The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-24
10 PER CENT REDUCTION
IN FREIGHT RATES GOES
INTO EFFECT ON JULY I
YARDS CONFESSION
HAS DfSCREP4 P4lNIES
So the Inquest Into Death of Clarence
Peters Has Been Post
poned.

White Plains, N. ". May 24.--Coro-
ner Edward Fitzgerald has postponed
the inquest into the killing of Clarence
Peters Of Haverhill, Mass, described
BY Walter S. Ward, reputed wealthy
baking company efiicial, az one OF a
blackmaiIing trio. Ward characterized
Peters as a blackmailer in his confes-
sion of shooting the former Massachu-
setts youth near kensica reservoir q
week ago.
The inquest has been put off until
the coroner's investigators can clear
ap several points in the Ward eonfes-
sion with which Mr.. Fitzgerald, in the
light of late developments, Is far from
satisfied.
The police have been told by G. w.
Fchardt. owner of an estate bordering
on Kings Road, where Peters body was
discovered by William Griggs and
Richard Short that no bullet wound
was found until they opened the coat
and vest which were part of the cloth
ing. Griggs and Short also told tl4 po-
lice that only the shirt and undershirt
showed evidence that bullet had
pierced them.
The men also declared that only
traces of one car were found al the spot
and Short, who lives near, declared that
he heard but one car rush along the
road about four o'clock that morning,
the time set by Ward for the affray
with the blackmailers.
Another contradiction which, officials
l. n to tj.n find =
ing OF only one empty shell near the
body, although Ward declares that nine
shots were fired between the time he
shot Peters and exchanged shots with
the other two men, Ross" and Jack, 7
who fed.
The New Rochelle police have further
complicated matters by insisting that
Peters, shot on the morning OF May 10,
was in Wards home the night before
during a card game. They say that
Ward went for ride in the morning
Of the 10th but returned to his home at
9 o'clock and not at 4, as stated by
the authorities here who say that they
got the o'clock time from Ward.
Neither the gun, said by Ward TO
have been used by Peters, was found
when the body wars discovered nor Is
the Que Ward used himself in the hands
of the authorities Last night Ward
was asked where he had met Peters,
but he declined to answer Tic was
annoyed by a question:
"Do you know what became OF the
revolver which Peters used n
Don't try to trap me" he said.
The authorities are said TO be doing
everything in their power TO locate the
missing Ross and Jack" but so far
as can be learned no description OF the
men or general alarm has been sent
out.
When the reporters asked Ward to
see the coupe he said he used on
the death drive and which had glass
shattered by the bullet from Peters
gun he refused. The request followed
the discovery that on one who found the
body saw any glass in the road such
as would naturally be supposed to FOL
low the fight described by Ward.
"The entire story. blackmail plot and
ALL must be told before there. can be
any question OF exonerating Mr.. Ward, :
said District Attorney Weeks, discuss.
ing the discrepancies in the story with
the new discoveries
~Thus far we have only his unsup-
ported word a. to what brought about
this killing"
'we win face whatever charges the
authorities may be disposed to make
said +. NJ. Rabenold, chief Of counsel
for young Ward.