The New York herald., 1922-06-05
WARD Staying Case
WILL Be PASSED ON
BY OLD GRAND JURY
Panel Not Called by Judge
Bleakley, Ex-Partner of
Shooters Lawyer.
PLOT MAY BE Barred
Father of Accused Man Ex-
pected to Tell of Black
mail Gang.
CIENZO NOT IDENTIFIED
Man Held in Philadelphia
Wasn't in Plot, Says
Cunningham.
JIENzO NOT IDENTIFIED

TIE Westchester county May Grand
Jury will be held over to start an in
vestigation this morning into the mys-
terry of the killing of Clarence Peters
by Walter S. Ward. who confessed to
the shooting two weeks ago and is
now at liberty in $50. 900 cash bail.
The incoming June Grand Jury.
which was to have begun the inquiry.
was to have been impaneled for that
purpose to-day by County Judge Will
lam F. Bleakley of Yonkers. John F.
Brennan. of counsel for young Ward,
was formerly law partner of Judge
Bleakley.
This will not be the first time the
case has been discussed before the
May Grand Jurors. who were to lave
adjourned more than week ago.
They had talk with District Attor-
ney Weeks and Sheriff Werner while
Ward was at liberty in $4,000 bail
The following day Ward was rear
rested. confined in the Westchester
county Jail for night and released
again by order of Supreme Court JUS
tice Seeger in $4,000 bail
Cienzo Held as n Suspect.
An overnight development was the
holdingswithout bail In Philadelphia yes
terday of John Cienzo. arrested there
Friday as a possible suspect in connec-
tion with the Staying. Cienzo was taken
from the hospital. where he was placed
on Saturday when It was found he was
suffering from an infected bullet wound
in the right forearm. He was held for
a further hearing Friday on charges OF
suspicion and locked up in police sta
ton. 1t had been stated that the pris-
oner was suffering from two bullet
wounds. but the latest report says there
was only one.
Definite Identification of the prisoner
had not been established last night, the
Philadelphia police said Cienzo is sup
posed TO be the mysterious Jack who
Ward. in his confession said had accom-
panied Peters and Charley Ross to the
scene of the shooting near the Kensico
Reservoir early on May 16. Ward as
serts that he fired shots at the two men
who occupied an automobile short dis
>
was found.
A dispatch from Philadelphia late
last night said the authorities had been
unable to establish any connection be-
tween Cienzo and the mysterious Jack"
wanted in the Ward case. Detectives
said they based this opinion on the fact
that the hospital authorities believed the
wound found in the prisoners arm was
not more than four or five days old.
whereas Peters was killed more than
two weeks ago.
n. Y. Detectives to Inquire.
While not corresponding in all details.
the authorities said the description of
the mysterious Jack" said to have been
a witness to the Staying of Peters. tai
lies somewhat with that of Cienzo.
New York detectives are expected In
Philadelphia to-day to assist In the in
vestigation.
A dispatch last night from Cienzo's
former home in Wakefield stated that he
was formerly employed by the Dineen
Detective Agency in New York city.
Chief of Police Pollard declared that
John Cienzos reputation in Wakefield
was excellent. Mrs. Florence Cienzo,
mother of the prisoner. was i'll last night
as the result of the shock when she
learned of her sons arrest Chief Pol
lard said Cienzos reputation was good
and that he did not believe the young
Italian was In any way connected
with the Ward case. Other citizens of
Wakefield corroborated the views OF
Chief Pollard.
James j. Cunningham. who Is being
held In the White Plains Jail as a ma
terial witness. was visited yesterday by
Maurice ]. Mccarthy, his attorney. who,
1t is understood. will go before Justice
Seeger to-day and demand that his
client he released on a writ of habeas
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