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Show . 0 "' 7 RICH FATHER HIRES SLEUTHS TO PROBE CASE Great Mystery Hold Blackmailers Black-mailers Had Upon Walter Wal-ter S. Ward CLEW SEEN IN LETTER Detectives Try to Trace Recent Re-cent Movements of Dead Ex-Sailor WHITE PLAINS N Y. May 2G. Investigators today continued to delve beneath the story of Walter S Ward, wealthy baking company official, who has declared he shot, and killed Clarence Clar-ence Peters, former navy man, in a 'j';bL growing out of a blackmail plot. Latest developments have aroused i the question as to how long Ward had been acquainted with Peters before the killing. New revelation expected expect-ed to follow the anonymous ler.ei . received by District Attorney Weeks were looked for today. The. prosecuting officer is conft- denl the writer, who claimed to be a soldier and to have known Ward, will reveal his knodledge as to what caus-ed caus-ed the death of Peters "I do not believe a crank wrote that letter," said Mr. Weeks "And ij havo a clew as to how I can reach I him 1 would not be surprised if he arrived In White Plains some time I today What he says, I believe, may be of great value." POST AJRD MAILED. The Peters family in lluverhlll. Mass. claims to have a post card from Young Peters from South Caro-1 Una dated early in Mav Peters wis rejected by the marine corps May 11. according to government reports. A'.-lowlnvc A'.-lowlnvc for the shortest time possible Peters could not have reached New-York New-York before May 13. and he went on his death ride on the night of May 15. Tho blackmail plot had been going go-ing on for six weeks according to Ward's story The statement of police from surrounding sur-rounding towns that Peters was seen on Ward Baking company trucks several sev-eral times was made known to tho authorities here and would indicate that Peters was n Ward's vicinity for. some time before tho killing occurred. oc-curred. REPORT INVESTIGATED 1 nv cert i gators employed by the Peters Pet-ers family have notified the authorities authori-ties here that they are InvestlgatiM reports that Ward may have known Petem In Boston, which would date Che acquaintanceship back of the time that the dead sailor triod 10 enlist ln the marines Sheriff George W erner says he has the gun usd by Ward. "I can produce Ward's un when it ls needed." said the sheriff, and 11 win show that more than one shot was fired." 'How about Peters' gun?" he was asked "I cannot say anything about that." he replied Although Die Sheriff says he do..s not hold the discharged shells from tiie eight bullets said to have been fired hi the fight, he Is sure they Will be produced when nccesset-y. Slate police found only one near the Bi . ne of the gun fight described by Ward COAT OPEN lll.S SHOT. The sheriff also displayed the garments gar-ments found on Peters and showo J j thai B bullet had pierced the vest and eiuM In front and passed through th poet, vest and shirt In back. This Indicated, ho said, that Poters must (Continued on Page Two.) RICH FATHER HIRES SLEUTHS TO PROBE CASE (Continued from Page one) have had his coat open when the shot that killed hi mwas flrod The entnneo of investigators for) the Peters family has added to the tension here and complicated a my.s-terlOUS my.s-terlOUS situation. The attitude toward the blaokma'1 plot story and Other portions of Ward's confession Is typified In Dl-.- j iiict Attorney Weeks' declaration that there Is no limit to the length he will go to clear up the mystery of ihrt Killing u n d Its can- |