, 1879-07-02
WILLIAM j. RALPH.
Operations Of Ono OF the Match-
Bond Fellows.
A Long Career Of Usefulness in tho
Cook County Courts.

There was nothing new yesterday iu connee-
tton with the latest match-bond case by
which the Government ha1 been euehcrcd out
Of $23, 100. There we're no new arrests and no
further DEVELOPMENTS during tho day. Mrs.
Ra'p' snccce'ed in giving bait before Commits
e!oncr 1loYue In tho sum OF o., 500, tic amount
Of her bono, her sutettcs bonK George G. South.
erlntMl, E. ]. Monnghan, and Mrs. Laura E.
Monaghan, roputcd heirs, who Justified
to something lke' 10000 worth Of
property. The bond appeared good and
sufficient, and was accepted. On being set at
liberty. Airs. Ralph Immediately proceeded to
mako efforts towards securing bull for her tus-
band. ID whoss case tln bond had besu fixed at
e50o0 she wns .pnsuccessful, howrvof. at last
accounts. but wifi probably renew her devoted
tasl> today.
II all accounts arc true couccrutng William j.
Ralph, his record Is BY no means an envinblo
onr. Since his recent notoricty in connection
With the "match caaen In the United States
Court, :.
MAET !nlsAoRErAnLH rurHo1
hsso comc out nRaiust hlm, ono Of which etoriea
was told to reporter yesterday BY prominent
1awser Of this city. It was as follows:
About two years nEo this lawyes had client
who had Ralph for tenant. fig did not iul0ll
all lie condition., and bis landlord put him out
OF his building Ralph at that time claimed that
everything be had in the world was owned By
his wife. Sons time after this occurrence,
Ralph turned mp as ausetY on bond In court,
and scheduled property at the corner Of Fifty
third street and Wabash avcnuc. The lawyer
never lad any tltlo to the ground, but
that the deed to tho same was record
81 fn tho nnmn Of BIZ "ffe. Matilda ].
Ralph, md that the only interest he possibly
hAHA atr AnAR fIrniE IN ftATtn f-x fttA
property, rs thc matter stool, was posstbto
vlfe. ' o'0' ' ~ :. |''
The lawyer act forth the facts IN an affidavit,
copy OF which he submitted to the attorney
fos tie defcnse, for whom Ralph was surety.
When the attorney for tho prosecution camo
into court ho found tisat new surety haa besn
attempt was ;mado to, hsso Ralph qualify. hut
when they can1e to c1amtno the womaa It was
found that she vas tile wife Of Ralph.
=, T'i!s vas In The cnae ngatnst the notorious
Jim Clarity. She said ehn did not know my Of
thB larrltys herself, but bccema surety he
cause her husband wanted her to. Mira. Ralph
wns accepted bY the Court, On The suppost.lon
TINT she was good. md Was retained al surety.
6he WAS n1tcrward sued, nn1 Judgment was ru-
coverea against ;her q .utety on that bond to
BEEN collected. :.
Soon after this
CASE cAhH INTO TIE supxEtoR COURT,
~ HAltu ~QtllCts u 6U$llEWlut uOLEu QNql6Tf
mud Charles c. sehoo'cr, who was written up It,
THE TRIBUNE ot afasrif 81, 1878. la an uucoul-
pltMeutary manncr. wcro refused as snretles.
ltnluh catue to the restue, and assured the law
petent to go9p the bond. The lawyer referred to
became more md moro Suspicious Of the fellow,
ana went to the tsouute OF having q COM
sn4ev. psta s IL tho sas cteu ous ind sanc,o4 81 co4s m
from 0c'ober, 1871. ia June, 1878. It
Of cases. Then lic vent 70 the Criminal Court,
aa S e Sen aksn s as a ery M,s aud A, IT. b
and 10 another for 5000. In written apptien-
t!on to a'eco'ne surety on tho first bond, Ralph
represented that be was not upon any other
como surety :uuon tie second ooud,, he
any other bond except thc arst one mentioned,
Ss Il s u sie fsiSss 1sp
resonted TINT hu wos worth &c. 200 over nli abl1-
tiles. una that ho did not owu 10 exceed so.
on the 8lst OF August, 1875 he.
PILED rRTIrIoN IN uANNnupTcT
In the ease numbered 6,o9o, in whleh ho schcd-
The dates ranged back through 1874, 1876. 1875,
and 1877.
Ihc attorney was under. the impression that
tho stascs's Attorney should look ipto tho
transactions Of Mr. Ra1pl.
There are other things related Of Ralph
aault q Low, LAWYERS. represented tte lefaiss
lila suit al Haas vs.. Tie Chicago Building 30.
eic.y tnrstt's Appellate Court, In which Mira.
tion was raiset By the attorneys, when. tho
woman cnmc tnin court aid qualIled under
oath, affirming TINT she poascsse1 crrtB!n prop
ertv. Which, upon careful investigations, Lie
lawyers ascestalncd she did not own. abo was
tlsrpwn Of the bon3, and the leRa! men had
serious thoughts Ut 1ndtettng her for perjusy.''
ApoLpn MOSES ''
aaso had tomo transactiolta With the man Ralph