The New York herald., 1922-06-03
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sedTcn warrant is necessary LOT our
house is open to inspection. l never
heard of Cunningham before this thing
came up"
DR.. Hanrahan is an invalid and has
not practiced his profession at night for
several years.
Revised story Gets Credence.
The Stamford police opine that Cum
ninghams whole story Is fiction, devised
to earn a reward of 81. 900 offered by the
American for solution of the Ward
mystery. At White Plains. where Cum
ningham spent the day in cell recov-
ering from a colossal headache and
seeing only his mother. his attorney.
private detective and the Sheriff,
the authorities are not so sure
OF it. Weighing the circumstan-
tiality of the narrative against all its
improbabilties they think 1t has at least
basis OF truth. Sheriff Werner spent
an hour with the prisoner yesterday and
got little out Of him except that his
last version, In which he took himself
out OF the picture as an actual witness
of the shooting. was accurate and he
would stand by 1t. Otherwise Cunning
ham, acting on the advice OF his lawyer,
Maurice ]. Mccarthy OF 81 William
street. was not communicative.
Sheriff Werner said last night that
he expected to "talk with Cunningham
two hours to-day. He feels that he
can gradually win his confidence and
get the man to be more specific about
the place In or about Stamford-if that
was the town-whither Joe or Bill
jackson is supposed TO have been taken
for sequestered convalesence.
II talked with Cunningham an hour
to-day" the Sheriff said last night.
l..fs ~ IL
he?" one of the interviewers asked.
Don't be too sure" said the Sheriff.
IT am going to see him tomorrow. Re-
member that he was not in very good
shape when we met him last night"
Both the Sheriff and District Attor-
ney Weeks were asked frequently yes
terday If they were not going to bring
Cunningham and Ward together so that
each might have a chance to say
whether he knew the other. Their
answer was that they didn't know. but
the fact Is that an attempt to bring
about the meeting will be made, prob
| ably to-day. In his first story, which
he repudiated, Cunningham represented
himself as having been with lawyer
who had been attorney for the senior
Ward, George s., when the lawyer,
tired of the dumbness of a dictaphone
placed by Cunningham in the basement
of Walter S. Wards home in New Ro-
chelle, marched up the stairs, with Cum
ningham following. Their sudden appear
ance in the Ward library, where Ward
was talking with Clarence Peters and
another man, induced the rage ia which
Ward shot Peters and the other man.
according to the unrevised Cunningham
history. But in the newer, and. says
Cunningham. authentic version, Cum
/ Al, erl.r I'D ,I fV,tr,
the proceedings of the night because
his friend, Charley Rogers. called him
and got him to help in carrying the
wounded Jackson to a place of refuge
! However. whichever version Is the true
one, land whether either of them is. the
Westchester authorities suspect thai
Ward and Cunningham have actually
met in the past and that their acquaint'
ance began at a race track.
Weeks Thinks Yarn RING True.
THE second story of Cunningham
rings true. 1t seems to me-" District
Attorney Weeks said late in the after
noon, but before he had received a com
plete account of the expedition to STAN
ford.
"Have you," he was asked. located
any of the persons mentioned in eithe'
of the two stories?"
YES" he said, but In view of thu
seeming elimination of the Stamford
Charley Rogers he was not so positiv,
later in the evening.
"Will the Cunningham stories chang
the status of Ward?" was another ques
ton. Parrying this. Weeks answered:
II do not take much stock in tn
first story; 1t sounds too wild. but thinl
that the second rang true; Of the tw
the second Is the easier to credit.
fWill the Ward case be taken befor
: the Grand Jury within the next fey
days?"
'I cannot answer that"
How is that while Ward the princi
pal in the case. is out on bail. Cunning
ham. merely held as material witnes:
is left in jail?"
II cannot answer that at this time.
An unofficial answer Is that the author
tiles do not fear that Ward would tr
: to get away.
Cunningham was reported yesterl a
morning TO resent his having been take
to Jail when all he expected was ths
= he would tell his story to a newspape
> But we'll informed persons said las
night that he did not mind II bi
, He seemed to be afraid of something, a
a matter of fact. and was said to hav
welcomed the protection afforded by th
walls and bars of the prison. III
, mother, who lives at 2134 Lafontain
( avenue. The Bronx, Is of pleasing ar
, pearance. She is gray haired. seen
to be about so years old, and wor
yesterday a neat blue suit with whit
fat collar. Attorney Mccarthy. VIII
accompanied her and spent half an hot
with Cunningham, said that he was RI
tained only yesterday. He would M
talk to newspaper men. but after lea'
ing the Jail called on the District A
torney He told Mr.. Weeks that
wanted to cooperate in any desired wa
in getting at the facts. He could m
understand. he said why his client wa
being held in Jail. but IL II was for an
definite purpose he would not at ono
. try to get Cunningham out on a wr
OF habeas corpus. 1t was believed Ia.
night that Cunningham would be cor
tent to remain In jail until the checkln
up of his story was finished.
: Mrs. Cunningham asked Mr.. Weeks [
correct one part If the published tale
Cunningham. She said II was not tru
that Jackson. just after the shooting.
az any other time, was taken to h,
home In The Bronx. and that whoevt
thought her son had so stated the IA,
misunderstood him.
In further conversation With repor
ers District Attorney Weeks said ths
when the Sheriff and others searche
the Ward home on Wednesday they sa'
no trace of the dictaphone. which, az
cording to Cunningham's first story. i
lad installed there in order 20 convinc
George s. Wards attorney that a blaci
mailing plot was In operation again,
the senior Ward.