New-York tribune., 1922-05-25
Note Gives a
New Turn to
W ard Affair
tCon''nued from pace one>

ing the nature of the alleged com
promising information Ward desires tc
conceal but is also expected to force
the Westchester County officials tc
abandon thsir lenient attitude toward
the wealthy slayer
boSton Investigators who began
making inquiries Yesterday shortly
after Michael /. Sullivan, Of Salem.
had been retained by the Peters family
maze some interesting discoveries As
t"ieGrophed to New York last night
'heSe served to support the statements
MADE IN the anonymous letter pos.
seSsed s., by District Attorney Weeks.
.l IeSe Investigators were told that
there IS persistent rumor in the nm
der.world that Ward was freouent
VISITOR IN Boston and that hs was FIRE
quehtIy IN the company of wealthy
men whose idiosyncrasies have been 4,
subject Of comment.
In retaining Mr. Sullivan. Mrs. Incl
refers, mother of Clarence Peters. OK.
pressed the hope that the affair would
he thoroughly investigated. At the
very least SUllivan's entrance is OK
pccted to force the Westchester County
Ward. ''' VI
Mrs Peters said yesterday that Ward
certainly had lied Hbout her son in one
particular. That was AZ To ths lengtf 9TH
o. @. time he had been seeing him.
wards lawyers fixed this period at
moro than three months. Petcrs's
parents are prepared TO show that he
ana not leave home until three weeks
ago. Since that time he he'd been to
FarS Island, S. c.. where Ne attempte1
to enlist in the Marine Corps.
John Montjeth, the Chief Of Police
OF Milford, n. H., announced yesterday
that young Peters had been in iail
there three weeks ago charged with
breaking and entering two stores ana
garage. He said Peters was released
seek out other men who had been in
yoved with him in the supposed crime.
instead, the chief said, Peters disap-
peared from his haunts
Political leaders in Nestchrster
tounty opposed to the present powers
there indicated yesterday that the atti-
tude of the men charged with enforc-
1ng the law was regarded by them as
campaign material and that they were
disposed to use it as such
Admittance to Bail Criticized
First and foremost there IS the nm
NSual circumstance Of releasing in
$4,000 bail a man who confesses kill
ing another when his statement that
the killing was done in sef-defense is
not supported by other witnesses. Dis
trlct Attorney Weeks was asked about
this yesterday afternoon. lie said he
thought the authorities could get Ward
when they wanted him.
The District Attorney was told that
state troopers who had been first at
the spot where Peters body was found
dc not accept Wards story
Neither do H. said Mr.. Weeks. "I'll
say this, too, that | believe less of his
story every hour Right now am not
convinced that the two men 'Charli,
Ross and Jack even exist. l ont un-
derstand about the failure to find the
gun Peters is supposed to have fired or
about the lack Of cartridge shells to
support Wards story that he emptied
his automatic pistol at Charlie Ross
and Jack. don't understand whv his
autornobile is undamaged, when ac-
cording to his story, the bullet fired
by Peters pierced one of the glass win
dows in the machine | don't under.
stand, either, the nature of the com
promi ising information the threat to