The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-06
CUNNINGHAM FACES
WARD AT JAIL BUT
SNOT RECOGNIZED
Informer, Freed on Habeas
Corpus, Is Rearrested at
Once as Witness.
GRAND JURY DELAYED
County Judge Turns Case
Over to Supreme Court
Body for Inquiry.
MRS. WARD AWAITS CALL
Will Be Witness, but Cannot
Be MADE to Testify Against
Husband.
MRS. WARD AWAITS CALL

Walter :. Ward drove to the White
Plains Jail yesterday and there met
James j. Cunningham, the former de-
tective, wto started to win 1000
reward for solving the Westchester
mystery and was thrown Into cell
as material witness. They scrutinized
each other through the bars and spake
as follows:
Cunningham: Hello, Ward; how
are your"
Ward: what do you mean?
don't know you"
Cunningham: "Oh. yes, you know
me lot. Perhaps you don't recognize
me with this mustache."
Ward: II never met you before in
all my life"
Cunningham: Eyes. you did. and
you know it."
Campbell and John F. Brennan:
Come on. Let's go. 1 don't know
this man."
Later in the day Cunningham was
released by Supreme Court Justice
Seeger on writ Of habeas corpus. but
he was straightway rearrested at the re-
quest of District Attorney Weeks and
held in $1,000 bail as material wit
ness. He spent another night in Jail, but
expects to give bond and go free to-day.
In the hearing before Justice Seeger. the
District Attorney said of Cunningham
He has given information to the Sheriff
that Is true
june Grand Jury Excused.
Mrs. Ward. her servants and others
| were ready to go before the Grand Jury
yesterday in answer to subpenas. but
the beginning OF this inquiry was post
poned to 10 o'clock this morning. This
was because the June Grand Jury was
excused from investigating the Ward
case by County Judge William F. Bleak
ley "in view of the statement contained
In certain newspapers that counsel for
the person connected with the killing is
partner of mine" Before his APP
pointment to the county bench Judge
BIeakley was a partner of John F. Bren-
nan.
1t was decided to transfer the Ward
case to the holdover May Grand Jury.
which will report to Justice Morschauser.
The District Attorney will present to
this body this morning the known facts
relating to the shooting of Clarence
Peters, and the PROCESSION or witnesses
will follow. The foreman and two other
members of the jury live In New Ro-
cbelle. Wards home town.
The only other development at White
Plains was the appearance before faded
eyes at the county seat of new figure
in the Ward serial Mrs. Helen Blan-
chard. n cook OF Hungarian birth. OF
EOS East 126th street, New York. said
that she had twice seen Walter Ward
and Clarence Peters together. The first
time. she said. was In 1918, when a man
whom she now recognizes from photo
graphs as having been Peters came to
her and offered her $500 to settle a
s25. 900 suit she had started against the
Ward Baking Company because OF al
legged injuries to her son by one OF its
trucks. The second time was on May
"a or 10. when. she said. she saw Ward
and Peters talking together in front OF
the Ward company headquarters in The
Bronx. Peters was only 16 years old
In 1918. The District Attorney made
note of Mrs. Blanchards story, but did
not appear to regard il as especially
pertinent
Cienzo Out of the Case.
In Philadelphia the police. after
further study OF John Cienzo. ex-sailor
and ex-detective arrested on Friday be-
cause he had a neglected bullet wound
in his right arm and a Ward Baking
Company memorandum book In a pocket.
definitely ruled him out Of consideration
as possibly the missing Jack. Charley
Rosss Matchmaking and shooting chum
of the Ward story. Cienzo tried three
times TO escape yesterday and is still
being held on the theory that somebody
wants him somewhere for something.
CunnIngham's professed recognition of
Ward in the Jail and Wards denial Of
Cunningham would have been profound
" interesting IF the prisoner had stuck
TO the first story he told last week.
He then said that he actually saw Ward
shoot Clarence Peters and Joe or Bill
Jackson In Wards home on the evening
OF May Is. But as later he eliminated
himself as an eye witness and said that
ali he knew of the scene he got at sec.
ond hand from Charles Rogers. Jack
sons pal, yesterdays great conformation
scene became of secondary value. Cum
ningham says that when he was a
racing detective he often met Walter
Ward M the track Ward says he never
saw Cunningham anywhere. To dispute
this there Is none but Cunningham.
Ward drove to White Plains In a new
automobile the, owner Of which, accord
ing to the license number II BENJAMIN
n. Britt OF 537 linton avenue. The
Bronx, an employee of the Ward Bak-
ing Company. Ward was spruce In a
black and white check suit. with n cane
tapping alongside The only witness to
the interview with Cunningham. besides
the two lawyers. Brennan and Campbell
was Sheriff Werner. The foregoing re-
port of II was obtained from Cunning
ham. Ward was IN the Jail about six
minutes Returning TO his motor car he
wouldn't say word. Boys shouting