New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

Of tho proceedings before you rs coio
nor. ard II m those proceedings. 40,
fondanrs right 20 the aid Of counf,l
in every stage rs denied, the proceed
ings cnnnot stand.
"In closing this letter, want /"
recall 10 your mind the events OF tnc
first few days after you issued your
warrant. You were then quoted III
tho pancrs rs stating that ai'"f
Checking up tho varioua points oi 'ne
Ward story Independently, you hah
Secured information tending 10 con
firm 4 number Of them, includ ing ms
tale Of the gun battle Shortly after
that tho newspapers began 70 attack
the defense by publishing reports Of
what they referred TO as discrepahcies
between the defendants contention ana
information which they obtained from
other sources. Many OF those so-called
discropancics cleared themselves up
when tho information was found 10 be
spurious. There remain. however,
number Of points in the newspaper
stories which ought TO be cleared up
by an examination Of the witnesses
whom you have subpoenacd 90 testify
a. 20 the finding Of the body Of Peters
and as to surrounding conditions.
The press kept reiterating lists OF
those so-called discrepancies, and the
next that VIC knew was the defendant
rearrcst and the fixing Of 100000 bail
Although great deal ~ tho harm
done cannot be repaired, II would seem
10 be more justice 20 permit the de-
fendant at this time TO do AS much as
he can by cross-eSamining the wit
ncsscs 20 show how unfair the cam
paign against him has been.
ii am sending copy Of this letter
10 the District Attorney"
Threatens Morsehsuser's Life
Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
last right made public the contents OF
n letter which he received from an
anonymous Correspondent threatening
his life II he does not secure Ward q
ielcase. Justice Morschauser helicyef
II N bc the work Of crank, and Is not
ser.ouslr disturbed bv %. altn0urn tuc
threat il contains is outspokcn.
The missive was enclosed in soiled
envelope Of poor quality. One-half
tho postmark is dccipherahlc. Tho
marx which appears is ~. Y. &" on
tho upper half and "anea-R =. D.. June
20. it32." on the lower. The envelope
is addressed in two distinct forms Of
handwriting md two pencils have been
used. The envelope is addressed 20
"Mr. Justice Morchuser, White Plains,
y. " this being written IN ordinary
lead pencil Below, IN indelible lead,
appoar the words Court House m
another hand, and on the back of the
envelope are the initials -. B. D. IN
indcliblc pencil.
The letter head is printed Fort Dur
kee Hotel. Wilkes-Bsrre. Pa The
note is written In lead pencil on a
single sheet, and under the hotel ad-
dress Is the inscription. "Susquehanna,
Pa. 6-20-22.' The letter reads as
follows:
Dear friend;
"If you don't set him free. my friend
Walter s. Ward, | will shoot you dead
in ten days
Friend am he is good man all
you want 10 get his money away from
him am father am I will stick up him
am father am name 90 TO hell name.
| will stick for them any days"
II is signed in indellble pencil "B
J. b." and below in lead pencil appear
the initials ~. b. D." which are writ
ten on the envelope in indelible pencil
Justice Morschauser's only comment
on the document was: This is very
interesting. would like TO meet the
author face TO face. ! think | could
probably have some fun with him"
The letter has been handed TO the au-
thOrities for investigation.