CONSPIRACY AGAINST MILLIONAIRES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1666, 3 February 1904, Page 62

CONSPIRACY AGAINST MILLIONAIRES

Armed 1 men are guarding the Adirondaeks estate of Mr William Rockefeller, the millionaire neighbour of the assassinated Mr Orlando P. Dexter. lne disclosure, consequent- upon the murder, of a feeling of bitter hostility among the woodsmen toward the wealthy on O'er s of vast tracks of land there, and the conspiracy to murder them, greatly alarmed Mr itochefeller and his neighbours. Lately Irving Falconer, head gamekeeper to Mr Itochefeller, hub Malone with fifty men heavily armed to act as guards on, the Rockefeller estate. These men will patrol the preserve night and! day to prevent any possible attacks by the embittered and hostile mountaineers.

No arrests have been made in connection with the assassination of Mr Dexter (says the “Telegraphs New York correspondent). Mr Hqnry Dex>. ter fat hereof the murdered niillionaire, say’s, in ,an interview, that the United States has no place for a mam of (wealth who does not strive for more Wealth. The personal danger to every man of wealth has grown greater {every vear “They have killed my..son,” he ad-ddd, “and will kill others in the Adirondacks, because the 'ignorant natives regard newcomers of wealth who have bought up the lands as interlopers and tyrants, men malignantly arrayed, against the guides and woodsmen. Here in this oity the incessant denunciation of wealthy employers is bound to arouse Borne fanatic of the labouring classes to murder. I have seen this awful unAmerican sentiment grow year- after year. There is no leisured class here. Even the Avealthiest are actively interested in commercial enterprise, often speculation. I don’t know a -siygle Avealthy American who is seeking rest with honour from business, and devoting the autumn of his lifer to uncommercial occunations,” 1 • ...