The New York herald., 1922-06-28
Coroner Believes Killing Of
Peters Doesn't Require
His Action.
WOMAN HAS NEW 'CLEW'
Anonymous Letter Says She
Saw Body Dumped Out of
Car Near Reservoir.

District Attorney Weeks Of West
chester county, in asking the Appel
late Division to overrule Justice Nor
schauser's decision to let Walter s.
Wards lawyers see the records of the
Jury that indicted Ward for the muir
der OF Clarence Peters on May 16,
will cite the case Of William r. Mont
gomery. formerly president of the
Hamilton Bank, who was indicted for
grand larceny after the depression of
1907
William Travers Jerome was Dis
trict Attorney of New York county
when Montgomery was indicted and
tried. Montgomery's lawyers, of whom
James w. Osborne was the chief. tried
to get the minutes of the Grand Jury
that indicted Montgomery. but the APP
pellate Division denied the motion and
dismissed the appeal.
Weeks has five days to appeal. He
refused yesterday to say what he will
do. but it was said by persons close
to the prosecution that the appeal will
be made this week. That means Wal
ter S. Ward probably must remain in
Jail at White Plains until the Ap-
pcllate Division sits next October
Inquest VIII Not Be Held.
Meanwhile Coroner Fitzgerald has de-
cided that as Ward has heen indicted for
killing Peters, he will not hold an in
quest over Peters's body. He will make
an affidavit to the effect that Peters was
killed by a pistol bullet and that his
body was found on Eckhardt lane, be-
tween King street and Whipperwill
road, near the Kensico Reservoir, on the
morning Of May 16.
District Attorney Weeks got an
anonymous letter yesterday from a
woman who SAID she would not tell her
name. but that she and "a companion"
were In an automobile parked near the
spot where Peters's body was discovered
and that they saw another car from
which a body was thrown out early in
reived several hundred letters from
\ not disturb him. He handed II over to
the Pinkerton detectives employed by
Westchester county to try to solve the
Ward mystery.
Weeks has been designated by the
Westchester County Republican Com
mittee to succeed himself as District
Attorney. 1t is said In some quarters
that politics has been invoked by the
Ward defense to force Weeks ito lay
off" Ward.
The judiciary committee of westcnes-
ter county is composed of Justice j.
Addison Young. formerly District At
torney; Isaac n. Mills. former Presid-
Ing Justice of the Appellate Division I;
Harry Barrett. secretary Of the West
che ster County RepL blican Committee
William ]. Wallin. formerly Mayor of
Yonkers, and Franklin Montross, cleril
o: Part l.. Supreme Court at White
Plains.
Committee Passes on Candidates.
This committee passes on the fitness
of candidates for the bench or for Dis
trict Attorney. Last December when
Weeks was appointed to succeed Lee
Parsons Davis. resigned the committee
had planned to give the Job to Walter
J. Ferris. at present one Of Weeks's as
eistants, but Mills Is quoted as saying
AZ that time:
"A great injustice was done to Frod
Weeks when. because Of public clau1oi
he was criticized for his part I'm The
Thomas Mott Osborne case. 1t is now
the duty of Westchester Republicans to
right this injustice and nominate him as
District Attorney"
Mr.. Weeks received the appointment
and when Wards counsel wanted a good
rlal lawyer they selected Judge Mills.
He was appointed chief Of counsel for
the defense on June IT.