The New York herald., 1922-06-07
MRS. WARD GUARDS
HUSBANDS SECRETS
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Ward must answer all questions about
statements made to her In the presence
of third persons. She returned to the
stand and was examined for an hour
and ten minutes. When she left the
Grand Jury room she was smiling, and
for the first time consented to pose
for photographers. She drove off in
red touring car with Campbell and his
clerk. After the examination of Mrs.
Ward and seven other witnesses the
Grand Jury adjourned till tomorrow
morning.
The other witnesses were Amy Mild
and Lulu Barrow of the Ward house,
hold, George Lohr and Gus Scheidemann.
linesmen of the Westchester Lighting
Company. who found the body of Peters;
Coroner Edward F.. Fitzgerald. DIR. John
F. Black. Coroner's physician. who made
the autopsy. and Sheriff George ]. Wer-
ner. to whom Ward surrendered himself
on the morning of May %.
The proceedings were being conducted
with unusual secrecy. All grand juries
are supposed to work privately and this
one is really doing so. The nature or
most of the questions put to Mrs. Ward
Is not known. Certain photographs were
handed to her. presumably those OF Clar-
ence Peters and IL Is surmised that she
said she had never seen Peters. Other
questions she declined to answer on the
ground that they related to matters con-
fidential between herself and her nus
band
Until Mrs. Ward and her maids were
called the Grand Jury devoted itself TO
the routine of homicide case. This
included reports of the finding of the
dead Peters on the road near Kensico
reservoir. his Identification as the for
mer United States Marine OF Haverhill,
Mass. and OF the Ward confession,
which the Ward lawyers say was not
a confession at all. but merely an
acknowledgment of blameless killing
by man in danger of his life.
1t was regarded as interesting that
Dr. Black estimated Peters's age at
about 25, although according to the
navy records he was only 10 in April.
when his reapplication for admission TO
the service was denied at Paris Island.
n. C.
Tomorrow Harry Green and Joseph
Collins members of the State police,
who were called to the alleged scene
of the shooting after the finding of the
body, will be examined. 1t Is probable
that George S. Ward. father of the
defendant. will be called later, but he
has not yet been subpoenaed.
celed checks and stubs and bank deposit
books as well as those of Walter Ward
will be requisitioned in order that the
sons statement that he paid about
$40. 900 to the blackmailing gang may
be investigated further.
Another probable witness Is James j.
Cunningham. former racetrack detective.
who has told several stories of the shoot
ing of Peters, and another man named
Bill or Joe Jackson, who is now held in
the White Plains jail as a material wit
ness. 1t is believed in White Plains
that Cunningham IS content to remain
comfortably in his cell until the excite
ment abates.
According to one yarn that drifted to
town yesterday Cunningham got a mes
sage the gist of which was, Shut your
trap or you'll be bumped Off" This
threat was reported to have emanated
from an otherwise unidentified character
said to be known in the New York
underworld as Dan the Dude and to be
strong arm chap much feared by the
enemoes of a certain gang of black
mailers. Maurice J. Mccarthy. Cunning
hams counsel, said last night that Cunn-
ingham had received no such threat.
rs Cunningham really afraid to get
out of jail?' Mccarthy was asked.
WELL" he answered. ~ can't answer
that. But you know that there are cer-
tain interests who are investigating the
Ward case who don't like him any to !
WELL"
He added that he felt sure he would
get the S. 900 BAH which would set Cum
ningham free. but he would not predict
that he might get his client out. Nc
Carthy spent two hours with Cunning
ham yesterday. The lawyer said later
that Cunningham stuck to his last story.
which was that one Charles Rogers told
him that Ward had shot Joe or Bill
jackson as well as Peters. presumably
in the Ward home. Mccarthy said tina.
Cunning ham had not been asked to
before the Grand Jury.
The Pinkertons, who started investi-
eating last week at the request of the
Westchester authorities. have been try
ing to trace the movements OF Clarence
Peters UP to the time he was killed.
but have had little luck. They have not
found anyone who knew him well in
the few weeks just preceding his death.
Apparently Peters was never away from
his Haverhill home more than two
months at a time. and no evidence that
he had ever met Walter Ward until the
night of the shooting has been obtained.
or that he had ever had opportunity tn
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