The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-05-30
WARDS STORY IS ATTACKED
BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Who
SEEKS TO QUESTION FATHER
Prosecution Now Working on
Theory All Has Not
Been Told.
DEATH CAR SOUGHT
Authorities Heard Slayer's Car
Never Left Garage at
Night of Killing.

THE efforts OF District Attorney
Weeks of Wcstchestcr County in try
ing to get at the whole truth regard
ing the killing OF young Carcuce
Peters at kensico Reservoir, NAV il.
by Walter $. Ward were shipped to
day to the definite purpose of finding
undisputable proof that somewhere In
the carefully guarded statement OF
Ward, made to the authorities May
80. there Is legally provable untruth.
The District Attorney has not been
able to put questions to George :.
Ward, the slayer's father whose ex-
pected arrival from Europe ON the
Majestic. May l6. had something to
do with the blackmail plot which il
The background for the killing Of
Peters. SO much was admitted in the
Ward "self-serving statement" in
which Ward took responsibility for
shooting OF Peters and set up self
defense.
George S. Ward has a home at
Spuyten Duyvil. Inquirers there the
day after the surrender OF Walter $.
Ward were told Mr.. Ward had 'just
gone out" but was expected bach
later in the day" At the office of the
Ward Bakery Company inquirers
we're told that Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
were in Utica, N. Y"
Members OF the firm of Rabeno!d
Il Scrtbner and John +. Brennan.
attorneys for Ward. have mentioned
casually that they have been in con
sultatlon with George S. Ward. but
no official OF Westchester County Is
known to have had IA glimpse OF him
since he disappeared from public
view with his wife. Walter Wards
stepnfother, when he came down the
ganplank OF the Majestic, The author
tiles are sravely interested to know
why George s. Ward should sur
render his freedom OF movement and
| his utterances TO the some rules es-
tablished by counsel for the acknowl-
| edged slayer of Peters.
| Informal statements by the lawyers
have established that the elder Ward
| was entirely familiar with the black
mail plot as described by his son:
the time covered by young Wards
| . h.
before Peters was shot. The same
time was covered by the trip Of the
elder Ward to Europe. A cable or
ado message from the father to son
| has been mentioned, in which the
| elder Ward said he would have
nothing to do with the payment OF
| $50, 900 to blackmallers, but would
spend hundreds OF thousands to put
| them in Jail. This message was
shown or communicated to Peters
and apparently through him to
| Charlie Ross and Jack, his supposed
accomplices, and a typewriter reply
signed &c. r." has been shown to
| District Attorney Weeks. in which
was the threat was that II $3.50
were not paid at once Walter Ward
would never meet the Majestic"
| Sheriff Werner had to-day a com
plete report from Deputy Sheriff
| Cherico regarding tie narrative Of
Ryan. the Broadway restaurant bus
boy who said a woman tried to hire
him TO xii somebody in the War;
house" CherIco said he was satisfied.
after talking with the restaurant
| PROPRIETOR and Ryan, that the hoy
was telling the truth.
Neither of them had ever seen the
woman before she came to the rcst.n-
rant al clock She asked Ryan
while he was serving her how much