Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Ward MUST WATT 4
TURN FOR TRIAL
No Favors to Be Shown Young
Millionaire Indicted for
Murder
father EvADES COURT

New York. June 17.-Now that
Walter 8. Ward has been indicted for
the murder Of Clarence Peters. former
navy seaman. he is not going to get any
favors from Westchestcr County be.
cause he is the son Of the millionaire
head of the Ward Baking Company and
was chairman OF the Board Of Police
Commissioners Of New Rochelle.
lie is in cell No. I on the upper tier
Of the County Jail in White Plains. and
his trial is not going to be held ahcnd
of those Of lesser social and financial
position than he. Justice Morschauscr
made that plain yesterday when Ward
was formally arraigned.
furthermore. ns Wards father,
George s. Ward. has remained awsy
from Grand Jury subpoenas. every ef.
fort will be made TO have him indicted
and cxtradited from Pennsylvania.
Seeks TO Veil Secret
This turn in affairs. in contrast 10
the consideration shown to Ward by
Sheriff Werner when he was Jailed for
two nights pending bail, seemed 10 spur
the Ward lawyers to an even more
desperate endcavor to keep hidden the
secret Of the Ward family which A
trial for murder would reveal, They
are prepared to wage bitter legal fight
to keep 1t from the public. hoping BY
some technical means to have the in.
dictment Nuashed on the ground OF
lack Of evidence.
Ralph Ward was in court an hour
before his brother Walter, pa'e and
appearing to assume an air OF com.
posure by smiling family, was taken
before the bench about 1 o'clock for
arraignment. As soon as the indct.
Walter Ward was fanked by two of his
counsel. Allen II. Campbell and John
+. Brennan.
'We desire to enter plea Of not
guilty. our client rcserving the right to
alter that plea or make any motion as
he may be advised" Mr.. Campbell said
to the Court. adding that unless the
Court would permit bail, he desired an
immediate trial.
Negro Gets Trial First
Justice Morschauser replied curtly
that Ward would have to take
his turn with other prisoners
awaiting trial--among whom, he men.
toned in passing. was one Negro
who had been awaiting trial several
months and would get his day in court
ahead of Ward.
Justice MOrschauser said his term in
White Plains ended June so, and he
was not inclined to stay over to try
Wards case.
Meantime Ward. who is accused Of
non -bailnblc offcnse. must remain In
s..l l. G,,
Indictment against him dismissed. 1t
was intimated his cOansel might apply
for permission to inspect the minutes
of the Grand Jury which indicted him
and then apply for dismissal on the
ground the indictment was based on
insufficient evidence.
In case which parallels the
| Ward case in more than one re.
spect. the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court yesterday unani.
mously granted new trial to Will.
liam Stern. who had been sentenced
to from ten to twenty years In prison.
| In October. 1920. Stern conceded the
killing Of Paul Boittano, nleading
self defense, as did Walter s. Ward
after he shot Clarence Peters. AS in
the Ward case. the State could pro.
duce no witnesses against Stern,
| but he was charged with first degree
murder. He was convicted of man
slaughter.
Justice Bowling, who wrote the ap.
pellate divisions opinion granting
Stern n new trial, said the jury might
have understood the trial Judge to have
meant by his charge that defendant
raising the issue of self defense should
not only "shOw" the ground Of his
defense but prove it. The opinion con.
cludcd with the statement that although
1t was the duty of the defendant ito
go forward with such proof, the bur-
den still remains upon the people to
show the guilt of the accused beyond q
reasonable doubt"
Pittsburgh. June 17.-(By A. P)-
George s. Ward, millionaire baker,
whose son. Walter $. Ward. has been
indicted at Westchester, n. y, for
killing Clarence Peters. spent last night
in Pittsburgh and early today left fol
the West. Business associates said Mr.,
Wards visit here had to do with his
baking enterprise, and while they did
not say whether he had gone to Cleve.
land or Chicago, where the Ward com.
pany has bakeries, they did say he had
gone West" Cleveland was gener'
ally accepted as his destination, as the
company is building an additional plan,
in that city, with an extension of th'
journey to Chicago early next week.