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Show POLICE TEARING VEIL FROM WARD BLACKMAIL1 s FOLLOWER OF TRACK NABBED, I CLUES GAINED Evidence Gathered of Pos-I" sible Huge Blackmailing Gang Operations UNDERWORLD COMBED ' Hiding Place of Wounded Man Sought By N. Y. Authorities WHITE PLAINS. r. Y.. June 2. Examination of James Cur.nir:;harn. a race track follower, arrested Ins; night In connection with the killing of Clarence Peters under mysterious circumstances cir-cumstances that have Involved Walter! 9. Ward, of New Ro belle, was plan- 1 lie.) today by District Attorney Weeks, j Cunningham, aftor a three-hour conversation with the West Chester, county authorities In New York, was arrested as a material witness. He1 stated tho man wounde 1 bv Ward fol-'owlng fol-'owlng the attempted blackmail had been taken to his mother's home, and thnt tho man told him about the ' Dla kinall plot to forco money from Win. I several .Invs b. f. re i' o. aried SEEK WOUNDED MAN Defectives are searching for tho , 1 woundad man, whoso name, as well as nil probable hiding place, was revelled revell-ed by Cunningham, according to iho , ' authorities. The arrest of Cunningham revived 1 stories of plunges made by Ward at various tracks and his acquaintance-ship acquaintance-ship with many well Known horsemen and gamblers. unc story was that 1 I Ward disappeared sometime ago and. that detectives discovered him at aj' race track near Baltimore. OKI All s WITHHELD Details of the Information West Chester authorities were able to foice 1 from Cunningham, have been withheld with-held Outside of the brief statement ' Of the arrest and the fact that Cunningham Cun-ningham had told the wounded man's ; name, the only comment by Mr. 1 Weeks was that Cunningham himself , had not been at i.he scene of the shoot- ' 1 ing according to his story. Tho prisoner ls saJd to have worked for Commander J K. Ross the Canadian Canad-ian horseman, as an Investigator of. race track frauds and gambling rmt;-' ' Commander Ross ls owner of Sir Barton. Bar-ton. New York detectives also are searching for two well known char- v I actors of the underworld who have been seen recently driving a red au-1 au-1 tomoblle. The police say the men are. apparently In funds, although both j: have but recently been released after serving prison terms. Ward described th" blackmail, rs' car as red and his general descrlp- 1 ! tlons are said to fit those men. District Attorney Weeks, who now has three groups of Investigator- d 'work, expects the Cunningham arrest to bring a suddon break in the mystery mys-tery surrounding the death of Peteri I The state police have entered Into tho chase and agents of a private detec- 1 itlve agency also are active. The sheriff, when asked If the nr- 1 j rest of Cunningham might lead lo the 1 re-arrest of Ward on a charge of murder mur-der replied I I "I am not going to arrest Ward un- 11 I less I get an order." Mr. Weeks stated that ho would make no move until the clues obtained " from Cunningham had been Investigated Investi-gated He admitted that evidences of a great blac kmail ring had been put before him and that his men were putting every ounco of energy Into!' Ward and the blackmailers. |