The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
WARDS FATHER
TO Be SUBPGNAED


late on May 16, the day OF the shooting.
Walter Ward went to the pier and met
his father, who returned from Europe
on the Majestic. and told him Of the
killing of Peters.
1t has also been reported, but never
publicly verified, that before May 16
Walter Ward sent several radio mes
sages to his father, telling him of the
blackmailers' demand for $4,000, after
they had already got $4,000. The
father, according to this tale, answered
by radio that he would not spend one
cent for blackmail, but would spend
500, 600 to put those men behind the
bars"
Since his return from Europe re-
porters have been unable to find George
S. Ward, and some comment has been
heard, because he was expected to but
did not make a public statement that
he would back his son in the .atter's
trouble. He has not been seen at White
Plains, where Walter Ward spent two
nights in Jail. The brother. Ralph. has
been there twice.
1t was Ralph Ward who took to the
court house the $4,000 bail demanded
for Walter Wards release, and the
father is supposed to have furnished the
money. The father is said by friends
of the Wards to be saying nothing but
doing everything he can to help Walter
Ward toward smoother waters.
Some folks think the Charlev Ross
and Jack, of Walter Wards blackmail-
ing and shooting story and their coun-
terparts, Charles. Joe or Bill Jackson
and Charley Rogers of the imprisoned
witness Cunningham's story are phan-
toms of men who never existed. The
Westchester authorities Joined in this
skepticism for a while, but they have
recently abandoned it.
The hunt for Rogers in Syracuse and
along the Canadian border continues to
be serious. There was a Charles j.
Rogers Washington, d. Co. registered
at the Onondaga Hotel In Syracuse, but
he checked out not long before Deputy
Sheriff Fred d. Miller and companion,
Arthur j. Rykert, reached the hotel
Rykert is thought in Syracuse to be a
Pinkerton man, but Harry Scott, man.
ager of the New York Office of the
Pinkerton agency, said yesterday the
Pinkertons had no part in the search
at Syracuse.
The searchers, according to a dispatch
from Syracuse. believe Rogers is still
In the city living in a private boarding
house or home. They are also active
on the trail of the. witness Cunningham
who formerly lived in Syracuse. They
found he had room at the Belmont
Hotel until March Is
Further Identification of Clarence
Peters. the ex-gob, whom Ward shot
as an associate of two men who may
have been Charley Ross and Jack. was
made yesterday in Haverhill. Mass,
where Peters lived. John ROCKFORD oil
Marshall street. Haverhill. who knew
Peters, said that in April. four days
before Peters left Haverhil. he saw
him near the Boston and Maine Rail-
road station talking with two well
dressed, swarthy men. Peters told him
later. said ROCKFORD. that the men
were gypsies and had offered him a
job driving an automobile in New York.
Peters said he was going to try to
get into the marines. and in case of
rejection he would take the job.
ROCKFORD believes that Peters, after
the marines rejected him at Paris
Island. N. c.. on May ~, came to New
York to meet the two "gypsies." Roche
ford says he has given his informa ton
to Walter S. Ward in a letter.
The Sheriff had the witness Cunning
ham taken from the jail to the Sheriff q
office and talked with him most of the
afternoon. Supreme. Court Justice
Seeger dismissed a writ of habeas cor
pus obtained on Wednesday, but at the
rice j. Mccarthy, reduced the bail from
$1,000 to $1,000 II this sum is obtained
and Cunningham set free the chances
are he Will be rearrested on another
charge. for the investigators fear thai
II they turn him loose they will never
see him again.
Walter Ward was reported yesterday
to be breaking under the strain. but this
was denied by persons who know him
we'll
District Attorney Weeks has handed
to Frank Cody. Chief of Police of New
Rochelle, the revolver which Ward says
Peters used. Cody gave Ward weapon
OF the same general description some
time ago, and the chief, with the Peters
gun In his hands, will try to find the
policeman who originally took the Ward
gift revolver from a prisoner.
Commander J. X. l.. Ross, Canadian
turfman. said In Montreal yesterday that
he assumed the $4,000 suit started
against him in Syracuse by James J.
Cunningham, who formerly worked for
Ross at the race track. concerned salary.
Ross said he owed Cunningham no
money, and on the contrary held severa.
of Cunningham ]. o. us
John Cienzo of Wakefield. Mass, ar
rested In Philadelphia last week on sus-
picion of being the Jack" wanted in the
Ward case, was discharged yesterday.
Investigation proved he had no connec-
ton with the case. His fare back 10
Wakefield was paid by the detective
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