Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-30
CHARLIE ROSS"
FOUND; VAN|SHES
Brains" Of BIackmail Ring
in Ward Mystery Dis
appears.
MEETS N. Y. L A W YER
Police Trail Many Clues TO
Solve Staying of Clar-
cncc Peters.
tBy Associated Press. ]


NEW YORK. May 29.-''Charlie
Ross" supposed brains" OF tho
blackmail ring which Walter S. Ward.
wealthy baker. claims led to the fatal
tryst two weeks ago. which ended
with his shooting of Clarence Peters.
former sailor. whisked momentarily
into sight today. and as suddenly and
mysteriously disappeared.
With the authorities of westchester
County and New York professcdly
seeking him, tho mystery man" in
the sensational case is known to have
Joined William ]. Fallon. attorney for
Peters family. this afternoon. They
met soon after Ross" had sent an
emissary to Fallon's Office. in the
emissary was followed out by Fall
Ion, who is presumed to have met
Ross" outside tho building. and tho
three were swallowed up in the
crowds OF Forty-second Street and
Broadway
Seek Clue In Doston.
An hour late: Fallon telephonnd
newspaper men who had been waiting
in his Office all afternoon that he and
n private detective. Harry Connors,
would go To Boston tonight. He re-
fused to state whether Ross" would
accompany them. nor would he dis
cuss the object OF the journey.
ON the heels OF this development II
Weeks had sent messenger from
White Plains to the office of the To-
cal district attorney asking IL a man
named Nathan Roscnweig. alias Nat
Ross. is the same man as the one
beIng sought RosenweiG. under the
name of Nat Ross. pleaded guilty In
local court in July of last year to a
charge OF eXtortion growing out OF
an alleged matchmaking plot. Rosen-
weiS escaped with n suspended sem
tencc. His attorney. at that time.
was Fallon. the man now serving MS
counsel for Peters parents.
Rosenwcig. the authorities said,
could not be found at his home In
the Bronx.
At White Plains. Sheriff Werner
and District Attorney Weeks an
nounced tonight they were trying 10
run down still another thread of pos
sible evidence that they hoped would
lead to the heart OF the mystery that
has surrounded the case since Wards
surrender more than a week after
PPcters was killed.
second Car Hintcd AZ.
Close on the heels of a Tip" that
investigation Of Wards story that
he had driven Peters 10 the scene in
his coupe, would prove another car
had been used. the Wcstchestcr au-
thorities learned the name OF an au-
tomobiic dealer. who, they were told
would shed much light on the staying
il he could be induced to talk. The
hint that Ward might have shifted
cars. came from source which the
authorities refused TO disclose.
1t also was suggested that dis
covery Of second ear might reveal
bioodstains. which would disprove
Wards statement that Peters had
tol leveled at Ward. and that he was
,tanding ut the road side when the
wealthy banker shot him.
District Attorney Weeks and
Sheriff Werner have been frankly
skeptical Of Wards statement that
Peters was shot at tho lonely spot
near Kcnsico Reservoir. where the
body was found. They suspect the
killing occurred elsewhere and that
the body was taken there and thrown
from the ear.
The new car theory was second in
interest only TO the interest shown
in the promise of Fallon. to produce
Ross"