New-York tribune., 1922-05-27
In Cell for Second Night
When Haheas Writ Fails.
Counsel Will Move for
Release on Fresh Bond
pfosecutor Insists
On ProI,ib;lory Sum
rre Of Spades From Deck
and Sp!inters Of Class
Found Near His Home

rcr fhe second successive night Wal
~ S. Ward. sef-identifed killer of
-l,Yrce Petere. last night slept be-
:ird the huttressed walls Of the old
Tss.chester County jail st White
Plains. The frst skirmish Of the legal
battle between tho wealthy bakers
counsel snd District Attorney Fred
| erics E. Weeks on the issue Of Wards
,-ssdom went IN favor Of the District
lt.ora.y. when Supreme Court Justice
Frank [ Young decided yesterday af-
is,roon that the writ Of habeas corpus
Issued against Sheriff Werner or
Wards behslf should be dismissed
To-day the fight moves 70 Newburgh,
as home Of Supreme Court Justice
s,seer where application for a new
bail release fer Ward will be made By
lis counsel. Allan T. Campbell. This
notion WI Re opposed BY the District
Ntorne.- unless the sum fixed is so
|tieh as N his estimation to preclude
pssitlltr IF Ward leaving the state
Il possible that noon to-day will sec
Ward aga ~ st liberty, but 1t will not
h urd.r $4,000 bond That much
vas made plain in the District At
trnev's argument hefore Justice
Young
pls7-ine Card Found Near Home
ierL,1- ,-.- r,~tLo, o6,c,r1 6e--eior-
-snt r. the invcstigation into the train
II event. which led Ward TO shoot the
g.sslor. the most interesting discov-
cry reported Yesterday vas the finding
BY reporter for Ihs Tribune of
taylne card and plate glass fragments
sar the walk which leads 20 the rear
s,.rance 70 the Ward home at New
hohelle. The card was the FIVE of
rs ies, from deck She backs OF which
ne marked with orlss cross conven-
.sna design in red and green. The
fscoverv may have senie efgnihcsn
Z vie~ IT tho feet that III a pocket of
S.ssn coat when his body was found
rs,r Eensico Reservoir was deck of
tsla from which several units were
sisinf A comparison of the card
hsad near the Ward home Yesterday
ui tha pack found IN Peterss pocket
vI be made this morning by Sheriff
Erner at White Plains.
a. The came time the Sheriff will hs
SHOWN soma ragments Of glass discov-
end along the edge ~ the waTk fesding
i'om the Nerd garage to the rear en-
'rsnce Of. the home, III the largest of
.tese fragments, silver about eight
iaches long, ls hole which unofficial
experts say was made by a revolver
bullet The possible significance of
this find rests upon the circumstances
,nst while Ward has said that the rear
window Of his car was shot out by one
Of .hs bullets fred at him by the Pe-
tsrs eare. which he declares attacked
hin for PURPOSES of blackm all. no glass
fragments have been found anywhere
hear the spot where Peters's body was
discovered. although several indepen-
dent AGENCIES have made q microscopic
search
Counsel for Peters's Hin Here
Michael L. Sullivan and his law as
s'tia's. james J Roman. arrived at
'he Waldorf Astoria yesterday from
sslem. Mass as the repre- esentstlves
OF Psters's parents in Haverhll. Sui
Ivan who Is president of the ESSEX
county. Mass. Bar Association, said
that he knew Scott Peters. the dead
youths uncle very we'll. Scott Peters
formerly WAS District Attorney OF Es-
sex COUNTY.
From Sullivan it vas learned that
tAce last Monday William J. Fallon,
lavyer. znd Val O'Farrell. who
operates detective agency have been
working or the case What they have
ahsarthed Sullivan would pot say, be
sslse he did not consider the time ap
'rsErlate
we are gong to offer our services
sA III The inform mation We have gath
,,'so 70 the Westchester authorities"
's SAD. 'ard thus do not think
'Coe'irYe5 on ra.e fcur>