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Show WARD INDICTMENT MUST STAMP, ORDER r , ' ... I I i" : : . ' j : il ' . ' ; ' 5 - - V Court Denies Defense Motion to Dismiss Murder Charge Aj-ainst Wealthy , Baker's Son WHITE PLAINS, V. T.. Bept. tl (By A. P.) Supreme Court Justice Jus-tice Wagner today denied a motion made by Isaac N. Mills, chief defense de-fense counsel In the trial of Walter 8. Ward for the murder of Clarence Peters, for dlamleeal of th first degree de-gree murder Indictment against th eon of th millionaire baker. ' The motion, th third to be made 1 w i Above Walter S. Ward (1). son of the millionaire baker, on trial at White Plains, N. Y., for first derree murder for the shooting of Clarence Peters, ex-sailor.' Ralph Ward (2), his brother. Others are Isaac N. Mills (J), Ward attorney; Thomas J. O'Neill (4), special prosecutor; . Allan R. Campbell (5) and E. M. Rabenofd (6), Ward attorneys. Belnw The most Interested spectators of the trial of Walter WaiJ for Xhc-killing cf Clarence Peters .are Mr. and Mrs. fc'lbridxfc Peters,' the parents of the dead noyThe trial, sixteen months after the killiiif, was the' result of the appeal made by Mrs. Peters to Governor Smith for action In the ong dormant case. ' by Mills and dsnled by Justlc Wagrver. was put befor th court after Attorney General Sherman had rested tho slate's ens. In order or-der to hear arguments on It rni-lar rni-lar court proceodlnrs In th trial had been adjourned until tomorrow. tomor-row. THRILLS ARff OVIR. Ward's trial opened today with two of Its expected thrills fono by and with mujch Intsrsss hAnlnr on Tteputy Attorney Oonaral CTNelirs declaration that tho prosscutlon would prov tbs dfendnl's story of blackmail as a reason for' th klllthf. wad a um fabrication and merely a means of set tint money from his wealthy . father. Oeorc Ward. Th two thrills cam yeetarday. On cam when Beryl Curtis Ward, wife of tho accused, took th stand and told of her husband's return horn on tho night of th shootlngv Th other wss when Mrs. Ines Peters, mother of the slain x-aallor. x-aallor. testified that her son wss a Mood boy" and that despite his little lit-tle brush e with tho law and bis Inability to hold a steady Job ho had never been Jn serious trouble. LETTER RULED OUT. . I It was during argrumsntg rr the sdmlaalon as evldnc of th two letters written by Peter to his par- enia anortry neior oe era allied that O'Neill charged Ward's a lory of blackmail waa falae. Th court ruled that th letters could aot be admitted. O'Neill aald tha prosecution Intended In-tended to show that "Clarence Peters waa not the kind to black-mall black-mall or to kill a man. -We'll prov that Ward's story of killing; this man In self-defense was a pur fabrication,' O'Neill said. -We'll prove that Wert) s story of this blackmail plot wda Just framed aa a mean of getting money out of his wealthy father.'' |