The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-26
.HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
PLEA IN WARD CASE
LOOKED FOR TODAY
(By Associated Press)

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. May 26.-I
Attorneys for Walter S. Ward, who
spent the night in Jail here after his
re-arrest, were expected to go before
Justice Frank L. Young today with a
plea for habeas corpus writ again to
release the supposedly wealthy young
man. They failed last night after four
hours of effort.
Ward. who had been out on $4,000
bail following his confession Of kill
ing Clarence Peters, former navy man,
was re-arrested after District Attor-
ney Weeks appeared before Supreme
Court Justice A. H. F. Seegar with
an affidavit declaring that new evil
dence had cast doubts on Wards con-
fession The bail bond of $4,000 was
mentioned and Mr.. Weeks petition
stated this bail now appears to be
insufficient" The affidavit concluded
by asking that Ward again be held
without BAIL
Mrs Ward, who had been expect
ing her husband home for dinner last
night, did not know of his arrest I'M
til informed by reporters. She said
that she would come here today from
her home in New Rochelle to do what
she could for Ward.
Doubts BlackmaiI Story.
| Michael Sullivan of Salem, Mass,
an attorney representing the family
! of Peters was also expected here to-
! day and it was reported here he scout
ed the blackmail story As impossible.
| The efforts OF Wards attorneys to
i secure the habeas corpus writ was ex-
| pected to make public the new evil
/ 4ence upon which the authorities
ba, I'd their latest action. District At
! torne< Weeks said he was prepared
to push the case entirely into the open.
I'VE " II have to show our hands If
Ward secures a writ" he said.
Ward seemed to be a favored pris-
Toner after his rearrest. He drove up
to the sheriff's office in his own car
about 6 O'Clock last night and laughed
and joked with his attorneys and the
officers in the sheriffs private office.
] His supper was brought in from the
outside and he sat around until nearly
! II o'clock before he gave up hope that
his legal batteries would effect his
/ freedom.
4 Hurried to jail
/ When all hope was gone for the
night, Ward was hurried across the
court from Sheriff Werner's office to
the 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 a reporter
asked him: What's the matter, Mr..
Ward, won't they let you in?"
The sheriff stated that Ward until
! he was released, would get the same
! treatment and eat the same food as all
the other prisoners
The discovery that Peters about a
month ago had climbed down from a
| Ward Baking company truck in a
nearby town and asked a tailor to
clean coat became known when the
tailor came here and identified the
marks he had placed in Peters coat,
the one he wore when killed. This
identification strengthened the story
of Peters presence In the neighbor-
hood several days before the time set
for the fight and his subsequent death.
| Ward despite the apparent reverses
i he had received was still silent. Eff
forts to have him reveal the black
: mail plot or its foundation were futile.
} The legal battle between District At
torney Weeks and Wards lawyers to-
day was expected to reveal answers
to many of the questions involved in
the case which stood about as it did
last Monday when Ward surrendered
!; with his story of 100000 blackmail
and plot to get $4,000 more.