Evening star., 1922-06-04
NEW SENSATIONS
IN WARD MYSTERY
"Ross"- Believed Prisoner as
! Hunt for "Jack" in Red
Car Warns Up.
READY FOR GRAND JURY
District Attorney to Summon Rela-
tives and Maids From New
Rochelle.
READY FOR GRAND JURY
7 the Associated Press.

Rochelle.
By the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y. June g.
The eighteenth day of the Ward shoot
ing mystery brought three sharp de-
velopments.
The first was the discovery in Phila-
felphia of a wounded man giving the
name of John Cieuzo of New York
suspected of being the companion of
Clarence Peters, alleged to have been
shot by Walter S. Ward at the time
the wealthy bakers son claims to have
killed the eX-Soldier in self-defense
UNSUCCESSFUL search for wounded
man was conducted yesterday in Stam-
ford. Conn.
The second development was the
discovery that a man known as Jack
had been seen as late as Thursday night
at the Mills Hotel in New York where
Cieuzo claims to have stayed. He was
said to have driven up in a red auto
mobile of the same make of the car
alleged by Ward TO have been used by
the mysterious Charley Ross" and
Jack" when he asserts they met him
and Peters at a blackmailers trys'
near the kensico reservoir on the night
of May Is. 1t was not definitely estab-
Mills Hotel actually met Cieuzo, who II
is suspected may turn out to be the
real Charley Ross
The third development was the an
nouncement that the bakers wife
her two servants and a score of other
witnesses had been summoned to ap-
pear Monday before the Westchester
grand jury. Not until today did there
come from District Attorney Weeks
a positive statement that he would
lay the case before the jury, although
yesterday he complained that he had
been unable to obtain any informa-
tion from the servants at the Ward
home in New Rochelle, and would not
force them to talk unless they were
formally subpoenaed.
New Arrest Important.
The local authorities indicated that
they believed CieuZos arrest was i'm
portant, for if he turned out to have
been shot with Peters, instead of in
a row in Greensburg. Pa, as he
portant bearing on the Ward case in
connection with the story told by
James j. Cunningham, race track
tout, now lodged in Jail here after
protesting some knowledge of the
manner in which Peters came to be
shot.
Wards story was that he had gone
to the kensico reservoir to keep a
date with a band of lackmailers, in
Guiding Peters. and that he had been
forced to fire to save his own life.
Cunningham, on the other hand,
told a cicumstantial story to the ef-
feet that the shooting occurred in the
Ward home, when the baker, in
league with the blackmailers against
another person, had fired in anger
when he found he was being double
crossed
IoooI ;nvaStjoators took esoecial
note of the fact that Cienzo. picked
up while prowling around house in
Philadelphia, had Wounds which
showed lack of dressing. If he
should turn out to be the missing
man alleged by Cunningham TO have
been shot in the Ward case and COM
monty believed to have been the mys-
terious Charley Ross his infected
wounds would account for the inabil-
ity of investigators to find him in
hospitals surrounding White Plains.
.John Ciewizon Missing.
ofhcials also read with interest dis
patches from Wakefield, Mass, indi-
eating that Cienzo might be John
Cieurzo" of that town, who disap-
peared two months ago saying he
was going to Philadelphia or New
York. 1t was noted that like Peters,
who hailed from Haverhill, Mass, he,
too. had served in the Navy.
Word was received here that no
trace had been found in New York
which Cieuzo said he had been en-
ployed nor was he known at any of
Mills hotels in New York by tnat
name, where he said he had stopped.
Meanwhile Cunningham who also
professed to have been a private de-
tective, and who has kept mum since
he made his first confidence to e New
York newspaper. contributed no new
information. After Mr.. Weeks had
consented to letting newspaper men
interview him in his cell, the prisoner
sent out word that he hal nothing
to say TO them.
Mr.. Weeks went home and worked
in his garden this afternoon, after
issuing this statement.
II am now ready to sIft Ward 5
story before the grand jury III every
respect"
Keeps Evidence Secret.
He refused to divulge the nature of
the evidence in hand that led him 10
the decision to put the case before
the indicting body. He had said
earlier in the week that he would
action until he had it well clear ed
yup," however.
Besides Mrs Ward and her two
servants, Mr.. Weeks indicated, other
witnesses called viii include Ralph
P. Ward, brother of the slayer;
George S. Ward. his father; Mrs.
Waldo Schuman and Mrs. Alfred j.
Hook, who live across the stree
from young Wards home in New
Rochelle, and state police and resi-
dents Of the Kensico reservoir vicin-
ity, who saw Peters body.
1t was indicated that Cunningham
would not testify. According to his
latest story he, has only hearsay in
formation about the killing.
= Cunningham wife. who had been
expected, did not visit him today
Neither did his mother. who was here
yesterday. Maurice ]. Mccarthy, his
lawyer, saw him, however, and later
said:
cunningham was not himself
when the first story was dragged out
of him. On this story hes was quoted
as having said he was present at the
time of the shooting, which he placed
in the library of Wards home). He
was never in Wards home in his life
He will be cleared of all connection
with this case"