The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-05
two small children.

two small children.
CHAPTER III.
n was 4 a. m. May is. Ward said,
when he drove In his coupe 20 meet
Peters. Charley Ross and Jack"
They appeared In a roadster. he said.
and Peters climbed into his coupe
with drawn revolver. ward. who IA
ieft.handed. Jumped GU, toward him.
setsed his assallant'a right hand With
his own right. 80 that when the 9th.
er's gun went off tho hulient went
thru tho coupe window. simulia-
neoenly he drew hts own gun with
his left hand and shot Peters thru
the chest.
Peters spun and fell dead in the
road ward ran toward tho other
car and exchanged eight or nins
shots. he says with the other two.
who then started their machine and
fed. Ward left tho body lying IN
the road.
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detectives Ward toured Broadway
caharess in New York. searching for
Charley Roar" and Jack" lie
called one raek track gambler and
the other a hired Eunman.
Young MR. Ward said; I'm with
my husnandF'
Allen u. Campbell. WARTS lawyer.
said he had a package Of blnekmat.
ms letters He refused 20 say
whether woman was concerned IN
the plot. but admitted IL started al
race track.
Ward was held for tho grand jury
and released In 10000 bali.
CHAPTER V.
Sensation. Ward admitted that
six weeks before. ha took poison
and narrowly escaped death Tho
doctor and Mrs ward said !, was
accidental
Said Mrs. Ward; There II no
woman In the case. have absolute
confidence in my husband and know
he viii be entirely cleared"
Ward Is said to have confessed
tho entire blackmail story 10 his
wife Immediately after the shooting.
Wards father. who returned from
Europe the day % the shooting. re.
ported 70 have refused his sons last
appeal for biackmAil money. saying:
I'm not spend cent for biackmaii.
but any amount 10 Jail the plotters
Said Peters father; wards story
sounds fishy"
CHAPTER VI.
Criticism became rife against dis.
trict attorney. sheriff and coroner.
Coroner Fitzgerald puzzled by dis.
appearance OF Peters pistol; he said
he found only one discharged shell az
the scene. in spite OF the barrage
Ward described. also found tracks
Of only one car and no signs OF
scuffTe: 10 persons living within 200
yards said they heard no shots.
Ward resigned as chairman Of
the New Rochelle police commission.
CHAPTER VII.
District Attorney weeks an
nounced himself dissatisfied with
Wards story. saying he believed
Charley Ross" and Jack" fictitious
characters.
Ward refused TO tell his secret.
but hts lawyers showed Weeks two
threatening letters signed &C. r."
Peters family hired n lawyer 20
prove Peters innocent OF biackmaii.
Ward was rearrested. and after
spending two nights IN jail was re.
leased on $50. 900 ball. He turned
over 10 the sheriff two guns. one OF
which he said he picked up after
Peters was shot.
CHAPTER VIII.
A Broadway busboy told police
woman offered him $500 to XIII
somebody IN the Ward house"
Wards house searched following
rumor that shooting OF Peters took
place there. Nothing found.
A private detective was arrested
az a material witness on his story
that he witnessed meeting or black.
matters and shooting In Ward home.
Mrs. Ward resisted efforts OF
grand jury 10 make her tell hus-
bands secret. His father left the
state and his brother. Ralph. defied
grand jury. Ward was indicted for
murder. pleaded not guilty. and after
spending some time In jail sue
ceeded I'm agaln attaining his free