The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
WOUNDED MAN MAY
 THROW NEW LIGHT. ON WARD MYSTERY.
Bakers Wife and Servants Are Summoned to Appear Before Grand Jury
 Monday
By Associated Press

White Plains, N. Y, June 3.-The eighteenth day of the Ward shoot ing mystery brought three sharp de- velopments. The first was the dis covery in Philadelphia of a wounded man giving the name of John Ciuzo of New York, suspected of being the companion of Clarence Peters. al- legged to have been shot by Walter 5. Ward, at the time the wealthy bakers son claims to have killed the ex-sailor in self defense. Unsuccess- ful search for a wounded man was conducted yesterday in Stamford, Conn.
 The second development wa. the discovery that a man known as
 Jack had been seen, as late as thursday night. at the Mills hotel in New York where Ciuzo claims to nave stayed. He was said to have driven up in red automobile of the same make and color of the car ai- legged by Ward to have been used by the myterious Charley Ross'' ana
 Jack" winch he asserts they met him and Peters at a blackmailers' tryst near the Kensico reservoir on the night or May Is. It was not def initeiy established whether the Jack seen at the Mills hotel actual ls met Cirzo. who 1t Is suspected, may turn out to be the real "Cbar- ley Ross"
 Wife Summoned
 The third development was the an- nouncement that the bakers wife. her two servants and a score of other witnesses had been summoned to ap- pear Monday before the Westchester grand jury. Not until today did there come from District Attorney Weeks positive statement that he would lay tho case before the jury, although yesterday he complaine ed that he had been unable to obtain any information from the servants at the Ward home in New Rochelle, and would not forge them to talk unless they were formally sub- poenaed.
 The local authorities indicated that they believed ciuzo's arrest was im- portant. for if he turned out to have been shot with Peters. instead of in row in Greensburg, Pa, as he claims, he would have an important bearing on the Ward case in con- nection with the story told by James J. Cunningham, race track tout, now lodged in jail here after protesting some knowledge of the manner in which Peters came to be shot.
 Ward's story that was that he had gone to the Kensico reservoir to keep date with a band of black mailers. including Peters. and that he had been forced to fire to save his own life.
 Cunningham. on the other hand, told a circumstantial story to the effect that the shooting occurred In the Ward home when the baker. in league with the blackmailers against another person, had fired in anger when he found he was being double crossed.
 Local investigators took especial note of the fact that Ciuzo. picked up while prowling around house in Philadelphia. had wounds which showed lack of dressing. If he should turn out to be the missing man ai- legged by Cunningham to have been chot in the Ward case, and common Iy believed to have been the mysteri- ous Charley Ross his infected wounds would account for tho in- ability of Investigators to find him in hospitals surrounding White Plains.
 Officials also read with interest dispatches from wikefield. Mss. in- dicating that Ciuzo might be John Cieurzo" of that town. who disap- peared two months ago saying he was going to Philadelphia or New York. It was noted that like Peters. who hailed from Haverhill, Mass, he too had served in the navy.
 Word was received here that no trace had been found in New York of the private detective agency by which Ciuxo said he had been em- ployed. nor was he known at any of the Mills hotels in New York by that nAme where he said he had stopped.
 Meanwhile Cunningham. who also professes to have been . private de- tective. and who has kept mum since he made his first confidences to . New York newspaper. contributed no new information.