New-York tribune., 1922-06-17
Bail Barred After Plea of
Not Guilty of Murder;
Counsel Pleads in Vain
for Immediate Hearing
Attorney Rebuked
For Early Tactics
Slayer Must Take Chances
on Docket; Search for
Father Gathers Impetus


upper tier Of the Westchester County
fail a, White Plains yesterday after
room 20 await trial on charge OF mur-
der in the arst degree. He may have
an extended wait.
The juno term Of the Supreme Court
Is almost finished and there is no pos
sibiliiy Of his case being brought 20
t.ial during the pcr.,d which remains
FOR 10 90 function. There will be a
short term in july. when Justice
Tompkins will sit IN White Plains. but
the docket is crowded and IL seems i'm.
probable that Wards case. II it re-
,ains its presen; position on the list,
will be called IN time TO be heard az
that session. Failing the July term,
Ward mus, stay In prison until Sep
;cmber. possibly until October.
Pleads Not Guilty Of Murder
ward pleaded rot guilty yesterday
morning 20 the charge Of having
"fclonicusly. willfully. unlawfully and
with malice aforcthought' shot and
killed Clarence Peters. Of Haverhill.
Mass, an obscure ex-sailor, who, he
says. was one Of gang which attempt
cd 10 levy blackmail on him. lie was
indicted by the May grand jury OF
Wcstchestcr County and committed 10
jail 20 await trial By Supreme Court
Justice Morschauser Bail was refused.
His own wealth, his fathers mil
liens, his political influence. the power
LIN Il - Itl - - n
Walter Ward when the moment arrived
for the final test The long drawn out
battle which Ward and his friends have
fought so strenuousiy for delay, for
release on bail and for fcerccy was
lost finally when Justice Morschauser
IN extremely plain language told Allan
r. Campbell. Of counsel for tho de-
fense. that Ward was on exactly the
SAME plane as any other prisoner
charged with murder ard must wait his
turn for trial ~ the rest.
This was tho final effort 20 adjus.
matters so ihrt Walter Wards bed
would be as ,of, ss II could be made.
Mr. Campbell who has led the court
pleading for the prisoner throughout
the case. made a determined and per-
slstent effort 10 put hcross a motion for
q speedy trial, and to obtain request
10 the District Attorney 10 name an
early date FOR the proceedings. When
IL became apparent that his plea had
failed John 2 Brennan, Of Yonkers.
associate counsel in the Ward case, put
IN q plea In support of Mr Campboll's
ins'stenco on an early trial.
Blames Counsel for Delay
The District Attorney Office IS
Going % he conducted BY the District
for help Justice Morsehauscr said
finally. The remark came a. the end
- long discussion which followed
Mr. Campbell's suggestion that he
would like q speedy trial. Justice
Norschguser made II quite plain tina,
he held tho defense counsel responsible
FOR tho failure Of the District Attorney
20 find missing witnesses and for the
failure OF certain OF Wards relatives
90 appear before the grand jury.
Ward. who wEs arrested on Thursday
afternoon and spent the night in jail.
was up early and apparently ready for
.he hearing long before the court
opened for the day. Nevertheless. when
the case was reached. the prisoner had
rot appeared. and there was delay
of several minutes before he entered
the room in charge o. Deputy Sheriff
ruscoe and fankod By his lawyers.
1re marks of strain were evident
rpor bic face rs he stood 20 plead. On
trc previous occasion when he appeared
before Justice Young NJ tho hearing on
the habe.s corpus writ served by his
counsel after his FIRST arrest ne smiled
frequently. with every outward sign Of
confidence Yesterday he was pale. even
haggard Ills eyes were puffcd and his
smile was infrequent and seemingly
forced Occasionally he caught his
lower lip between his teeth. His gaze
was turned steadily toward the counsel
table where his lawyers sat.
District Attorney Weeks asked Ward
how he desired 70 plead He said.
hastily: Not guilty" and then Mr..
Campbell rose 20 his feet and motion
i-C toward his clicnt for silence, ad-
dressed the court:
There IS one matter that | would
Ike 20 present now, because Il seems
% me to be paramount Mr.. Campbell
said. "and that Is the fixing Of a date
for a speedy trial Of the action. The
case has a number OF special cireum-
stances which we perhaps do not need
70 20 into az length because your
honor Is somewhst familiar with the
proceedings that have gone on M 10
this time. being in charge Of the grand
jury. But the fact is there that we
have reached a time when. unless tho
(cssnsusd 60 pas. tAfsD