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CHARLIE ROSS’ «WHISKED AWAY;wSeelSupposed *‘Brains’' of Ward Blackmail Ring Appears in New j York and Then Disappears 1CANT PUNISH WARDitI ;inlt;l I I lie ; Xu-e ! off Prominent Criminal Lawyer De-| clares He Will Go Free if He i Doesn’t Talk Any MoreL:mlt;liUiyIH'fS!11C*IINew York, May 29. — Charlie Russ,” supposed brains'' of ihc blackmailing ring which Waller S. Ward, wealthy baker. claims led to the fatal try.st two weeks ago which ended with his shooting of Clarence Peters, former sailor, whisked mo* montarily into sight today, and us suddenly and mysteriously disappear* ed.With the authorities of Westchester county and New York professedly seeking him, the mystery man” ill the sensational ease Is known to have Joined William J. J-’allon, attorney for Peters' family, this afternoon. They met shortly after Itoss” had sent an emissary to Fallon's office. in the heart of the business district. The emissary was folio wed out by Fallon, who is presumed to have met Ross” outside the building, and the throe j Wal were swallowed up in the crowds of j Mr. Times square.An hour later Fallon telephoned newspapermen who had been waiting in his office all afternoon that he and a private deLective, Harry Conners, would go to Boston tonight. He refused to state whether or not “Ross would accompany them, nor would ho discuss the object of the journey.liter Kt.it nog( im'ii ilon; the M day ope i Amon Ploy STnn to c pUt€ way is j: joim way: rail i don mni] noct. a ci with inchNathan KoscmveJg Mentioned.woumittdeptdivisDl1Sen;On the heels of this, development,It was }earned that 15istrict Attorney Weeks had sent a messenger from White Plains to the office of the local district attorney asking If a man named Nathan .Rosenweig, alias Nat Ross, is the same man as ,the one being sought. Rosen weig, under the name of Nat Ross, pleaded guilty in n local court in July of lasL year to a charge of extortion growing out of an ulieged blackmailing plot. Rosen weig escaped with a suspended sentence.Hie attorney at that time was Fallon, the man now serving as counsel for Peters’ parents. Rosen weig. the authorities said, could not be found at his home in the Bronx.Search also was, being continued for the well-dressed young woman who was declared by a New York waiter to have sought to hire him for 1500 to slay Ward in his Now Rochelle home last Saturday. This was hut a few hours niter Ward had heen released from jail on $50,000 hail. No progress has so far been made in the search.Says Wnrcl Will Co Free.Max D. Stcurec, prominent criminal lawyer, in .an opinion expressed today to u local newspaper declared that if Walter S. Ward Is wise enough to keep silent” and no further details are brought regarding the shooting of Clarence Peters, there is no tiling In the criminal law of New York state tin dor which he can he punished In any way for the confessed killing.”If his story is untrue—if it turns out the man he killed was not a j as t blackmailer,” said the layyer, “what T! he | difference does that make Suppose ! turr ?al Ward is lying, what of it? It is al-ectjways up to the state to prove that a.i crime is com milled. In a capita] case im-.like this, a man’s confession must bo .on, backed up by the testimony of cor-fty. i roborating witnesses. One can't be ew j convicted of a capital offense in New “I-[York solely on si confession, llis story ea- [can't be used against him.'W finai of t.1 to tin the In n al p cent co nt It. on 1 joril corn mod SUit up 01 tries op pi pro i tu to Tl in t! mitt mor sol com ed tar II an t tion com tlmlt;whiionincrCA1to- Ward cannot he called upon to tos* v ia_ i tifv should his case come to trial if |,. lis 11::rfusal under the New York law j dotr cannot be taken by the jury asjfor an evidence of guilt, Mr. Stuucrf upoITpointed out. Moreover, the trial Judge ca;l must instruct the Jury to this off vet. 1There arc no chances of punishing Ward. concluded Mr. Stouer, uniessStat mill era Iho talks too much. I don’t see why he is held tinder bail or anything cist-,11’s done to him as the case stands. The .millgrand Jury cannot indiet and the state -annot go to trial unless corroborating V1’’1'1 Wit nesses are produced. j low*mer
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Oneonta Daily Star
Oneonta, New York, US
Tue, May 30, 1922
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