, 1875-12-30
. MERSERERu'S CERTIFICATES
TALK WITH j. II, wAHt

MERsEREAu'S CERTIFICATES.
TALK WITH ]. Il. wARn.
TnInrHE reporter yestertloy called upon OK
Dlatrics.A.torpoy Ward for the purpose Of OK.
| tracing from him what information 10 could
mpaEt relative to tue mystery OF tho 15O bar, ola
Of crooked hiehwiucs from 51crscroau'e Gists!.
lcry, Which, nfter tho eeizure OF tho establish.
mont. wore removed from tho Dock Con,pauy's
warehouse, whoro they had boon atorod As
| stated in THE TA1nuaa yesterday, tho Docls
Colnpany's receipt for tho 150 barrels WIRE
among tho pnrors eei3cd bY ,l1e Government
wlch lightning ssrlck OH the 10Th 0! Alay last:
AfteF the Seizure Of thcso paI!css. ~ detailed in
yesterdays TRIBUNE. oftrrts wore made to
withdraw these highwlnps from tho Dock
compsnys warehouse without return OF
the receipt, which Efforts failod, III did
tloeo to hAvo tho barroB ompIied, 10
that tho fraud-vhich connlnsed in reiiiling
barrci.. the stamps upon which had not hecn de-
atroycd asre4utEadby law-mght mt be ti!scoy-
| ored. Bnt somehow. before tho Grand Jury Of
| tho United States Court mot, tLoso reca1pts
which had been in possession of the Qoyorn.
mont weso presented tho Dock Company, and
| upon tllcn tho 1ju barrels Of crooked ucro
! turned oror to tho person presenting lilo ~
colptH. Tito nystorr about tho whole afrar ia to
know how .heac receipts got out Of tho posseB.
sion Of tho Government aud Into tho hands Of
parties who couBnmrnatcd the fraud intertuptul
by the seizure, by putting tho whole l50 barrels
upon tue market and pockctiug tho stoal accr,1-
lug therctroul. THIS Was what, on arriving ut
nr. Wards Office, tho reporter aslod TINT GEN
t!eman to explain.
3ir. Ward di,ln't know that the rcccint, or re-
cepts Of the Chicago Dock Company for tL,a
lot Of crooked s{,ir,ta Ind ever boon eoi.ed o,
not They might have been among the pape,s
seized Rnl they might not have Lcen-noboly
know. Flo noser heard Of The receipt or re-
ceipts Until sttcr tho crooked hghwincs TO:
Which they wcrn given hid bocn slipped away
upun them.
THE FIRST TINE lie EVER SAW TUE nEcEtrr
or receipts waH boforo tue Grand jury. Tho
crooked bad thon boon delivered upon them.
TITO recent was fur tl1o 15U barrels OF liglwiu
TINT were in dlhpnto-tlleEo might tlase btaa
several recetpts; AR. War4 couldn't lecolIoct
cersa,uly, bat probably the spirits Ind betn
warehoased in lots Of 50 or % barrels eacl, lfu
had heard ruHsora about tint lot Ut spirh, but
knew uot's'ug About IT, According to E,la I'LL.
teratanllngit 1t WAS from Morseruau's dibtlIlrry.
tus of that he know no1htng, Atld III with regard
to all else that tIo Baiu wauteu uothlut, stated
Oh Ills authority. lie had only 4eurI vusious
rulnotb about thu matter.
4AAA on +44t w kulhtu on IN us bpClil,AF
style. Iho receipts In question had uo, or been
III Liz possession t,e didn't know that they wcro
over y! ponsashlou Of the Government they
might nave been ur they might not haYs been
ttloy might ha'e been hto!on u soino way from
tue Possossion of Lhe Government 4e didn't bay
they Ind bccn for ho didn't know. ThI4 NJ,
Whfd impaired In hfn most i.Dprcastve copfidc,l-
t!al bt,le, and with his own peculiar alr OF over
*heitnlng ftaAkntsa. 30 overwhelming n fact
WIS It, that aftor thu reporter had lslvtiod 10 tic
tqpat,tlon ut it 8 Aalf-dozon tines murs OF lety,
md each time delivered with tho moro inprcgs-
!yo oonlleuce and cnndor, he WIS convinced that
Ar. Ward might 70 ou outpourins hlB candid
condolences to tho ond OF tiu4o witIiuut i,una1t-
Ing Al iota Of information
Mla MEMORY WAS ALL IN A PppGE ABOUT IT.
:, hacll aud such things might have bten, aud
tley might not AATe been; and, whether they
1night layo been or might nut lAYo brat,,--wn.n
they might laye boon VI luight unt tayu 1eou.-
Ao hMl olly Lizard tutn0O1, and didn't Wunt II
ntated on LlB nwn responsibility. Im short, iu
alF' Nusda then general coualsinn OF mind aud
memory ~ to VII pertaining To thcHe warehouse
receipts of the dock Company for crooked hlyl-
wines that had slipped Ont VI tho posaessjuu of
The uovtrnuent When tito ro:uip!a wuro per.
mltted to sl!p out of tho llanls Or tue Gnvern-
lnnnt officials, shat to axtlAet any Information
IRON Lin, seemed " hopstul ~ to attrluIt 10
e1tracs tho hacG-1onb of jolly-lnai. Hut
THE REPORTER AADi: TIE EFFORT.
a1Iu nsksa "htu tAo papers, Among which were
tllo roco!s III question, II tiloY can.e into pos
!, ALT Ward !'1,i,attet that tAoy wero setxod on
tha l0th ol May last, aud wore supposed to have
Daet. among tho UaperH 1T tto!suIi Il EnalInan,
Vera tue Papers then c1a1,.lnou, uskod the
ropnrlcr. 80.
IheY were not oxninluo| a!r. Ward explained,
peca"sas III VIII 10 ldcalcctsl, MI injunction |
was gotteu ont against tleit uAuniuatuj. Thuf
"sro locked up III sales, tie keYB uf which uors
pot obtauIad bY tho Government officers, and
before tho safGs could ba broken oueu. tia il.
junction. waA lasuel. Tho books sni varors
wore kapt under guard, placed in tue yegit OF |
the Marshal. office, and lnaIly, unlisF order Of |
Cpnrt, The defendants wera permitted
IN 1aE tAEBEhuE 0H AtMaELF AND COMMISSIONERS |
uuiaE,
to examine portion OF thotu, aud tako nwav
such tapoEs I'd did not ssato TO Inv cases. -
sotno lnsuranco pol!cles, Ae ttungLt, Apd buuk.
accolislts Tor collection. 1Iu Was present et this
o1aMlnatton. but Was certain no pa,,eln relating
70 whisky Hero then delivered to lilo ,Is fatsu,
III reaFonsa to Inquiries, Afr. Ward further
e12teu tnks, 1toM what Wan sa1I By uu1Lhy, See-
fetHrY OF tAo DOCK COMPANY. It waB
QUITE fAobAItE THESE AEcElPTH wEuH AMuNo
TIE PAPERS sEIxEp,
because tho partlos ihtereHsed bud attempted 10
ket the apr!ts without BuerenloELuK Thu Fore,ttn
Hut hu d!d nut know--thcy mixut have been III
Iank ~ cull9turAlh. uolnoa oues tnaa tue stato. |
lnant tlAt utter tho Be,zuIe hU t,b,auod t!Ia,n
srum Liz lF,tua ltoyno. But wten COMMISSIONER
tlnyue heard 1l 1t he promptly demanded uf
lo!son to know what ha ultulIt, uheu l;uIson
luuloa II having said 10. TAul lelapsinr into
s general Btato Ut pulgynesa, aIt, Ward didn't |
know but that thu safe might ilAyo been tam.
pcrtd With utter tho seizui q, Apu tho rocsin..
sbstiarted. though he dLut kt,ow wupthut liz