, 1876-03-16

o1auueu NC 1or t1e money. do hAe doR8edt
couldn't raiso Il. He Inns bosn upon my track
n ~ 20 Upon tho payment snd I havo paid
Herr lit. Ward drov oul tho check ind ertib.
tied It.
"Tbat. gent1emon. Is tho only financial trans-
action over had With this man Kehta ia nv
life. II waa long &imo before could got out
or bin tho hoto Which !1csiog gaso him to TO-
euro my mouoy, and. whom ho found hc had 10
give 1t M, ho prosecuted mo all tho hardor for
tho balance owed him on tho notc hsd given"
Hore Mr. Watd entered upon m eloquent do
scrlption of Rehms Ferjufy and treaoheEy. and
raid that Tho el1orta Of ehtn 70 lndict hln were
|'art Of oonspirseJ Of nch I!chm w.a the ring
had assured lin {Mr. Ward) Of over hsY,ng heon
guilty Of ono a!nge act upon which m !ndictmons
could stand, they had naa'ignantly lied. and In 10
perl jnrsng themselves llad thrown away the isBt
"As told you, gentlemen, II is unprecedented
% allow an accused man to explain hts cass to
tho Grand Jury befoEo hin Indictment, but can
Produce men to whom
REIN HAS ADMITTED HE PERJURY,
Az and havo doeumenss to show that iu 80 admit
ting hls perjury he las for onco told tha truth.
undcr theee circumstances, am / 10 po pursued
into Boc1al Ethyo by nuch mtn2 Am 10 20
down into infamJ With my lips sealed and my
eeyes closed, without tito poor privilege Of opon-
ing my mouth sn defense OF career that has
besn spoken OF respectfully, and : reputation
which, 10 my poor vanity, hold Ia respect Do
understand that the demauds Of Justice insist
TINT man. bought up With promise that he
shall not dlsRraoe penItentisry, osn swear
atruBBle. and which Ia all the wealth nsk You
draw your indictments for conspiracy, but thcro
noTer wns, aince God constructed the earth.
blsckor, mora damnab1e conspiracy than that
tuuity to develop tho truth aud sond this howl.
iDE band Of fchatacter-cut-throats 30 deep that
the breath OF honesty Mil never reach them again.
And 1t llea with you to permit this. As soon "a
man is Indicted sou bring him before your
Grand Jury, and you can just Is well bring me
before tho bill agaiust mo 10 signed. Aud to!t
you shall make struggle to 70 thoro. slaalI
not cit quiet under the i.nputation cast upon
me- With an indlotmont hanging over mo, wait
lug 10 eoWard!y pa&icnce for it 70 fall. ! shall
demand OF your Grand Jury, aud now demand
1t Of you. that b. allowed TO be bworn aud ex-
atnlned by that body. md that others be swo,n
aud e1aminodt and I will root out this con.
spiracy, sl>ow tho fraud aud terror which bayu
combined to bring men 70 avoar falsely against
mo, and then II your Jury wants 70 lndlct me,
havo nothing further to say. But p1otcst to
you against tho course that has boen r1trouetl
against nc. and clamor for tho right OF pro-
tecsion sgasnat the persecutsou thnt tbreatuus
mo with Gocial extinction and moral dcnth,"
Aftor Mr. Wards departure, thoro was long
consultation betWeen tho counsel.
MI. DEXTER
remarked that 10 could not see tho propsiety Of
aeccdtng to afr. Watl's request, while among
tho mattor, and q strong inclination, to prabo
tho matter before permitting tho finding Of tho
indictment. Tho coucavo finally broke up WITH
out arriving at any ddnn,to conclusion, but
later rumors woso to the effect that tho Grand
Jury would tnko hold OF tho matter, and that
they would subpoena Mr. Ward and hear his
statofaont.
Lato in tho attornoan \ Tntnuss reporter
called on Mr. Ward. md, after convincing Mai.
a. W. Edwards that he [tho Mnjor) was not tile
objective point,
ASKED stn- WARD WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.
~ wont to tho Diatrict Attorncy's oGllce this
morning and made stascmont, but it is u nut
tor that Ia as y1t wholly uuBettled, and dout
think it Hon1d bo proper for me to speak OF It,"
"What wss tho etroet Of the statement p
'Aa to tAo statement itss!f hatly refuse
DOW onco and for all to gay single wosd; aa to
its efrectd don't know"
s afsn33 39r nr9 s;a tho privilege Of going before
AZ stated that I thought might bo permitted
to testify. ii IN tho Judgment Of Tbs D,st'ics
Attorney I could throw any lsbtn2oa. taattcrs
"D,d you spsaE Of th.t e4p. COO TRANSACTION.
publtshed in this mornings Tn1punEf"
v shall not sdord Auy Information NJ so the
1t proper"
''Do you expect to go baforo tho Grand
Mr. Warl started up. hIs oycs blazing aud hts
whole frame aulycring:
ayes. sr." sata he; "yes: sir ! DO expect to
60 before tho Grand Jury. have bean attacked
indios ma. It tho Government counsel viii not
porrnls mo to 60, shall so to tho Graud.Jury
room door, aud shall clamor for Admittauco
until somo ouo lietons TO ma."
"Bupposo you are not permitted to enter 2"
But alaIl bo permitted doat believe
that Grand Jurr Ia oomposod Of mon who wal
rctuse 10 hear facts when thoy aro presented. /
propose to go there With facts, documents. and
witnceseu, and show uE th!s conspiracy, which. ia
indioting right and loft on Testimony which ls -
and llssen patiently, and l will provo TO tbem
that thoy havo boon Influenced b. schotno OF
[>orjury,-that thty hAye boom deceived and mlA-
led,-and will Giyo them aomo faots which will
ssnxtlo thom, and teach them how tho evidence
heB beon gotten up for them BY gang Of mou
who hAys worked day aud night 10 carry out
their p!auu, and who haya ah1unk ut nokh!ug,"
"Whom do yon mean By
"A oANA OF MEN p"
~ mean aomo Of the witnesses who hare beoa
before tlem. don't caro- now to specify which
onou, but will tell tue members Of tim. jury
wLo they arc, what they did it for, and who
forced them into IT.. I toll you there has beou
ssysto% Of corruption going on, Of which that
paralyzes q man to think Of. and. Il u.sy want
the exposure ptnposo to give it."
At this point Maj. Edwards, who had boon
rcattvc for sono time. began to olamor to b in
tervlowed. aud tho reporter quit.
It Ia stated that
roHr1oN OF REuM'B TESTIMONY
against Ward was to tho effect that he (Rchm)
had paid Ward money on little scheme to get
some books out Of Wards Office when the latter
was. .D!strics-Attoruey. Rohm sworo that Anton
Juukcr had great lougIngs TO. some private
memorandum books, and that thoy wero finally
obtained BY tho payment Of money to Wanl by
Hehm. who ulukod aloepl1y while Junker Bsolo
them from tho otlce, Jankor wAs ynnked up
before tho Grand jury, and sroro polnt-blauk
that he had takon tho books, aud tins having
paved the way for Rchm, he went on and srora
that he had paid Ward tho money uuk to knou
what Junker was up TO-.
This, 10 far, was all right for Jake and bad for
Wa1l but, unfortunately for the gamo, Junkor
has too many friends, and IN burst Of cond-
douco he told tho whole affair to dIstiller, who
sayB that Junker admitted to him that not cout
was paid to Ward. aud that ho {Junkor) uevor
got the books. Junker confessed, so Tho dlstll-
Ter Gays. that Jake had g1uat influence over
h!ru. and that ho sworn a. 10 MAJ told 10. Tho
dia:ilior stands Ecaay to buck'up his statement
OF Jupker's confession, aud win tcstify to it II
ths Grand Jury 1ants It, and tho uause Of thas