The New York herald., 1922-05-27
were missing from the pack Lieut..

New Rochelle and see If il belonged
in that pack. But he also said the
cards were locked up and he could
not make the comparison until to-day.
II II should chance that the card found
near the Ward house, does belong in the
pack found in Peters's pocket, the fact
would so the investigators contend,
prove that Peters and his cards had been
at or near the home of Ward at some
time before he was killed.
On the other hand, il might merely
prove that the car was swept out at
some time after Ward got home on the
morning of the shooting and that the
card dropped on the lawn and stayed
there. 1t is admitted that further specu-
lation is futile because nobody knows
that the lone card found at New Rochelle
came from the pack that Peters had.
Glass of Windshield Type.
The persons who found the fragments
of broken glass had them measured.
THE thickness proved to be .2164 of an
inch. which garage men said was that
of the standard Windshield
1t will be recalled that Sheriff Wer-
ner. in reporting what Ward had told
him, said last Monday that in the fight
Peters fired through one of the windows
of Wards coupe. Later II was said the
bullet smashed the windshield. but
neither Ward nor anybody else has said
publicly exactly what damage the bullet
did. A few days ago Mrs. Ward said
she had asked her husband "about the
windshield" of his car, and he told her
'it was all right now"
Some of the amateur experts who
viewed the dabs of glass picked from
Wards lawn were sure that they could
see where a bullet had made it's round
mark Others wagged their heads and
confessed that their eyes were not equal
TO the strain of seeing bullet mark.
The Westchester county authorities have
never taken over the Ward car as an
exhibit in their case against Ward and
apparently they did not see 1t before the
broken windshield-if 1t was a wind
shield-was replaced.
In New York it became known that
private detective agency retained by
lawyers working to protect the memory
OF Clarence Peters and the rights OF
the Peters family in Haverhill. Mass.
has been at work since Tuesday trying
to check up on the story of Ward.
Michael l.. Sullivan and James J.
Roman. attorneys of Salem. Mass, ar
rived in this city and had q consulta-
tion with William j. Fallon. formerly
District Attorney of Westchester. Sui
livan is president of the Essex County
Bar Association and is acting in this
case. it was said. solely because he was
"A long time friend and associate of the
late Scott Peters. who for many years
was District Attorney of Essex county
and was brother of Elbridge Peters.
father of the ex-seaman, Clarence
Peters. whom Ward killed.
Ward Appears Unworried.
The legal proceedings of the day in
White Plains were:
After Wards attorneys got their writ
of habeas corpus. the granting of which
is automatic, they went before Justice
Seeger to argue. that the writ should
be sustained and Ward set free. Ward
went to the courtroom with his counsel.
Ellwood NJ. Rabenold. Allan r. Camp
bell and, with Lee Parsons Davis, one
of the many ex-District Attorneys OF
westchester, who apparently had been
retained because of the illness Sof John
F. Brennan OF Yonkers, under whose
auspices Ward started his fight on
Monday. The Sheriff and deputies were
In attendance.
Ward wore a well tailored blue suit
and carried his straw hat and raincoat.
He smiled and did not look worried. He
nodded at persons whom he knew and
talked with his lawyers. When the argu-
ment got under way he listened intertly
and soberly.
"No Complaint by Withesses.-
Allan Campbell presented the case for
Ward. He said that his client should
never have been arrested. as he had pre-
sented himself voluntarily. and no one
had complained against him, and nc
legal complaint had been made. He said
that on Thursday. when the Sheriff
notified the attorneys that he had an
order for rearrest. he was produced at
the Court House within an hour
Sheriff Werner by the way. still re-
fuses to say where he arrested Ward
on Thursday. but it was evident from
what was said in court that he simply
notified the attorneys and they got
Ward.
Campbell contended that the order OF
arrest and other papers in the case were
void, as they were unaccompanied by
Information sworn to by complaining
witness. He pointed out. too, that the
original arrest on Monday. was based
merely on Wards statement, that he
had shot Peters in self defense. and that
this statement, without sworn informa-
tion or complaint, was legally insuffi-
cient to justify his being held. Campbell
continued:
I'VE are not here making an explana-
ton or a defense. We are standing
on our rights. We hold that we shan't
be deprived OF our liberty except by
due process of law"
District Attorney Weeks. giving his
reasons why he thought the amount of
bail should be increased, said he was
not satisfied that "the homoeide was
Justifiable" and considered IL his duty
TO cause the rearrest of Ward. He went
on:
ION MAY IS the body OF a man was
found on the public highway near
Kensico Lake
Shall we go into that2" Campbell
interrupted. "Why should these mat
tersr be spread In the public press by
the District Attorney? That has nothing
10 do with the legal aspects Of the
case. TO which have confined my argu-
ment."
Weeks Reviews whole Case.
Permitted by the Judge to go on. the
District Attorney told of the finding. OF
the body and OF the character OF the
bullet wound. He then said:
mo one knew who the man was.
Finger prints were taken and sent out
broadcast. and the Bureau OF Naviga-
tion In Washington reported that they
were the finger prints of Clarence
Peters, who had been in the navy. The
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