The Washington times., 1922-05-27
LEARNS TO KNOCK OFF PARTRDGES HEAD TO OBTAIN FOOL
WARD RELEASED
IN 100000 BAIL;
PLOT UNFOLDS
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dicate the quality OF his relations
with Peters and the hold the two had
on Ward, and is now at liberty on a
sentence imposed on him
six months ago in a New York court
in which he pleaded guilty to q
charge of extortion.
Recognized Name.
When Charlie Ross" real name
was given last night to Sheriff
Werner in White Plains, Werner
admitted that he had heard it once
before-from one of Wards attor-
neys. 1t Is surmised that Ross"
and Peters met while both were
serving in the navy and that the
foully criminal operations by which
the pair kept themselves in funds
commenced when both were given
discharge papers and found them
selves on the New York pavements
with nothing but a mutual taste for
crime as capital.
Ross" served as a bugler on the
battleships Rhode Island and Con.
necticut. He left the navy a year
ago and had various troubles with
the police authorities until, six
months later, his most serious lapse
resulted in his arrest on a charge
of extortion, preferred by a wealthy
man of unclean moral record. The
charge was that Ross" had eX-
tracted several thousand dollars
from this wealthy plaintiff as the
price of silence about relations
which had existed between the two.
Admits Improprieties.
Examination Of Ross was made
before his trial by Judge Alfred ].
Talley, at that time assistant dis
trict attorney. His confession, in
part. is as follows:
Q. (by Attorney Talley) How
were you living? A. by "Ross'O
On this man.
Q. How much money did you get
out of him altogether? A. ] can't
remember.
Q. Several thousand dollars? A.
should say about that.
Q. Six thousand dollars? A. l
can't give the exact figures.
Q. You don't need to be exact
A. About two or three thousand
dollars.
Q. What did you get it for? A.
I'll tell you the story. I'll make
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lows an unprintable narratiVe)
The name OF the man who was
victimized by Ross" is known, but
is suppressed.
1t is not, OF course, Walter S.
Ward, whose troubles with Peters
and Ross" commenced at a later
date.
The description given of Ross"
meets all the requirements Of that
furnished by Sheriff Werner in
White Plains.
Finding of the blood stains at
Wards home created a sensation
among the large corps Of investiga-
tors who are endeavoring to learn
why the police commissioner Of New
Rochelle, who resigned two days ago,
gave, as he said, 5000 to the man
he slew.
At the foot Of the steps where the
stains were found were a number of
fragments from the windshield Of an
automobile and a short distance
away was found a playing card still
bearing a distinct finger print de.
spite the fact that it is believed to
have lain there through a severe
rain.
The stones on which the stains
| a
to determine their origin.
The windshield fragments were
sent TO an automobile company to
determine whether they are Of the
type used in the coupe OF the kind
Ward was driving on the night of
the killing. Ward, in his confession,
claimed the bullet fired at him by
Peters had passed through a rear
window of the car and not the wind-
shield.
Undaunted by the decision Of
Justice Young in refusing a writ Of
habeas corpus, Wards attorneys
said today that their client would
sleep in his own home Saturday
night.
Justice Young, m refusing to ap.
prove a writ of habeas corpus, COM
mented on Wards re-arrest, at which
time he was out on $4,000 bail. Jus.
tice Young said:
I'm my opinion Justice Seeger had
q legal right TO cause Wards re.
arrest. The propriety of increased
bail was not argued before me or
was any application to. fix the
amount of bail presented
For the reasons assigned, l think
the writ must be dismissed, and it Is
SO OTueTtu.
The mystery concerning the rela-
tions of Peters and Ward became
more enigmatic when the Navy De-
partment informed Universal Serv.
Ice that Peters application for re.
enlistment in the marine corps was
not rejected until May IL. This was
just three days before Ward slew
Peters. The authorities are trying
to determine the following ques,
tions:
Ibid Ward meet Peters for
the first time on May l3, IL, or 10,
or had Ward known Peters pre-
viouslyS
9-What was the secret for the
protection Of which, Ward SAYS,
he paid $4,000, and was consider
ing whether he would meet de.
mand for $4,000 more?
S-what became OF the $50, ,000S
II Peters shared In Il, why was he
shabbily clad and why did he have
only Sl.Ss In his pockets when the
body was found?