New-York tribune., 1922-05-30

who brought suit against Ward is the
daughter Of a former prominent major
league baseball player, and ut that
time was strikingly beautiful The
Pittsburgh dispatches add sad touch
there by saying "she is now thirty
years old.'
Lived in Pittsburgh Until 1911
Walter Ward was secretary Of the
which was owned by his father. The
elder Ward is a native of Pittsburgh
and the family did not leave that city
until 1911. The young woman made
the acquaintance of Ward, it was said
by one Of his friends yesterday, when
the Brooklyn Federal League team Wis
tied Pittsburgh on it's first swing
around the league circuit.
Soon afterWard the girl blossomed q
out with splendid equipment OF
clothes and a motor car. She fire.
quently was seen in the company Of
Ward. The next visit of the Brooklyn
Federal League team to Pittsburgh be-
gan July 81 and ended August a.
Wards attention to the girl on that
trip attracted, it was said by one of
his friends in Pittsburgh, the wrathful
attention OF his father.
On Wards next trip he learned it
would cost him $4,000 to escape noto-
riety. Ward consulted his friend who
told the story in Pittsburgh yesterday
In tho mean time Pittsburgh alderman
had Ward held for trial" on a charge
growing ont of his alleged relations
with the girl. Wards friend, after
conduc'inr ~ investigation. arranged
a set..ao!cn' for 81 900. Then the case
was nollc ptossed.
We'll Thought OF at Home
However ,ighly colored young Ward 8
EAST MAJ have been, he has been we'll
thought of in New Rochelle. 1t was
IN making a canvass Of Wards friends
there that the fact was brought out
that he w&a not at home on the night
of May l5 when the killing occurred.
His wife aud mother-in-law Mrs. n.
Willard Curtis, of 151 Arlington ave
nue, Brooklyn, were having a bridge
party Ward was not at home His
women folks explained merely thaE he
was away on business. Then he came
in and was so preoccuped that he wa1
almost curt to his guests. He tclc-
member of the New Rochelle police
commission. After brief conversa-
tion with this man, Ward again left
home
Sheriff Werner. asked about this
point yesterday, said: "All I found
out is that there was party at the
Ward home that night
Mrs. Ward was trflle more com :
municative than usual when battalion
of reporters called on her last night.
She said:
we have nothing to say"
That was according to formula. Last
night. however, she added: "And we will
will have nothing to say until this
is all over and perhaps not then"
Steuer Calls Ward Wise
If the members Of the Ward family
stick to that position they will have
the undying admiration Of Max Steuer,
one of New York's most successful and
expensive criminal lawyers. He dis
cussed the case yesterday long enough
to say:
"If Walter s. Ward is wise enough
to keep silent there is nothing in the
criminal law of New York State under
which he can be punished in any way
Peters.
even if his story is untrue and it
turns out that the man he killed is
not blsckmaier," went on Mr.. Steuer,
"what difference does that make? Sup
pose Ward is lying What of it? 1t
is always up to the state to prove that
a crime was committed. In capital
case mans confession must be backed
by the testimony Of corroborating wit
nesses. One can't be convicted of a
capital offense in New York solely on
n confession. His story can't be used
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