New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
81 Never Saw YoS Be.
fore" He Tells Witness
When Prisoner Accosis
Him by Name in Jail
Grand Jury Takes
Up Mystery To-day
slsver's Wife Passes Day
Near Court; Prosecutor
L Silent About Father

-..,, { Ward faced the glib James
r..,;,sb,m in the jail at White
w.. ys,,erdsy afternoon Though
~. y..,;,ss 70 discuss the meeting
y 80, ,or the confessed slayer Of
GO. Peters described it in man
~, Us, l,ft no doubt it was an un-
,I,..sndy trying ordeal i0r the
r,liorsire bakers son
=, n. lawyer ard sheriff Werner
,ols Il Il. Ward. who was accompanied
s. -. sheriff and MS attorney entered
~. corridor beside the row OF cells
vsi,b 50 recently knew him as a
,,,,,. and vas Immediately greeted
b. Cunningham ,
Hello ward. how are YOU" called
~. the sbrewd but variable Cunning
ram
Never Net You" Saws Ward
What Do you mean demanded
V,,d in how-do.you-ret-that-way
,,-s 81 never met you before
a0h y.s. YOU did rejoined Cunning
lar swestly Its the mustache. J
Si5rt have II b4fore.' He stroked his
igshv upper lip and his eyes twinkled
r.schievously Then he lighted Gig
,,e,te. ard Ward. turning on his heel
yfovled 70 his attorney.
~ don't know thst man a. all Come
Or. Let's get out Of this place.
Thsn. in recognition Of his $4,000
h,l ,he man who has admittd kill
irr Clarence Peters walked out Of jail
viile Cunningham. who has merely
boosted that he shared Ward s knowl-
sdg, Of why Peters was killed, re
NAMED srlkily on his steel bunk IN
N st~osphsr heavy with disinfectants
sni irisd food
Il was not lorc after that, though,
until Cunningham tasted freedom for
sbou, two minutes. His lawyer-kins-
ran, Maurice Mccarthy. successfully
spgliti . writ Of haheos corpus on the
grtsa. that his client wss being
ILLEGALLY detained he won a great
ifii rietory. too. for Justice Seegcr
orSers. that Cunningham be freed
from detention on a commitment that
vas signed BY Coroner Fitzgerald and
then. when District ift0f-io- 49,
no7ed-befoTe Currlnghani eouic 'stii
a foof-'hat the witness be held IN bail
because Of his direct knowledge OF the
Peters killing. After that Cunningham
aEsaWsaN all - nnnnCI
over the legal distinction OF being
Illegally detained and legally locked
ip In default Of $1,000. bail.
Offers TO Back Up Statement
In seeking Cunningham's release or
writ Of habeas corpus. Mr.. Mccarthy
dressing Justice Seeger. said:
Cunningham is here 10 back every
ne of the statement he made. he II
Hing 20 cooperate with the consti
ted authorities in their efforts 4
ear I'd this alleged blackmail plot
nee before in his work as a racetracl
.tective my client thwarted the oper
.ors Of A S150.0OO blackmail plot. Hi
,nnection with the Ward case wa
mplv an effort 20 prevent eXtortion.
"An individual, one Jackson, said q
vnningham: Are you willing 70 co
pera,o with US and lay the founda
lon for spelling this schemeT
cunningham said Yes. But NJ
ranted TO be sure he could trust th'
eople he was dealing with. That u
ne only connection Cunningham hat
yith this matter. and that was the las
he heard Of IL until May IS, wher
'ne Jackson and one Rogers asked MN
10 ge' a physician.
Cunningham replied; Why can
you get a physician where you arc
snd Rogers said: We can't The au-
thorities are after us
Continuing 10 set forth his under
standing Of his clients dealings with
The Nard.Peters affair. Mr.. Mccarthy
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