New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Peterss Self Confessed
Slayer Goes Home From
Cell; FaIlon Promises to
Produce Pal Of Victim
Blackmail Story
Fake, Says Lawyer
Asserts, After Conference
With Prosecutor, He
viii Be Able to Disprove
Allegations A of a Plot

The early appearance in White
Plains of the man Walter S. Ward
knows as Charley Ross" was prom
ised last night by William J Fallon.
criminal lawyer, of Manhattan, who
is representing the family of Clar-
ence Peters, former navy man, who
was shot and killed by the son of the
millionaire head of the Ward Baking
Company.
When Fallon made this announce
ment after a two-hour conference at
the home of District Attorney Weeks
in White Plains Ward was at his
home in New Rochelle, where he had
gone after being released in the
afternoon from the White Plains jail
after his lawyers had deposited $50
900 cash bail with Sheriff George
Werner.
Mr.. Weeks was tremendously i'm
pressed with the importance of the
information Fallon brought. He
said, after Falon had started off to
get Ross at some unidentified rendez-
vous:
May Produce Ross" Soon
Il can't tell whether the information
which Mr.. Fallon has given ME will be
favorable to Ward or favorable to the
memory of Peters
Mr.. Weeks created the impres sion that
Fallon had not told him anything that
supported Wards story that Ross was
present when Peters was killed
I'VE can produce in White Plains the
man who is known to Walter S. Ward
as Charley Ross said Mr. Fallon.
speaking for himself and ATTORNEYS
Mark Sullivan and James Roman. OF
Salem, Mass. These three are repre-
senting the Peters family. although
their retaining fee is generally be
ileved to have been paid by others. at
Is more than likely that we can get in
touch with Ross in q few hours" con
tinued Mr.. Fallon. Ross probably will
have no objection to coming to White
Plpns There Is no charge against
HIM
The most important thing to he
learned is why Ward was in a lonely
road by the reservoir with Peters II
has been shown conclusivcIv that there
was no pistol battle there such as was
described by Wards lawyers in their
statement.
Assails Blackmail Story
we can disprove Wards story tha,
six weeks, because we can prove Peters
was in Haverhll until two weeks be-
tore he was killed, and he then went
to Paris Island, S. c."
Fallon's offer to produce Ross was
believed about the White Plains court
house TO be better news for the Dis
trict Attorney than for the LAWYERS
representing Ward. 1t was learned
yesterday that Mr.. Weeks had urged
ards lawyers to enlarge upon the
blackmail features of their client,
story and that they had refused fatty.
1t also was learned that Attornev
Rabenold rebuked Sheriff Werner for
trying to question Ward.
ASK me any questions you may care
to- said Mr.. Rabenold. but do not
seek to question Mr.. Ward"
Trimming broadly but saying moth
ing. the former president OF the no
llce commissioners of New Rochelle
emerged from the Sheriff's Office abou,
o'clock after a cordial hand shake with
that official and his deputies Ward
then got into an automobile belonging
to Harry Mercer. an automobile sales
man and deputy sheriff, and was driven
to his home at New Rochelle, where he
had dinner with his wife and two chill
dren.
Justice Seeger Fixes Bail
1t was the first time Ward had seen
his family since last Wednesday, when
he disappeared, causing reports that
disturbing to District Attorney Fred
erick Weeks that he had cancelled
Wards $4,000 bail on which he was
originally freed after his confession.
That action was taken Thursday morn
ing, at which time the Sheriff was
given an order to arrest Ward. and
Thursday night the rich young baker
vas locked up in the White Plains
jail. An attempt by his lawyers to
gam his release on a writ of habess
corpus on Friday was unsuccessful.
Justice Young denying their motion
b. agreement with District ATTORNEY
w weeks, Nafd S lawyers went before
Supreme Court Justice Seeger at New
burgh yesterday and asked him to fix
bail. 1t was Justice Seeger who fixed
the amount at $4,000 last Tuesday.
when Peters's slayer confessed that hs
had shot him.
Disappeared for Conference
Allan Campbell, friend of Ward and
member of the law firm of Rabenold
& Scribner, his counsel, began the ar,
gument before Justice Seeger in the
courthouse in Newburgh. He said
"The only thing we know. your
honor, is that $4,000 is considered in
sufficient bail for our client, and
that the,contention has been made that
Ward was not at home on the day be-
fore his bail was Cancelled. As a mat
ter of fact, he was comforting with his
lawyers. The crowd was SO great at
his home in New Rochelle that they
had to call the police. Obviously that
was not the place to hold legal con
ference. | know what the facts have
been and I do not know any reason-o,
/ facts-why bail should have been de-
! clined"
! Then District Attorney Weeks hepar