Show NOTE om I FOUND I IRich Rich Letters Cause Deaths and Broken Homes andI I NI NEW W YORK May Existence 12 In this city of or a vicious band baId ot of to owell-to-do ell to who have op for tor ears cars In sending to and socially persons scurrilous letters their and fi lends was as dis- dis disclosed dis disclosed closed by District Attorney Dan Dan- Danton Danton Banton ton Friday after news of o the In- In of or Gorge Glorge Maxwell ell pres president ident int ot or the American Society of Composers Authors and Publish Publish- Publisher er- er er had leaked out Activities of the tho bind Mr Ban Ban- Banton ton Ban ton said ald hs have hse e resulted in one Dan I or more suicides the tho disruption of or at least nine homes and toe atlon atlon In private prIVAt is 8 li m or the banIshment of per persons on I hobe families e were ere mislead by bythe bythe bythe the circumstantial nature of ot the stories concerning them Tho The district attorneys attorney's themI office I already ha has obtained possession of I of or tlc the letters letter and 1 I andI more than persons halo base questioned que by the th grand crand jury indicted Maxwell and I still i Is Ie being held for tor further de de- de de development I A number of ot witnesses whose o stories Mr Banton was as eaR cay cayer er er to la lay before betor the gland giand e and jury have depart departed d for tor the and other foreign unwilling land to face the publicity their connee- connee connection connection tion with Ith the th case would be sure urto to bring brine Mr Banton said he feared publicity give given riven II the matter keepIt de his efforts effort to keep It secret would result in III the de- de departure de of or other CAUSES CAUSa I i Tn n ni John Drew hd hat a letter casting aspersions on Mrs l Ir Albert I Gallatin of this city Mrs Irs Enrico I Caruso cd one attacking InI Inthe inthe In InIth the mo most t scurrilous nay ay a half Ith I dozen of her hr closest closed friends atI M it received one at- at at 11 I tacking lacking a K relative In such aner a min min- minn npr ner n r that his health was wa broken and he h died a n short hort time later laterI Among those thoe tho n about whom letters were written were Mrs Ur John B 13 o and nd Mrs L R B Page Pao of Philadelphia Somo Some of the th letters letter bore fake return addresses gh l In the tho th sot of such persons person as a Charles M Dil- Dil DilI lingo s vice president of o the Guaranty Guaranty Guar- Guar anty Trust Tt company compan Winy and WIlliam Imam Butler uller Duncan Steps Mr Banton said Bald already have been taken to I obtain the tho th ex- ex cx ot of Maxwell who now Is In Europe J PUBLICITY In e of the th poison polon pen peD II plot I began beian egan when Allan Ailon All n A Ryan fl- fl and son of Thomas For For- I I I I tun- tun tun Pyon went ent to Mr Danton with letters letter he ha h had bad received con con- tho Ow name of ot Mrs Ryan with that of Maxwell ell Declaring he be had full confidence in his hii wife and was wa to face any amount of or pub pub- publicity publicity ary to bring brine the writer to Justice he urged Mr 11 Banton to push an ins In ln I The Thc results startled the th dict jet attorney Every lead provided the th Investigators with a new lead and a short time it was as learned that more than persons had I received letters attacking I reputations of friends or relatives Although e evidence strong enough to warrant v an arm indictment has haq been only against Maxwell so sotar s star tar far Mr Banton Danton said It was certain lain tain t in that a 0 number numbe number of other men acre Involved In the scandal ere Inspectors Interested be- be because because because cause of the defamatory letters which were acre sent tent through the mails mals f ha hap base p Joined nith Ith the district at- at attorney's attorney's attorneys attorney's torney's office In the thc Investigation |