New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-24
COURT ROOM IN SOBS'
AS MRS. WARD TALKS
tcontlaasa From Flr.l Pas.l

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stared straight ahead, Her Sigh,
hgurs barely htted the huge chair
on whose broad arms she rested her
elbows.
Attorney General Sherman vas hFsi
10 question her but his interFosstions
were brief and were made obviously
for the simple purpose Of having her
on the stand that the prosecution
might question her after the defense
had, After lnauiring about the nurse
maid for the Ward children, Mr.,
Sherman turned her over 10 the de.
tense fer REORGANIZATION
The attorney general had asked her
II Lulu Berry,. the nursemaid. was
outside OF New York state hut still IN
her employ and she answered yes
After Mrs. Ward had said that Mrs.
Beryl was q nurse for her children.
Mr. Campbell held UP picture OF a
hoy and a girl and asked. ARE those
the children"
Mrs. Ward Identified the photn-
graphs and then II was passed among
the jurymen.
Weeks ON Stand
Frederick Weeks, district attorney
at the time OF Peters death and In
charge OF the nrst investigation OF
Ward was the next witness after Mrs.
Ward.
He testified that the defendant came
10 him with his attorney. Mr.. Camp.
bell three days after Peters body had
been found TO announce his completely
In the affair. The group OF men were
talking amiably together about the
killing. said Mr.. Weeks when sudden
ly he asked Ward. What kind OF a
pistol do you carry, a Colt automatic?
NO. a IS Savage" Mr.. Weeks
said Ward replied to him.
The coroner, who was also present,
then suggested to Ward that he had
a narrow escape. remarking that
Ward was lucky they didn't get"
him. went on the former district at
torney. Yes might not be so
lucky" Mr.. Weeks said Ward replied.
Then the witness said that the con-
versation with Ward ended as Camp
bell Immediately produced sheet of
paper saying that that was Wards |
statement.
Trooper Recalled
Preceding, Mrs. Ward to the stand |
was Harry Greene, a state trooper
who had been ordered recalled by Jus
tice Wagner after the defense had as |
serted Greene and Ralph Collins, |
another trooper had violated the |
courts order after they had testified |
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had been instructed how to testify by
the prosecution.
Green testified that he had lunch
with Mrs. Roy H. Still OF Crotonville,
a suburb of Ossining. after leaving
the stand on the day he testified and
that he encountered a newspaperman
whom he knew In the court house
corridor passed the time of day with
him and posed for photograph.
He said that later he met Trooper
Collins and asked for a morning
newspaper. When Greene took the
chair Mrs. Still. with whom he board
ed was ordered from the court room
until his testimony had ended.
A lesson In Cards
Then Ernest H. Stolz of New Ro-
,helle friend of the Ward family
was called. He said he was at the
Ward home on the evening Peters
vas killed and played cards. there
rom s o'clock until 1880 with
Wards relatives and friends but that
lie did not see Ward himself. He
estified that Ward at no time had
old him of the circumstances Of the
leath of Peters
Stoz testified that Wards repu-
alton was good and that he did not
know him to have violent temper.
Defense Attorney Campbell then
sked Attorney Gen. Sherman to pro-
luce the pack of playing cards found
N Peters body. Handing these to
tolz Mr. Campbell asked the witness
o see If the deck was a complete
ne and Stolz replied that six cards
we're missing.
When after going through the deck
tolz testified that Ave of the cards
onstituted straight flush in dia-
1onds' in poker and the Joker there
7as stir in the courtroom Stolz
Omitted that the missing hand was
a pretty good one, one that poker
layer gets perhaps once in thous-
nd times
1T Is well known. isn't it," Mr..
ampbell asked, that peopls come
ITO film fam game of poker with
pack of cards in which five good
ards are missing and that these Ave
,rds were in their pocket?"
That would be a good way to Aim
a..
Before leaving the stand Stolz testi-
ID in answer to the prosecution that
, the evening of the killing Ward
Id been expected home about
clock TO participate in the game.