Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-25
WARD IN A PRISON CELL.
HE is LOCKED UP IN LUDLOW
STREET JAIL.
Trouble Ahead for his Associates-The
Strong Affidavits Against the Prisoner
willie Speak?

STREET JAIL.
Trouble Ahead for his Associates-The
Strong Afhdavits Against the Prisoner
willie Speak?
Escorted by order Of Arrest Deputy
Sheriff McGOnigaI on the one side and
with Deputy Sheriff J James Brown holding
his other arm, says the Morning journal
of Friday, pale, thin and detected look
ing man slowly assembled the steps of the
Ludlow street Jail Thursday afternoon
at 5 O'Clock. He looked hopelessly from
side to side as the faint echoes Of the bell
came back in answer to the deputies
summons. His head sank forward de-
iectedly when the door opened to admit
the trio and he flung himself into the
nearest bench in the corridor the picture
of misery and despair.
The man was Ferdinand Ward, the
trusted business associate of Gen. Grant
and his sons. who had been taken by the
! Deputy Sheriffs from the Office of his law
vers, Messrs. Butler, Stillman 81 Hubbard,
| to the Jail. As he sat there in the cOrri-
/ dor, his narrow shoulders contracted and
| STOPPING, his face white and anxious, and
! his hair and mOustache dishevelled, he
| looked much more like condemned MUIR
I
| cier whose methods have wrought such
ruin.
F'When man has not two cents to rub
against each other" said Deputy Sheriff
David McGOnigal, she can't put up al
| first-class hotels. That's the reason why
Mr.. Ferdinand Ward was taken to the
Ludlow street Jail. The hotels are toe
/ expensive"
''Is Ward so completely broken?'' asked
| the reporter.
yes" replied the deputy, she's broken
| financially, and, more than that, he's
4 completely broken up physically. He's
/ losing his grit, too. l should not be sur.
! prised to hear him squeal, and / rather
| imagine if he does that there will be
rather an ugly story told"
"Then there will be more arrests?"
| ats very strange to me-" replied MIR.
| McGonigal, ''that amidst all this crash OF
/ banks and firms and all the uprOar about
! fraud and rehypOthecatiOns, there have
been but two men arrested, both sort OF
! apogoats-Ward, for one, and Sweeny,
! the bucket-shop keeper, for the other
| Yes, Pve heard reports" he continued,
! ''that warrants were out for Mr.. James
| D. Fish, President of the Marine Bank
! for Col Fred d. Grant and for Manager
! William G. Smith, of the firm of Ward 4
/ Grant, but they have not been issued by
( me- IL L dAli OIuCEGO W arrest any Vi IDOSS
! gentlemen my men will have no difficulty
/ in finding them.
| "The most painful part of this affair tC
me-" continued Mr.. McGonigal, pulling al
| his gray Mustache, sis that J. Nelson
| Tappan, the City Chamberlain, has lost sc
much money by Wards miserable
schemes. Tappan is at home, sick in bed
brought there by worrying over his
| losses"
stDooo 4bo ,,ore,- oor,o from, Lie o,,,,
| pocket?' asked the reporter.
"Of course it does" replied the Deputy
| Sheriff, most emphatically. "Tappan is
one of the best and most honest fellows
! in the world, but he was gulled by Wards
| specious promises. In sums of $4,000
/ 100000, $4,000 and $4,000 Tappan paid
/ into Wards hands $500, 900 during twenty.
three days of April. And, mark you
| every cent of it was his own money. The
! city does not lose one penny"
''Ferdinand's brother, William Ward
/ continued Mr.. McGOnigal, sis very rich
man that has made his money in mines in
! Colorado. Mr.. William Ward answered
/ his brothers summons Immediately, and
! l fancy he has been paying his expenses
/ at the hotel. One of the conditions on
/ which he did so was that Ferdinand
| Ward should be given no whisky or slim
ulantS of any kind. He's needed them, =
/ continued Mr.. McGOnigal, ''fOr he has
scarcely tasted food; but | don't much
wonder his appetite is bad'
! Accompanied by Sheriff Brown, Mr.. Fer.
! dinand Ward had visited the scene of his
| triumphs and his downfall in the morning
| looking worn and dlspirited. He entered
/ the office Of Messrs. Butler, Stillman &
! Hubbard, No. Ill Broadway, and retired
| to Mr.. Stillman's private office. Soon
! afterwards Ferdinand's brother, W. s.
! Ward, of Denver, called and was admitted
| to the private room. After a long consul
! tatiOn the brother departed. He said he
| did not know whether his brother would
| give bail or not. The general opinion is
| the amount cannot be raised. w. S. Ward
asserts his belief that his brother has not
saved a dollar from the wreck. He has
advised him to make a clean breast Of ev.
erything. Shortly after noon Mr.. Ward
/ Sheriff Brown, Mr.. Stillman and two other
| gentlemen went to the office of Ward &
I Grant, in the United Bank Building
where Ward was closeted nearly all the
/ afternoon.
! The arrest of Ward was made upon an
| order issued by Judge DonOhue in an &C.
\ ton brought by j. Nelson Tappan to re.
| cover $4,000 The suits brought against
/ Ulysses S. Grant, Ferdinand Ward, JAS
! d. Fisk, William g. Smith and Ulysses
/ Grant, Jr. There are three af1idavits
made, one by j. Nelson Tappan, one by
/ William II. Bingham, resident Of Con
necticut. doing brokerage business i'm the
! Mills building, and one by j. Sewell Tap
/ pan, J. Nelson's son.
! Mr.. j. Nelson Tappan's affidavit is the
/ most searching in its charges. 1t says
| that between the ID and the Goth of April
| 1884, Mr.. Tappan advanced the firm OF
Grant & Ward $320,OOO. He really did adj
| vance 100000, but he drew out $500, 900.
/ He began making these investments in
! September, 1888, for the purpose of having
| Grant & Ward invest in government con-
! tracts. Ward told him that government
| contractors were often delayed in getting
| payments and that they were willing to
| sell contracts at great discount. Mr..
| Ward further represented that owing to
| special influence he would be enabled to
/ get prompt settlements with the govern
ment, and that money invested by Tap
! pan would run no risk whatever, as the
! business was as safe as indOrsing govern
ment bonds. Ward said that his firm had
already made heavy sums in this way
and were going more extensively into the
business. Hence there was a rare Open
ing for a few friends. After setting this
forth Mr.. Tappan deduces a belief that
these representations were not true and
that no such contracts existed.
At Z O'Clock Ferdinand Ward was
shown to his rooms. There is nothing
suggestive Of Imprisonment about the
rooms except the armed guards at the
doors. Fronting on Ludlow street, north
of the entrance to the building, is large
square reception room, handsomely fur
nished and well lighted. Here Mr. Ward
will receive his visitors. Adjoining on
the front is bed room, about by 20 feet
in size, lighted by a large double window.
In it Mr.. Ward will sleep. On the exact
spot where Mr.. Wards folding cot will be
placed William NJ. Tweed died. Morning
and evening Wards bed room will be
warmed by the steam radiator that Will
liam NJ. Tweed put into the Jail at his
own expense during the closing days OF
his life. In little square place leading
off from the bedroom Ward will battle in
the bathroom fitted up by Tweed.
FOotlight Flashes.
Joseph Jefferson closed his season at
Saratoga last night. He will play only