The New York herald., 1922-05-30
WARD DETECTIVES
HEADED FOR BOSTON
Announce Mysterious Quest
for Charley Ross and
Jack the Speeder.
PAIR STILL MISSING
Failure to Appear at Rem
devious Ascribed to Dread
of Publicity.
BLACKMAILED IN 1915
Ward Settled Suit Brought by
Pittsburgh Girl for
1000.
BLACKMAILED IN 1915

Search for the two partners in TIE
great disappearing act, Charley Ross
and Jack the Speeder. who-may be-
are the missing blackmailers of the
Ward case, shifted to Boston last
night, according to the searcters.
Charles and John, according to yes
terday's information, We're due to pro-
ject themselves into the law office of
William j. Fallon in New York at
3 +. NJ, and there expose to the as
sembled reporters and camera bomb
squad the hidden penetralia of tie
whole strange business.
As they did not appear at the hour
of the revelation was postponed to G
o'clock. AS they did not appear at 6
explanations were promptly made.
Ross and his pal Jack. it seemed, had
been all ready to go to Fallons office
and tell whatever they knew. but were
scared off by the intensive publicity
given to the Ward affair and by the
fear that they might be nabbed by
some overzealous person despite as
surances of protection.
The man "in touch with" the elusive
pair was Harry Connors. one of Val
O'Farrell's detectives. the detective
agency being allied with Tallon in
hunt for evidence as to exactly why
Walter S. Ward killed Clarence Peters
near Kensico reservoir on May 16.
No BIackmail CompInfnt,
Otherwise the important Develop
ments in the Ward case in these parts
amounted to precisely nothing. a
woman in blue" who is pictured as
having accompanied Ward to race ira cks
in Maryland and about New York con-
tinues to be sought without success tc
date Rumors, guesses. suggestions. in
Limitations. deductions and everything
but facts are beginning to smother the
Westchester county authorities. Who are
struggling in White Plains and New
Rochelle, where Ward lives to get some
insight into the actual condition OF
affairs preceding the shooting o.
Clarence Peters.
Inquiry at White Plains does not In
tlicate that Charley Ross or Jack the
speeder have anything dreadful to fear
so far as the Ward case in concerned if
they are corporeal beings and will come
forward and tell what they think they
know According to the Westchester
District Attorneys office neigther Ward
nor his lawyers have ever made any
formal complaint against the Ross and
Jack they identify as the companions of
Peters in the Matchmaking plot.
The typewriter statement in which
Wards attorneys told. on May l6. of
his surrender and OF his confession Of
-. -, 4 All if1
that they had appeared before the Dis
trict Attorney TO make a complaint
against a gang of blackmarlers. There
Is no record OF such a complaint at
White Plains this newspaper was told
Yesterday. and one of the officials SAID
that this was merely an Interpretation
placed upon the appearance for sur
render by the Ward attorneys. Since
then repeated efforts by the authori-
ties to get even q hint of the nature or
the blackmail or details OF the opera
tions OF the gang and how they eXtorted
money from Ward have been vain. II
ts manifest that Ward never intends 70
let this story get out IL he can help it..
He couldn't help il IL he prosecuted the
hIacknlailers Hence IL is argued that
they have nothing to fear from him.
Another Ross in Like Case.
The Westchester Sheriff and District
Attorney asked the New York District
Attorneys office yesterday il Nathan
Rossnschweig. also known as Nat Ross.
who was let off en- suspended sem
tence by Judge Mulqueen i'm General
Sessions last July. was the Charley
Ross of the Ward plot Al that the
District Attorneys office here knows Is
that Rosenschweig does not look at all
like Charley Ross. as the latter is de-
scribed by Ward.
Rosenschweig. who said he was a
salesman. of 552 East l7Sth street. The
Bronx, was placed on trial along with
Samuel Dreyfus. otherwise Joe Brown.
OF SIS East l39th street. The Bronx.
They were accused o. trying TO get so
from a member OF the New York Yacht
Club under threat of exposure IN rels.
ton TO an unprintable crime In these
cases a victim OF extortion rarely ven-
lures to make complaint. and the fact
that In this case the clubman was brave
enough TO do so caused him to be pro-
tected from publicity at the request OF
the Judge and District Attorney.
Rosenschweig was represented by
William j. Fallon. who is now said 20
be hunting for the Charley Ross of the
Ward case
Peters Here Day Only.
One interesting fact was established
by the Westchester county authorities