Word: warded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jury*; acquitted Walter S. Ward after three hours of deliberation. All present appeared to be surprised at the speedy verdict except Ward himself, who preserved his appearance of complete confidence till the very end. Though his personal attorney broke down and the eyes of his trial counsel, Judge Mills, filled with tears on hearing the verdict, Ward remained cool and calm, if not cynical. One of the jurymen stated after the trial that it was Ward's absolute appearance of confidence and of " sheer decency" that led the jury to determine he could not have killed Sailor Peters in cold...
...results of the first round of matches played yesterday on Jarvis Field follow: L. A. Weisman '26 defeated Kenneth Ward, 2G.B., 6-3, 6-1; J. B. Williams, 1G.B., won by default from T. R. Wickersham '26; J. R. Wood '25 defeated Austin Wood '26, 6-0, 6-2; C. Grayson '27 defeated M. Goldstein '26, 6-1, 6-1; H. C. Havighurst 1L., won by default from C. M. Hastings '25; A. R. Allen Jr. '26 defeated L. F. Holmes, 8-6, 6-0; K. C. Black '24 defeated G. K. Bell...
...investigate the crime. The Attorney General's office superseded the local District Attorney. The wheels of justice were promptly set in motion. The prosecution secured another indictment from the new Grand Jury, on the theory that Peters was a poor boy, slain for some sinister reason by Ward, who was pictured as a wanton, wealthy wastrel...
Though a desperate attempt was made by Ward's counsel to secure a dismissal of the new indictment, it failed and the case was finally reached for trial this month...
...chief counsel for Ward is ex-Justice Isaac N. Mills, formerly of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. He is perhaps the most respected member of the Westchester County...