The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-10

wrecked firm OF Grand g. Ward. have bee
attached. The Brooklyn Eagle says person
paseing along tho principal straetg thi
morning were startled 10 ses two well
dressed men grasp the heads OF horses nj
tsched 10 n coupe and order the driver u
stop. Many thought they we're to wi,nss
n highway robbery, but they were misthk
on. Tn men were detectives, and the in
mate Of the coups was Ferdinand Ward
The detectives produced papers from thei,
pockets and evidently could not ind the
one they wero IN search OF. Ole Of the
mon said '.Mr. Ward, you are our prison
err" and IL was when Ward asked
ior proof Of authority. search iol
The warrants waB begun. A troubled look
| oyersDread the couDtensnco OF both men
and tho pockets of each were turned out
side and tho bundle OF papers thev carried
WIS examined about seventeen times TO no
avail. They gazad dis1Ons,lutely after the
coupe ~ Ward wos rapidly Dir ven toward
New York ferry. Ward hDd not been out
OF the house more than bali an hour
when n deputy sheriff arrived with writ
OF attachment for the iufn'lure and other
ell ,cs. As Ward could not be served
wi h the paper, II was ntiis, on the front Of
the door and excited curiosity. The
deputy made m inventory OF
all srt'cles In tho house while
the family commenced preparations
to deraft. The hou Is sl.b1falely and
expsnsively furnlsh Nod TIE Wards have
lived In the house i,r five years, and four
weeks ago their only child was born. IL
WAS christened Ferdinand Grant Ward,
after General Grant. Tho refuge OF tho
Ward family will DO the home
o, Nrs. Wards mother, Mira. Greoo,
No 81, Monroe place, AMI thi'her the dis.
possessed ones journeyod. Mrs. Greer rs
the widow Of o former Cashier Of the Ma
rine bank. The suit In which attachmeu.
is Issued 10 brought by the Marine bank
against the finn OF Grant & Ward, and
General Grant IL made oo-dsfendant. The
suit IL for 100000 George Jones,
of the New York Times, save:
General Grants fund of $3.50. 900
IL sbaolutely ssie. Hitherto We hnvs PAID
interest annually The Isl OF May each
year has found the general in possession 0i
$40, 40 interest in tuli On tho investment.
Hereafter we sssll pay him quarterly, not
Only because he ne'ds IL but because We
do not mean any one clio shall lay
hands on n. / was with General Grant
Sunday and he was in comple,s ignoranc
Of the i'm pending dleaster. o her than this
fund he does not possess "a dollar and NOR.
than that he Is deeply and almost irretriev-
sely in debt. What he did IN
Wall street he did for
his sons. and 1t seems too sad that this man
WuD Utu NV CluuifN
should he left in his old age dependent or
the nation he helped to save" Julian T.
Davies hes been appointed receiver of the
aysas Of Grant II Ward suspended brokers.
RivgRHEAD, l.. l., NAV 0.-The following
Transaction wss recorded la Suffolk county
court to day: u. 3, Grant II. 10 Abraham
II Jonas of New York CITY, deed NJ farm
and country seat Mt Hslf-Hollow Hlls. TO
town OF Huntington, dated February .3i,
1884; expressed consideration, 500 900
Much sympathy Is felt for q neral Grant
who has transferred his property to vii.
iism ii. Vanderbilt TO proe him Oh
The worthless paper for $500 Goo acoeptei
by him in return for his
own. The generals transfer in.
Guided two houses In Washington,
house In Philadelphia an is-m
Of considerable size in the sub
urbs OF ST. Louis. Mrs. Grant L.
also said ~ have transferred
her psopertyto Vanderbilt. II includes
cottage at Long Branch and her house. No.
3 East SXty-S xth str e..