New-York tribune., 1922-06-05
june Panel Sworn i'm To-
day, but Slayer's Wife
and Others Are to Face
Old InquisitoriaI Group
Father Also To Be
Asked About Plot
Cunningham Says Man
in Philadelphia Prison
Is Not Jack the Spccdcr'

The amazing lack OF initiative shown
by the Wsstehcster County authorities
in establishing the facts IN the killing
of Clarence Peters hy Walter s. Ward
vas demonstrated again yesterday q,
Philadelphia. The police there com.
planned that no steps had been taken
by the Wcstehcstcr officials 10 learn
whether John Cienzo. wounded man
held in Philadelphia as suspicious
character. vas the missing Jaek" re-.
ferred 10 by the wealthy bakers son
in his confession.
James J. Cunningham. held IN jail ~
material witness in connection With
the Peters shooting. late last night
denied that = photograph OF John
Cienzo bore any resemblance 10 IN,
missing Jack who is also known a.
Jack the Speeder"
The laws delay in this and Other
phases Of the Ward case that have TO-
quired investigation probably will BE-
considered to-day by the May grand
Jury Of Westehester County. This be
came known last night, although on
Saturday District Attorney Frederick
Weeks said that he expected TO present
the Peters killing 10 the June grand
Jury. which is 10 oe sworn in to-day
By Judge William =. Bleaklcy. VIII,
a L. ~ 10 ~
r. Bremen, Of Yonkers, one Of Ward
lawyers.
Cause for Shift Not Revealed
Why the shift was MADE could moi
be learned. and District Attorne,
Weeks professed last night not 4
know which set Of grand jurors woulf
receive the case, although the Mal
grand jury already has considered th'
mystery. but not, il is understood, Al
the solicitation OF the -ssecutor. IN
fact. il was hinted in White Plains OF
Nav % that the double-barreled Of
fetal (he is Mayor OF White Plains o.
vell as District Attorney OF the coun
ty) had been surprised when summoned
before the grand jury that day an'
oIestioned about the killing Of Peter
ana the feltAtt o. NaAN ~ NANf'''
bail The Sheriff, George Werner, ais'
was questioned.
After these officials had been ques
toned by Foreman A. 3. Cordner, o'
New Rochelle. which IL also the home
town Of Ward, Mr. Weeks caused thu
1000 bail Of Pcters's slayer 20 b'
cancelled, and that night Ward wa
locked up in the county Jail He die
not gain his release until Saturday
afternoon MAY 27). after bail had beer
fixed. following an agreement between
counsel, at $4,000.
Juries Have Equal Powers
When asked last night which grand
Jury would consider the Ward ease Mr.
Weeks said: 1T makes no difference q
me which grand jury hears this evi.
dence. The hold-over grand jury and
the June grand jury have equal pow
ers"
From another source il was learned
however. that the May grand jurors
headed By Foreman Cordner, arc "a
consider the case
Discussing the witnesses 20 be
called Mr.. Weeks said:
"Mrs. Walter s. Ward has been sub
poenAed. but as a matter Of law shc
will not be forced 20 tell anything
that may have been told 20 her in con-
fdence by her husband. Among the
other witnesses will be Lulu Barrow'
and Amy Mild. who are servants in the
Ward home: members OF the state po'
lice and persons who discovered the
body OF Peters in the Chappaqua Road
Chief Cody. Of the New Rochelle Police
Department and some others.
Wards Father subpGnaed
Another-and perhaps the most i'm.
portant-witness who has been sub.
panaed 10 appear before the grand
Jury is George Ward, the father o.
Walter. Mr.. Ward will be asked 20 tel
everything he knows concerning the
blackmail plot. The authorities have
been told that while the father was
steaming home aboard the Majestic ne
received a wireless message from
Walter telling Of the demands Of the
blsekmailers for $4,000. The father
is understood TO have replied;
81 will pay 100000 to put the ganni
in Jail. but not one cent for blsckmail.
Mrs. Ward told newspaper men soor
after her husband had surrendered tc
the authorities that she could clear uT
the case herself II the family lawyers
would give her permission TO speak.
When Mr. Weeks talked last nighh'
he said he had not heard any addi'
tional details from Philadelphia con-
cerning John Cienzo.
Cienzo's Employer Traced
Additional circumstances tna'
aroused interest in the recent move
rnents OF Cienzo were developed Oy
visit 70 the home Of Richard Dineen
A. 726 East 1921 Street. This IS the
man for whom Cienzo had been work
inc a. s;rikebreakcr, according u
MS story 10 the Philadelphia police