The New York herald., 1922-06-02
RACING MAN is ARRESTED
AS WARD CASE WITNESS


Walter Ward was Police Commits
sioner of that city.
That's who i mean. Is he there?"
Learning that Ward was not there at
the moment. the man said: Tell him
we want him to pay us the money he
owes us on that debt and we want ii
damn quick" Another version is that
the demand was for "the money he
bet on the horses" The urgent person
hung up then, and ended the CONVERSE
tion.
Meanwhile another item was added
to the general confusion by the ex-
pressed opinion of one OF the principal
investigators at White Pains that the
person who killed Peters was not Wal
ter Ward at all and that Ward, or his
lawyers for him. had confessed to the
killing for reasons best known 10 him.
self and that other person This theory
has been advanced beforo, but never
by any one officially engaged in the
case. The official who voiced 1t yes
terday has access to whatever facts
have been gathered. including some
that he says the public does not know
Lone Wolf Joins Inquiry.
Inspector Moore has just been called
into the investigation. He is known as
the star detective OF the State mounted
force, and because he works in his own
way and without companions the troop
ers call him the Lone Wolf. A year or
two ago he solved an upstate murder
case by himself. He worked six months
and turned in scarcely report until he
brought in his man. He began his in
ouiry yesterday by reviewing the death
of Peters and the confession" of Ward.
and then left the barracks with Capt
tror tA lnAl nya
place where the body was found.
Ward appeared at the District At
torney's office in New York yesterday.
He went there to see Nathan Roser-
schweig. sometime known as Nat Ross.
He said positively that RosenschweiG
was not Charley Ross. and Rosenschweig
in turn affirmed that he had never seen
Ward before.
The Ku Klux Klan got into the pro-
ceedings yesterday by sending letter to
Coroner Fitzgerald in White Plains. 1t
read 1.-THE rich have run this country
long enough. If you don't do something
in Ave days the New York headquarters
OF the Ku Klux Klan will take action"
This was written on stationery bearing
the insignia of the khan headquarters In
Atlanta. The letter was mailed in New
York on Tuesday. The Coroner and the
District Attorney agreed as to its sig
nifcance. Bunk |" both of them said.
out in Hollywood, Cal, Miss Martha
Kendall a modiste of the movie town,
la id claim to being the woman who, In
Pittsburgh eight years ago, started suit
against Walter S. Ward. She said:
IL know Ward well. and from what l
know of him, / don't believe his story.
He always cried blackmail when he was
in trouble. Find the woman and you'll
find the solution to the mystery. That's
my tip to the White Plains authorities.
| can throw light upon the mystery. all
right. / know few things that those
interested in prosecuting Mr.. Ward
would like. 70 know"
She Is Ready to Tell All.
Would you be willing to tell what
you know?" she was asked.
"Ill tell ali I know. If they ask me-"
she said h-i5-
Miss Kendall said she had not seen
or heard from, Ward for several years.
The last she saw of him, she says. was
soon after his father, George S. Ward.
settled with her out of court her $10,-
900 suit for damages against young
Ward, who, she says, broke down the
door of her hotel apartment and at
tempted to kidnap her, aided by his
chauffeur and another woman.
Il don't know who the woman In the