The Washington times., 1923-05-22
WOMAN TRAIL Ed
WARD WITH
PISTOL
Secret She Shared With Him
Restraints Her From Shoot
ing clubman.

ALBANY, May 22.-Jealous at
seeing Walter s. Ward with anoth-
er woman, one Of the women he
had scorned followed him and his
companion In faxicab for blocks
along the White Way with O pistol
In her hand. Only because she
shared some secret with him WIS
she restrained from shooting as
Ward and his companion stepped
from his coupe at Broadway and
FsOrty-aecond street.
This information was given to
Deputy Attorney General WILDER
w. Chambers by Edgar Huggins. a
col0red real estate broker, who for
nnerly was employed in the PciE.
ctaf1a apartment; Listening in as
Ward and this woman were con-
versing, on the telephone one night
In August, 1921. Higgins heard her
tell Ward she had trailed him with
| d revolver.
III # wasn't for one thing. I'd
have killed you" hotly exclaimed
Women Left 8 Numbers.
Wards affairs with many young
women while he occupied parlor,
bedroom and bath in the PoinCiana
/ in July, August and September Of
1921, while his young wife was
faway with their two children, were
deacrfbed by former employees Of
the APARTMENT house. Daniel Wash
ington, colored, formerly an eleva-
tor man there, and Charles Bes-
son, colored. page boy. corroborated
| f4uagffta and John +. w. Olson.
the former superintendent. in their
stories that Ward enjoyed the
favors Of many young women.
wards narrow escape from death
was thus recounted by Higgins:
ward came in at 1870 o'clock.
He asked il there had been any tele-
phone calls for him. ] gave nifn
eight numbers to call, left by women
who had telephOned that evening.
Women Defiant.
ape said he didn't want to hear
from amt of them He told me to
fell anyone who might call up that
he was not in, but that If they IN
Eist on speaking to me connect US
and listen in. I'll give them hell
"a woman called up and insisted
on talking to Ward. I listened In.
She told Ward that she had been
standing at Broadway and One Hun
dred and twentieth street that art
ernoon and had seen him drive away
from the house with young woman
in his coupe.
"Ehe said she got into q taxi ana
followed them down Broadway 10
Eorf ]. second street and watched
them get out.
have. killed YOU. she said.
2 Woman, I'm sick of you, Ward
answered. Don't bother me any
more. I'VE got a job In south
America for the next five years 10
get rid Of the pests. -,
you don't dare leave me here,
the woman replied.
Many Women Visitors.>
"T never saw a man who had so
many different women" Higgins
Testified. Sometimes ne Woulo
have half a dozen in one DAY ana
often three in one night. be brougnl
them and took them away In nus
one afternoon Ward came down
from his rooms with young
woman. saw her out, and then asked
Huggins to call Garden City mum.
ber. He talked to girl there ana
told her he couldn't see her that
day. .n1,,
ward's auburn-haired Saturday
night" girl, but neither he nor
washington nor Besson could give
the names of any of Wards visi-
tors. Although on the ground floor,
Huggins said he heard Peggy and
another woman scream In Wards
apartment on the ninth floor the
niRht Of the fight which caused
Wards election from the house.
washington testified that ne saw
.1ots of LIQUOR" delivered to Wards ,
suite. and that he frequently saw
1,0a,nr, women leave intoxicated.