The New York herald., 1922-05-24

that he was known as a "sharpshooter -
r That Is, he acted only on good informa-
4 ton, wagered $500 or 81 900 at time
waiting until the horses we're almost at
.1he post and usually backed a live one
The horses he picked were usually inside
the money or were real contenders. a
But In White Plains an official saii
ne had been told that Ward lost about
900 on the races.
- Ward was asked last night where he
t,met Peters. but he declined to answer.
: He was annoyed by a question: do
you know what became of the revolver
which Peters used?'
Don't try TO trap me :" he said.
Not the least puzZling point in the
whole strange episode is the fact that
although Ward and his attorneys and
Sheriff Werner of Westchester county
say they are most anxious TO find Char
ley Ross. the alleged leader of the black
mailers, and Jack" his fellow con-
spirator and participant in the pistol
battle at the spot where Peters was
killed, no descriptions of them have been
made public. no general alarm has been
sent out and the New York police have
not, so far as can be learned, been asked
20 hunt for them.
Ward and Sheriff Werner accom-
panied two New York detectives to sew
eral restaurants and other resorts on
Monday night. They were looking for a
man who. the Sheriff said. would, ac-
cording 10 telephone tip he had got.
lead them to the elusive Jack" They
found one Jack, but Ward said he war
not the right one.
The police say that during this stroll
and at no other time have descriptions
.f An 81 Ino al hAA drtxF
them, and as the matter now stands
they have no idea how Charley Ross Is
supposed to look or what manner or per-
son is his pal Jack except that the
latter has a pasty face.
Ward or his lawyers gave the West
chester authorities TO understand last
week that the blackmail plot had its in
ception at the race track. where he had
first met Charley Ross and that Charley
Ross had been connected at one time
with the Quincy stables. There is a
Charley Ross who was formerly with
that stable. He has been on the tracks
for twenty years as an exercise boy.
and aspired to be jockey. but was not
mentally cast for the part
He has been exercising horses at ia
maica this spring, even as late as yes
terday and the day before. He says
and his friends believe that he never
tried to blackmail anybody in his life.
The exercise boy" Charley Ross. says
that he never heard of Walter Ward
or of any other race track frequenter
named Charley Ross.
Mystery About weapons.
Another bothersome question centers
around the weapons that were used by
. and Peters in the early morning
that ended in the death Of
ars. who was a former bluejacket
nd lived in Haverhill, Mass. Ward, as
the Westchester officials tell the story,
which comes second hand, as Ward has
been advised by his counsel to do no
talking for publication, emptied the
maya zine of a .3S caliber Colt automatic
pistol. Sheriff Werner says that Ward,
after shooting Peters, jumped from his
car and fired the rest of his bullets at
Charley Ross and the man known to
him as Jack. who were in a red StutZ
twenty feet ahead.
AS each shot is fired an automatic
pistol elects the empty shell. AS the
tale is told by the Sheriff. who says he
got IL from Ward nine or ten shots were
fired. But the number of shells found
in the road or beside the road by
searchers, including three members OF
New York State mounted police. was
exactly one. The question is asked in
White Plains what became of the other
shells that were said to have been
Iemptied.
Another question is what became of
sPeterss gun, which he, standing beside
Wards car, is said to have fired at
Ward just before Ward replied with his
-own weapon. No gun was found by
Peters's body.
~ The Westminster investigators say
they have no idea where Peters's pistol
swent nor have they any explanation OF
rts absence. AS matter Of fact, a NEW
YORK HERALD reporter was informed In
White Plains that Wards pistol had
mot been turned over TO the authorities.
-but was still supposed to be in his pos
Session.
. Mrs Ward as well as her husband
sperified last night the story that her
husband took iodine by mistake three
weeks ago and was very III. Mrs. Wei-
tier Schurman. who lives across tte
street. said that she was called in st
-the time. She would not speak of the
matter further. DIR. Schell said. in re-
sponse to questions:
'I will tell this story because / be-
-lieve it will help the Ward family. for
whom / have the greatest friendship.
Personality I believe the taking of the
iodine was an accident / believe ne
meant to take some medicine TO cure a
headache. II is very easy to get bottles
mixed in the dark. ! have nc informa-
! ton that 1t was taken with suicidal in
tent. You have to believe a man inno-
cent until he is proved guilty"
\ lawyer Fight for ward.
The course Wards lawyers purpose TO
pursue in their fight in his behalf was
.outlined yesterday by Ellwood Rabenold
of Rabenold & Scribner. 81 Broadway.
who are cooperating in this case with
John r. Brennan Of Yonkers. Mr. Rabe-
mold said:
4 ''Mr. Ward Is charged with man.
slaughter in the first degree The fact
.is that 1t might be said that he is not
-heid at ALL as no formal complaint has
{ been made. He will be held by Coroner
Fitzgerald at White Plains II b. any
+, body. but we could go into court right
! now and move for dismissal
& Where are any witnesses against our