The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-29
Ward Trial.

NEW YORK, Oct. SH-tn0 county
court house was crowded this morning
with people anxious TO gain admit.
tanos to Wards trial. Bopjamin Fish
paying teller, was recalled, and Ward
listened Gtten.Ive!y as no read off The
amount OF deposits made by himself
and the firm of Grant d Ward. Some
of the deposits ranged in
the hundreds of thousands
In his testimony Fish said on April
20, 1884, Grant & Ward he'd bslsncH
of 1000, and on tho morning OF May
9 the balance was IS, 0i70i.
Ex-President Fish was next recalled,
and his oss-examiDatiou was re-
sumo5 by General Tracy.
az do not know" no said, show
many letters L received from Ward on
May 3. II Is not trus that my bank
was In financial difficulty since Janu-
airy, 1882, and that Ward keps helping
to save 1t; pressed Ward 10 return TO
us the money which he and his firm
had borrowe
Ward handed General Tracy mum.
ber of letters TO examine the witness
upon.
Mr.. Fish was examined ab length
upon the meaning of the letters, aud
also upon the testimony given bV him
upon his own trial in the United Ststos
court. Mr.. Fish continued.
"0n May 5 had no doubt that we
could have gotten relief from other
banks had tho government contracts
been true, rs J. believed them 70 be; a
refusal TO certify Grant 81 Ward checks
would -lsso CAUSED ruinors which
would have broken them M, and the
our bank would be forced ,ts~'en,
now staying at the Murray Hill no
and believe the district attorney lus
sides there also; we have had frequ ~ i.
talks together, but not much about
case"
a recess for so minutes Was thon
taken.
The business between the Marine
benk and the firm Of Grant u Ward,
tba witness said, vas continued from
1882 until Within few days of the fail
ure, on May Q, 1881; there were q
large number OF Grant & Wards notes
were discounted by other parties
and payable at the Marine bank;
they were constantly maturing;
in his letter of March "a in
which witness referred to the annoy
ance By reason OF errors
and othor matters, no meant
by other matters Grant and
Wards business, and when he smoke
OF Tho burden ne rHoabt thsro was
more than he could attend 10, having
all the time TO run after
Ward TO make him keep his promises
and meet his obligations; said the wit
ness.
ain my letter of April "a, in stating
thai our sffairs were drifting beyond
my comprehension, L meant the
affairs of Grant & Ward;
On May 2, 1894, the firm owed the bsnk
q large sum, and urged Ward TO Bring
to relieve me-. He brought
me some OH Friday, and said, snap
pishly:
.'Now hope you are satisfied, you
have here between you $l,400,00O or
81 500, 000."
''rhese went in Che vault and I havo
not seen Them since; on May
5 Ward, by my consent, obtaine6 a
large number of securities on which 10
realize for the bsnk; among these
wars bonds OF the Philadelphia
New York and Buffalo railroad and
dry dock stock; never got tho securi-
ties back, nor was any checS re-
turned to represent any, loan;
raised; on May rolled OH Ward. ana
on May saw him at his house
in reference to the money he was
to get and he showed me q $l50,000
check he had procured from General
Grant. On the night of May waited
up all night, expecting TO receive
monies and checks from him; went
to his house at Z 9. m. next day and
waited vainly to see him until s e. m.