New Britain herald., 1922-05-26
WARD NOT YET FREED
 ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Supreme Court Justice Re- serves Decision on Motion
 For Release

White Plains, N. Y May o6, (By Associated Press) Court Justice Young today reserved decision on motion to release Walter s. Ward. wealthy baker, on the ground ferred against him in connection with the shooting of Clarence Peters.
 It was not until after noon that Ward, re-arrested yesterday, was brought before Justice Young on a writ of habeas corpus obtained by his lawyers this morning.
 The hearing opened with a demand by Wards counsel that he be imme- diately released on the ground that the warrant for his arrest and all other papers in the case were void as they were not accompanied by any information duly sworn to by a complaining witness.
 A bail bond Of s1o,oon, accepted shortly after he had surrendered last Saturday. stating he had shot Peters in self defense after having been blackmailed by him. was cancelled yesterday after District Attorney Weeks had told the court there were certain discrepancies in his story,
 report that the wealthy young defendant, brought to White Plains about 6:3o last night and detained at the sheriff's order until about II p. m. when it became apparent he would not be released on bail before morning had slipped out of Jail to spend the night at home created furore in White Plains this morning. Efforts to reach county officials to obtain confirmation or denial of the rumor had been unsuccessful when the habeas corpus writ was issued. Later, however, Sheriff Werner sad
 That is lie. Ward didn't leave the jail after he was put in and he is there now. I make a positive and emphatic denial"
 At the Ward home in New Ro- chelle it also was denied that he re- turned last night.
 Michael Sullivan of Salem, Mass. an attorney representing the family of Peters, was also expected here today and it was reported he secuted the backmai story as impossible"
 Ward seemed to be a favored pris- oner after his re-arrest. He drove up to the sheriff's office in his own car about 6 o'clock last night and laughed and joked with his attor- neys and the officers in the sheriff's | private office.
 When all hope was gone for the | night Ward was hurried across the court from Sheriff Werners office to he jail where he was forced to wait for five minutes until the door was opened by the warden. The only time Ward smiled was when reporter asked him:
 Whats the matter Mir Ward, won't they let you in?"
 The discovery that Peters about a month ago had climbed down from Ward Baking Co. truck in a nearby own and asked a tailor to clean a ,oat became known when the tailor ,ame here and identified the marks le had placed in Peters coat, the ,ne he wore when killed. This iden- ification strengthened the stories of Peters presence in the neighborhood everal days before the time set for he flight and his subsequent death.
 Ward, despite the apparent reverse le had received was still mute re- ,arding the case except for his orig nal statement.
 Efforts to have him reveal the 'lackmail plot or it's foundation were utile. The legal battle between Dis rict Attorney Weeks and Ward s awyers today was expected to reveal nswers to many Of the questions in- olved in the case which today stood rherc it did last Monday when Ward with his story of s3n,00O 'lackmail and a plot to get s75,00O |