New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-16
MurderBill FoundAgainsi
Millionaire Who Slew TO
Shield Family Honor
From Blackmail Gang
paluh Forced to
disclose Secrets
fourt Warns Him Father
I.Party TO Proceedings;
SLAYER Taken TO Cell;
To Be Arraigned To-day

u,r,r s. ward was indicted for
A.. 5,sres murder and locked up In
-. w,stetester County Jail in White
o., Yesterday. and his brother,
o., vas forced TO tell 10 Supreme
80, JBstice Morschauser all that his
49,, had revealed TO him Of the
y,,snsn plot that ended in the kill
b. o. Clarence Peters.
p. hsckmailers. 10 is now under
.s..s had threatened young Ward with
table exposure; first. Of his race
49, ooeratiors as compromising his
A., ,lsce in the Ward Baking Com
az. second. humilisting revelations
,,.,,rring his carly married life. and
ei,3 details Of something involving a
,,.tys OF Wards and that relatives
vie
Officials See Mystery Clearing
Tsr the first time since Peters was
Sid a month ago to-day, the au-
.,r'.,eS a. Wostchoster seem 70
\ ,oreWherc near a solution Of the
..-,lirc affair that first began 20 vex
s.~ IN Nav fa. when Ward, then
,,,,'8srt Of The New Rochelle Board
n police Commissioners came TO the
,,--,house ir the company OF his
hrvs,s and confessed that he was the
,l,,sr Of The shabbily dressed youth
~aoss body lay in the morgue.
Vigorous action In thc case yester-
Sav was In marked contrast 70 the
t,rduct OF the investigation since
Var told his f.st and only story TO
N,triet Attorney Frederick Z. Wee ks.
Vsr the grand jury convened for
yis, rad been expected 10 be dull
vaen q deputy sheriff was down III
4. Bronx hunting for Ralph Ward.
fu district Attorney had instructed
Q,-s George Werner TO produce
D.. before the grand j - ior the
~ fme In as many d-ys. AZ ~
eto,k Ralph was taken into the 81 IA
~ room.
Il was learned afterward that the
District Attorney again asked him, as
Il had on the two previous days, 70
ra.a conversation he had with MS
father on May II, the dav ater George
Ward returned from Europe, concern
irg the killing Of Peters by his brother
halter Again, as before, Ralph re-
pre9 that on advise Of counsel he re
lssei TO answer the question as II
,fs't with hearsay evidence, when ne
taderstoo5 10 be IRE lovant IN that
.is brothor-the defendant-had not
ben present
Prosecutor Appeals 20 Court
ur. Weeks excused himself 20 the
rand Jurors and went down 10
he chambers Of Justice Morschauser'
With whom he had had a long talk on
Wednesday night. He laid before
Justice Morschauscr this time a type,
rritten complaint in which nc asked
ho Judge TO eft rs a committing mag
Israte 10 determine whether George
Vard. the father Of Walter Ward,
land others" had been guilty Of con
tririrg to defeat the ends Of justice.
lr Indictment on such a charge would
make it possible to cxtradite George
Ward from Williamspori, Pa, where
hs is now staying. N the expressed
opinion Of officials 70 avoid service Of
. subpoena requiring him 10 appear be-
fore the grand jury.
Igsiice Morschauser agreed to sit as
Q committing magistrate. District At
torney Weeks told him he wanted TO
ttgir the hearing with Ralph Ward as
q witness. At 12;45 =. m. Ralph, es-
eofted by Deputy Sheriff Raymond X.
Eill. vent 20 the chambers Of Justice
EorschAuser.
Five minutes later the grand jurors,
BEADED hy their foreman, Auckland B.
cordner, o. 156 Meadow Lane, New
Roehelle, fled into the courtroom and
Justice Morschauser ascended the
i,neh He had not yet assumed ms
tse Of committing magistrate and the
rory Of Ralph Ward had not been re-
t,led IN him. Therefore this story
e.ld have had no bearing on the find
: which the grand jurors then se-
hwledred.
Justice Approves Indictment
.Ycansn Cordner handed a paper,
= tr't bill" in the language OF the
rrrts, 70 Charles Decker, the clerk
n n. count. He in turn handed u
70 Justice MorschauSer, who glanced
~ NeINtI AN Wn' = ~
distinctions 70 file q record Of IL and
i',urn the document 70 him. Then the
.rage thanked the jurors for their
eofk, snd began 70 scratch hurriedly
VA his pen. What he wrote was
nteh warrant for the arrest Of waiter
Z Ward. Ward had been indicted for
sri degree murder.
Before the ink was dry seven depu-
zee Of the Sheriff were scattering IN
us hunt for Walter Ward. One went
70 New Rochelle 20 Wards home; an
eeet to the Bronx baking plant, an
e;aer 10 245th street and Broadway
siere the millionsire's son sometimes
"a been met by his automobile. one
psprty Frank Chorico, went 70 the
'-ee Of Rabenold & Scribner, Wards
CONTINUED on nut pass)