The New York herald., 1922-05-28
WARD FREE ON BAIL;
LAWYER TO PRODUCE
CHARLEY ROSS SOON
Man Accused by Slayer as
Chief Blackmailer Is
Found, 1t Is Said.
MAY LESSEN MYSTERY
Peters Attorney Gives Off
cials Points Regarded
as Important.
WARD HOME is GUARDED
Release Of Prisoner on $4,000
Bond Is Not Opposed by
District Attorney.
WARD HOME is GUARDED

William j. Fallon, who Is acting as
counsel for the Peters family In the
Investigation of the killing for which
Walter S. Ward is held in bail fixed
yesterday at $50so00, said last night
he expected to produce. within a few
hours, Charley Ross. described by
Ward as the chief one of three men
who had been blackmailing him.
Fallon said that he hoped to take
the man whom Ward knew as Charley
Ross before District Attorney Weeks
of Westchester county. This was said
ir White Plains. Fallon then came to
New York, with the apparent inten-
ticn of getting Ross and taking him
to the Westchester county seat.
Fallon's assertion was made after
he had left the office of Weeks. with
whom he consulted for two hours. He
st.;d:
1--WE are sure we can locate and
produce before the District Attorney
a man who we believe was known to
Ward as Charley Ross. It is more than
likely that we will be in touch with
him before morning. There is no
charge against him. We do not con-
template seeking his arrest. He will
probably have no objectionlto accom-
rarying us to White Plains"
Lawyers for Peters Family.
Fallon was accompanied back to New
York by Michael L. Sullivan and James
J. Roman of Salem. Mass. who came to
this city on Friday and said they were
acting for Elbridge Peters of Haverhill,
Mass, father of Clarence Peters. whom
Ward, according to his story. shot near
Kensico Reservoir in self-defense on
the morning of May 16. Their mission
here is TO protect the memory OF young
Peters and so safeguard the rights Of
the parents.
When the two lawyers had left White
Plains District Attorney Weeks ap-
peared on the porch of his home. ~
Grand viem avenue, White Plains. and
said:
"Mr Fallon has given me some infor-
nation which may prove of great value.
| can't tell now whether 1t will throw
favorable or unfavorable light either
upo. Ward Of Peters. And | don't think
Mr.. Fallon can tell that. either. He will
be welcomed If he can produce the man
he spoke of.
Talking about the case a rev minutes
earlier, Mr.. Fallon said:
"The most important thing Is to find
out why Ward was on the lonely road
near the reservoir when 1t has been
shown that there was no prolonged pistol
battle as described in the statement of
his attorneys"
Mr.. Fallon was asked II he had traced
the movements of Peters. He answered
that there was no doubt he was in Mas
sachusetts in April, left there TO go
South, and did go to Paris Island, where
there is a training station of tAe marine
CORDS He was in Paris Island two
weeks before he was killed.
I'VE are in a position to prove this."
Fallon said. ut will probably offset Mr..
Wards story of six weeks of blackmail." ["
Certain He VIII Get Ross.
Attorney Fallon professed to feel GER
tain that II he did not get Ross last
night or to-day he would surely get
him before the day Of the Coroner's
inquest. Fallon said that he would
crossexamned Ward for the Peters
family at the inquest and would ask
him what he was doing on such n
lonely road at 4 o'clock In the morning
Of Nav 49, He said that he was con-
vinced there was no pistol battle where
Peters body was found and that II
blackmail was the motive OF the shoot
ing Peters was an innocent victim.
Mr.. Fallon admitted that Peters was
in New York early in May, upon re-
turning from South Carolina. but said
he was here only little while. looking
for work.
Looking for work with a deck of
marked cards and dice in his packetsg'
spoke up an interviewer.
Perhaps he liked TO play solitaire, i"
said Michael l.. Sullivan, the Peters at
torney from Massachusetts,.
The lawyers said they had no mten-
tion of causing the arrest of Charley
Ross.
In this relation It was recalled yes
terday that about year ago William
j. Fallon defended In the Court of
General Sessions one Nathan Rosens-
weig. alias Charles Ross, who was tried
for blackmailing and released under n
suspended sentence.
Attorney Sullivan. representing the
Peters family, has. IL is understood.
been trying to find this man in the
hope that he might be able to shed
light on the story OF the shooting Of
Peters.
District Attorney Banton said yester-
day that he did not think this man
and the Charley Ross mentioned by
Ward were the same person. Two of
his detectives reported that they found
Rosensweig and that he does not an
swer the description which Ward gave
OF the man who was with Peters on
the night Of the killing.
According TO the statements of both
Mr.. Banton and Mr.. Sullivan, the man
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