The evening world., 1922-06-15
WALTER S. WARD INDICTED !
FOR SHOOTING OF PETERS
Persons Close to Prosecutor
Say First Degree Murder
Is Charge Against Soh
of Millionaire Baker. Z.
John Doe Inquiry Begun ON
Complaint That Wards Are
ConSpiring to Defeat Ends
of Justice.

While the Grand Jury OF West
chester County was finding an in
dictment on It's investigation of the
killing of Clarence Peters by Walter
S. Ward this afternoon. RALPH ..
Ward. brother of the slayer. was
taken before Justice Morschauser in
Il John Doe inquiry directed against
George Ward, his father. and Walter
S. Ward. Ralph Ward. unable 70
evade testifying as he had before the
Grand Jury. was understood to have
made frank answers.
II was assumed that the indictment
bore out the predictions Of close asao-
cihtes of District Attorney earlier IN
the day that an Indictment for mur-
der ~ thssTrst degree would be found
Deputy sheriffs were sent out at once
to Walter Wards home in sutton
Manor, New Rochelle, and to hts Of
Ace at the plant of the Ward Bakery
Company. He has been for ten davk.
under $4,000 ball on an open homl
eide charge and Pinkerton operatives
employed by the District AttorEe 5,
are understood to have him continu.
ously under observation. FI
Justice MorSchauser signed an or
der for the John Doe inquiry on an
application presented by District At /,
torney Weeks this morning. II res
cited that Walter Ward had made a
self serving statement regarding a
homicide, in which he set up the ex.
PLANTATION. but no proof, that he he'd
taken the life of Peters because hist
own was threatened by Peters an0s
two others; IL recited that counsel foi.
Walter Ward had exhibited copies III
radio messages sent by George 81
Ward to Walter Ward indicating .ft
eelder man had been Informed that u
blackmail demand had been made.
It also recited that at time whess
the necessity tor obtaining the eNtsi
dence of George s. Ward for thtl
Grand Jury became apparent, Georges
$. Ward had gone to Pennsylvania
with his son Ralph, and in the PUBLIC
prints had been quoted as saying he
had no intention OF coming back white
his son. Walter. was under investigaE
tion 1T recited that Ralph D. Waros
had refused TO divulge what his fatheif
had said regarding the case.
Thus an entirely new crime was
set up in which the remarks Of Georse
$ Ward to Ralph Ward became the
words of one of the defendants, which
Ralph Ward must repeat for the in
formation Of the Court or go to jail
Ralph Ward did not go to jail. HI
answered questions promptly and n.
way apparently satisfactory 20 Me-
Weeks for nearly an hour and thep.
went home looking gravely worried,
The John Doe hearing was then adt,
iourned until late this afternoon. q
The proceeding opened the way tot
the cNtradition OF George s. WARD
from Williamsport, Pa, where he hael
been for several days. Despatchet,
from Williamsport have quoted the
elder Ward as saying he had no ms
teution OF coming within the Jurls-s
diction of New York State while ths
Grand Jury was in session inNestisi
eating the Peters killing.
4 iurist who is regarded as the
highest authority on the extraditicn,
laws in this city was asked to-day
whether the finding OF George :.
Ward, chargeable with conspiracy,
With his SON. would warrant legal
proceedings 10 take the father tron
Pennsylvania 20 White Plains.
Recent legislation, he said have
made eXtradition on conspiracy niisiI
demeanor cases possible between parI
ticular states. Il il possible in this
instance, undoubtedly, In my luoE,
ment u
Il was understood that Elwood
Rabenold and Allen r. Campbell had
been summoned as witnesses in tia
John Doe proceeding on the theory
that thCy were Walter Wards coun-f
sol aud not retained by George S
Na.l and so were not protected bSf
tho privileges Of lawyer and client