The New York herald., 1922-06-09
c. ]. ROGERS ELUDES
DEPUTIES SEEKING
Him in WARDCASE
Leaves Syracuse Hotel as
Westchester Slenths Ar
rive to Get Him.
JACKSON ALSO GONE
Two Men May Be the Mys-
terious Charley Ross
and Jack
CUNNINGHAM TALE FALLS
Missing Letter, Explained by
Woman, Punctures a Sc
ries of Theories.
CUNNINGHAM TALE FALLS


Westchester county arrived here from
White Plains just before midnight in
search of Charles j. Rogers and Will
lam Jackson. They missed Rogers by
a. few hours, they said. as the elusive
witness checked out of the Onondaga
Hotel Eere only short time before
the arrival of the quartet from White
Plains. The four have not yet found
trace of Jackson in this city.
Two of the men gave their names at
the Onondaga county Sheriff's office
here as Fred F. Miller and Arthur j.
Rykert. The two other deputies were
termed as shadows"
Richard p. Byrne Of Hogan. Byrne
& Byrne. local counsel for James J..
Cunningham, who is being detained
by Westchester county authorities in
the investigation of the shooting Of
Clarence Peters by Walter S. Ward,
received a telegram this afternoon
from Cunningham's mother asking
him to come to White Plains at once.
Lawyer Cannot Leave.
Attorney Byrne answered he is un-
able to leave Syracuse because he is
representing the defendant in case
before a jury in County Court here
Mr.. Byrne is attorney for Cunning
ham in suit for approximately $4,000
damages brought in the Supreme Court,
Onondaea county, against Commander
J. X. l. Ross Of Montreal. Canada. racing
man. Only one move has been made In
the Supreme Court suit-service OF a
summons ON Commander Ross nearly
three weeks ago as he was boarding
liner for European trip. Complaint
cannot be served until Commander Ross
returns. AS Cunningham quit Com
mander Ross's emplod last fall, II is be-
lieyed the suit is based on a claim for
salary.
"I have been pledged to secrecy" Mr..
Byrne said tonight, 'and am not at
liberty to divulge the nature of the
action"
Indications that Commander Ross ex-
poets to fight the suit strenuously came
in an announcement toA " that he has
retained George Aston Smith OF this
declined to comment on the suit.
The deputy sherffs from Westchester
were understood at White Plains to be
in search of two men whom they pro-
posed TO hold for the inspection of James
J. Cunningham. who is being held at
White Plains as material witness In
the murder Of Clarence Peters. to which
Walter S. Ward has confessed.
Report of Cunning ham Removal.
1t was reported at White Plains early
last night that Cunningham was about
TO be taken from the Westchested county
Jail to Syracuse for the purpose of bring
ing him and two other men together.
Later the report was denied. and that
denial was taken as an indication that
the Westchester authorities had received
word from Syracuse that the men they
sought had eluded them. That view OF
the situation was strengthened by
further report that Cunningham would
be taken further upstate for the same
purpose. and that the trip might carry
the prisoner all the way to the Canadian
border.
The identity of the two men sought
or why they were sought was not made
known at White Plains. although the
snrn1ise was that they might be sus-
pected as the mysterious Jack" and
Charley Ross" for whom the authorities
have been searching ever since Ward re-
vealed his connection with the death of
Peters.
The fact that the men at Syracuse had
left caused keen interest at White
Plains. since their disappearance was
taken to indicate their connection with
the Ward case. The White Plains Off
cials are ready TO dispatch Cunningham
on moments notice In charge OF dep
uties to whatever point the Sheriffs
agents upstate may indicate they have
found their quarry.
Much mystery surrounds the relation
ship Of the mysterious upstate trip TO
the death of Peters. The air OF tense
ness around the Sherif's office last
night. however. showed plainly that the
new turn in the case was regarded ms
of extreme significance.
The news that Mr.. Byrnc had been
summoned hurriedly 10 White Plains by
a telegram from Cunningham's mother
came as a surprise. and the reason for
her desire to have her sons attorney
back on the scene at such short notice
could not be learned.
A Letter In the Case.
What actually took place in the home
of Walter $. Ward In New Rochelle up
to 1890 or II O'Clock of the night that
Ward killed Clarence Peters becam.
known yesterday because woman--a
friend Of the Wards-had unintention-
ally left letter addressed but un-
stamped and unseaied in her automo-
bile In White Plains garage.
The letter was from Mrs. j. Franklin
Burke OF Gilmore court Greenacres
Scersdale. TO Mrs Charles Du Bois OF
Atlantic Highlands. ~ J. 1t contained
just enough information about Ward :
much discussed card party to induce
Mrs. Alfred J. Hook Of 72 Sutton Manor.
New Rochelle, to tell apparently all she
knew about IT, This was not much. but