New-York tribune., 1922-06-18
W ards Counsel
Summoned by
Judge in Probe
Wife Of Prisoner. His Step
mother and Servants i'm
Home Also Musi Appear
for Further Investigation
Father i Now in Ohio
Weeks Declares Red Her
ring" Is Drawn Across
Trail TO Mystery Solution


Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
will resume tomorrow his inqciry .nto
District Attorney Weeks comp p'aint Of
the exisiance OF q erin nai cor1nracy
90 thwart justice IN thc case %, Walter
ward, now IN the White Plains Jail on
O frst degree murder ind.c.mel. Tor
the killing of Clarence Peters.
Among those who have been sum-
moned % appear before tae justice,
who in this inquiry ie sitting as COM
hitting magistrate, position gIfnS
him large powers. is Eiiwood kabenold.
of Rabcno.d & Scribncr. 81 Broadway
They are Wards lawyers and have as
fcciatcd with them. besides s. Il Camp
bell. who is Wards friend and a meme
her Of their firm, John +. brennan, Of
Nonkers Campbell also has been told
20 appear. 10 was learned.
Other witnesses viii be Irs. Berry
Curtis Ward. wife Of the prisoner,
Mrs George S. Ward. etcp-motncr o.
the prisoner. and Amy SILL and luil
Barrows. servants IN his home. One ~
the facts which 10 ia hoped VIII be-
brought out is how George s. Ward
reached o decision O. avoid tostify.ug
before the grand jury which indicted
his son.
Subpoena Issued for Father
a slbpo0 M has been issued f'r the
elder Ward. requiring his prrscrc BE-
fore Justice M0rschausci. Sheriff
Werner said yesterday that his dcpu-
ties were watchfully waitr9 for fho
return Of this witness. il was learned
during the dav. however. that Mr
Ward had left Penn ylvan.a snd gone
% Ohio and tho prospects or J.. carly
return 90 New York were ro' Dor ght
Newspaper men who found Nr Ward
in Warren. Ohio. were told by him
that boz would not discuss any phase
81 his sons diMcultics. ie declined
% say whether be would rcturn 20
New York lie was ACCOMPANIED by
". e. Evans who is an Official o. the
Ward Baking Company. in the after
noon Nr Ward and Mr lr0r .ett
Warren FOR Pittsburgh, whcro they
were scheduled 90 arrive 20 C.l5 a. M.
AT Warren. Mr. Ward visited the plant
Of the BrouX Equipment Company. in
which concern DC ls said 60 DE heaV-
ilv Interested.
is = believed that Justice Morsch-
Suser in pressing the inquiry into
Mr. Weeks complaint has the power. II
the ,ldcr Ward is brought before him,
% ftfcc him so tell the things which
are supposed 90 bc the basis Of the
alleged hlackmailorg' threats These
indiyidrals. Ross and Jack" have
not Been accepted as real characters
By the authorities as set.
Investigation Hampsred
The failure oil Ward 20 aid the Dis
frict Attorney 90 catch these men. who.
fe sass. were present when he killed
Clarence Peters is another important
angie ~ tho case that is expected 10 be
thrashcd out before Justice Nor
schausnr District Attorney Weeks has
said that several red herring have
been drawn across the trail in the
Peters killing mystery. He is anX Gus
to learn what persons have sought 90
hamper bis investigation by dvcrting
fhe energies Of DIS Investigators to
false leads.
Thus far these Investigators have
been completely unable 20 establish
any connection between Ward, the son
of millionaire. and Peters. the pcnni-
less varab.nd who had been rejected
hy The Marine Corps az morally unit
recruit. The effort 90 find such con
nectiOn n not Tagging. however, and
variety Of information is being
sorted over by those charged with this
task ln this hunt Wards life a. well
as that of Peters is being scrutinized
with great thoroughncss. That search
has narrowed down % point where
- is believed that II the men ever did
see each other before the day Of the
killing they must have met IN Boston.
Coroner Fitzgerald let II be known
yesterday that hc was planning TO hold
on inquest into peters's death some
time this wck. The date being subject
90 rostponcmen' n his inquiry should
=. prove likely 60 interfere with the more
u important activities OF Justice Nor
chauscr.
" Ward. since hs formal commitment
20 tfc jaIl seemingly mas determined
20 make tle best Of his situation. Thus
far hc tas sent out 90 "a restaurant for
al of his meals lie has iupplled HIM
self with magazines and with plenty Of
Cgarcttes. does not appear 20 consider
himself badly fixed Tie is in cell No,
]. accord.ur fo Warden lill.