is specifically charged that part of the moneys .belonging to Mrs. King thus collected, amounting in one instance to $10,000, was used to create the Corn Exchange bank account for Mrs. Means involved in the litgiation. |