New-York tribune., 1884-12-17
WARDS FINAL STRUGGLES.
.rroRrs ro PREVENT TIE FAILURE.

cuANr-TnE tnAFrTF STIR.
sr ;r,cstisation of the claim to bonds worth
-, ,,uion dollars belonging TO Jerome Il. 'haneo'
-. a. Ia asserted. were In the hanhs OF "r"h'
g, a, the time Of their failure waS continued Hes
w.. ..te Hamilton Cole referee at his ohce. NO. li'
oN Atrooe tho counsel present were george
u s.,,septinr STR thanee Charles W Bangs VINO
- r,r iehn ~ NORRIS assignee ot James y ilsh'
,r,,,, n uornpower. on brhalf ot Julien y pa'l's'
~, 4 b,tles u Butler ard Charles u AieAahuet
nt,,. ,prnel the proceedings Wy reading WIN e'r
-, .,,,,ni $50 letters ffuin Ferdinand Wma some
u'"' u. ~ ai,sn caused mneh metilmenb TIE htSt ar
sss.ssi ia s o. rlRius, was ~ i"l"Nsi
...,,.. Atr fish IA, fa,eitri Atnhuun.
. ~ w n " ths si5hdun nate viii u. na H,l ven,
Hss its ,,s, mousani ilmes tni Nha i"l W. n,'' aHn
80 80, 49, n iean rln uy own business ', sa"N'
t,se etre ui atlrr ptop"s N""'' ""l'
r,e second was a letter written nY MI NsF' 10 MS
...1n,r whom ho was accustomed to designate iahNl
iArly a- huok GRANT ,,.-z,sst
pr,RRUcK am very much aIfad tuAl M ,lI .Du , ~
-. 'nl i,af unless something l. done tohieh' tNrll
GONE am 1 ,,rTomorrow Now take u coo old boy
Don't gct excited an reinenpsr t.' nv r mf ro r. comes
,"a tsst T,ppan has drawn $500 600 more ana ms
with me GDIfe t matter Ihad hoped to more loans
"n the Buffalo. New-iorS AMI fhlAdrlhia noHus nS "'
"nnH "n not Randall mad 100000 Govtrnlcnt
r cent bonds with us but he got scared ana areW 9u
TODAY THIS unexpected 10y Us. NoN naNv r,r ~
W. Solorinr securities which he used to-lnorrow
i'm auy way we can get checks tonight for r9oo"Vo
! must be done and would pay the securities TO-
hsaISw "0oo Bnaao. Newyork and Philadelphia Land
Irortgage bonds worth S273ooa l30 shares mon ddS
Dock stock, worth Sl-OOOO; r3OOoo NhcsSo -an a1"
Atlantic second mortgage honds, W"r'h S3399'o00
: ZOO Guli. Colorado and santa Fe 2ds' S-4'UuV'
10000 CHICAGO aud Atlantic notes endorsed by Ere,
q le IN June. 100000 $4,000 Erie notes Ti5uVUV
; 10000 Lake Erie and Western dock bonds. >lG0Oo0;
Armadale bonds. Sj00o0 100000 West shore teI,nut
IliiTar 500; 81 3237o0 Here is sl32S; 200
worth of securities and we mist get F2Ooo0o On Ien
.f.o .f,t.d -lqr Nov 20 In
bit and tell him JUS; how stand aud that II he VIII 40
This FOR Us. viii send him SsOOoO0 or s9oo.-
whichever he may select Of them and if he won't DO IL
Try elsewhere, for must not 20 down WIN an h'e
good things hand am going to start out nyseu anu
% r,gf of n Enrk and remember tlat if it is not done
IL will be the end OF our business career TINS - 'he
last that Tappan viii have 10 make. but u we dohi Hn
This $500 O6O tonight IL viii be our last blow viii he
home some time during the night forI SHAH 20 every
where; send me word what you suoerI" ~
over by a messengcr Vanderbilt draw ON the
Chemical Bank II he wants TO- We mnst my nay ti '' I'm
am going several bank men myself and VIII Doe nome
late; don't try 20 nd me, but try ana gct al No can
This is our last hope Buck so do all '0" can %aa6 3S
Joseph Larocque retained after the collapse
o. Grant 4 Ward. 10 aid in obtaining the securities
claimed by Nj ChaGcc, testified that he attended
meeting al the Office Of the safe deposit company at
Walist aud Broadway on MAY last, al which L. :.
Grant, lr = B. Elklna and others were present Iho
winsss continued:
We met ia private room whore on table , there
stool box containing envelopes and pap'r. whlch
Mr.. Grant was examining, thiuN Mr.. k'rns va. lr
ent Il ~ sdd ny ,gnc ,Ne w. In' lI''n s' lam
Against Grant ward bv the deposit Of specific sccur
owned by he arm or ne something that the firm hid
substantial beuc0oity mterest ln, ana remo ,o
Chafep's cIiu. rhcy ptt iu charge OF Mr. Eklus
a. hs attorney ana al undcrao'd were placed " 'n'
safe deposit company
Mr. L,rocquc Identified llst OF the securities of which
h. said go were utlc 1T the time ami signed hy M